Source:  CAROLINA PUBLIC PRESS, 7/20/21


Logging and sawmill operations across North Carolina are struggling to adjust to a destabilized lumber market caused by rapid swings in supply and demand during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Sawmills shut down in the early months of the pandemic, leading to a rise in lumber prices. Leaders at the sawmills expected a decrease in demand. Instead, home renovations and construction took off quickly, exhausting available supplies.  Despite drastic increases in lumber prices across the country, not everyone in the supply chain benefited.

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