Swedish Roundwood Prices Drop In Q1
During the first quarter prices on roundwood for harvesting assignments of sawlogs and pulpwood decreased Swedish Roundwood-In the first quarter of 2025, the number of harvesting assignments for Scots pine…
Italian Sawmill Margins Are Running At Near Zero
Italian sawmills are currently facing a challenging situation characterised by significantly reduced profit margins, reaching near zero. This confluence of adverse factors has created a ‘perfect storm’ for the industry,…
Unlocking the value of Woodlands
Across the UK there are thousands of woodlands growing timber that have the potential to be far more valuable than owners may first realise. With the right trees and the…
Norway’s softwood log imports is flooding the EU market
Log imports into the European Union grew 19 per cent year-on-year to 554,600 cubic metres in January 2026, driven almost entirely by a surge in cheap Norwegian softwood In January…
UPM Reports A Good Start To The Year
UPM Interim Report Q1 2026: Good start to the year – excellent performance in decarbonization solutions Massimo Reynaudo, UPM President and CEO, comments on the results: “We achieved a good…
UK Timber Market Trends For 2026
The UK timber market trends that matter on the ground are not the ones dressed up in broad economic language. They show up at roadside stacks, in mill intake schedules,…
Forestry Jobs: Where the Work Is Now
If you are watching the forestry jobs market from the cab, the yard or the office, one thing is clear – employers are not all looking for the same person.…
UK timber in construction
Robin Nicholson from Buckland Timber, a Grown in Britain certificate holder, shares his thoughts on homegrown C16 and how there’s more scope for using UK-grown timber than you might think.…
What is forestry?
Ask ten people outside the trade what forestry means and you will usually get the same answer – cutting down trees. Anyone earning a living in the sector knows that…
Digital Timber Tracking Is Coming
By combining the exact position of the timber truck with the harvester’s measuring system via GPS “pucks” on the truck roof, Digital Timber Tracking ID is followed. Image: Bitzer Productions…