Making Sure One-Off Purchases Are Beneficial Long-Term  “If a deal looks too good to be true, it probably is.”  Business is challenging for many companies right now. Producers are battling for orders, and the intense competition creates pricing pressures we...

I was fortunate last week to get to see many of our valued customers in the Dallas TX area.  While none were as busy as they wanted to be, most noted steady Alder sales that reflect the current slower new housing markets.   The following observations...

Many may not realize that some of the most effective solutions to addressing our climate challenges lie in our existing land and forests. Forests can store even more carbon through sustainable forest management, which has been proven significant in sequestering more...

Our Emerald Marketing Alliance with Murphy Plywood is 3 months old this week.  Our initial objective in greatly expanding the volume of domestically-produced Alder plywood in the marketplace is being met.  Murphy is pressing record amounts of Alder plywood...

4/4 Superior Value Alder – 5 Truckloads/Containers available for prompt shipment “Cascade has come up with a Superior chop first grade called SUP Value, this grade is designed for chop first applications. If you are making panels and do not need to rip first,...

Earlier this month, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reached a settlement agreement to resolve a series of lawsuits against the organization that focused on commissions and the long-standing model of the seller paying a 3% commission to both his/her listing...

North American hardwood markets continue to be average to slow, with scattered species and grades in good demand. A lot of the discussion in recent weeks has revolved around the long-term availability of some of the lower-valued species used in Asia.  This picked...

The 2024 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS) and concurrent International Builders’ Show (IBS) Attracts Largest Attendance in 15 Years Cascade was one of the more than 76,000 builders, remodelers, developers, architects, designers, and other home building...

Following the Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen’s Association convention the first week of February, business in Alder has been steady and has slightly improved.  Most of the distributors and manufacturers we met with in Indiana look for a gradual improvement in business...

The Alder sales and pricing outlook was more positive than budgeted for January.  As the first month of 2024 comes to a close, we have found business slightly better than expected, with both shipment volumes and average sales prices running better than forecasted.  We...

As we move into 2024, some signs are on the horizon that the New Year may bring better business to our hardwood customers.  The stock market is pointing towards some interest rate relief over the year, with several analysts forecasting up to 125 basis point...