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While the month-to-month will bounce around unpredictably, the year-to-year view — assuming U.S. housing starts continue to grow — has been dictated to us by the location of the mills that will be called upon to produce the necessary lumber, and by the capital investment that continues to flow South.
From a strategy and industry capac- ity point of view, the production story has been written. While it could play out differently in the next quarter or so, most incremental lumber production in North America will occur at mills in the U.S. South for decades.
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HE HAS 25 YEARS OF CONSULTING, OPERATING, AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IN THE FOREST PRODUCTS AND TIMBER INDUSTRIES.
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Incremental lumber production in North America is predicted to occur at mills in the U.S. South for the next several decades.
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