[AT] Lumber prices

[Spencer Yost]

New homes are driving it too as some(many??) areas have seen an explosion of immigrants from the apartments and condos.  Draw a 2mile radius circle around my farm and _hundreds_ of new houses have been been built in the last 9 months in 3 new neighborhoods.  Plus dozens of one-off homes on newly available vacant lots have been built in that circle.  I am definitely no longer exurban - I am suburban.

Specific example - and to keep this related to antique tractors:  I lost 6 acres of hay field I was cutting on shares when a friend (who lived just under a mile away) died and his son turned his farm into a small neighborhood(just started construction).

C’est la vie

Spencer 

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> On Apr 22, 2021, at 10:11 AM, szabelski at wildblue.net wrote:
> 
> Covid!
> 
> With people staying home, they’re doing add-ones, remodeling, etc, all those things that they didn’t have time to do earlier. This is especially true if your the husband and your wife has ideas. In addition, areas like Texas, California, Colorado, etc., have an increased demand for building material to repair all the damage done by wild fires and storms. According to news media, can expect higher prices on just about everything for the next year or so because Covid has affected everything in some manner.
> 
> Carl
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> From: Mike M <meulenms at gmx.com>
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> What the heck is going on with lumber prices?  I needed a sheet of OSB
> which was once $10 a is now $35 a sheet?
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> 
> Mike M
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