[AT] Lumber prices

[cgs]

Are we near the fringe of 'survival', as where a farmer has to eat next 
year's seeds to stay alive?

On 4/23/21 9:12 AM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
> I can see where you'd call it greed, and I am not necessarily 
> disagreeing with you, Bo, but there's a lot of moving parts here.
>
> Look at it from the standpoint of the family that owns the local 
> lumber yard.  They have bills to pay - maybe the yard still has a 
> mortgage, and there's electricity, payroll, benefits, taxes, etc.  
> They probably do OK when business is normal, say there's a million 
> board feet going out the door at $1/bdft, so they bring in a million 
> dollars.  Point is that most of it goes to paying those bills I just 
> mentioned.  But what about now?  There is a lumber shortage.  They 
> can't get lumber as easily any more.  They might be able to move only 
> half a million board feet, but those bills are still there, so they 
> need to put the price up to $2/bd ft to bring in a million dollars to 
> pay the bills.
>
> SO
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 8:59 AM Bo Hinch <bohinch at gmail.com 
> <mailto:bohinch at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I don't necessarily agree with what the video is representing . In
>     my area ( Sulphur Louisiana ) , lumber prices doubled and
>     sometimes tripled from one week till the next week . It can be
>     blamed on hurricanes , which we went through back to back last
>     year , or forest fires last year but my thoughts are people being
>     greedy and ripping us off and there is NOTHING we can do except
>     pay the price , or , do without . Same thing with the steel
>     building components , prices tripled with-in two weeks . Just my
>     opinion of how we are being taken advantage of .
>
>     On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 11:36 PM Roger Moffat <rogerkiwi at gmail.com
>     <mailto:rogerkiwi at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Saw this on Facebook this evening - seems to sum up the situation
>
>
>
>>         On Apr 22, 2021, at 4:42 AM, Stephen Offiler
>>         <soffiler at gmail.com <mailto:soffiler at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         I happened across this video just a few days ago. Several
>>         factors, but the central theme boils down to basic supply
>>         and demand.
>>
>>         https://youtu.be/3Ssa7yooX3k
>>
>>         SO
>>
>>
>>         On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 11:03 PM John Maddock
>>         <agtronixjv at bigpond.com <mailto:agtronixjv at bigpond.com>> wrote:
>>         Supply and demand ?  Maybe!
>>
>>         https://www.timberbiz.com.au/us-lumber-prices-soar-demand-is-high-but-stumpage-is-static/
>>
>>         JV
>>
>>
>>
>>
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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?
>>
>>
>>         Mike M
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