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Published: 4/10/2021 8:00:11 PM
With lumber prices going through the roof from demand driven by pandemic changes, it seems like forest-filled New Hampshire should be reaping a windfall.
But issues from the global supply chain to manpower limits to tree-species distribution means the benefit so far has been spotty at best, especially for landowners.
“Not much of this has translated back to stumpage or standing timber. We’ve seen some slight increase but haven’t seen the type of price growth that lumber has seen,” said Jason Stock, executive director of the New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association.
There’s no question that demand has soared for 2x4s, plywood and lumber of all kinds. Bored homeowners are doing upgrades they’ve been putting off for years, while the flight from crowded cities has raised home prices in rural and suburban areas, spurring new construction.
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MILAN, N.H. – Milan Lumber Co. is embarking on a $12 million project to expand and upgrade its softwood sawmill. According to the Conway Daily Sun, plans include adding a new planer, a fifth dry kiln and new truck scales. In addition, the plant will be expanded to accommodate the new planer. Construction is expected to start in spring. Milan Lumber’s website states that the family-owned company employs 82 people and rocesses about 70 million board feet of lumber annually from trees procured from forest throughout the northeast.
The New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association awarded Milan Lumber its Outstanding Forest industry Award in 2015.
MILAN â Milan Lumber Co. is undertaking a $12 million expansion of its softwood dimension sawmill located off Route 16. Added will be a new planer, a fifth drying kiln and new truck scales. Some of the equipment is already being built, and the permitting process is underway by Nobis Engineering.
Richard Carrier, owner and founder of the Carrier Group, said he hopes to begin construction as soon as the ground allows this spring and have the new equipment up and running in September.
Currently, the mill has two planers, but Carrier said one is outside under cover but not heated. That will be replaced with a new planer that will be built inside an expanded building.