Currently, wood is traded at daily prices.
Currently, wood is traded at daily prices.
I am rarely in the bush, but very often in the forest. The main paths currently look like wood yards. What is becoming scarce are the lumberjacks and the freight carriers - and probably also the saw blades. The wood itself is not scarce, I estimate the harvest volumes of just the past year to be at least four average annual yields. The drought, the bark beetle, and mild winds are hitting harder than Kyrill or Lothar. However, one cannot compensate for the amount of less usable logs by increasing felling beyond the "emergency cull" in order not to aggravate the situation with deliberate overlogging. So what is actually somewhat scarce are the structural solid timbers sawn from the prime cuts for the timber "stud" panels. For roof trusses, the market situation is less dramatic because it is more common there to also use trusses. The "consumer" builder can "help a lot" by focusing less on long timber lengths. Material for wood-based panels remains in abundance in the forests because the market rejects it. By the way, beetle wood is perfectly usable and merely discolored. But the "doesn't get it but buys organic products" consumer only wants "the best of the best" and loves sustainability more as a buzzword.
Uh, yes, the emergency felling wood stresses the saws more.
I am rarely in the bush, but very often in the forest. The main paths currently look like timber yards.