2024 Forest Products Industry Outlook

2023 was a challenging year for wood products markets. Rising interest rates hampered demand while capacity ramped up across the south. With US interest rates appearing to have stabilized, has the US avoided a recession or is the second shoe about to drop?

Farm Credit East was joined by Paul Jannke of Forest Economic Advisors as he discussed the economic outlook for the forest products industry: log, lumber, and biomass markets, and other factors that loggers, processors, and landowners should know going into 2024