Southern Yellow Pine becomes North America’s dominant growth timber as Canadian output declines

North America’s timber supply structure is undergoing its most significant shift in decades. A combination of natural, economic and policy-related pressures has reshaped the continent’s production landscape, pushing Southern Yellow Pine (SYP) into a leading position. Long treated as one of several major softwood species, SYP has now become North America’s largest and fastest-growing timber market, driven by falling Canadian production, strong regional fibre availability and sustained mill investment across the US South. British Columbia in long-term decline For more than a century, British Columbia (BC) was one of the world’s ...