{"podcast":{"title":"The Lumber Word","slug":"the-lumber-word-6578824","podcast_index_feed_id":6578824,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/thelumberword/feed.xml","website_url":"https://thelumberword.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/17183981/38574664-1690585660168-73f8ae453bfa2.jpg","author":"Ashley Boeckholt","episode_count":100,"summary":"Three Lumber Industry veterans talk about the weekly, monthly and yearly trends. What is going on with inventory in the field, production and distribution. We help educate everyone in the distribution chain with information most like to not talk about. Highlighted items that are overvalued and undervalued are also discussed. Guests in the industry will occasionally drop in to help us dial in some lumber details. Most important is we have fun talking lumber and our listeners love it.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lumber-word-6578824"},"episode":{"title":"EP 149: Rudderless or Ready to Turn?","slug":"ep-149-rudderless-or-ready-to-turn","published_at":"2025-12-11T11:52:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lumber-word-6578824/ep-149-rudderless-or-ready-to-turn","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lumber-word-6578824","url":"https://thelumberword.podbean.com/e/ep-149-rudderless-or-ready-to-turn/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/yh74i325cci5ue4e/Dec_107y10o.mp3","summary":"Industry veteran Sig Thoma joins Gregg, Matt, and Ashley to break down a lumber market searching for direction. The crew digs into mill fixed costs, why curtailments are so tough, and where early green shoots may appear heading into 2026. They debate contracts vs. VMI for next year, highlight what sellers are doing, and share the items they’re buying—plus the risk strategies they’re using right now. A fast, insightful episode to help you trade smarter. Guest: Sig Thoma / Industry veteran Sig@xmico.com Advertisers: Fastmarkets Random Lengths djalbert@fastmarkets.com www.fastmarkets.com Layman’s Lumber Guide www.laymansguide.com Matt@laymansguide.com Show Contacts: Gregg Riley: Gregg@sitkainc.com Charles DeLaTorre: cdelatorre@ifpwood.com Matt Beymer: mattbeymer@hamptonlumber.com Ashley Boeckholt: ashley@sitkainc.com","meta_description":"Industry veteran Sig Thoma joins Gregg, Matt, and Ashley to break down a lumber market searching for direction. The crew digs into mill fixed costs, why c…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3627,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-lumber-word-6578824/episodes/ep-149-rudderless-or-ready-to-turn/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lumber-word-6578824/ep-149-rudderless-or-ready-to-turn.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}