Why Georgia’s Timber Growers Come Up Short In Pandemic Building Boom

The COVID-19 pandemic is sparking an unprecedented boom in housing
sales and remodeling across the country as many Americans seek more
space in which to live, work and learn at home. The historic levels
of consumer demand over the last year has pushed finished lumber
prices to all-time highs and Georgia’s massive timber industry that
employs hundreds of thousands of people is struggling to adjust.
The latest Georgia Today podcast with guest Ryan Dezember, a
reporter at The Wall Street Journal, explores the lumber boom's
impact on the state’s critical timber industry and its growers, and
what all this could mean for home prices.