U.S. sawmills in the first three months of 2020 produced 9.161 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber, up 5.2% from the 8.708 bbf produced in the same period a year earlier.   Data on Canadian lumber production is not available at this time. No timeline is available for the release of February and later lumber production survey data from Canada because of the COVID-19 crisis.  Western U.S. sawmills in the first three months contributed 3.613 bbf to the total, up 1.4% from the prior year’s ...