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LSU-Ag Center: Lumber Prices to Remain High for a While
May 21, 2021
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 21 (TNSRes) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news:

By Kenneth Gautreaux

If you have started construction on a new home or want to update a room in your house, you probably have experienced sticker shock when it comes to the price of building materials, especially lumber.

Last year, the price was $354 per thousand foot of lumber. By the first week of May, the price had risen to an all-time high of $ . . .

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