Weyerhaeuser Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

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Key Takeaways

  • Positive Sentiment: Second-quarter results improved sequentially: adjusted EBITDA rose to $310 million, helped by stronger lumber pricing and higher Wood Products volumes, while the company generated approximately $400 million in operating cash flow.
  • Positive Sentiment: Weyerhaeuser raised full-year 2026 Strategic Land Solutions adjusted EBITDA guidance by $25 million to approximately $450 million, citing solid real estate demand and expected growth in Climate Solutions and Natural Resources.
  • Positive Sentiment: Lumber pricing and Western log markets strengthened amid supply constraints, and management expects third-quarter lumber volumes to rise as transportation disruptions ease; it also said Canadian and European imports are unlikely to add significant supply.
  • Negative Sentiment: OSB remains under pressure, with supply exceeding demand and low pricing; the segment posted a $6 million adjusted EBITDA loss in the second quarter, while higher maintenance and resin costs are expected to weigh on the third quarter.
  • Negative Sentiment: Housing activity remains weak due to affordability challenges, mid-6% mortgage rates and subdued consumer confidence, leading management to expect continued near-term choppiness in housing and muted repair-and-remodel demand.
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Weyerhaeuser Q2 2026
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Operator

Greetings, and welcome to the Weyerhaeuser second quarter 2026 earnings conference call. At this time, all participants are on a listen-only mode. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. To ask a question, please press star one on your telephone keypad. A confirmation tone will indicate your line is in the question queue. If anyone should require operator assistance during the conference, please press star zero. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Andy Taylor, Vice President of Investor Relations. Thank you, Mr. Taylor. You may begin.

Andy Taylor
Andy Taylor
VP of Investor Relations at Weyerhaeuser

Thank you, Rob. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us today to discuss Weyerhaeuser's second quarter 2026 earnings. This call is being webcast at www.weyerhaeuser.com. Our earnings release and presentation materials can also be found on our website. Please review the warning statements in our earnings release and on the presentation slides concerning the risks associated with forward-looking statements, as forward-looking statements will be made during this conference call. We will discuss non-GAAP financial measures, and a reconciliation of GAAP can be found in the earnings materials on our website. On the call this morning are Devin Stockfish, Chief Executive Officer, and Davie Wold, Chief Financial Officer. I will now turn the call over to Devin Stockfish.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Thanks, Andy. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. Yesterday, Weyerhaeuser reported second quarter GAAP earnings of $162 million, or $0.23 per diluted share, on net sales of $1.9 billion. Excluding a special item, we earned $91 million, or $0.13 per diluted share. Adjusted EBITDA totaled $310 million for the quarter. Despite ongoing market challenges and inflationary pressures, we delivered solid results that underscore the resilience of our business and the strong operational performance of our teams. Turning now to our second quarter business results. I'll start with Timberlands on pages six through nine of our earnings slides. Excluding a special item, Timberlands contributed $59 million to second-quarter earnings. Adjusted EBITDA was $123 million, a slight improvement compared to the first quarter. In the West, adjusted EBITDA was $67 million, a $9 million increase over the prior quarter. Starting with the Western domestic market.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Log demand and pricing improved in the second quarter as mills responded to a strengthening lumber market and built log inventories ahead of wildfire season. As a result, our domestic sales volumes and average realizations were higher compared to the first quarter. Given favorable operating conditions, our fee harvest volumes increased slightly, and forestry and road costs were seasonally higher. Our per-unit log and haul costs increased as we made the seasonal transition to higher elevation sites and in response to elevated fuel costs. Moving to our Western export business. Log markets in Japan were relatively stable in the second quarter, albeit at lower consumption levels, driven by ongoing headwinds in the Japanese housing market. That said, our customers remain well-positioned relative to imported lumber from Europe, which continues to face challenges in the Japanese market.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

For the quarter, demand for our logs was steady, and our sales volumes to Japan were comparable to the first quarter. Our average sales realizations increased moderately. Turning briefly to China. Our log shipments remain limited as we continue to focus on the more profitable domestic market. For the quarter, we delivered one vessel to strategic customers in the region, and our average sales realizations were comparable to the prior quarter. Turning to the South. Adjusted EBITDA for Southern Timberlands was $58 million, a slight decrease compared to the first quarter. Southern sawlog markets improved slightly in the second quarter, supported by strengthening lumber prices and log supply constraints resulting from wetter than normal weather conditions, particularly in the second half of the quarter. That said, sawlog demand was somewhat tempered as many mills lowered production in response to elevated finished goods inventories that accumulated due to ongoing trucking constraints.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

With respect to Southern fiber markets, demand and pricing softened in the second quarter as mills completed spring maintenance outages and continued to align log consumption with lower takeaway of finished goods. On balance, takeaway for our logs remained steady given our delivered programs across the region, and our average realizations increased slightly compared to the first quarter, largely due to a higher mix of grade logs. Given the wet weather conditions, our fee harvest volumes were comparable to the prior quarter and forestry and road costs were slightly lower. Per-unit log and haul costs increased moderately, largely due to increased fuel costs. In the North, adjusted EBITDA decreased slightly compared to the first quarter due to significantly lower sales volumes associated with seasonal spring breakup conditions. Before moving to Strategic Land Solutions, I'll comment briefly on a timberlands transaction we completed in the second quarter.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

As we reported yesterday, we divested 29,000 acres of non-core timberlands in Oregon for $114 million. This transaction further demonstrates our ongoing commitment to active portfolio management and our disciplined approach to optimizing the quality and value of our timberlands over time. We'll continue to evaluate strategic opportunities that enhance the return profile of our timberlands while also balancing our broader growth strategy and other capital allocation priorities to drive long-term value for our shareholders. Turning now to Strategic Land Solutions on pages 10 and 11. In the second quarter, Strategic Land Solutions contributed $94 million to earnings. Adjusted EBITDA was $129 million, a $64 million decrease compared to the first quarter. The decrease was primarily attributable to lower Climate Solutions contributions following the sizable conservation easement transaction completed in the first quarter.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

This was partially offset by strong results from our Real Estate business as both acres sold and average price per acre increased compared to the first quarter. It's worth noting that we continue to benefit from strong demand and pricing for real estate properties, resulting in high-value transactions with significant premiums to timber value. Turning to our Climate Solutions business, demand for large-scale solar development remains healthy, and we are well-positioned to capitalize on this opportunity as markets continue to expand. Notably, our second solar site commenced operations in the second quarter, and we have three additional solar developments currently under construction, with more expected to break ground later this year. Briefly on our new Biocarbon business. We continue to advance the first facility adjacent to our lumber mill in McComb, Mississippi. We've received permits and are positioning to commence construction activity in the fourth quarter.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

In addition, the partnership is working towards additional sites across Weyerhaeuser's footprint. These are important steps in scaling our Biocarbon platform and creating new pathways for growth across our integrated portfolio. Now, moving to wood products on pages 12 through 14. Wood products contributed $71 million to second-quarter earnings. Adjusted EBITDA was $129 million, a $58 million improvement compared to the first quarter. This was largely driven by an increase in lumber pricing and higher sales volumes across all business lines, partially offset by higher costs. Starting with lumber. Second-quarter adjusted EBITDA was $73 million, a $46 million increase from the prior quarter. Benchmark prices for lumber strengthened in the second quarter, supported by a seasonal improvement in demand against a backdrop of supply constraints from previously enacted mill curtailments and closures. Lower European lumber imports have also contributed to tighter supply across the North American market.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Further, transportation constraints and elevated fuel costs put upward pressure on lumber pricing in the second quarter. This was particularly acute in southern lumber markets. For our lumber business, average sales realizations increased by 15% compared to the first quarter, largely in line with the framing lumber composite. Although production and sales volumes improved sequentially, our results were impacted by transportation challenges in the U.S. South. Specifically, limited trucking availability contributed to elevated finished goods inventories at several mills, prompting temporary production adjustments to rebalance inventories. Given this dynamic, our unit manufacturing costs increased compared to the first quarter. Log costs were slightly higher. It's worth noting that while transportation remains constrained in the U.S. South, we've taken steps to improve capacity across our operations and expect minimal transportation disruptions in the third quarter. Now, turning to OSB.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Second-quarter adjusted EBITDA was a $6 million loss and a $9 million decrease compared to the prior quarter. This was largely driven by higher unit manufacturing costs resulting from planned annual maintenance, as well as elevated resin costs. With respect to the broader OSB market, buyer sentiment remained cautious in the second quarter, and supply continued to outpace demand. As a result, composite pricing decreased slightly in May and remained steady for the balance of the quarter, albeit at low levels. Our average sales realizations increased by 3% compared to the first quarter, which was favorable to the OSB composite, and this is largely due to the length of our order files, which result in a lag effect for OSB realizations. Our sales volumes increased slightly, and fiber costs were slightly higher.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Adjusted EBITDA for engineered wood products was $54 million, a $15 million increase compared to the first quarter, largely driven by a seasonal increase in sales volumes for all products and higher sales realizations for most products. Our unit manufacturing costs increased slightly compared to the prior quarter, while raw material costs were slightly lower. In distribution, adjusted EBITDA increased by $2 million compared to the first quarter, largely due to higher sales volumes. With that, I'll turn the call over to Davie to discuss some financial items and our third-quarter outlook.

Davie Wold
Davie Wold
CFO at Weyerhaeuser

Thanks, Devin. Good morning, everyone. I'll begin with key financial items, which are summarized on page 16. In the second quarter, we generated approximately $400 million of cash from operations. We ended the quarter with approximately $530 million of cash and total debt of $5.4 billion. During the quarter, we funded the repayment of our remaining $250 million 4.75% notes at maturity through our commercial paper program. In early July, we repaid an additional $122 million of debt maturities, which carried a weighted average rate of 7.59%, using cash on hand. Following these transactions, we have no remaining debt maturities in 2026. We have successfully navigated a number of financing transactions in recent years to smooth our maturity profile and lower our expense.

Davie Wold
Davie Wold
CFO at Weyerhaeuser

Despite the higher rate environment in recent years, we have reduced our overall weighted average interest rate by over 130 basis points since the beginning of 2022. We returned $152 million to shareholders through the payment of our quarterly-based dividend and approximately $10 million through share repurchase activity in the second quarter. Capital expenditures were $139 million in the second quarter, which includes $63 million related to the construction of our EWP facility in Arkansas. As we've previously communicated, we anticipate approximately $300 million of investments for Monticello in 2026. It's worth noting that cash proceeds received this year from recent portfolio management activities, including Timberlands divestitures in Virginia and Oregon, and the final proceeds from the sale of our Princeton Mill, more than cover our anticipated 2026 investment in Monticello.

Davie Wold
Davie Wold
CFO at Weyerhaeuser

As a reminder, CapEx associated with this project will be excluded for purposes of calculating adjusted FAD as used in our cash return framework. Second quarter results for our unallocated items are summarized on page 15. Adjusted EBITDA for this segment increased slightly compared to the first quarter. Looking forward, key outlook items for the third quarter are presented on page 18. In our Timberlands business, though we typically see a seasonal decrease in third quarter, we anticipate earnings before special items and adjusted EBITDA to be slightly higher compared to the second quarter of 2026, as results from all regions are expected to improve sequentially. Turning to our Western Timberlands operations, we expect domestic log demand to remain steady in the third quarter as mills respond to a stronger lumber market and maintain elevated log inventories.

Davie Wold
Davie Wold
CFO at Weyerhaeuser

At the same time, log supply is expected to increase seasonally, absent operational restrictions during wildfire season. As a result, our fee harvest and domestic sales volumes are expected to increase moderately compared to the second quarter with slightly higher pricing for our grade logs. That said, we anticipate slightly lower average domestic sales realizations due to mix. Our per-unit log and haul costs are expected to decrease slightly. We anticipate seasonally higher forestry and road costs as we do a significant amount of this work over the summer months. Moving to the Western export program, we anticipate steady demand from our customers and stable pricing for our logs in the third quarter. That said, sales volumes to Japan are expected to be lower sequentially due to the timing of vessels.

Davie Wold
Davie Wold
CFO at Weyerhaeuser

In China, our shipments are expected to remain consistent with recent activity, with one vessel planned in the third quarter. Turning to the South, we expect log demand to improve in the third quarter as mills rebuild inventories following recent weather-related supply constraints. Demand should also benefit from higher sawmill operating rates in response to stronger lumber prices, as well as improved fiber mill activity following spring outages. At the same time, regional log supply is expected to increase as weather conditions improve. Given these dynamics, we expect our average sales realizations to be comparable to the second quarter, with higher fee harvest volumes. Our per-unit log and haul costs are expected to decrease slightly, while forestry and road costs are expected to be seasonally higher.

Davie Wold
Davie Wold
CFO at Weyerhaeuser

In the North, our fee harvest volumes are expected to be significantly higher as we have fully transitioned from spring breakup conditions. We anticipate moderately lower sales realizations due to mix. Moving to our Strategic Land Solutions segment, Real Estate markets have remained solid year to date, and we continue to anticipate a consistent flow of transactions with significant premiums to timber value. Additionally, we expect to deliver steady growth from our Climate Solutions and Natural Resources business in 2026. As a result, we are increasing segment guidance for full-year 2026 adjusted EBITDA to approximately $450 million, an increase of $25 million from prior guidance. We now expect basis as a percentage of total SLS sales to be between 15%-20% for the year.

Davie Wold
Davie Wold
CFO at Weyerhaeuser

For the third quarter, we expect SLS adjusted EBITDA to be approximately $45 million lower and earnings to be approximately $30 million lower than the second quarter of 2026, primarily due to the timing and mix of Real Estate sales. For context, it's common for our Real Estate results to be more heavily weighted toward the first half of the year. For our wood products segment, we expect third-quarter earnings and adjusted EBITDA to be slightly lower than the second quarter of 2026, excluding the effects of changes in average sales realizations for lumber and OSB. As for product pricing, the lumber composite entered the third quarter on an upward trajectory, supported by steady demand and ongoing supply constraints and transportation challenges. For OSB, composite pricing has been generally range bound through July as supply continues to outpace demand.

Davie Wold
Davie Wold
CFO at Weyerhaeuser

As shown on page 19, our current and quarter-to-date average sales realizations for lumber are moderately higher than the second quarter average, while OSB realizations are slightly lower. As a reminder, in late June, we provided a temporary lumber EBITDA sensitivity to reflect the rapid increase in trucking costs incorporated into delivered realizations during the second quarter. While these costs may remain dynamic in the near term, we do not expect the same level of rapid increase in the third quarter. As a result, we expect to return to our typical lumber sensitivity, where a $10 change in commodity prices translates to approximately $50 million of annual EBITDA. For our lumber business, as Devin mentioned, we have largely worked through recent transportation constraints. As a result, we anticipate higher production and sales volumes in the third quarter and slightly lower unit manufacturing costs.

Davie Wold
Davie Wold
CFO at Weyerhaeuser

Our log costs are expected to be moderately higher, primarily for Western logs. For our OSB business, we expect slightly higher sales volumes and comparable fiber costs in the third quarter. Unit manufacturing costs are expected to increase, primarily driven by more extensive planned annual maintenance and higher resin costs relative to the second quarter. For our engineered wood products business, we anticipate slightly higher sales realizations for all products as previously determined price adjustments take effect in certain markets. Our sales volumes are expected to increase slightly for most products compared to the second quarter, and raw material costs are expected to be slightly higher. For our distribution business, we expect adjusted EBITDA to increase slightly compared to the second quarter, primarily due to higher sales volumes. With that, I'll now turn the call back to Devin and look forward to your questions.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Thanks, Davie. Before wrapping up this morning, I'll make a few comments on the housing and repair and remodel markets. Starting with housing. Overall, housing activity remains largely stuck in second gear and continues to be influenced by weak consumer confidence and ongoing affordability challenges. More recently, mortgage rates have moved back up into the mid 6% range, and the conflict in the Middle East has reignited concerns around inflationary pressures and added to the broader economic uncertainty. Given these headwinds, builder confidence remains subdued, and housing activity has been softer than we anticipated at the outset of the year. In the near term, I suspect we'll continue to see choppiness in the housing market, absent a noticeable improvement in consumer sentiment. Looking beyond current conditions, however, our outlook for housing fundamentals remains favorable.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

The U.S. continues to face a significant housing shortage, demographic trends remain supportive, and there's a growing recognition that policies need to better facilitate housing development and improve affordability. On that point, we're encouraged by the recent passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which represents a positive step forward addressing housing availability and affordability over time. Turning to the repair and remodel market. Activity has remained relatively steady through the first half of 2026, albeit at somewhat muted levels, largely driven by many of the same pressures impacting the new residential market. In addition, turnover of existing homes remains well below historical levels, given higher mortgage rates and the ongoing lock-in effect, which has reduced one of the traditional catalysts for remodeling activity. Based on conversations with our customers, demand trends remain somewhat mixed across regions and channels.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

In general, the pro segment continues to hold up better than the do-it-yourself segment, and we're seeing greater emphasis on smaller remodeling projects which typically require less wood. Looking forward, we're optimistic that repair and remodel activity will gain momentum as the broader macro environment improves over time. In addition, we think the deferral of large discretionary projects over the last few years will ultimately serve as a tailwind as the macro environment improves. Longer term, many of the key drivers supporting R&R activity remain intact, including favorable home equity levels and an aging housing stock. In closing, our teams delivered solid operating performance in the second quarter, notwithstanding ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty and near-term inflationary pressures. We also advanced key growth initiatives across our business and further optimized our Timberlands portfolio.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

We're encouraged by the recent increases in pricing for lumber and western logs. We remain focused on driving operational excellence, serving our customers, and creating long-term value for our shareholders through our disciplined and flexible approach to capital allocation. With that, I think we can open it up for questions.

Operator

Thank you. We will now be conducting a question-and-answer session. If you'd like to ask a question, please press star one on your telephone keypad. A confirmation tone will indicate your line is in the question queue. You may press star two if you'd like to withdraw your question. For participants using speaker equipment, it may be necessary to pick up your handset before pressing the star keys. One moment, please, while we poll for questions. Our first question comes from Susan Maklari with Goldman Sachs. Your line is now live.

Susan Maklari
Susan Maklari
Analyst at Goldman Sachs

Thank you. Good morning, everyone. Thanks for taking the question.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Morning.

Davie Wold
Davie Wold
CFO at Weyerhaeuser

Morning, Sue.

Susan Maklari
Susan Maklari
Analyst at Goldman Sachs

Good morning. I want to start on the wood product side of things. Can you talk a bit more about the inventories that you're seeing across the products there? I guess as we've gone through earnings season and a lot of these builders have taken down their guides for their full-year closings, what does that imply in terms of the supply-demand setup in the back half of the year and the potential for pricing and realizations as a result?

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Yeah. Thanks for the question, Sue. As you can imagine, it's going to be somewhat differential depending on product line. Maybe I'll start with lumber. I would say in general, what we've seen this year has been a preference throughout most of the channel to keep a little bit leaner inventories. You really just haven't seen a whole lot of folks building up large decks of wood across the system. I think that's also been one of the dynamics that's maybe pushed pricing a little bit more this year. Obviously, the supply side is the big issue for demand and supply balance in lumber. I'd say at present inventories, probably just slightly below average. Not super lean, but certainly not on the heavy side. On the OSB side, similar story. I think just nobody really is inclined to build up large inventories.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

There's plenty of supply available, and you can see that really across the system, it's been fine to just carry a just-in-time approach on the OSB side. I would say similarly, OSB inventories are pretty balanced across the system, not heavy, not too light, but for the level of activity, pretty appropriate. Then EWP is, I would say, pretty normal given the level of activity. In terms of your second question, builders bringing their guide down for the year, look, it's obviously better to have more demand and more building activity on the demand side of the equation. Overall, on lumber, it still feels pretty balanced, in terms of the overall system, even as we look out to the back half of the year.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

OSB, similar story to what we've seen here really over the last handful of quarters, which is there's more than adequate supply available out there. I think that's just going to be a slog until we see either demand pick up or more supply come out of the system. EWP feels reasonably balanced given this level of building activity.

Susan Maklari
Susan Maklari
Analyst at Goldman Sachs

Yeah. Okay. That's great color. Turning to Timberlands, it's nice to hear about the Oregon transaction that came through. Given the rising backdrop for lumber prices, can you talk about what you're seeing in terms of transactions for Timberlands, the valuations, and just the overall market conditions there?

Davie Wold
Davie Wold
CFO at Weyerhaeuser

Yeah, you bet, Sue. I think in general, the Timberlands A&D markets are going to look through near-term pricing and be thinking more about the longer-term trends that we've been talking about for some time. I think with that, we're not really seeing a significant change in the market. I think it's maybe been a little bit slowed to the year in terms of the start based on the activity levels. We've started to see a few more transactions as the year progresses. I expect when all is said and done, the whole market will end up in that typical $2 billion-$3 billion range. Once again, it was kind of a similar story last year. We did end up coming in towards the upper end of that range. Again, there's significant capital out there pursuing this asset class.

Davie Wold
Davie Wold
CFO at Weyerhaeuser

Much of that's been raised over the past several years and has not yet been deployed. Again, our experience is that demand remains very strong for high-quality Timberland packages. While we have seen some level of valuation disconnects on some of those lower quality packages, again, I think we continue to expect solid demand for quality assets over time.

Susan Maklari
Susan Maklari
Analyst at Goldman Sachs

Yeah. Okay. That's great color. Thank you. Good luck with the quarter.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Thank you.

Operator

Our next question comes from George Staphos with Bank of America. Your line is now live.

George Staphos
George Staphos
Analyst at Bank of America

Thanks very much. Hi, everyone. Good morning. Thanks for the details. I guess the first question I had is on lumber. I was wondering, Davie or Devin, if you can quantify what the effect in 2Q on the slow backs in the South might have been as you're managing inventory levels relative to transportation. Relatedly, if that was a measurable amount, why would we not necessarily see an increase in lumber, and in wood EBITDA ex-pricing?

Davie Wold
Davie Wold
CFO at Weyerhaeuser

Yeah, you bet, George. Maybe just to start on the adjustment, in the second quarter, we did reduce the guidance by approximately $20 million for Q2 as a result of really several factors impacting lumber. We had increased grade logs, reduced residuals takeaways in the West as a result of downtime at one of our larger customers. The largest really was the transportation difficulties that you're referring to, and I'd say that was probably about half of the total reduction there. As we've mentioned, we've largely worked through those transportation challenges. As we look ahead for the third quarter and we think about the lumber guide, we are guiding for higher sales volumes, so we do anticipate that improving. We are guiding for slightly lower unit manufacturing costs. Those things, we do anticipate improving into the third quarter.

George Staphos
George Staphos
Analyst at Bank of America

Okay. Thanks for that reminder then, Davie, and that makes sense, maybe half of the $20 million. Lumber, maybe it's more seasonal, we have noticed some of the trade pubs are talking about a little bit of erosion. Is it just that, or is there something else going on in terms of lumber realizations? My other question, I'll turn it over, can you talk a bit about the timber inventories? I think you mentioned, Devin, that they'll be building the third quarter on the West. Is that just precautionary ahead of fire season or does it reflect less takeaway, if you will, than we'd like to see? Last, on Climate Solutions, can you give us a quick update? I know it's maybe a little bit out there, but on what you're seeing both in terms of your storage and your credit program. Thank you.

George Staphos
George Staphos
Analyst at Bank of America

Good luck in the quarter.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Yeah. Let me take the lumber piece first. What you're seeing in the South is what happens pretty much every year in the South. You're going to see a little bit of a seasonal slowdown in demand, just because in many of these geographies, you're pushing 100 degrees every day, and that always slows down building activity, R&R activity. Nothing that I would say is outside of the norm or anything unexpected. You see that largely every year. When things cool off a little bit as you get into the fall, activity will pick back up. Nothing unusual there. I think similarly, when you think about the Western log inventory, there's a seasonality to that as well, this is pretty typical.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

As you get into that June timeframe, generally speaking, you're going to see most mills build up some log inventories as an insurance measure for fire season. I think this year in particular, because we entered the summer with such a low snowpack, there is a heightened, I think, anxiety about fire season in the Northwest, people build up some inventory. Now, look, if you have a few days of heavy fire activity and you shut down activity in the woods, people will chew through that pretty darn quickly. Alternatively, if it's a really light fire season, which frankly seems a little unlikely at this point, that extra inventory will put a little bit of a headwind, at least through August into early September on log pricing. That's again, just the normal seasonality.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

In terms of your last question on the Climate Solutions business, we're still early in the year from a forest carbon standpoint. The team's doing a great job on putting together high-quality forest carbon projects, working their way through the approval process, the auditing process. That's all going very well, and they are in the heart of marketing carbon offsets. Everything is tracking pretty much as we would expect for this time of the year. Lastly, I think you mentioned the carbon storage, so I think you're referring to CCS projects.

George Staphos
George Staphos
Analyst at Bank of America

Yep.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

I think that's just kind of moving along. The big project that's moving along is the one with Occidental Petroleum. They've got a large offtake agreement with CF Industries. I think the easements are now underway for the CO2 pipeline. Things are moving along. We still expect that's probably going to come online somewhere around 2029.

George Staphos
George Staphos
Analyst at Bank of America

Okay. Thank you, Devin.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Yep. Thank you.

Operator

Our next question comes from Ketan Mamtora with BMO Capital Markets. Your line is now live.

Ketan Mamtora
Ketan Mamtora
Analyst at BMO Capital Markets

Thank you. Morning, Davie, Devin.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Morning.

Ketan Mamtora
Ketan Mamtora
Analyst at BMO Capital Markets

Maybe first question on the engineered goods side, encouraging to see prices moving higher. Can you talk about what you have out there by way of any price increases, or is this more of sort of higher cost pass-through? How should we be thinking about it?

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Yeah. A couple of things I would highlight. When we look at the Q2 increase in pricing, I would say to a large degree, that was mostly just a mix issue. We did a little bit more solid section, which has a little better realizations versus I-Joist. Q2 was more of a mix. As we roll into Q3, we are expecting to see the price increases that we rolled through in Q2 take effect. I would say that is largely, primarily just a reflection of passing along some of the increased resin costs and other input costs with higher fuel overall. That's really what that is. It's still a competitive market out there. It's really not a demand issue. It's more of a passing along some of those costs. That's really what's driving that.

Ketan Mamtora
Ketan Mamtora
Analyst at BMO Capital Markets

Understood. Okay. No, that's helpful. Just switching to OSB. Devin, I'm curious to get your updated thoughts around sort of what is your approach to managing production and capacity, given an extended slump in new residential construction. I mean, three out of the last four quarters have been EBITDA negative for you guys. I'm curious, how are you sort of approaching this if sort of new residential continues to remain weak here in the back half?

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Yeah, it's been a tough environment for OSB here recently for us and really everyone in the industry. I'd say it starts with a strong focus on cost management. I do think we are the lowest cost producers across the OSB industry. That's where it starts. We certainly focus on product quality. We do lean a little bit heavier to flooring, which is generally a little bit better margin opportunity. It's all about what can you do for the customer to create value. That's how you win business in this market. Look, over time, as you think about this industry, you can see a great example of this in lumber. You can have stretches that are like this. Ultimately, supply and demand balance out. It can be a painful period getting from here to there.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Ultimately, we're going to see either more demand come or more capacity rationalize. Generally speaking, how that works is folks that are a little bit further down on the cost curve are the ones that will ultimately rationalize that capacity. We obviously can't speak to what other people are going to do or not do. They're going to make their own decisions. For us, it's about making sure that we have our costs low, making sure that we're serving customers, and just navigating what is a pretty challenging environment right now.

Ketan Mamtora
Ketan Mamtora
Analyst at BMO Capital Markets

Got it. No, that's helpful perspective. I'll jump back in the queue. Good luck.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Thank you.

Operator

Our next question comes from Kurt Yinger with D.A. Davidson. Your line is now live.

Kurt Yinger
Kurt Yinger
Analyst at D.A. Davidson

Great. Thanks, good morning, everyone. Davie, I was hoping we could just go back to kind of the wood products outlook. Just kind of considering the higher volume across all the categories, EWP pricing distribution. I mean, it seems like there's a lot working in your favor in terms of kind of sequential profitability. Can you just maybe talk about some of the big offsets there? I know you mentioned some OSB maintenance, maybe some pieces on the cost side as well. Can you just help us understand kind of those big offsets there?

Davie Wold
Davie Wold
CFO at Weyerhaeuser

Yeah, you bet, Kurt. So you are right, there is some favorable outlook guide on the volume side across the products. The big ones that I would point you to would be in OSB, the unit manufacturing costs. We do have a similar amount of maintenance in the third quarter, although higher costs in terms of what the activities are that we are doing, and so there is a little bit more cost associated with that in the third quarter. And then we do also expect to see the increase in resin costs just be slightly higher in the third quarter in that space, as well as in EWP. And then as we are looking across lumber, we do see some increase in log costs, which is obviously favorable to us on the timberland side.

Davie Wold
Davie Wold
CFO at Weyerhaeuser

That is kind of all-in when you weigh all that together, that is how you get to the slightly lower X price.

Kurt Yinger
Kurt Yinger
Analyst at D.A. Davidson

Okay. I appreciate that. And then Devin, I was hoping we could talk a little bit about what you are seeing or thinking second half of the year into the early part of 2027, even on lumber imports. Just with the pricing environment we have seen, plus presumably finalized Canadian duties moving lower. How are you thinking about incremental supply from Canada, and then what are you also hearing in terms of shipments coming over from Europe as well?

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Yeah, maybe I will take that in two parts. From Canada, which is obviously the bigger of the two, we are going to see with AR7, we are going to see the duties come down by 10%. So the all-in duty rate with tariffs is going to be around 35% versus 45%. That does provide a little bit more breathing room on the downside from a pricing standpoint.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

My own personal view is I would not expect to see a meaningful amount of additional volume coming in from Canada based on that 10% reduction. 35% is still a healthy number. And I would say the other thing too, right, is we have seen a bunch of Canadian capacity come out of the system. I do not anticipate that those mills that have been shut down are going to come back. And so there is a certain amount of volume that is just out of the system.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

There may be a little bit of noise once the implementation date is set, and as a reminder, that can be anywhere from August to October. Maybe around the margins, you'll see people kind of moving shipment dates to try to navigate that change. I don't see that resulting any sort of meaningful increase in lumber coming across the border. With respect to Europe, just as a reminder, that's always been a relatively small piece of the overall demand. I do see that continuing to trend down over time. You may have a few monthly spikes here and there, but with the transportation and logistics costs these days, getting that wood across the pond, together with the fact that just log costs have gone up in many of these key producing regions in Europe.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

It strikes me as unlikely that you're going to see European imports really get back to more of those peak levels. I would just remind you that when we really saw the peak in imports coming over from Europe, part of that was because they were working through salvage with windblown, past fire, et cetera. For all intents and purposes, those logs are free. That just gives you a lot of flexibility to take on the transportation cost to get it over. Log prices have gone back to market levels, and they've been going up. That's going to be, I think, a bit more challenging for European volume to really spike up meaningfully.

Kurt Yinger
Kurt Yinger
Analyst at D.A. Davidson

Got it. Okay. That all makes sense. Appreciate the color. Thank you.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Yep. Thank you.

Operator

Our next question comes from Mark Weintraub with Seaport Research Partners. Your line is now live.

Mark Weintraub
Mark Weintraub
Analyst at Seaport Research Partners

Thank you. Devin, a pretty big-picture question. Normally housing is the drivers for you for sure. Right now we're going through this massive spend, it's on AI infrastructure. Are there ways that you are participating at all, and are there ways that you could possibly increase participation from this massive spend going on?

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Yeah, absolutely, Mark. I'll highlight a few different areas. In the very near term, one of the areas that we're going to benefit is from our solar and renewables business. I think when you look across all of North America, certainly in the U.S., the amount of energy demand is just spiking, that's causing a significant degree of interest in developing, in particular solar, because that's the fastest to market. That's going to be a nice tailwind for us for a very long time, is just the incremental demand for electricity, and we'll get that in the renewables business. You're already starting to see some of that. I'd say the second one is with our land position, we're obviously the largest landowner in North America.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

We have a number of sites that we feel are very well-suited for data center build-outs, we are actively marketing a handful of sites, and we're building that pipeline. That's another area where I think in the relatively near future, we could see some upside. As you would expect, the price per acre from data centers is pretty significant and just an extraordinary margin above timber values, we're actively pursuing that. The other piece, which I would say is probably a little bit more in the early stages, although we, Weyerhaeuser, and we, as an industry, are actively working this, is utilizing more wood-based construction in the build-out of data centers.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

I think there's a really nice sweet spot for us in this space, in that most of the folks that are building data centers also have pretty significant climate pledges and greenhouse gas reduction commitments. Building with wood is substantially better from an environmental standpoint. We're out there working with the data center developers, trying to get wood more extensively utilized in this build-out. The early indications, I think there is certainly an openness to it. In all candor, today, it's all about speed. What we've got to do is we've got to convince the developers that you can get mass timber up more quickly than the alternative building product. We're working that. I do think we'll get some momentum here. The softwood Lumber Coalition, a whole bunch of other industry associations are working this.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

It's a big opportunity, and we're going after it.

Mark Weintraub
Mark Weintraub
Analyst at Seaport Research Partners

Right. In terms, are they primarily using steel and concrete?

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Steel and concrete-

Mark Weintraub
Mark Weintraub
Analyst at Seaport Research Partners

currently?

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Yeah. Steel and concrete.

Mark Weintraub
Mark Weintraub
Analyst at Seaport Research Partners

Yeah. Maybe there's a little bit of relationship to this next question too then. It's on Monticello. One thing that's been very apparent out there is the cost to build things has increased very substantially in the last several years. Is the $500 million budget still good? Were you out in front and have things locked down so that we can stay there? Relatedly, this again might tie into the last question a little bit, any update or read on look-forward demand for the product?

Davie Wold
Davie Wold
CFO at Weyerhaeuser

Sure, Mark, this is Davie. I'll take the budget question on Monticello. Big picture, construction is progressing really well. We are on track as we had indicated for a startup in the first half of 2027. For this year, we do anticipate approximately $300 million in spend. We've said that. Yes, we are seeing some amount of cost pressures, particularly when you think about areas like labor, steel, concrete. Really, those are the areas, to your point, that are seeing competition in larger scale construction activities impacting those dollars. Also seeing some pressure from tariffs, as always, our teams are working to minimize the impact of these pressures through things like value engineering. At this point, I think it's hard to say whether and how much that would increase.

Davie Wold
Davie Wold
CFO at Weyerhaeuser

Regardless, I think even if we did see some level of overall budget increase, the return profile remains very attractive.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Maybe I'll take the second part of the question, Mark, which is the early demand signals for TimberStrand, just very strong across a whole host of different opportunities. Just the baseline utilization of TimberStrand, what we're currently making out of Kenora, there remains a lot of demand for that product. It's a great product at a good price point. We are looking at a whole host of additional opportunities to add on to that. Things like AeroStrand, which is a new product that we're very excited about that's based off of the TimberStrand technology. I think there's a really interesting application in the mass timber space, and we've had a bunch of conversations about TimberStrand being utilized in that building capacity and just general industrial. We've got a good, strong anchor customer already in the South who's expanding.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

I think there's a variety of opportunities there. We're really excited about this product. Our sales folks are very excited about this product, so we're looking forward to getting this mill up and running so we can start moving product out of Monticello.

Mark Weintraub
Mark Weintraub
Analyst at Seaport Research Partners

Super. Just one last confirmation then, since we're on the topic of OFL. Is it correct to say that the new Canadian tariffs are not applicable to Kenora's product?

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

That is correct, yes.

Mark Weintraub
Mark Weintraub
Analyst at Seaport Research Partners

Okay, super. Thank you.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Thanks, Mark.

Operator

Our next question comes from Hamir Patel with CIBC Capital Markets. Please proceed with your question.

Hamir Patel
Analyst at CIBC Capital Markets

Hi, good morning. On the biocarbon initiative, how should we think about timing of the build-out of additional sites beyond the first one?

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

We are actively looking at the footprint. We have a handful of additional sites that we've identified, and we're working through those with Aymium. One of the challenges with the first site is there's just a lot of groundwork you have to do to make sure that the product, the residuals, the pulpwood, the chips, the process, those are all working to get to the end product of Biocarbon that the buyers want. As you would expect, that takes a fair bit of testing. That should get easier as we go forward because a lot of this work has been done.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

At this point, really, we have a pretty good line of sight on what wood baskets would be best for new facilities, that's a function of the growth drain in these various markets, our ability to serve with both our sawmill residuals as well as our pulp logs, the transportation and logistics. There's work to be done, we're making good progress. We hope at some point later this year or early next year to be able to announce some additional sites. The focus right now is we want to get this first facility outside of McComb built. We're getting permits all in order and land purchase and doing all the groundwork. We're really excited about this. We've had our team, Paul and a few of his folks were earlier this summer all across Europe meeting with potential customers for Biocarbon.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

We still think this is a really big opportunity for us over time, we're getting after it.

Hamir Patel
Analyst at CIBC Capital Markets

Great. Thanks, Devin. That's all I have.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

All right. Thank you.

Operator

Our next question comes from Anthony Pettinari with Citi. Please proceed with your question.

Anthony Pettinari
Anthony Pettinari
Analyst at Citi

Good morning.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Morning.

Anthony Pettinari
Anthony Pettinari
Analyst at Citi

Hey, you raised the full-year guide for Strategic Land Solutions, and in terms of Climate Solutions and the contribution there, I think if you back out the big conservation easement in 1Q, it seems like Climate Solutions EBITDA was like $14 million in 1Q, $13 million in 2Q. Is that like a decent run rate as we think about the second half, or is that number going to be very volatile and spiky? Any kind of way that you can help us sort of frame Climate Solutions contribution in the back half and maybe on a run rate basis?

Davie Wold
Davie Wold
CFO at Weyerhaeuser

Yeah, sure, Anthony. It is going to be pretty lumpy as we move forward. That's kind of the nature of these businesses as we are building them out and investing in the long-term growth in each of those areas. You're going to see that move around quarter to quarter. I don't think that reading too much into the current quarter amount as a run rate is a good thought moving forward. I think we're continuing to focus on growing that business up to the $250 million target through 2030. I think we'll continue to update you as we progress along the way to that.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Yeah, I would just add that that's definitely true today. It is going to be lumpy. I will say, though, over time, you're going to see this become more of a run rate business. When we get to full scale on renewables, when you get to growth on the construction materials, when you see the CCS project come into play, some of these businesses are a little bit more run rate, and won't be quite as lumpy as, say, some of the conservation mitigation deals that we're doing today.

Anthony Pettinari
Anthony Pettinari
Analyst at Citi

Got it. That's helpful. Then, Devin, at the Investor Day, you identified $180 million in enterprise initiatives for the company. Obviously, that comprises a lot of individual projects and programs, but I'm just wondering if you could give any sort of update there. I guess the context of the question is, since the Investor Day, housing market has been a bit weaker than expected. Some of the product prices have been a little bit weaker than expected. Do you sort of prioritize some of those projects? Do you cut back? Do you accelerate? I'm just wondering how you think about that and how those are progressing.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Yeah. The good news about those enterprise initiatives is that for the most part, they're not really expensive to move forward with. Look, if I look at the different buckets there, I'm really pleased with how this is coming along. We've got a lot of activity going on on the AI front. We're in the early stages of some of these things, but we're starting to see a little bit of the money flow in from that. We got a whole host of projects in the AI space that we're really excited about, I'd say that is progressing at or even perhaps better than we expected pace. When we think about some of the cost initiatives, Davie and his team are doing a great job together with the businesses, really looking for every penny.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

I think the last count is we have 53 separate cost initiatives underway at the company. We're starting to see some benefit there. I think next year we'll really start to see some meaningful benefits from some of that activity. The procurement folks are doing a great job driving spend, and being very thoughtful about how we organize the spend. We've got new initiatives from the Integration Excellence team, things like our Contractor Loyalty Program, which is really starting to gain some traction. Really just kind of working, making sure that we're getting every conceivable possible dollar from the integrated nature of our platform. I'm really excited about that. We're going to do that regardless of what's going on in the market, and you could almost say that tough markets make that a little easier.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Cost initiatives sometimes are a little easier to sell to the organization when times are tight. It's all going according to plan, if not better than plan. We're just moving forward full force on those enterprise initiatives.

Anthony Pettinari
Anthony Pettinari
Analyst at Citi

Okay. That's helpful. I'll turn it over.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

All right. Thank you.

Operator

Our next question comes from Matthew McKellar with RBC Capital Markets. Please proceed with your question.

Matthew McKellar
Matthew McKellar
Analyst at RBC Capital Markets

Good morning. Thanks for taking my question. Just on transportation, can you just give a bit more color on the steps you've actually taken to improve capacity around transportation for lumber? It was just a bit unclear to me to what extent the market has improved, and maybe to what extent you've taken steps yourselves to remedy the issue. Thanks very much.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Really what happened in Q2 is we just had kind of a perfect storm of events all happening at more or less the same time. I will say, if you look back over time, it's not unusual to see markets tighten and loosen over time, and I think our team does a good job ordinarily of managing through that, so it's not necessarily going to be impactful to our operations. When you had the higher fuel costs from the Iran situation, we've also had some regulatory changes here that unfortunately have reduced the number of available truck drivers. I'd say just overall trucking capacity and the usage just created a very challenging dynamic in Q2. Fast-forward to today, I would say maybe things are slightly better, but not meaningfully. The overall market, particularly for flatbed trucks in the U.S. South, is still pretty tight.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Our commentary on why we don't think it's going to be as impactful in Q3 is because our team has taken a number of steps to help navigate that. That covers a lot of different areas. Things like maybe moving a little bit more volume to rail versus truck. Things like adding additional loading days at the mills. There's ordinarily an option for customers to arrange pickup of their product from our mill versus us managing that transportation. We've taken a little bit more of that management on our team to help manage that a little bit better. We're doing a whole variety of different things to try to navigate this more challenging environment. I would expect it to continue to be tight here for the foreseeable future.

Matthew McKellar
Matthew McKellar
Analyst at RBC Capital Markets

Very helpful. Thanks. I'll turn it back.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

All right. Thank you.

Operator

Our next question comes from Buck Horne with Raymond James. Please proceed with your question.

Buck Horne
Buck Horne
Analyst at Raymond James

Hey, thanks. Good morning, guys. I'll try to keep this brief.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Thanks.

Buck Horne
Buck Horne
Analyst at Raymond James

Just wondering if you've got any thoughts on the Canadian wildfire situation this year and either in terms of the longer-term impact on fiber supply or if there's any near-term potential salvage inventory impact, or how do you think about what's happening with the wildfires in Canada impacting overall North American flows?

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Yeah. First of all, just say that, fortunately for us, the wildfire in Canada really hasn't impacted our operating areas too much. Alberta really is a key region for us, and they had a lot of rain early in the year, it hasn't been quite as bad. In some of the other geographies, I think the fire activity has probably been a little bit further north, it hasn't been quite as impactful to date. It's fire salvage opportunity, I suppose, even if it's far north, sometimes the logistics costs to get after that just make the economics a little tricky. Sitting here today, I'm not sure I see a massive influx of salvage logs hitting the Canadian system.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

There may be a few spots where that may be the case, generally speaking, to date, I don't know that I see that as being a huge issue for us.

Buck Horne
Buck Horne
Analyst at Raymond James

All right. Thanks, guys. My questions are otherwise answered. Thanks.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

All right. Thanks, Buck.

Operator

Our next question comes from Hong Zhang with JPMorgan. Your line is now live.

Hong Zhang
Hong Zhang
Analyst at JPMorgan

Yeah. Hey. I guess, how do you think about share buybacks in your capital allocation priorities, just given where the stock trades today?

Davie Wold
Davie Wold
CFO at Weyerhaeuser

Yeah, you bet, Hong. Our approach there really remains disciplined and consistent. We designed our capital allocation framework to ensure it aligns with the cyclical nature of our business. We start with that commitment to returning significant amounts of cash back to shareholders, and then beyond that, we can allocate additional capital to value-add activities, whether that be investing in our businesses, debt paydown, or incremental share repurchase. This year, of course, we've got the significant amount of Monticello spend, so we're focused on that. Beyond that, we'll continue to evaluate opportunities for share repurchase. We like it. We've been active in that space. We closed out our $1 billion authorization last year, announced a new one. I think that's a good indication of the value of that lever that we see. But of course, we're going to weigh that with all the other long-term investment opportunities that we have in maintaining an appropriate capital structure.

Hong Zhang
Hong Zhang
Analyst at JPMorgan

Got it. Then on the OSB side, what we saw with lumber last year was that producers were willing to operate under negative margins for a surprising amount of time. Do you think we could face a similar situation on an OSB this year? You think the market will correct a little bit more faster?

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

To be perfectly frank, I think that's very hard to predict. Each individual organization is going to have their rationale for how they operate, and I just don't know that we have visibility into that to make a good prediction.

Hong Zhang
Hong Zhang
Analyst at JPMorgan

Thanks. Have a great weekend.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Thank you.

Operator

Our last question comes from Mike Roxland with Truist Securities. Please proceed with your question.

Mike Roxland
Mike Roxland
Analyst at Truist Securities

Yeah. Thanks, Devin, Davie, Andy, for taking my questions. Just two quick ones from me. Devin, in OSB, can you give us a sense of what's happening with the startups for those new mills? Do you expect them to start on schedule? Do you think that they could be delayed given the persistent housing weakness we're currently seeing, as well as OSB oversupply? Just secondly, Devin, in EWP, if conditions remain steady, do you think that you guys could be poised for another increase in early 2027? Thank you.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Yeah. With the two new OSB mills, look, what I know is what we've read in the press. The latest I've heard is those have been pushed out to the end of this year, early next year. I don't know that we have any insight other than what's been publicly reported on that. On EWP, it's very hard to predict what you're going to do from a pricing standpoint that far out. The reality is it's just going to depend on what does the demand environment look like, particularly if you're talking about early next year. It's going to also depend on what the general confidence level is of the builders as they're putting together their buy program. I'd say at this point, it's a little bit hard to say what that pricing environment's going to look like as you get into 2027.

Mike Roxland
Mike Roxland
Analyst at Truist Securities

Thank you.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

Thanks.

Operator

There are no further questions at this time. I'd like to turn the floor back over to Devin Stockfish for closing comments.

Devin Stockfish
Devin Stockfish
CEO at Weyerhaeuser

All right. Well, thanks everyone for joining us this morning. Thank you for your continued interest in Weyerhaeuser and have a great day.

Operator

This concludes today's teleconference. You may disconnect your lines at this time, and we thank you for your participation.

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