Lumber Giants Strike $7.1B All-Stock Deal, Creating Second-Largest U.S. Timberland Owner With 4.2M Acres

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Rayonier and PotlatchDeltic will merge in a $7.1B all-stock deal, forming the second-largest U.S. timberland owner with 4.2M acres. The merger benefits from rising lumber demand and Trump’s 10% softwood import tariff.

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00:00It's Benzinga bringing Wall Street to Main Street.

00:30Second-only industry leader, Weyerhaeuser.

00:33Nearly a million rain-and-air potlatch-deltic acres are located in the northwest,

00:37where private timber is at high demand.

00:39They produce federal harvesting.

00:41The rest lie in the south, where abundant pine supply has lowered log prices

00:45but boosted lumber-making profitability.

00:47Companies expect to benefit from higher U.S. lumber demand

00:49amid Trump's 10% tariff on imported softwood and surging solar land leases.

00:54For all things money, visit Benzinga.com.

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