Supply Cost Information
- Weekly Fertilizer Review – prices are firming; click on link for week of 2/8 update.
- BLS PPI Nursery Stock –
- TPI Sod Price Outlook –
- The Plastics Exchange
- Copper Price Charts – click on to see prices and inventory for current and five year historical period.
- Google Construction Trends
Market Gas Prices
$2.03 vs. $2.77
- National Avg Today- $2.03
- National Average Last Year – $2.77
- Find your MSA and benchmark your fuel expense category.
- National Gas Price Map
Source: GasBuddy.com – click here to find lowest gas prices in your area.
Current Pest Outlooks
- Very little pest activity in the interior, non-coastal areas, and the east coast (except Florida)
- Some crabgrass, dollar spot, poa annua, rust, and take all patch activity in southern extremities and pacific coast.
- Source: Syngenta GreenCast – click here to see maps by pest.
News & Weekly Landscape Weather Outlook
News
Housing Starts
Stock Market Indices
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Housing Starts
| Year-to-Date | Total | 1 unit | 2 units | 3 and 4 Units | 5 units or More | |
| September 2014 | 795.9 | 493.2 | 11.7 | 11.1 | 279.8 | |
| September 2015 | 889.3 | 530.0 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 334.2 | |
| Percent Change | 12% | 7% | 7% | 14% | 19% | |
| South | West | |||||
| Year-to-Date | Total | 1 unit | 2 units | Total | 1 unit | 2 units |
| September 2014 | 396.2 | 267.7 | 128.5 | 181.9 | 105.9 | 76.0 |
| September 2015 | 427.6 | 288.0 | 139.5 | 209.3 | 122.9 | 86.4 |
| Percent Change | 8% | 8% | 9% | 15% | 16% | 14% |
| Northeast | Midwest | |||||
| Year-to-Date | Total | 1 unit | 2 units | Total | 1 unit | 2 units |
| September 2014 | 90.2 | 41.2 | 48.9 | 127.6 | 78.4 | 49.2 |
| September 2015 | 124.9 | 38.1 | 86.8 | 127.6 | 81.0 | 46.6 |
| Percent Change | 38% | -8% | 77% | 0% | 3% | -5% |