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Visitor traffic on the Forisk Blog in 2023 increased 12.8% over 2022. Thank you for reading and sharing this content with others! Here are top posts from 2023, along with a few popular posts by topic: Pros and Cons of more…
Utilization is the act of making practical use of something. For industrial purposes, utilization is the percent of name plate capacity used to produce a product; it is calculated as production divided by capacity for a set time period. Forisk more…
This blog includes data from the Forisk Wood Fiber Review, a quarterly publication tracking North America’s major wood fiber markets. For more information, please visit www.forisk.com. Usually, at least one market in the forest industry is hot: lumber, paper, packaging, veneer, specialty more…
Pulp and paper mill closures garner headlines as they represent massive facilities employing hundreds and contributing millions of dollars to local economies. They also provide an important market for wood fiber for forest landowners and sawmills. Mill closures hamper landowners’ more…
This blog includes data from the Forisk Wood Fiber Review, a quarterly publication tracking North America’s major wood fiber markets. For more information, please visit www.forisk.com. The paper and packaging slowdown has reached into a third consecutive quarter and has more…
We have been getting questions from clients about pulp markets as pulpmills across the country cut back production and wood purchases. Stephen Wright, the Product Manager of Forisk’s Wood Fiber Review, discussed market trends with procurement managers and timberland owners more…
Where in the U.S. should investors put capital to work in the forest industry? New research from Forisk ranks local markets and shows how the answer differs for timberland investors, sawtimber consumers, and users of pulpwood. For example, rankings highlight more…
Introduction Pulpwood, the smaller trees typically chipped for making wood pulp or oriented strand board (OSB) or wood pellets, provides balance and diversification to the forest products industry. Robust, sustainable timber markets and wood baskets feature a broad set of more…
On August 25th, 2022, Forisk hosted its sixth annual “Wood Flows & Cash Flows” conference, with attendees participating virtually from across 22 states, three Canadian provinces and three continents. The one-day event provided a comprehensive review of research relevant to more…
Regional forest industry fundamentals are known by those in the business. The moving of softwood lumber capacity across North America from Western Canada and the Northwest to the U.S. South, changes in timberland ownership, and factors driving pulp fiber costs comprise a few. However, the more…