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Structural panel production is highly consolidated amongst few firms in North America. There are only ten OSB producers and the ten largest plywood producers represent 73% of North American capacity in 2018. The ten largest plywood producers in North America more…
Over the past decade, Eastern Canada has consistently been the fourth-largest installed base of regional softwood lumber manufacturing capacity in North America, behind the U.S. South, the U.S. West, and Western Canada. However, the region has gained importance as a more…
This is the fourth in a series related to Forisk’s Q3 2018 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States and Canada. The post includes an excerpt from the Regional Summary: U.S. South chapter. Twenty-five (25) OSB mills more…
After yet another consolidating acquisition of southern sawmills, it seems like an opportune moment to review the changing profile of the softwood lumber industry in the U.S. South. At the end of 2008 – the early days of the housing more…
This is the fourth in a series related to Forisk’s Q2 2018 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States and Canada. The post includes an excerpt from the Regional Summary: U.S. South chapter. Growth-to-drain analysis compares annual more…
Forisk has tracked and accumulated timberland transaction and ownership data since 2006. The ownership data goes back 50 years and the transaction data goes back 20 years to 1996. This provides context when reviewing year-over-year trends. In the past twelve more…
Forest certification programs have become ubiquitous over the past 25 years. Between the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), and the American Tree Farm System (ATFS), around 30% of the 360 million privately-owned timberland acres in the more…
This post includes an excerpt from the Q4 2017 Forisk Research Quarterly feature article, “Local Projections and Pricing Impacts of Timber Supplies in the U.S. South” authored by Amanda Lang, Shawn Baker, and Brooks Mendell Each year, Forisk estimates future more…
This is the sixth in a series related to Forisk’s Q4 2017 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. The pulp/paper industry in the U.S. continues to shift away from newsprint and printing papers in favor of more…
This post includes an excerpt from research published in the Q3 2017 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ). Pine sawtimber stumpage prices in the South bottomed in 2012. Despite modest recovery through 2015, prices dropped the past two years. While timber price models more…