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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…
On July 26, 2017, West Fraser announced an agreement to acquire Gilman Companies, a major producer of southern yellow pine lumber with six sawmills in South Georgia and North Florida comprising 700 million board feet (MMBF) of capacity. The acquisition more…
Tracking capital expenditures in the forest products industry gives insight into which sectors expect to be profitable in the future: higher investment levels imply greater expectations of profit. We track investments by wood products firms through multiple data sources. more…
Forisk tracks wood-using facilities in North America’s forest products industry to study capital allocation, wood demand, and forest technology trends. Demand for logs from sawmills drives timber prices in most local markets and affects timberland values. Over the past 20 more…
This is the second in a series related to Forisk’s Q1 2017 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States and Canada. The fact that the forest industry has changed structurally over the past 10 years is more…
This post includes an excerpt from the bioenergy research authored by Amanda Lang and Andrew Copley published in the Q4 2016 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) Publication. Forisk analysis suggests wood use for viable bioenergy projects in the U.S. will be more…
By Brooks Mendell and Amanda Lang This is the second in a series related to Forisk’s Q4 2016 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States and Canada. In October 2015, the Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA) between more…
This post includes an excerpt from the bioenergy research and featured research authored by Amanda Lang and Andrew Copley published in the Q3 2016 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) Publication. Forisk analysis suggests wood use for viable bioenergy projects in the more…