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This is the third in a series related to Forisk’s Q3 2019 forest industry analysis and forecasts for the United States and Canada. Everyone can relate to the sensation of barely recognizing an old friend you’ve run into at a more…
This post is the fourth in a series related to the Q2 2019 Forisk Research Quarterly Forisk forecasts an additional 3 BBFT of sawmill capacity in the South over the next three years. If trucking is strained, how do we more…
“Reality is frequently inaccurate” – Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy It has been a couple of years since we last discussed the performance (and drivers) of our logging cost forecasts. At that time, we were seeing increased more…
This post contains an excerpt from the Q1 2019 Forisk Research Quarterly feature article. This is the fourth in a series related to Forisk’s Q1 2019 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. Amanda Lang, Jack more…
I just lay there awake in the middle of the night Thinking ’bout the wreck on the highway – Bruce Springsteen “Wreck on the highway” While driving on the interstate last week, I saw a fully-loaded car hauler that more…
In reading about the pulp and paper industry, so much news focuses on the declines in printing and writing paper and newsprint. True, North American paper and paperboard production declined 25% since the start of the 2000’s, but the industry more…
This is the fifth in a series related to Forisk’s Q3 2018 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States and Canada. Almost everything I hear about logging these days relates to trucking and the challenges of finding more…
This is the fifth 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 Forest Operations chapter. I had the opportunity to attend more…
While I hesitate to use the phrase “can’t see the forest for the trees” when analyzing the timber industry, it does feel relevant when tracking trends and processing the floods of data coming at us in the modern world. Peter more…
Last week Forisk hosted a “Wood Flows & Cash Flows” event in Atlanta where we discussed a range of our research applications. Included were detailed case studies and rankings of markets and wood demand, forest supplies, timberland ownership, bioenergy, and more…