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This blog includes data from Forisk’s North American Mill Capacity Database, a database of over 2,300 wood-using mills in North America. For more information on the mill database or Forisk’s other products, please visit www.forisk.com or contact Nick DiLuzio at ndiluzio@forisk.com. more…
Prepared by: Thomas Black, Forisk Intern Southern softwood sawmills invested heavily over the past 10-15 years to gain efficiency. Lumber conversion rates, also known as recovery rates, overrun, or underrun, represent a ratio of tons of feedstock consumed to produce more…
When localizing forest supplies, mill capacities, forest operations, and pricing, each timber market produces a unique profile. This uniqueness highlights how timberland valuations, wood procurement strategies, and forest management plans get customized to optimize the market and company assets. Recently, more…
Introduction Since last quarter, housing markets remained sluggish amidst falling inflation and a slowdown in labor markets. While the federal reserve lowered its policy rate last month to support labor market conditions, the realization of this policy change in the more…
This is part one of a series evaluating the impacts of Hurricane Helene on timber markets in Georgia. On September 26, 2024, Hurricane Helene made landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida as a Category 4 storm. Helene entered more…
Recently, at the CANOPY forestland investment conference in Portland, I participated on a panel about pulpwood markets in the U.S. South. While the region enjoys abundant forest resources and dozens of new wood-using mills, it has also seen the closure more…
U.S. wood pellet production facilities can be classified into two categories: “industrial grade,” which is mostly produced in the South and “domestic use grade,” which is primarily produced in the East and West. In addition to different end uses, the more…
In the forest industry, we study timber markets and the underlying data to understand relationships and risks. For timberland investing and the procurement of wood, systematic frameworks and proven processes help us analyze and compare markets and wood baskets to more…
This blog includes data from Forisk’s North American Mill Capacity Database, a database of over 2,300 wood-using mills in North America. For more information on the mill database or Forisk’s other products, please visit or contact Nick DiLuzio at ndiluzio@forisk.com. more…
This post includes content from the 7th edition of Forest Finance Simplified (forthcoming) and the upcoming Timber Market Analysis course (delivered virtually on October 16th & 17th).. Investors prefer assets that do not correlate with the stock market because they more…