Forisk Wood Fiber Review Adds New Content Tracking Lumber Sector Performance

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In Q1 2025, the Forisk Wood Fiber Review added a new chapter tracking the performance, production and exports from publicly traded companies including Canfor (CFP), GreenFirst Forest Products (TSX: GFP), Interfor (IFSPF), PotlatchDeltic (PCH), West Fraser (WFG), and Weyerhaeuser (WY). more…

What Questions can the Forisk Custom Market Forecast Answer?

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This is part one of a series highlighting Forisk’s new Custom Market Forecast. Future posts will highlight how the Custom Market Forecast can help your team make better decisions. To learn more about the Custom Market Forecast, please contact Nick more…

Timberland Investments: Physical Facts Affect Technology, Tariffs, and Trying to Increase Harvests from Public Forests

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This post includes themes from the (virtual) Applied Forest Finance course on April 3rd, 2025. Early registration ends March 20th! Over the past 30 years, the ownership and management of private industrial forestland has changed. Fewer forest owning firms are more…

Top 10 North American and U.S. Lumber Producers in 2024

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Softwood lumber prices finally exceeded break-even levels at the end of 2024 but not before many lumber producers reduced capacity. Total 2023 North American softwood lumber production capacity was over 75 billion board feet (BBFT). North American lumber capacity increased more…

Timberland Investments: Smaller Sector with Bigger Portfolio Benefits

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This post includes themes from the (virtual) Applied Forest Finance course on April 3rd, 2025. Early registration ends March 20th! The investable universe for institutional timberland in the U.S. is modest compared to markets for stocks, bonds, currencies, or real more…

Tariffs on Imports from Canada? Tell Me More!

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Between reporting on artificial intelligence and the Luka Doncic trade to the LA Lakers, news leaked about potential U.S. tariffs on imports from Canada. While headlines screamed – see the January 31st The Wall Street Journal editorial “The Dumbest Trade more…