Forest Finance Fundamentals: Are Your Trees Making You Money?

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This post includes themes from the newly updated 7th Edition of Forest Finance Simplified and 2nd Edition of Aunt Fanny Learns Forestry. Forest Finance Simplified, a book I originally wrote as a reference for myself, helps readers strengthen their understanding of and more…

U.S. Southeast Wood Fiber Market Updates

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This post is an excerpt from the Southeast chapter in the Q3 2025 Forisk Wood Fiber Review (WFR), which provides a quarterly review of pulpwood, chips, biomass markets and trade in the U.S. and Canada. Mill News and Market Impacts more…

Timber Price Math: Benchmarks and Ratios for Forest Owners and Investors

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This post includes content from the Q3 2025 Forisk Research Quarterly and ideas covered in the virtual Timber Market Analysis class, offered on October 1st and 2nd, 2025. Introduction Sports offer fans familiar mathematical benchmarks and ratios. In professional baseball, more…

Forest Industry Uncertainties Magnify the Strengths and Weaknesses of Local Timber Markets

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This post includes ideas and content covered in the virtual Timber Market Analysis class, October 1st and 2nd, 2025. Lumber prices, OSB prices, construction spending, and housing starts are down. Manufacturing input costs, tariff rates, and policy frictions are up. more…

Forisk Timberland Transactions: 2025 Q2 Update

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This post includes data from Forisk’s North American Timberland Transactions Database and research from the Forisk Research Quarterly. For more information about the Forisk Research Quarterly, please contact Nick DiLuzio (ndiluzio@forisk.com).   In Q1 and Q2 2025, Forisk tracked 22 more…

Forest Carbon Realities for Timberland Investors in 2025

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This post includes ideas and content from the Q3 2025 Forisk Research Quarterly. Humans use petroleum products and coal to power factories, propel cars, and illuminate cities. We consume and release in dozens of years what required hundreds of millions more…