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Introduction Investors care about bond markets. For institutional investors tasked with managing portfolios on behalf of current and future retirees, U.S. policies and debt levels affect the relative attractiveness of assets from domestic timberlands to equities to treasuries. The bond more…
Last year, Forisk published a blog about the questions Forisk’s Custom Market Forecast (CMF) can answer for firms making investment and operating decisions in the timber and forest industries. After a year of delivering CMFs for clients, we developed case more…
The United Kingdom is the largest consumer of industrial wood pellets in the world, with three large dedicated biomass power stations. Two power stations (Drax Group and Lynemouth Power Station) were converted from coal. The third, Teeside Renewable Energy Station, more…
This post is an excerpt from the Q2 2026 Forisk Wood Fiber Review (WFR), which provides a quarterly review of pulpwood, chips, biomass markets and trade in the U.S. and Canada. Introduction Residual wood chips, byproducts generated during timber harvesting more…
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now” This proverb, often attributed to China, encourages action today even if you failed to act earlier. It also echoes a fundamental truth, and more…
This post includes ideas and an excerpt of analysis from the Q2 2026 Forisk Research Quarterly. Introduction When it comes to making choices and decisions, I think we overvalue “best,” we underappreciate “good” and “effective” and “better,” and we fail more…
The following is an excerpt from the Forisk Research Quarterly. When evaluating timberland investment performance, we generally look at two drivers: EBITDDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, Depletion, and Amortization), which represents the cash yield from operations, and Appreciation, more…
This blog includes data from Forisk’s North American Mill Capacity Database, a database of over 2,350 wood-using mills in North America. For more information on the mill database or Forisk’s other products, please visit forisk.com or contact Nick DiLuzio at ndiluzio@forisk.com. Introduction Oriented Strand more…
This post includes excerpts from the Q2 2026 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. To learn more or to subscribe to the FRQ, please contact Nick DiLuzio (ndiluzio@forisk.com). Year-to-Date Housing Activity Seasonally more…
This post includes ideas and an excerpt of analysis from the Q2 2026 Forisk Research Quarterly. Introduction The Washington Forest Practices Board approved a new rule to expand stream buffers on non-fish bearing perennial streams (Type Np) on November 12, 2025. more…