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This is the fourth in a series related to Forisk’s Q4 2015 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. Localizing the capacity of softwood sawmills to consume wood translates into robust estimates of regional and national capacity. more…
This is the first blog in a series related to Forisk’s research of U.S. wood bioenergy markets published in the Q4 2015 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) Publication. Wood bioenergy projects have slowed in the U.S.; meaningful potential growth, if realized, more…
This post includes an excerpt from the newly updated Q4 2015 “Forest Operations” section of the Forisk Reseach Quarterly (FRQ). Starting in Q4 2015, Forisk will report regional metrics of interest related to logging and transportation. This quarter, we present five-year trends of more…
If the proposed merger of the two largest public timber REITs, Plum Creek (PCL) and Weyerhaeuser (WY), does anything, it reminds us of the relative insignificance of timber firms to the REIT sector generally and the stock market overall. Currently, more…
This is the third in a series related to Forisk’s Q4 2015 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the North America. In British Columbia, the law refers to logs as “unmanufactured timber.” The phrase speaks to untapped value more…