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Forisk Blog: 2019

Top Forisk Blog Posts from 2019: Forest Finance, Largest Lumber Firms, and Timberland Owners

Posted on December 29, 2019 by Brooks Mendell | no comments in Forest Finance & Economics

Visitor traffic on the Forisk Blog increased 4% in 2019 over 2018, for a seventh consecutive year of growth. Thank you! Here are top posts from 2019, along with a few popular posts by topic: Forest Finance: What Does a more…

Forisk Acquires the North American Wood Fiber Review

Posted on December 18, 2019 by Brooks Mendell | no comments in Forisk, Pulp & Paper, Timber Market Analysis, Wood Bioenergy, Wood Prices

Forisk has acquired the North American Wood Fiber Review from Wood Resources International of Bothell, Washington. The Review, which tracks wood fiber markets in all major regions of the U.S. and Canada, will be published as the Forisk Wood Fiber more…

Know What Matters When Investing

Posted on December 12, 2019 by Brooks Mendell | no comments in Forest Finance & Economics

When I was a kid, my Mom taught me that she would be the most important woman in my life, until I married, at which point my wife would become the most important woman in my life. This guidance, beyond more…

North American Wood Pellet Exports, Q4 2019 Update

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Brooks Mendell | no comments in Wood Bioenergy

This is the sixth in a series related to the Q4 2019 Forisk Research Quarterly’s (FRQ) forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. Driven by U.S. volumes, North American wood pellet exports increased 13% year-over-year through August, more…

Tags Canada, Wood Bioenergy, wood pellets

Hurricane Michael: Impacts on Timber Supplies

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Amanda Lang | no comments in Timber Market Analysis, Timber Supply

This is the fifth in a series related to the Q4 2019 Forisk Research Quarterly’s (FRQ) forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. Hurricane Michael hit the Florida panhandle and southwest Georgia as a category 5 hurricane on more…

Tags sustainability, timber forecast, timber market analysis

Timber REITs Bounce Back in 2019

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Brooks Mendell | no comments in Forest Finance & Economics

This is the fourth in a series related to the Q4 2019 Forisk Research Quarterly’s (FRQ) forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. Publicly-traded timber investments struggled in 2018. Only direct timber investments generated positive returns in more…

How much longer will pine sawtimber accumulate in the U.S. South?

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Shawn Baker | no comments in Timber Supply, Wood Demand & Procurement

This is the third in a series related to Forisk’s Q4 2019 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. It contains an excerpt from our feature article on timber supply in the U.S. South co-authored by more…

Tags sustainability, timber forecast, wood demand

Technology in the Forest Industry: Observations from Pulp and Paper, Part II

Posted on October 22, 2019 by Brooks Mendell | no comments in Forest Finance & Economics

This is the second in a series related to the Q4 2019 Forisk Research Quarterly’s (FRQ) forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. Technology is the application of science or knowledge for practical purposes. Examples of technology more…

U.S. Housing Starts Outlook, Q4 2019 Update

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Brooks Mendell | no comments in Forest Finance & Economics

This is the first in a series related to Forisk’s Q4 2019 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. Through September 2019, U.S. housing starts decreased 1.3% year-over-year; single-family starts declined 1.8%, while multifamily starts were more…

Tags forest economics, Housing

Ranking Timber Supply in the South

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Amanda Lang | comment (1) in Timber Market Analysis, Timberlands

In forestry, as in every natural resource or commodity-producing sector, excess inventories bleed prices. It’s that simple. The market requires lower prices to unload or workout surplus inventory. And anxious forest owners and disciplined log buyers may also realize that more…

Tags South, timber supply, timberland investments, wood demand

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