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This post is the fourth in a series related to the Q3 2021 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis, timber price forecasts, and featured research on forest management practices. Pulp & paper production increased in the U.S. more…
Last week, Forisk published the June 2021 edition of the Forisk Market Bulletin in which our team communicated with over 170 forest industry professionals in the U.S., Canada, and Europe on topics including break-even analysis for forest carbon markets and more…
This post is the sixth in a series related to the Q2 2021 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis, timber price forecasts and featured research on forest carbon. North America’s forest industry is closing in on two more…
West Fraser closed on the purchase of Norbord on February 1, 2021, becoming the largest producer of OSB in North America. The OSB sector is heavily consolidated, with the top 10 firms accounting for 100% of OSB production in North more…
Softwood lumber producers had a wild ride in 2020. From major cutbacks in the spring in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to pushing production limits in the fall to capture record high lumber prices, mill operators made many short-term adjustments. more…
Mill capacity in North America has shifted South since just before the Great Recession of 2007-2009 for softwood lumber. Reduced timber supplies in Western Canada from the mountain pine beetle made it hard to get wood in the region. The more…
This post is the third in a series related to the Q4 2020 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. The post includes excerpts from our Forisk Facts and Figures section. Tyler more…
This post is the fourth in a series related to the Q3 2020 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. The post includes excerpts from our Regional Summary for the U.S. South. more…
Lawmakers proposed legislation last week that set a goal for the United States to support planting one trillion trees by 2050 globally to address climate change. Trees absorb and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and the bill is touted more…
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…