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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…
Forisk tracks wood-using facilities in North America’s forest products industry to study capital allocation, wood demand, and forest technology trends. Lumber producers have been rationalizing capacity, investing in and expanding some mills while shuttering others across portfolios over the past more…
This post includes data from the Q2 2019 Forisk Research Quarterly and the 2019 Multi-Client Study: North American Forest Market & Industry Rankings. Despite recent declines in production, several pulp and paper producers announced investments and conversions to expand containerboard capacity. Firms more…
This post contains an excerpt from the Q1 2019 Forisk Research Quarterly. This is the fifth in a series related to Forisk’s Q1 2019 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. Jack Lutz, Justin Tyson, and Shawn more…
This is the third in a series related to Forisk’s Q1 2019 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. New sawmills in the South were announced at a rapid clip in 2018, accelerating a trend of more…
This is the fourth in a series related to the Q4 2018 Forisk Research Quarterly and Forisk’s annual “Wood Flows & Cash Flows” event on December 13th in Atlanta. This post includes an excerpt from the Q4 2018 Forisk Research Quarterly more…
There has been some concern in the forest industry that the slump in pine harvesting following the Great Recession – combined with excessive inventory accumulation and poor stumpage pricing – may have contributed to a severe decline in tree planting more…
Structural panel production is highly consolidated amongst few firms in North America. There are only ten OSB producers and the ten largest plywood producers represent 73% of North American capacity in 2018. The ten largest plywood producers in North America more…
Over the past decade, Eastern Canada has consistently been the fourth-largest installed base of regional softwood lumber manufacturing capacity in North America, behind the U.S. South, the U.S. West, and Western Canada. However, the region has gained importance as a more…
This is the fourth in a series related to Forisk’s Q3 2018 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States and Canada. The post includes an excerpt from the Regional Summary: U.S. South chapter. Twenty-five (25) OSB mills more…