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Wet ground from South Carolina to Texas hampered harvesting operations and pushed third quarter southern pulpwood prices higher. At least seven named storms landed in the South since June, dousing portions of the Gulf states. Hardwood, which often grows in more…
This post highlights featured research from the Q3 2021 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. Each year we collect data on silviculture practices of large landowners and managers, alternating annually more…
Over the last month, we fielded a number of questions from colleagues and clients about trucking costs. Multiple questions from different directions on the same topic usually highlight a problem. Trucking is hardly a new hot topic. Over the past more…
This is the third in a series related to the Q2 2021 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. The recovery we are witnessing in Western Canada logging employment may be more…
A client posed the question last week “what are the implications to the logging industry of a $15 minimum wage?”. It is a great question. With many logging businesses in rural areas, offering some of the best wages in those more…
This is the fifth in a series related to the Q1 2021 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. Below is an excerpt from this quarter’s featured research. Forisk closely reviews more…
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was a critical lifeline for thousands of small businesses across the U.S. PPP loans provided up to two months of payroll support for qualified businesses. In the logging sector, effectively all companies qualified. According to more…
This post is the fourth 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 featured research this quarter on more…
Every year around the holiday season, the forestry world anxiously awaits the arrival of more than just a few days of vacation and myriad off-key renditions of Auld Lang Syne. Each December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the year-end more…
This post is the third 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 pulp and paper research. Our more…