Timberland Investment Returns: Components and Key Questions

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This post includes themes and topics that will be addressed in the (virtual) Applied Forest Finance course on March 14th, 2024. Early registration ends February 29th! Timberland values, like those of commercial real estate and farmland, derive from their abilities more…

Top Forisk Blog Posts from 2023: Forest Finance, Lumber Leaders, and Mass Timber

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Visitor traffic on the Forisk Blog in 2023 increased 12.8% over 2022. Thank you for reading and sharing this content with others! Here are top posts from 2023, along with a few popular posts by topic: Pros and Cons of more…

Revisiting the Role of Forest Carbon

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This post is the fourth in a series related to the Q3 2023 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. As they grow, trees absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This capturing more…

Forest Products and the Economics of Timber Markets, Part II

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This post, the second of a two-part series, includes topics covered in the (virtual) Timber Market Analysis course on October 11th and 12th, 2023 and in the Forisk Research Quarterly. Also, for those interested in this type of research, please more…

Forest Products and the Economics of Timber Markets, Part I

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This post includes topics covered in the (virtual) Timber Market Analysis course on October 11th and 12th, 2023 and in the Forisk Research Quarterly. Also, for those interested in conducting this type of research, please check out Forisk’s forest economist more…

Maximizing Value from Timberlands and Wood Baskets: What is Our Current Paradigm?

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When it comes to managing a forest or procuring wood or running a mill or analyzing a market, the “safest” and most productive posture for any professional is to understand what you’re looking at (transparency) and to know what to more…

Forest Carbon Benefits, Confusions, and Timber Market Implications

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Forest products, whether evaluated from the perspective of embodied carbon or nature based solutions, could be viewed as an economic development “super food” that meets human needs with fewer environmental consequences. Forest products outperform other building materials in their ability more…