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…

New Rankings of U.S. Markets Score Forest Industry Investment Opportunities for Timberlands, Sawmills, and Pulpwood Users

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Where in the U.S. should investors put capital to work in the forest industry? New research from Forisk ranks local markets and shows how the answer differs for timberland investors, sawtimber consumers, and users of pulpwood. For example, rankings highlight more…

Pulpwood Paradise

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Introduction Pulpwood, the smaller trees typically chipped for making wood pulp or oriented strand board (OSB) or wood pellets, provides balance and diversification to the forest products industry. Robust, sustainable timber markets and wood baskets feature a broad set of more…

Data Does Not Speak for Itself: Simple Frameworks and Ranking Timber Markets

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While raw data is important, it can also be insufficient. Each day, the world produces a staggering amount of information, which does not speak for itself. How do we think through the noise to find helpful signals and apply our more…

Turning Wood Flows into Cash Flows: Key Messages from the 2022 Conference

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On August 25th, 2022, Forisk hosted its sixth annual “Wood Flows & Cash Flows” conference, with attendees participating virtually from across 22 states, three Canadian provinces and three continents. The one-day event provided a comprehensive review of research relevant to more…

Wood Demand Revisited: Bioenergy, Building Products, and Carbon Markets

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Forisk’s Annual “Wood Flows & Cash Flows” Conference will happen virtually on Thursday, August 25th. In addition to covering financial issues related to timberland investments, stress on the forest industry supply chain, and projected forest industry capacity by sector across North America, the event more…