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This post includes themes from Forisk’s FRQ research and the (virtual) Applied Forest Finance course on March 31st, 2026. Early registration ends March 17th* Introduction On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel initiated joint strikes on Iranian and more…
This post includes themes from the (virtual) Applied Forest Finance course on March 31st, 2026. Early registration ends March 17th! Class attendees also receive eBooks for the 7th Edition of Forest Finance Simplified* and 2nd Edition of Aunt Fanny Learns Forestry*! Several more…
This post is the third in a series related to the Q4 2025 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. To learn more or to subscribe to the FRQ, please contact Nick DiLuzio more…
This post is an excerpt from the Q2 2025 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. In the wood pellet industry, labor costs are often one of the top three more…
This blog includes data from Forisk’s North American Mill Capacity Database, a database of over 2,300 wood-consuming mills in North America. For more information on the mill database or Forisk’s other products, please visit forisk.com or contact Nick DiLuzio at ndiluzio@forisk.com. more…
This post is second in a series related to the Q3 2025 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. Logging is a tough business. Like so many production-based industries, it relies more…
This post includes data and market intelligence from the Forisk Wood Fiber Review and the “Market Update” in the Q2 2025 Forisk Research Quarterly. Forisk tracks domestic and export log prices in the Pacific Northwest as part of the Forisk more…
By Gracie Knight, Forisk Intern In the Pacific Northwest (PNW), logs are typically scaled based on the Scribner Decimal C Log Rule that estimates the board feet of lumber recoverable from a log based on small end diameter and more…
For timberland investors, integrated firms that own timberland and mills, and wood-using manufacturers, the exercise for realizing value is specific to the trees grown, sold, and procured from each local timber market or wood basket. This forest industry reality becomes more…
This post includes themes from the (virtual) Applied Forest Finance course on April 3rd, 2025. Early registration ends March 20th! Over the past 30 years, the ownership and management of private industrial forestland has changed. Fewer forest owning firms are more…