Framing Risk with Respect to Construction Labor Shortages and the Forest Industry

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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…

Delivered Log Price Trends in the Pacific Northwest

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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…

How to Compare Timber Markets and Wood Baskets During Trade Wars, Recessions, and Recoveries

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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…

Timberland Investments: Physical Facts Affect Technology, Tariffs, and Trying to Increase Harvests from Public Forests

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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…

Top 10 North American and U.S. Lumber Producers in 2024

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The Forisk Research Quarterly publishes analysis of the softwood lumber sector in North America and capital investment trends. To produce custom reports and maps, check out Forisk’s North American Forest Industry Capacity Database. Discounted rates available for companies that also subscribe to more…

Forisk Market Bulletin: November 2024 Mill Update

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This blog includes data from Forisk’s North American Mill Capacity Database, a database of over 2,300 wood-using mills in North America. For more information on the mill database or Forisk’s other products, please visit www.forisk.com or contact Nick DiLuzio at ndiluzio@forisk.com. more…