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Time has a funny way of passing. Sometimes it seems to zoom by (college years) and others it just crawls (high school lectures on voodoo economics). For an industry grounded in decades-long timeframes, forestry can sometimes feel quite dynamic. This more…
This post is the third in a series related to the Q4 2021 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis, timber price forecasts, and featured research on timber supplies in the Pacific Northwest. Over the past 10 months, more…
In capturing a quarterly “snapshot” of fiber prices by region across North America, the Forisk Wood Fiber Review (FWFR) also summarizes market trends and investments. Fevered lumber prices appear to have broken due to a combination of producers (sawmills) catching 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…
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…
Visitor traffic on the Forisk Blog increased 24% in 2020 over 2019, for an eighth consecutive year of growth. Thank you! Here are top posts from 2020, along with a few popular posts by topic: Forest Finance: What Does a 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…
This post consolidates links to previous Forisk research on risk in the forest industry, a major theme highlighted by timber investors and wood buyers in the recently launched Forisk Market Bulletin. When investing in timber assets, we either invest in more…