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Introduction Investors care about bond markets. For institutional investors tasked with managing portfolios on behalf of current and future retirees, U.S. policies and debt levels affect the relative attractiveness of assets from domestic timberlands to equities to treasuries. The bond more…
This post includes ideas and an excerpt of analysis from the Q2 2026 Forisk Research Quarterly. Introduction When it comes to making choices and decisions, I think we overvalue “best,” we underappreciate “good” and “effective” and “better,” and we fail 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…
Thank you for reading the Forisk blog and sharing our content with others! In 2025, the Forisk team published 41 blog posts covering everything from lumber capacity and timberland ownership to mill announcements and tariffs. Below are the most-read posts more…
As a reader, writer, and researcher, books have been hugely important in my life, and I enjoy swapping favorite book titles with others. When asked for non-fiction book recommendations, I follow two informal rules. Only recommend books that I’ve actually 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…
Thank you for reading the Forisk blog and sharing this content with others! The Forisk team posted 42 articles to our blog in 2024. Here are the top blog posts from 2024, along with a few other honorable mention posts: more…
Raw material exports to China are on track for a fourth straight annual decline, with annualized 2024 volume to China down 59% from its 2018 peak. Hardwood chip volumes are down 9% from the 2018 peak, while hardwood log exports more…
Prepared by: Thomas Black, Forisk Intern Southern softwood sawmills invested heavily over the past 10-15 years to gain efficiency. Lumber conversion rates, also known as recovery rates, overrun, or underrun, represent a ratio of tons of feedstock consumed to produce more…
This post includes data from the Q3 2024 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) and Forisk’s new digital platform for the North American Mill Capacity Database. Over the past 50 years, major shifts in the regional distribution of lumber capacity across North more…