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This post includes an excerpt from research published in the Q4 2017 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ). The post-recession U.S. South currently features unresponsive timber prices, despite increases in housing and lumber production. While trends associated with industry consolidation and efficiency play more…
This is the second installment in our discussion of the 2017 Hurricane season’s impacts on the forest industry. See Part I for additional analysis. Brooks Mendell, Andrew Copley and Justin Tyson contributed to this blog. The closest comparison we have more…
Shawn Baker, Andrew Copley and Justin Tyson contributed to this blog. Catastrophic or severe weather events and risks may exceed the abilities and flexibility of the most talented wood supply organization. How might we think about these risks? Weather risk more…
This post includes an excerpt from research published in the Q3 2017 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ). Pine sawtimber stumpage prices in the South bottomed in 2012. Despite modest recovery through 2015, prices dropped the past two years. While timber price models more…
This is the second in a series related to Forisk’s Q3 2017 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States and Canada. Each quarter, we look back and evaluate the performance of previous forecasts and earlier models. more…
In the show “Shark Tank”, a key lesson from watching entrepreneurs get grilled by Kevin O’Leary and company is the importance of knowing your numbers. The questions are always the same, so showing up unprepared is, frankly, inexcusable. What are more…
This is the fourth in a series related to Forisk’s Q2 2017 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. From 2009 through 2016, U.S. housing starts increased 112%, a compound annual rate exceeding 11%. Over this more…
This is the first in a series related to Forisk’s Q2 2017 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States and Canada. In our work, we apply forward-looking scenarios to our understanding of the “facts on the more…
This is the third in a series related to Forisk’s Q1 2017 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. Each quarter, we look back and evaluate the performance of previous forecasts and earlier models. How did Forisk’s more…
This is the first in a series related to Forisk’s Q1 2017 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States and Canada. Forecasts of business and market conditions support a range of capital allocation and strategic planning more…