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This post includes an excerpt from the feature article in the Q2 2015 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) Publication written by Amanda Lang, Brooks Mendell, David Garrett, and Heather Clark. The article analyzes global pellet demand and the implications for pine pulpwood more…
This is the fifth in a series related to Forisk’s Q2 2015 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States and Canada. This post includes an excerpt from the Q2 “Forisk Facts & Figures.” Each issue, the more…
This is the fourth in a series related to Forisk’s Q2 2015 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. In the United States, “industrial” timberlands, or privately owned acres managed to maximize wood volume and cash more…
This is the third in a series related to Forisk’s Q2 2015 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. Before studying trends and projecting forward, we look back and evaluate the performance of previous forecasts and more…
This is the second in a series related to Forisk’s Q2 2015 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. Home construction drives baseline wood demand in the United States. Without demand for wood and forest products, more…
This is the first in a series related to Forisk’s Q2 2015 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. Each quarter when updating our Forisk Research Quarterly forecast models, we revisit prior projections and review applied more…
This post includes data from the Q1 2015 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) chapter on U.S. North hardwood markets. The old joke, “Why did the sawmill owner sell his mill? Because he was board,” does not apply to hardwood lumber operations. more…
This post includes excerpts from the Q1 2015 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ). U.S. builders and homeowners use a lot of structural panels – oriented strand board (OSB) and plywood – to build and remodel homes. Timberland investors and managers care more…
This is the third in a series related to Forisk’s Q1 2015 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. Before projecting forward, we ground ourselves by looking back and evaluating the performance of previous forecasts and more…
This is the second in a series related to Forisk’s Q1 2015 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. We use “sensitivity analysis” to test the relative importance of inputs in our models. Is this assumption more…