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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…
This is the first in a series related to Forisk’s Q1 2015 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. In forecasting timber prices and wood costs, we work to (1) identify and understand relationships in historical more…
This post includes an excerpt from the feature article in the September/October edition of Wood Bioenergy US (WBUS) written by Brooks Mendell and Amanda Lang. The article illustrates the incremental impact of wood bioenergy markets and the critical impacts of project-specific more…
This is the sixth in a series related to Forisk’s 2014 mid-year forecast of U.S. timber prices. An “A Team” of nine forestry scientists and policy analysts recently published a review of the research behind accounting for carbon emissions related more…
This is the fifth in a series related to Forisk’s 2014 mid-year forecast of U.S. timber prices. For the first time since 2006, U.S. hardwood lumber consumption will likely exceed 10 billion board feet in 2014. The top three hardwood more…
This is the fourth in a series related to the Mid-Year 2014 Forisk Forecast of U.S. timber prices. This excerpt comes from the feature article, which includes research on forecasting U.S. pulp and paper markets. A private equity analyst recently more…
This is the third in a series related to Forisk’s 2014 mid-year forecast of U.S. timber prices. Question In the U.S., where does the softwood lumber come from that builders use to construct and remodel homes? Short Answer Three sources more…
This is the second in a series related to Forisk’s 2014 mid-year forecast of U.S. timber prices by state and region. How has Forisk’s Forecast performed year-to-date for 2014? For pine stumpage prices in the U.S. South, the 2014 Forisk more…
This is the first in a series related to Forisk’s 2014 mid-year forecast of timber prices in the United States. “Nothing to be done,” wrote playwright Samuel Beckett for the opening of Waiting for Godot. Indeed, that line captures our more…