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This post includes themes from the upcoming Q1 2026 Forisk Research Quarterly and the (virtual) Applied Forest Finance course on March 31st, 2026. Early registration ends March 17th* Investors have options when allocating capital to the forest industry. Examples include 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…
The following post is an excerpt from the Q4 2025 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ). October’s merger announcement between PotlatchDeltic and Rayonier made big news in the timberland world. The resulting company will comprise each firm’s roughly 2 million acres, more…
This post is the third in a series related to the Q4 2025 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. To learn more or to subscribe to the FRQ, please contact Nick DiLuzio more…
The video game Tetris became so popular and widespread in the 1990s and 2000s that it inspired a verb meaning “to fit or arrange different shapes together” in a limited space, just as you might pieces of a puzzle or more…
This post includes themes from the newly updated 7th Edition of Forest Finance Simplified and 2nd Edition of Aunt Fanny Learns Forestry. Forest Finance Simplified, a book I originally wrote as a reference for myself, helps readers strengthen their understanding of and more…
This post includes content from the Q3 2025 Forisk Research Quarterly and ideas covered in the virtual Timber Market Analysis class, offered on October 1st and 2nd, 2025. Introduction Sports offer fans familiar mathematical benchmarks and ratios. In professional baseball, more…
This post includes ideas and content covered in the virtual Timber Market Analysis class, October 1st and 2nd, 2025. Lumber prices, OSB prices, construction spending, and housing starts are down. Manufacturing input costs, tariff rates, and policy frictions are up. more…