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This post is the fourth in a series related to the Q3 2023 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. As they grow, trees absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This capturing more…
This post includes data from Forisk’s 2023 North American Timberland Owner & Manager List and the Q2 2023 Forisk Research Quarterly. Forisk marked its eighteenth year of tracking timberland transactions and aggregating timberland owner data. Currently, this tracking includes 308 organizations in more…
This post, the second of a two-part series, includes topics covered in the (virtual) Timber Market Analysis course on October 11th and 12th, 2023 and in the Forisk Research Quarterly. Also, for those interested in this type of research, please more…
This post includes topics covered in the (virtual) Timber Market Analysis course on October 11th and 12th, 2023 and in the Forisk Research Quarterly. Also, for those interested in conducting this type of research, please check out Forisk’s forest economist more…
This post highlights featured research on our 2023 western silviculture survey from the Q2 2023 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. In 2023, Forisk completed our fourth survey of western more…
This post includes topics addressed in the (virtual) Applied Forest Finance course on May 16th, 2023. Investors and managers in the forest industry often make decisions with imperfect and incomplete information. Therefore, we benefit by having an approach for dealing with more…
This post includes topics addressed in the (virtual) Applied Forest Finance course on May 16th, 2023. Introduction to Residual Land Use In graduate school, forest economist Dr. David Newman taught us that “timberland is a residual land use.” When he more…
This post includes topics addressed in the (virtual) Applied Forest Finance course on May 16th, 2023. What is a timber lease? In the book Forest Finance Simplified, I define timber leases as “contractual agreements that provide the lessors (owners) equal more…
Backcourt As March approaches, much of the nation gets excited for basketball madness. At Forisk, March also marks a time to review the previous year. This time last year, we noted that timberland transactions bounced back in 2021. For context, more…
This post is the second in a series related to the Q1 2023 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ). It includes topics that will also be addressed in the (virtual) Applied Forest Finance course on May 16th, 2023. What a difference a century more…