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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 in a series related to Forisk’s Q4 2017 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States and Canada. A cartoon from my youth, the Rocky and Bullwinkle show, sometimes featured Dudley Do-Right, a 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…
The pursuit of the ‘preferred answer’ starts early in life. Any two-year old knows to ask Dad after Mom says, “No.” In forestry and the forecasting of timber markets, comparing approaches, like getting a second opinion, strengthens our collective understanding, more…
On July 26, 2017, West Fraser announced an agreement to acquire Gilman Companies, a major producer of southern yellow pine lumber with six sawmills in South Georgia and North Florida comprising 700 million board feet (MMBF) of capacity. The acquisition more…
Mid-way through a ninth year of increasing housing starts and growing lumber consumption, timberland investors and forest owners in the U.S. South continue to struggle with flat and, in certain local markets, falling sawlog prices. Previous posts discuss how this more…
Tracking capital expenditures in the forest products industry gives insight into which sectors expect to be profitable in the future: higher investment levels imply greater expectations of profit. We track investments by wood products firms through multiple data sources. 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…
A successful timber market analysis answers two questions. One, what are the “facts on the ground” for this market or wood basket? This helps profile the market with respect to forest supplies and wood demand. The timber suppliers and wood-using more…