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Inflation and Logging Costs

Posted on May 17, 2022 by Shawn Baker | comment (1) in Forest Operations

This post is the fifth in a series related to the Q2 2022 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis, timber price forecasts, and featured research on regional pulpwood price dynamics.  Logging is largely a high-volume, low-margin business. more…

Tags logging costs, logging employment, logging rates, trucking

Finish What You Started: U.S. Housing Starts Outlook, Q2 2022 Update

Posted on May 4, 2022 by Tyler Reeves | no comments in Forest Finance & Economics

This post is the fourth in a series related to the Q2 2022 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis, timber price forecasts, and featured research on regional pulpwood price dynamics.  The U.S. housing market maintained its momentum more…

Tags forest economics, Housing

Defining Mass Timber

Posted on April 28, 2022 by Amanda Lang | comment (1) in Forest Technology, Softwood Lumber, Structural Panels

This post is the third in a series related to the Q2 2022 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis, timber price forecasts, and featured research on regional pulpwood price dynamics. Below is an excerpt from the lumber industry more…

Tags sawmills, softwood lumber, structural panels

(Recent) Inflation and (Forest Industry) Investment

Posted on April 19, 2022 by Brooks Mendell | no comments in Forest Finance & Economics, Forest Strategy, Risk Management, Timberlands

This post includes topics addressed in the (virtual) Applied Forest Finance course on May 19th, 2022 and in the Q2 2022 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis, timber price forecasts, and data on North American timberland ownership.  The more…

Pulpwood Cost Drivers in North America: A Primer

Posted on April 17, 2022 by Shawn Baker | no comments in Pulp & Paper, Wood Demand & Procurement, Wood Prices

This post is the first in a series related to the Q2 2022 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis, timber price forecasts, and featured research on regional pulpwood price dynamics. Below is an excerpt from that featured more…

Tags wood demand

Q1 2022 Forisk Wood Fiber Review: Pellet Feedstock Prices on the Rise

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Shawn Baker | no comments in Forisk Wood Fiber Review, Wood Prices

This excerpt from the Q1 2022 issue of the Forisk Wood Fiber Review highlights our pellet feedstock price indices. Trends in this quarter’s pellet feedstock prices track North American fiber prices generally: prices are up. For a more detailed, regional more…

Tags bioenergy, wood fiber, wood pellets

Wood Pellet Plant Capacity in North America

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Amanda Lang | no comments in Forisk Market Bulletin, Wood Bioenergy, Wood Demand & Procurement

North American wood pellet capacity increased 12% in 2021. This trend is led by export-oriented projects in the U.S. South, which continue to drive sector growth. Wood pellet production capacity reached 20 million metric tons in North America in 2021. more…

Tags bioenergy, Wood Bioenergy, wood fiber, wood pellets

2021 Rebound: Timberland Transactions, Q1 Update

Posted on March 16, 2022 by Tyler Reeves | no comments in Timberlands

OVERVIEW With the annual onset of the NCAA tournament, attention shifts towards the nation’s hardwood arenas. As much of the country organizes their brackets, it is helpful to look back at the “rebound” we experienced in an entirely different hardwood more…

Forest Carbon Credits and Construction Materials

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Brooks Mendell | no comments in Forest Carbon, Forest Finance & Economics

This post includes topics addressed in the (virtual) Applied Forest Finance course on May 19th, 2022 and covered in the Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ). Annual reports by The World Bank on global carbon crediting trends organize the data across 12 more…

NPV or IRR?

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Brooks Mendell | no comments in Forest Finance & Economics, Forisk

This post includes topics addressed in the (virtual) Applied Forest Finance course on May 19th, 2022. Answer Net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR) can provide conflicting guidance when comparing investments or capital projects with different risk more…

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