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This post includes data from Forisk’s 2020 North American Timberland Owner & Manager List and the Q2 2020 Forisk Research Quarterly. Forisk has tracked and aggregated timberland transaction and ownership data for fifteen years. The ownership data goes back 50 years more…
This is the fifth in a series related to the Q2 2020 Forisk Research Quarterly. Wood use for viable bioenergy projects in the U.S. could reach 79 million tons per year in 2029. Regionally, the South accounts for 56% of the more…
This is the fourth in a series related to the Q2 2020 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. Forisk surveys private timberland owners and managers in the U.S. South every more…
In the current coronavirus pandemic and recessionary environment, do traditional reasons for holding timberland investments still apply? In Timberland 2020: From High Hopes to Viral Mopes and Back Again, Forisk compares the long and short-term performance of private timberlands to more…
This is the second in a series related to the Q2 2020 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. We entered 2020 expecting to navigate the tradeoffs of a slowing global more…
This is the first in a series related to Forisk’s Q2 2020 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. In Q1 2020, with strong growth in all regions, U.S. housing starts increased 22% year-over-year; single-family starts more…
This post includes an excerpt from Forisk’s upcoming white paper “Timberland 2020: From High Hopes to Viral Mopes and Back Again.” The current pandemic and market volatility give us the chance to revisit the thesis and long-term benefits of owning more…
Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, the Canada rail blockades stood as the major supply chain disruption of the quarter in Eastern Canada. Protests of a pipeline crossing First Nations lands in Western Canada challenged incoming and outgoing rail deliveries for more…
Timberland investors and forest industry executives entered 2020 expecting to navigate the tradeoffs of a slowing global economy, disruptive trade policies and a surging U.S. housing market. However, halfway through the quarter, as Tim Gammell, Editor of the Forisk Wood more…
“Without a structured approach to ordering the world, the world will impose its views on us. The fact is some things are more important than others, some things are easily verifiable…Simple processes help us sort the mess and prioritize.” – more…