Timber Price Math: Benchmarks and Ratios for Forest Owners and Investors

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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…

Forest Industry Uncertainties Magnify the Strengths and Weaknesses of Local Timber Markets

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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…

Forisk Timberland Transactions: 2025 Q2 Update

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This post includes data from Forisk’s North American Timberland Transactions Database and research from the Forisk Research Quarterly. For more information about the Forisk Research Quarterly, please contact Nick DiLuzio (ndiluzio@forisk.com).   In Q1 and Q2 2025, Forisk tracked 22 more…

Forest Carbon Realities for Timberland Investors in 2025

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This post includes ideas and content from the Q3 2025 Forisk Research Quarterly. Humans use petroleum products and coal to power factories, propel cars, and illuminate cities. We consume and release in dozens of years what required hundreds of millions more…

Virgin Fiber and OCC Price Trends in the U.S.

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This post is an excerpt from the Q3 2025 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America, and contains data from Forisk’s Wood Fiber Review. Introduction News of pulp and paper mill closures more…