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This is the second in a series related to the analysis of timber markets and wood baskets. “Nephew, do you know Abe Phroman?” asked Aunt Fanny, looking out into the woods. “Yes, he’s the Sausage King of Chicago,” I said. more…
This is the first in a series related to the analysis of timber markets and wood baskets. Forisk studies the impact of local supply “events”, such as natural disasters, and trends, such as changing growth rates or plantation acreages, on more…
This post includes an excerpt from the bioenergy research published in the Q2 2015 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) Publication. Wood bioenergy projects have slowed in the U.S.; meaningful potential growth, if realized, will occur in the next five years. The figure below more…
This post includes an excerpt from the feature article in the Q2 2015 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) Publication written by Amanda Lang, Brooks Mendell, David Garrett, and Heather Clark. The article analyzes global pellet demand and the implications for pine pulpwood more…
This is the fifth in a series related to Forisk’s Q2 2015 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States and Canada. This post includes an excerpt from the Q2 “Forisk Facts & Figures.” Each issue, the more…
This is the fourth in a series related to Forisk’s Q2 2015 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. In the United States, “industrial” timberlands, or privately owned acres managed to maximize wood volume and cash more…
This is the third in a series related to Forisk’s Q2 2015 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. Before studying trends and projecting forward, we look back and evaluate the performance of previous forecasts and more…
This is the second in a series related to Forisk’s Q2 2015 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. Home construction drives baseline wood demand in the United States. Without demand for wood and forest products, more…
This is the first in a series related to Forisk’s Q2 2015 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. Each quarter when updating our Forisk Research Quarterly forecast models, we revisit prior projections and review applied more…
Research published in April 2015 in Forest Science further de-feathers the canard that institutional timberland investors fail to replant forests. In fact, according to “Timberland Ownerships and Forestation in the Southern United States” by Daowei Zhang, Xing Sun and Brett more…