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Aunt Fanny adjusted her aviator sunglasses, put her hands on her hips and looked up at the loblolly pine tree in front of her. “Nephew, talk to me about timber prices. What’s this pine tree worth?” “This tree here is more…
At 5:10 in the morning, I pulled up to where the woods road met the county road near Murder Creek. A fading yellow metal gate blocked the entrance to the forest. I stepped out of the truck to unlock the more…
This post includes an excerpt from the feature article in the September/October edition of Wood Bioenergy US (WBUS) written by Brooks Mendell and Amanda Lang. The article illustrates the incremental impact of wood bioenergy markets and the critical impacts of project-specific more…
This post includes excerpts from Forisk’s timberland investment research and Brooks Mendell’s September 2014 presentation at the “Who Will Own the Forest?” conference in Portland, Oregon. The complete presentation is available here. During the ten-year period from January 2004 through more…
This is the sixth in a series related to Forisk’s 2014 mid-year forecast of U.S. timber prices. An “A Team” of nine forestry scientists and policy analysts recently published a review of the research behind accounting for carbon emissions related more…
This is the fifth in a series related to Forisk’s 2014 mid-year forecast of U.S. timber prices. For the first time since 2006, U.S. hardwood lumber consumption will likely exceed 10 billion board feet in 2014. The top three hardwood more…
This is the fourth in a series related to the Mid-Year 2014 Forisk Forecast of U.S. timber prices. This excerpt comes from the feature article, which includes research on forecasting U.S. pulp and paper markets. A private equity analyst recently more…
This is the third in a series related to Forisk’s 2014 mid-year forecast of U.S. timber prices. Question In the U.S., where does the softwood lumber come from that builders use to construct and remodel homes? Short Answer Three sources more…
This is the second in a series related to Forisk’s 2014 mid-year forecast of U.S. timber prices by state and region. How has Forisk’s Forecast performed year-to-date for 2014? For pine stumpage prices in the U.S. South, the 2014 Forisk more…
This is the first in a series related to Forisk’s 2014 mid-year forecast of timber prices in the United States. “Nothing to be done,” wrote playwright Samuel Beckett for the opening of Waiting for Godot. Indeed, that line captures our more…