Q4 2023 Forisk Wood Fiber Review: Chip Prices Continue to Fall as Demand Wanes in the Pacific Northwest

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This blog includes data from the Forisk Wood Fiber Review, a quarterly publication tracking North America’s major wood fiber markets. For more information, please visit www.forisk.com. There are plenty of residual chips available in the northwest US, with consuming mills reporting more…

Timberland, Tech, and Trends with Brooks Mendell

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Recently, Dr. Brooks Mendell (President and CEO of Forisk Consulting) participated in an interview with Dr. Aaron Shew, Director of Data Science at Acres, to discuss the timberland industry. Watch the full interview and catch a few key takeaways below. more…

Balancing Data and Judgment when Analyzing Timber Markets

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Timber Market Analysis offers an organized, systematic way of (1) specifying a question related to forest industry investments or operations; (2) gathering and evaluating fundamental wood supply and demand information; and (3) using this to answer the question as best more…

Q3 2023 Forisk Wood Fiber Review: Soft Product Markets Continue to Affect Fiber Prices and Woodyard Inventories

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This blog includes data from the Forisk Wood Fiber Review, a quarterly publication tracking North America’s major wood fiber markets. For more information, please visit www.forisk.com. Usually, at least one market in the forest industry is hot: lumber, paper, packaging, veneer, specialty more…