Do Our Reasons for Investing in Timberland Still Apply?

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This post includes themes from the (virtual) Applied Forest Finance course on March 31st, 2026. Early registration ends March 17th! Class attendees also receive eBooks for the 7th Edition of Forest Finance Simplified* and 2nd Edition of Aunt Fanny Learns Forestry*! Several more…

Popular Forisk Blog Posts from 2025: Top Lumber Producers, Timberland Owners and Managers, and (Yes) Tariffs

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Thank you for reading the Forisk blog and sharing our content with others! In 2025, the Forisk team published 41 blog posts covering everything from lumber capacity and timberland ownership to mill announcements and tariffs. Below are the most-read posts more…

Five Recommended Books and Resources on Forest Finance and Owning Timberland

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As a reader, writer, and researcher, books have been hugely important in my life, and I enjoy swapping favorite book titles with others. When asked for non-fiction book recommendations, I follow two informal rules. Only recommend books that I’ve actually more…

Forest Finance Fundamentals: Are Your Trees Making You Money?

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This post includes themes from the newly updated 7th Edition of Forest Finance Simplified and 2nd Edition of Aunt Fanny Learns Forestry. Forest Finance Simplified, a book I originally wrote as a reference for myself, helps readers strengthen their understanding of and 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…

Timberland Investments: Smaller Sector with Bigger Portfolio Benefits

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This post includes themes from the (virtual) Applied Forest Finance course on April 3rd, 2025. Early registration ends March 20th! The investable universe for institutional timberland in the U.S. is modest compared to markets for stocks, bonds, currencies, or real more…

Top Forisk Blog Posts from 2024: Top Lumber Producers, Timber Supply and Inventory, and Hurricane Helene

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Thank you for reading the Forisk blog and sharing this content with others! The Forisk team posted 42 articles to our blog in 2024. Here are the top blog posts from 2024, along with a few other honorable mention posts: more…

Financial Criteria in Forestry, Part II: Which Do We Use and When?

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This post introduces research and topics that will be addressed in the Q2 2024 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. When deciding where to allocate limited capital, we benefit by more…