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This post is the first in a series related to the Q3 2023 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) which includes forest industry analysis, timber price projections, and featured research on scenarios for forecasting timber prices. It provides an excerpt from the more…
We have been getting questions from clients about pulp markets as pulpmills across the country cut back production and wood purchases. Stephen Wright, the Product Manager of Forisk’s Wood Fiber Review, discussed market trends with procurement managers and timberland owners more…
This post is the first in a series related to the Q2 2023 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) which includes forest industry analysis, timber price forecasts, and featured research on western silviculture. It provides an excerpt from the forest operations chapter. more…
Tight labor markets, slowing paper demand, and cooling lumber output all contributed to fiber price volatility through 2022 and into early 2023. A weighted average of North American fiber prices reported in the Forisk Wood Fiber Review increased 9% year-over-year more…
Oriented strand board (OSB) is a structural building product like plywood that is made from layers of wood strips (or strands) that are glued together and compressed with heat and pressure. Builders use OSB in subflooring and wall and roof more…
We joke that, “hardwood markets are hard” when it comes to wood procurement and market analysis. Hardwood procurement involves scavenging timber from landowners with varying objectives and timber management approaches and on landscapes with wetter ground than most pine plantations. more…
This post is the fourth in a series related to the Q1 2023 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ). It references our featured research on pulpwood and sawtimber price drivers. Each year we evaluate our forecast models to understand what went well more…
After reaching unprecedented highs the past two years, softwood lumber prices have corrected. Lumber producers shifted and expanded capacity to deploy capital and position themselves for future growth. Forisk tracks over 2,100 forest industry mills, including planned capacity changes, to more…
As the end of the year approaches, fiber markets remain tumultuous across North America. Slowing sawmill operations in Western Canada are exacerbating fiber shortages, as pulpmills also announce production curtailments. Meanwhile, slowing pulp production in the U.S. South places further more…
Sawmill expansions continue amid supply chain constraints. Stoltze completed an automated grading line at their lumber facility in Columbia Falls, MT. West Fraser in Henderson, TX announced a $255 million investment to build a new sawmill complex around the existing more…