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This post highlights featured research on our 2023 western silviculture survey from the Q2 2023 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. In 2023, Forisk completed our fourth survey of western more…
This post highlights featured research from the Q3 2021 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. Each year we collect data on silviculture practices of large landowners and managers, alternating annually more…
There has been some concern in the forest industry that the slump in pine harvesting following the Great Recession – combined with excessive inventory accumulation and poor stumpage pricing – may have contributed to a severe decline in tree planting more…
The Western United States is a major supplier of raw materials for the forest industry, producing over 40% of U.S. softwood lumber. Despite the abundance of federal land in the area, nearly 80% of the harvested volumes from Oregon and more…
This post includes data from featured research in the Q2 2016 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ). In Spring 2016, Forisk conducted its third biennial survey regarding current management trends and common silviculture practices for the largest timberland owners and managers in more…
Forestry professionals continually grapple with the most effective and “context appropriate” ways to report timberland investment performance and forest sustainability. How do we compare results in forestry for questions ranging from cash flows to wood flows? Once you get through more…
According to the March/April summary of Wood Bioenergy South, as of April 14, 2010: 130 wood-consuming bioenergy projects have been announced in the US South. In total, these projects represent potential, incremental wood use of 46.6 million tons/year by 2020. more…
The EPA validated Forisk’s technology screen this month when it announced that it lowered its 2010 mandate for cellulosic ethanol production from 100 million gallons to 6.5 million gallons – a 94% drop in production targets. According to the February more…
According to the January summary of Wood Bioenergy South, as of January 26, 2010: 126 wood-consuming bioenergy projects have been announced in the US South. In total, these projects represent potential, incremental wood use of 46.4+ million tons/year by 2020. more…
Turbulent times characterized by plummeting pine sawtimber prices could soon be over for timber sellers. Forisk’s new stumpage price forecast signals climbing prices for pine sawtimber in the US South beginning in 2010. The ForiskFORECAST pine sawtimber price forecast, which includes state-by-state forecasts more…