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At Forisk, we often evaluate our past performance to learn from, and improve, our work. Our forecast scorecards, published in every issue of our Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), are the most visible evidence of this practice. However our team often more…
This post is the third 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. An old Ray Charles song uses 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…
This post is the third in a series related to the Q4 2022 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts. This post includes excerpts from the Forest Operations chapter. The most recent Bureau of more…
This post is the fifth in a series related to the Q2 2022 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis, timber price forecasts, and featured research on regional pulpwood price dynamics. Logging is largely a high-volume, low-margin business. more…
This post is the third in a series related to the Q4 2021 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis, timber price forecasts, and featured research on timber supplies in the Pacific Northwest. Over the past 10 months, more…
Over the last month, we fielded a number of questions from colleagues and clients about trucking costs. Multiple questions from different directions on the same topic usually highlight a problem. Trucking is hardly a new hot topic. Over the past more…
This is the third in a series related to the Q2 2021 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. The recovery we are witnessing in Western Canada logging employment may be more…
A client posed the question last week “what are the implications to the logging industry of a $15 minimum wage?”. It is a great question. With many logging businesses in rural areas, offering some of the best wages in those more…
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was a critical lifeline for thousands of small businesses across the U.S. PPP loans provided up to two months of payroll support for qualified businesses. In the logging sector, effectively all companies qualified. According to more…