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This blog includes data from Forisk’s North American Mill Capacity Database, a database of over 2,350 wood-using mills in North America. For more information on the mill database or Forisk’s other products, please visit forisk.com or contact Nick DiLuzio at ndiluzio@forisk.com. Introduction There were more…
This post is an excerpt from the Q1 2026 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. Introduction 2025 was a tough year for lumber manufacturers. Lumber prices dropped 8% and housing starts more…
Co-authored by Pat Jolley This post is an excerpt from the Q3 2025 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. The U.S. pallet industry produces an estimated 600 million new more…
This blog includes data from Forisk’s North American Mill Capacity Database, a database of over 2,300 wood-using mills in North America. For more information on the mill database or Forisk’s other products, please visit forisk.com or contact Nick DiLuzio at ndiluzio@forisk.com. By Pat Jolley more…
By Gracie Knight, Forisk Intern In the Pacific Northwest (PNW), logs are typically scaled based on the Scribner Decimal C Log Rule that estimates the board feet of lumber recoverable from a log based on small end diameter and more…
This post is an excerpt from the Q2 2025 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. The U.S. imports 14 billion board feet (BBFT) of lumber net of exports, primarily from Canada more…
In Q1 2025, the Forisk Wood Fiber Review added a new chapter tracking the performance, production and exports from publicly traded companies including Canfor (CFP), GreenFirst Forest Products (TSX: GFP), Interfor (IFSPF), PotlatchDeltic (PCH), West Fraser (WFG), and Weyerhaeuser (WY). more…
The Forisk Research Quarterly publishes analysis of the softwood lumber sector in North America and capital investment trends. To produce custom reports and maps, check out Forisk’s North American Forest Industry Capacity Database. Discounted rates available for companies that also subscribe to more…
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…
This blog includes data from Forisk’s North American Mill Capacity Database, a database of over 2,300 wood-using mills in North America. For more information on the mill database or Forisk’s other products, please visit or contact Nick DiLuzio at ndiluzio@forisk.com. more…