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This is part one of a series highlighting Forisk’s new Custom Market Forecast. Future posts will highlight how the Custom Market Forecast can help your team make better decisions. To learn more about the Custom Market Forecast, please contact Nick more…
This post includes data from Forisk’s North American Timberland Transactions Database and research from the Forisk Research Quarterly. 2024 was another below average year for U.S. timberland transactions. With about 1.0 million acres changing hands, 2024 fell in line more…
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…
This post includes data from Forisk’s Timberland Transactions Database and research from the Forisk Research Quarterly. We recently reviewed timberland transaction volume going back to 2014. We noted that 2023 was a slow year with just over 1 million more…
This post includes data from Forisk’s North American Timberland Transactions Database and research from the Forisk Research Quarterly. 2023 was a down year for timberland transactions in the U.S. and Canada, with just over a million acres trading, well more…
This post includes data from Forisk’s 2024 North American Timberland Owner & Manager List and the Q2 2024 Forisk Research Quarterly. Forisk has been tracking timberland transactions and aggregating timberland owner data since 2005. The 2024 edition of the North American Timberland Owner & more…
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…
This post is the fourth in a series related to the Q3 2023 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. As they grow, trees absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This capturing more…
Foresters often hear non-foresters confuse terms, such as referring to lumber as timber or logs (which is like calling a pork chop a pig). A confusion with terms leads to misunderstanding issues and ultimately complicates analysis or discussion intended to more…
This post is the fourth in a series related to the Q2 2021 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis, timber price forecasts and featured research on forest carbon. Markets facilitate trade between buyers and sellers; they assign value more…