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“Better a diamond with a flaw, than a pebble without” – Confucious No measure is perfect. BMI, EBITDA, OPS+, all of these provide a relatively simple picture of something: weight, earnings, or offensive production. None of them tells the whole 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…
This is the fourth in a series related to Forisk’s Q2 2018 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States and Canada. The post includes an excerpt from the Regional Summary: U.S. South chapter. Growth-to-drain analysis compares annual more…
Forisk has tracked and accumulated timberland transaction and ownership data since 2006. The ownership data goes back 50 years and the transaction data goes back 20 years to 1996. This provides context when reviewing year-over-year trends. In the past twelve more…
Mid-way through a ninth year of increasing housing starts and growing lumber consumption, timberland investors and forest owners in the U.S. South continue to struggle with flat and, in certain local markets, falling sawlog prices. Previous posts discuss how this more…
This is the third in a series related to Forisk’s Q4 2016 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. What is a tree worth? For timberland investors, the value of a tree is determined by the returns more…
This is the second in a series related to Forisk’s Q2 2016 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. Forisk analysis indicates “investable” timberlands, or privately owned acres managed to maximize wood volume and cash flows, more…
This is the third in a series related to the analysis of timber markets and wood baskets. Wood procurement managers and timberland investors juggle, at a minimum, stumpage contracts, fee harvests, and open market transactions to manage risk with wood more…
This is the fifth in a series related to Forisk’s Q2 2015 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States and Canada. This post includes an excerpt from the Q2 “Forisk Facts & Figures.” Each issue, the more…
Aunt Fanny sighed loudly and kicked the dirt. A pinecone ricocheted off a nearby white oak before landing in a mound of dirt and leaves. Two dogs barked in the distance. “Nephew, I have a few thoughts regarding the value more…