Virgin Fiber and OCC Price Trends in the U.S.

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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, and contains data from Forisk’s Wood Fiber Review. Introduction News of pulp and paper mill closures more…

Forisk Market Bulletin: May 2025 Mill Update

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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. Forest industry manufacturing more…

How to Compare Timber Markets and Wood Baskets During Trade Wars, Recessions, and Recoveries

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For timberland investors, integrated firms that own timberland and mills, and wood-using manufacturers, the exercise for realizing value is specific to the trees grown, sold, and procured from each local timber market or wood basket. This forest industry reality becomes more…

What Questions can the Forisk Custom Market Forecast Answer?

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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…

Top 10 North American and U.S. Lumber Producers in 2024

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Softwood lumber prices finally exceeded break-even levels at the end of 2024 but not before many lumber producers reduced capacity. Total 2023 North American softwood lumber production capacity was over 75 billion board feet (BBFT). North American lumber capacity increased more…