During the first half of 2015, Amanda Lang led a project for the Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) that analysed global pellet demand and the...
Brooks Mendell, Ph.D.
Brooks Mendell, Ph.D. is President and Founder of Forisk Consulting, a forest industry, timber REIT, bioenergy and timber market research firm. Dr. Mendell has over fifteen years of operating, research, and consulting experience in forest business and finance. Mendell has published over sixty articles and two books on topics related to timber and timberland REITs and markets, forest business management and operations, and communication skills.
As part of our research into forest supplies and investments, we track trends and silviculture changes associated with the ownership and management...
Home construction drives baseline wood demand in the United States. Without demand for wood and forest products, timber and timberland values...
The old joke, “Why did the sawmill owner sell his mill? Because he was board,” does not apply to hardwood lumber operations.
Investors looking to add timberlands to their portfolios and timberland-owning REITs looking to grow their asset base both face the challenge of...
Anytime we look to predict the outcome of a Super Bowl in football or World Series in baseball, we look at history and physical facts. How did teams...
Big jobs, done well, take time. And successful timberland investing and management take time. How can any forester manage a forest quickly?
Over the years, I’ve written a lot of articles and taught a lot of workshops related to forest finance and timber market analysis. This work resulted...
Fees critically matter for evaluating investment returns. Index fund pioneer and Vanguard founder, John Bogle, said, “You get what you don't pay for...
Timberland investors rely on strong wood demand from mills located near their timberland properties to generate cash flows and drive returns.