David Rossi

"Forest Industry Uncertainties Magnify the Strengths and Weaknesses of Local Timber Markets" - Dr. Brooks Mendell (Forisk). forisk.com/forest-indus...

Forisk Timberland Transactions: 2025 Q2 Update - Forisk REIT vs. NCREIF timberland value analysis.

From Matt Camp - Forisk Timberland Transactions: 2025 Q2 Update forisk.com/forisk-timbe...

U.S. Housing Starts Outlook, Q3 2025 Update - Forisk Forisk presents its updated housing forecast for the next ten years. This article re-affirms recent forecasts for 2025 housing starts.

Forisk U.S Housing Starts Outlook, Q3 2025 Update.
forisk.com/u-s-housing-...

Southern Softwood Residual Chip Prices Have Lagged Inflation - Forisk According to the Forisk Wood Fiber Review, delivered Southern softwood residual chips price have lagged inflation.

From Stephen Wright (Forisk): "Southern Softwood Residual Chip Prices Have Lagged Inflation"
forisk.com/southern-sof...

What Would be Required for the U.S. to be Self-Sufficient for Softwood Lumber? - Forisk Given proposed tariffs by the Trump Administration, how feasible is it for the U.S. to increase softwood lumber production to replace Canadian lumber imports?

From Amanda Lang on the Forisk Blog: "What Would be Required for the U.S. to be Self-Sufficient for Softwood Limber?"
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U.S. Housing Starts Outlook, Q2 2025 Update - Forisk Year-to-Date Housing Activity Amid a historic spike in economic policy uncertainty, first quarter housing growth remained seasonally resilient. Building permits authorized through March totaled 343 th...

Forisk U.S. Housing Starts Outlook, Q2 2025 Update.
forisk.com/u-s-housing-...

National forests face the hatchet as Trump administration boosts logging A new policy opens 58% of U.S. national forests to logging by rolling back environmental protections.

Dr. Jeff Reimer is quoted in this USA today article on the impacts of lumber tariffs under weak or slowing housing demand: "National forests face the hatchet as Trump administration boosts logging."
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Georgia Forestry - Issue 4 - Winter 2025

From John Casey in the Georgia Forestry Magazine. "Market Dynamics in 2025: Georgia's Forest Industry Grows Amid Structural and Environmental Challenges."

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Dr. Andrew Muhammad: Tariffs & U.S. Agriculture | Ep. 89 In this special National Ag Day episode of The Feed Science Podcast Show, Dr. Andrew Muhammad, an agricultural trade economist, breaks down the complexities of global trade policies and what they mean...

From Dr. Andrew Muhammad on The Feed Science podcast: "Tariffs & U.S. Agriculture"

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From Dr. Brent Sohngen: "Where will the trees come from? How tariffs and new policies mean big changes on federal forests."

u.osu.edu/forest/2025/...

An assessment of appraisals for federal and state timber sales in Minnesota, U.S.A. - Forest Science The frequency of tracts of timber offered for sale that do not receive any bids, also known as no-bids, is a concern for public land managers. No-bids can delay forest management and result in lost re...

From Dr. Sonia Bruck:
"An assessment of appraisals for federal and state timber sales in Minnesota"
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Assessing Carbon Emission Impacts of Forest-Based Bioenergy in the Southern U.S. Carbon emissions accounting with forest-derived biomass energy is more complex than for waste or crop-residue biomass because carbon emissions and uptake occur over more heterogeneous landscapes and longer timeframes. To better understand climate impacts of forest bioenergy use, we develop a comprehensive framework for assessing the dynamic lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions for bioenergy projects using pine pulpwood feedstocks from managed forests in the U.S. South. We apply it in eight different forest basins to determine the carbon payback period and cumulative carbon storage for hypothetical bioenergy projects with 30-year plant operating lives (2030–2060). Variations in local forest types, age class distributions, and traditional wood product market demands result in large differences in carbon payback times between basins. In general, carbon debt repayment is faster for biofuel or bioelectricity projects that employ CCS than those that do not. We find that facilities employing CCS and consuming 3 million green tons of feedstock annually yield carbon payback periods below 10 years if located within pine-dominated coastal plain or gulf coast regions. In a hardwood-dominated basin such as in Virginia, carbon payback is not achieved.

My recent research collaboration with NCSU Forestry and Princeton's Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment. "Assessing Carbon Emission Impacts of Forest-Based Bioenergy in the Southern U.S."
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From Dr. Brooks Mendell on the Forisk blog.
forisk.com/blog/2025/02...

From Dr. Steve Buccola: a Kantian Interpretation of Mainstream Economics. #econsky
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US Lumber Industry Set to End Canada’s Dominance as Tariffs Take Toll The southern US is poised to surpass Canada’s long-held dominance over the North American lumber industry as decades of trade restrictions take a toll on its northern neighbor.

www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/202...

Market research (timber + wood products). Links to some of my online blog articles below:

Forisk blog: forisk.com/blog/author/...

SOFAC Blog: research.cnr.ncsu.edu/sofac/author...