Last Chance to Register for Forisk's Timber Market Analysis Class

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This is your last chance to register for Forisk's Timber Market Analysis Class! Registration closes at midnight tomorrow! Join us virtually via live Zoom webinar on September 30–October 1 for two half-days of practical, case-study-based instruction on understanding, tracking, and analyzing timber markets.   The Timber Market Analysis (TMA) Class walks through the process to understand, track, and analyze the price, demand, supply, and competitive dynamics of local timber markets and wood baskets through the use of case studies. It teaches a process and set of tools for those looking to engage with forest industry data more directly. Taught by Brooks Mendell, Amanda Lang, and Shawn Baker, the class is divided into two half-days of course content where Day 2 builds on Day 1.    This class will be recorded and shared with registered attendees afterwards. You are welcome to sign up and get the class recording and materials!   Individuals who wish to earn CE credit must attend the live webinar. REGISTRATION CLOSES NEXT TUESDAY Register by 11:59 pm EST on September 29! Learn More & Register Continuing Education Credits   The class qualifies for up to 6 hours of continuing education credit. The content of Day 2 builds on Day 1. Attendees can attend both days to receive the full 6 hours, or attend one day to receive 3 hours.  CFE (Forestry) CLE / MTH (Logger / Georgia Master Timber Harvester) CPE (Accountancy) Georgia Real Estate/Appraiser Please Note: This event will be recorded for online viewing afterwards, however, we can only offer Continuing Education Credits to the people who attend the live webinars. In order to be awarded the full credit hours, you must be present for the entire class and you must respond to all polling questions during the presentation. Course Objectives Day 1: September 30 Analyzing Current Markets Presenter: Brooks Mendell. By the end of Day 1, participants will be able to: Scope a TMA study with an interview guide that specifies the objectives, target audience, decision deadline, required deliverables, and available data and budget. Delineate an operable, analyzable market boundary by applying the Four S's (shape, size, symmetry, supplies) and local data availability. Classify wood raw materials as primary, secondary, or tertiary supply sources, and quantify standing pine inventory by product class (pulpwood, chip-n-saw, sawtimber) from filtered USFS FIA data. Estimate market-level wood demand by adjusting each mill's capacity for procurement-area overlap and capacity utilization, and rank the leading competitors by share of market demand. Calculate growth-to-drain ratios and net growth, and use them to judge whether a market can support a new mill (e.g., 800,000 tons/year of pine grade). Assess existing mill risk using five criteria (operating status, end market, recent capital investment, commitment, parent-company strength), and determine when static analysis suffices versus when a forecast is required. Day 2: October 1 Projecting Future Marketss Presenters: Shawn Baker & Amanda Lang. By the end of Day 2, participants will be able to: Evaluate local logging capacity using county-level BLS employment, business counts, and productivity trends, and identify supply chain constraints that affect delivered wood costs. Construct Base, High, Slow, and special-case scenarios that test assumptions about housing starts, regional production shifts, and wood bioenergy demand. Project market-specific wood demand by end use, screening announced mill projects for viability based on technology and key milestones. Apply timber supply model outputs (e.g., SRTS) to forecast changes in inventory and growth-to-drain as harvest levels respond to demand. Forecast stumpage prices in priority order (level, direction, magnitude, timing), project logging and hauling costs from diesel price drivers, and critique third-party forecasts through back-testing. Rank competing markets for sawmill or timberland investment with a scoring framework, and structure results into an executive summary that states key findings, assumptions, risks, and recommendations. Discounts   If your company subscribes to Forisk's research, you can receive 10% off your registration fee! Contact Heather (hsclark@forisk.com) to get the promo code.   This includes the FRQ, the Wood Fiber Review, and the Mill Capacity Database. Learn More & Register Forisk Consulting, PO Box 5070, Athens, GA 30604, USA, (+1) 770-725-8447 Unsubscribe Manage preferences