Wildfires and Electricity at Freres
The high risk of wildfires caused by a combination of high winds and high temperatures at the start of...
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Market Report: Interest Rates and the Wood Products Markets
There are never boring days in wood products markets! Conflicting signals abound and the market is finding scant reasons...
Remembering Oregon’s Labor Day Fires
Labor Day weekend 2022 brought back eerie memories of 2020. The weather was hot, the humidity low and winds...
Building With Wood Reduces Environmental Impact
As one of the largest privately-owned, independent wood products manufacturers on the West Coast, we have a history of...
August Market Update: A Sneaky, Solid Market
The commodity plywood markets continue to remain steady. Sales are coming at a decent, if unspectacular, pace while buyers...
Freres Timberland Closed to Recreational Activities
This year’s hunting season will look different on Freres timberland. With fire season well underway, we have made the...
Market Report: An Apprehensive Market
The general tenor of the marketplace is apprehensive. Macro-economic discussions, such as federal interest rate hikes and the consequent...
Thank You For 100 Years | Freres Centennial Event
My grandfather and company founder, T.G. Freres, would have turned 124 years old last month. When we look back,...
July Market Update: The “Prove-It-To-Me” Plywood Market
The plywood market bottomed out the last week of June, and since then has had incremental price increases each...
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