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...
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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...
Timber Update: A Wet Spring and Busy Summer
The second quarter has come and gone with one of the wettest springs in history, which means an incredible...
Market Report: Interest Rate Increases Impact Engineered Wood Markets
Current macroeconomic news doesn’t give optimists much to be excited about. Interest rate increases, which were intended to tame...
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