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A yellow loader lifts logs at a foggy lumber yard, with stacked timber and mountains in the background—a scene reflecting the busy end of year .

Freres Lumber November Market Update: Gradual Improvements in End of Year Plywood Markets

November 30, 2020 — Over the past few weeks, we have seen gradual improvements in commodity plywood markets heading...

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Large wooden canopy structure under construction at the Chemeketa Agriculture Complex, set against a clear blue sky.

Building the New Chemeketa Agriculture Complex

Construction of the Chemeketa Agriculture Complex is underway and expecting to host classes in the winter term of 2021....

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Hiring challenges we are facing today

November 18, 2020 — Today’s Freres Lumber blog features a question and answer session with our Human Resources Director...

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Man in green shirt works with wood sheets in a busy factory, possibly adapting to elevated ; another worker is visible in the background.

Freres Lumber November Market Report: Elevated Plywood Pricing Expected to Continue

November 13, 2020 — Last month was the first month since the start of the COVID epidemic that the...

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Worker inspecting stacked plywood sheets at a large industrial manufacturing facility.

Freres Lumber October Market Update: Encouraging Signs in the Plywood Marketplace

October 26, 2020 — The commodity plywood markets remain quiet and slow on the buy side, over all. Though...

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A yellow front loader carries logs outside an industrial warehouse on a sunny day.

Freres Lumber October Market Report: Progress in Claim Against Brazilian Plywood

October 19, 2020 — After a difficult month of fires, production has resumed and increased with added personnel. After...

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A person in safety gear stands among charred, fallen trees and salvaged timber after a forest fire, under a smoky sky.

Salvaged Timber from Beachie Creek, Lionshead Fires

The Beachie Creek and Lionshead fires blew through the Santiam Canyon on September 7th, combining into one complex fire....

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Worker operating large green machinery inside a wood processing facility.

Freres Lumber September Market Update: Catch Up and Recovery After Santiam Canyon Fires

September 28, 2020 — Over the past few weeks, of course, the local wildfires that ravaged our local Santiam...

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A plywood company office stands under an orange, smoky sky with poor visibility and empty surroundings in the heart of Santiam Canyon.

Rebuilding the Santiam Canyon

September 25, 2020 — Fires have burned almost one million acres of ground in Oregon, taking lives and destroying...

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