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A red logging truck loaded with logs, soon to be turned into plywood, drives through a snowy forested road in winter.

January Market Report: Holiday Curtailments Remain, but Spring Predictions are Positive

January 16, 2017 — The expected end-of-year slowdown for plywood continues at Freres Lumber Company, but spring predictions look...

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A yellow forklift lifts a stack of lumber between large piles of wooden planks in a lumberyard, illustrating the busy atmosphere typical during winter trading in commodities.

December Market Report: Lumber Markets Stabilize

December 19, 2016 — As the year-end wood products markets stabilize, Freres Lumber Company readies for equipment upgrades and...

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A large truck loaded with big tree logs is parked at an industrial lumber facility, ready to supply the wood products market.

November Market Update: The Holiday Week Brings an Uptick in the Wood Products Market

November 28, 2016 — The week before Thanksgiving turned out to be a great sales week for Freres Lumber...

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November Market Report: Declining Markets and New Wood Products

November 14, 2016 — A difficult wood products market presents challenges and opportunities for Freres Lumber Company.

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Two men stand behind a wooden table at a NAWLA Traders Market booth with a Groes banner.

Freres Lumber Company Debuts Its Mass Ply Product at the NAWLA Traders Market

November 6, 2016 — Last week, several of us from Freres Lumber Company attended the NAWLA Traders Market in...

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A flyer for Family Building Blocks' Dream Builders Luncheon 2016 rests on a table, with salad and utensils in the background.

Supporting Families at the Family Building Blocks Annual Dream Builders Luncheon

October 31, 2016 — We recently supported Family Building Blocks at their annual Dream Builders Luncheon in Salem, Oregon....

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October Market Update: Slowing Wood Products Markets as We Enter the Fall

October 24, 2016 — Just like the rest of the domestic producers, Freres Lumber Company is experiencing an expected...

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Large stacks of cut logs with a yellow industrial crane under a blue sky at a lumberyard, ready to supply wood product markets.

October Market Report: Implications of the Impending Expiration of the Softwood Lumber Agreement

October 7, 2016 — A big change in the international lumber market will come next week due to the...

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Stacks of plywood sheets labeled Freres with red spray paint are neatly arranged in a warehouse, ready to meet the demands of dynamic lumber markets.

September Market Update: Plywood market strong

September 26, 2016 — The last few weeks of the western commodity sheathing market have been mostly lackluster, but...

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