January 14, 2019 — Wood product markets began to show marked improvement as we ended 2018. The end of 2018 can best be categorized as a slow bleed, with product prices dropping across the board. Even good news for wood products markets didn’t slow the...
January 11, 2019 — A new year is upon us, and it is customary to contemplate what lies ahead for Freres Lumber in 2019. We have many things to be thankful for, and we think there is much opportunity ahead of us in the next...
December 31, 2018 — Surprisingly, December turned out to be a great sales month, with winter plywood sales filling the depleted inventories that distributors have allowed to shrink over the last seven months....
December 10, 2018 — Wood products prices have been declining relentlessly over the last couple of months, regardless of the product. While lumber led the way initially, panel prices declined to price lows that have not been seen for three years. For example, ½” 4-ply...
December 3, 2018 — The many benefits of engineered wood products are being touted in scientifically based environmental reports and the continual struggle against poor forest management that results in catastrophic fires....
November 26, 2018 — The western plywood market has stabilized over the past week to ten days in regards to pricing, but buyers remain cautious and volume business is still absent....
November 12, 2018 — Panel markets continued to struggle through October, largely mirroring the declines across all wood products over the last couple of months. To say price declines have been unprecedented and sudden would be an understatement. The best we can say is that...
October 29, 2018 — This last summer, as many of you were driving through the Willamette Valley on your way to summer vacations, you may have noticed that there are significant numbers of standing dead trees along the roads and scattered through our forests. Many...
October 22, 2018 — The plywood market, like almost all commodity lumber and panel markets, continues to struggle with lethargic buying interest and excess available product available to customers....
October 15, 2018 — Depressed Markets Across the Wood Products Spectrum. Wood products market dropped dramatically over the last couple of weeks, extending price discounts from earlier in the month. Panel markets are looking for a bottom, with few customers willing to commit to a...