November 14, 2016 — A difficult wood products market presents challenges and opportunities for Freres Lumber Company....
November 6, 2016 — Last week, several of us from Freres Lumber Company attended the NAWLA Traders Market in Las Vegas. It was a hectic, but fun trip and was highly productive in many ways. NAWLA is a great event that allows participants to connect...
October 31, 2016 — We recently supported Family Building Blocks at their annual Dream Builders Luncheon in Salem, Oregon. Freres Lumber Co. is a long-standing supporter of the Family Building Blocks (FBB) mission because we believe that keeping children safe and families together is one...
October 24, 2016 — Just like the rest of the domestic producers, Freres Lumber Company is experiencing an expected slow down in the wood products market with the change of seasons....
October 7, 2016 — A big change in the international lumber market will come next week due to the expirations of the Softwood Lumber Agreement that will affect all domestic producers, including Freres Lumber Company....
September 26, 2016 — The last few weeks of the western commodity sheathing market have been mostly lackluster, but this week Freres Lumber Company has had a solid week, albeit with mostly lower prices. The summer market has been unspectacular but solid overall, with few...
September 13, 2016 — Challenges coming from domestic producers and abroad. The veneer market is extremely difficult. Canadian veneer producers are more concerned with selling the production from their facilities than they are the price at which they are selling veneer. With the exchange rate...
August 22, 2016 — Despite reports of overall malaise in the wood products market, Freres Lumber Company had our second consecutive week of strong sales volumes. While some discounts were necessary to prime the pump, commodity sheathing moved out in an orderly fashion. Secondaries have...
August 8, 2016 — Changes in the wood product market produce individual challenges for Freres Lumber Company in the veneer, plywood, and lumber sectors....
July 25, 2016 — The Freres Lumber Company mill is busy filling orders for a thriving plywood market....