Hedging lumber risk in 2025: Navigating Southern Yellow Pine (SYP) futures with CME Group & Fastmarkets

Recorded on November 18th 2025

Price volatility is back. Learn how to trade, hedge, and beat the market with Southern Yellow Pine futures.

Southern Yellow Pine (SYP) lumber futures are rapidly becoming the go-to hedge for a market facing renewed volatility, from rising Canadian tariffs/duties now exceeding 45% combined, to uncertain US housing demand, and tightening margins across the value chain.

Fastmarkets in collaboration with CME Group invites you to a webinar on how SYP futures present a unique opportunity for both physical market participants and financial traders to hedge price risk, discover market value, and capitalise on volatility.

Webinar panellists:
Tom Crane, Director, Agricultural Products, CME Group
Alison Coughlin, Director, Commodity Research & Product Development, CME Group
Dustin Jalbert, Senior Economist – Wood Products, Fastmarkets

Moderated by:
Matt Graves, Editorial Director – Forest Products, Fastmarkets

Watch the on-demand webinar and walk away with…

✓  A tactical understanding of where SYP price volatility is coming from next – duties, macro, geopolitics shifting supply and demand signals

✓  A clear explanation of how SYP futures are structured, cash-settled, and benchmarked using IOSCO-certified Fastmarkets pricing

✓  Real-world hedging strategies that can be used by lumber producers, wholesalers, homebuilders, and funds

✓  Live perspectives from CME Group on liquidity, participant mix, and trade execution dynamics

✓  Practical opportunities for both new entrants and existing lumber traders to profit or protect margin in Q4 and beyond

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