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CBOT Hosts Crop Report Briefing February 8

Date 06/02/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade will conduct the second in its 2001 series of crop report briefings for the media and members following release on Thursday, February 8, 2001 of the latest crop supply/demand report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The briefing, presented by the Communications Department, again will be held at the entrance to the agricultural trading floor and will begin at 8:15 a.m. (Chicago time).

Providing commentary and analysis will be Terry Roggensack, Principal, Hightower Research, and James Rooney, President, Rooney & Company.

The panelists will take questions from the media, members present and from others via teleconference. To participate in the press briefing via teleconference dial 800-860-2442 approximately 10 minutes before the start of the briefing. Please contact the CBOT® Communications Department at 312-435-3620 in advance to reserve one of the limited number of telephone lines available.

The Crop Report Press Briefing also will be available in Real Audio® on the CBOT®’s Web Site at Internet address: http://www.cbot.com.