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CBOT Hosts Crop Report Briefing January 11

Date 05/01/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade will conduct another in its series of crop report briefings for the media and members following release on January 11, 2001 of the latest crop supply/demand report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The briefing, presented by the Communications Department, will be conducted on the agricultural trading floor apron, starting at 8:15 a.m. (Chicago time).

Providing commentary and analysis will be Dan Basse, Executive Vice President, AgResource Co., and Joe Victor, Vice President Marketing, Allendale, Inc.

The panelists will take questions from the media, members present and from others via teleconference. Members also may participate in the press briefing via teleconference. To participate via teleconference dial 800-860-2442 approximately 15 minutes before the start of the program, and please contact the CBOT® Communications Department at 312-435-3620 to reserve one of the limited number of telephone lines.

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.