CBOT Hosts Crop Report Briefing November 9

The Chicago Board of Trade will conduct another in its series of crop report briefings for the media and members following release on November 9 of the latest crop production and supply/demand reports 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 Cekander, Vice President/Head of Grain Research, FIMAT, USA, Inc., and Greg Grow, Senior Account Executive, O’Brien Investor Services.

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 by dialing 800-860-2442 approximately 10 minutes before the start of the program (to reserve one of the limited number of telephone lines contact the CBOT® Communications Department at 312-435-3620 now).

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.