The AAC was created to advise the Commission on issues relating to the trading of agricultural commodity futures and options, and to serve as a communications link between the Commission and the agricultural community. The Committee’s membership includes representatives of national farm organizations, major commodity groups, agribusiness concerns, and agricultural bankers.
The meeting will begin with a review by Commission staff of trends in the futures industry since the enactment of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000. Other topics to be discussed include the Federal speculative position limits for certain agricultural commodities, and developments relating to various risk-management products available to producers.
A list of AAC members may be found at http://www.cftc.gov/cftc/cftccommittees.htm. For further information, please contact the Commission’s Office of External Affairs, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20581, (202) 418-5080.