NYBOT To Carry Cotton Market Roundtable Live Over Its Website

The Cotton Market Roundtable will be carried live over the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) website, www.nybot.com, Friday, July 18th, 2003, at 8:30 am DST (7:30 am Central time). The Cotton Market Roundtable, part of NYBOT's Live on the Web series, can be accessed for free by clicking on the "Ag Market Network" banner on nybot.com 15 minutes prior to the meeting.

The roundtable consists of a distinguished panel of cotton experts who will discuss today's cotton market including crop conditions, domestic demand, exports and farm policy.

This year's Panelists include:

Dr. Carl Anderson, PhD, Texas A&M University
Dr. O. A. Cleveland, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Miss. State University -
W.B. "Billy" Dunavant, Chairman & CEO, Dunavant Enterprises, Inc.
Patrick McClatchy, Executive Director, Ag Market Network
Jarral Neeper, Asst. VP Callpool Operations & Economics, Calcot

This Live on the Web presentation is sponsored by the New York Board of Trade, the Ag Market Network, Certified Fibermax, and Farm Press Publications.

NYBOT's Live on the Web series offers a wide variety of informative and educational programs on various topicsrelating to the NYBOT members and markets. RealPlayer Basic version 8 is needed to listen to the event, which can be downloaded for free from the NYBOT site.

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) is the parent company of the Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange, Inc. (CSCE) and the New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE). Through its two exchanges and their subsidiaries and divisions, NYBOT offers an expanding range of agricultural, currency and index products. Information about the New York Board of Trade can be found at www.nybot.com and www.nybotlive.com.