CBOT Crop Report Briefing Set For Sept. 12

The Chicago Board of Trade will conduct a crop briefing September 12 for the media and members following release of U.S. Department of Agriculture of crop production and supply/demand data.

Following release of the report a panel will discuss the information. The briefing will begin at 8:15 a.m. Chicago time at the entrance to the Agricultural trading floor.

Panelists are James Rooney, President, Rooney & Company, and via teleconference Don Roose, President/CEO, U.S. Commodities, Inc.

Members and press may participate in the briefing via teleconference by dialing 800-860-2442 approximately 10 miunutes before the start of the program (all the CBOT® Communications Department at 312-435-3620 to reserve one of the limited number of phone lines available.

The crop briefing also will be available in Real Audio on the CBOT®'s web site at http://www.cbot.com.