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CBOT Hosts April 10 Supply/Demand Press Briefing

Date 09/04/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade on April 10 will conduct another in its series of crop report briefings for the media and members following release of the supply/demand report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The briefing, presented by the Communications Department, will be held on the agricultural trading floor apron, starting at 8:15 a.m. (Chicago time).

Providing commentary and analysis will be David Hightower, President, Hightower Research, and David Streit, Crop Meteorologist, CropCast (via teleconference).

The panelists will take questions from the media, members present and from others via teleconference. Members may participate in the press briefing via teleconference by dialing 800-860-2442 approximately 15 minutes before the start of the program. Please contact the CBOT® Communications Department at +1 312-435-3620 now to reserve one of the limited number of telephone lines.

The Crop Report Press Briefing also will be made available in Real Audio® on the CBOT®’’s Web Site at Internet address: http://www.cbot.com.