MEDIA ADVISORY

CBOT to Host Media Briefing Following June 29
USDA 2007 Crop Report (Acreage)

WHAT:            The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) invites media to attend a briefing/panel analysis to discuss the results of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Crop Acreage Report.

The panel will include:

• Brian Basting, Commodity Research Analyst for Advance Trading
• Greg Wagner, Director, Marketing Risk Management for Horizon Ag Strategies

Panelists may discuss: the report’s impact on the potential volatility of corn, soybean and soybean product prices; the impact of corn acreage planted and projected stocks of corn, wheat and soybeans; the acreage of corn in relation to the ethanol market; and the report’s potential impact on consumer prices. 

WHEN:         Friday, June 29, 2007, at 8:15 a.m. CST

LISTEN to CBOT Crop Report here

LOCATION:   Chicago Board of Trade, Agricultural Trading Floor, 141 W. Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IL

Media is welcome to participate in the briefing via teleconference by dialing (800) 860-2442 approximately 15 minutes prior to the briefing.  International callers please dial (412) 858-4600. Callers should say they are calling in for theCBOT CROP REPORT.

The crop report press briefing will also be available on the CBOT website – www.cbot.com.

CONTACT:    For those interested in attending in person, please RSVP to CBOT Communications, either Jordan Mandelberg, (312) 341-3120 or jmandelberg@cbot.com or Debbie Baratz, (312) 435-3625 or dbaratz1@cbot.com.