CFTC Announces Details of April 22 Agricultural Forum
Washington, DC – The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today further details about the upcoming roundtable discussion on the agricultural markets. The roundtable is designed to gather information about whether the futures markets are properly performing their risk management and price discovery roles.
Participants
The roundtable will consist of officials from the CFTC, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Credit Administration, Federal Reserve System, and a broad spectrum of agricultural market participants, including producer groups, commodity merchandisers, commodity consumer and producer groups, financial firms, and futures exchanges. A complete participant list will be available before the forum.
Attendance and Comment
The roundtable will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 22, 2008, in the Commission’s hearing room located on the ground floor of its headquarters – Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20581. The hearing room doors will open at 8:30 a.m.
Due to significant space limitations, interested members of the public are strongly encouraged to use the following alternative options to access the hearing:
1. Watch live broadcast of the roundtable via Webcast on www.cftc.gov
2. Call in to a toll-free telephone line to connect to a live audio feed
Call-in participants should be prepared to provide their first name, last name, and affiliation. Conference call information is listed below.
Domestic Toll Free: 866-759-0291
International Toll: 763-416-8828
The conference ID: 43214239
Call leader name: “CFTC”
Because opportunities for questions and comments the day of the roundtable may be significantly limited, participants and members of the public may submit written statements for the official record up to two weeks following the roundtable.