Agricultural Advisory Committee

The Agricultural Advisory Committee (AAC) was created in 1985 to advise the Commission on issues involving the trading of agricultural commodity futures and options and facilitate communications between the CFTC, the agricultural community, and agriculture-related organizations.

Chairman Rostin Behnam sponsors the AAC. Swati Shah serves as the Designated Federal Officer for the committee.

Committee Charter (PDF)

Meetings

Date Meeting Details

Meeting to discuss wheat convergence, ICE Futures U.S. cotton contract, and livestock price reporting. Full details, including agenda, here.

Meeting to discuss the issue of convergence as it relates to the Chicago Board of Trade’s wheat futures contract. Full details, including agenda, here.

Meeting to discuss current issues related to convergence in the futures and cash markets, agricultural swaps, settlement prices, the role of margin, and credit issues. Full details, including agenda, here.

Meeting to discuss the role of speculation in agricultural futures markets, hedging, and global competitiveness. Full details, including agenda, here.

Roundtable discussion featuring Commitment from Trader reports, “View from the Field” presentations, and economic and market implications of thinly traded price discovery markets. Full details, including agenda, here.

Meeting to discuss trends in the futures industry since the enactment of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, speculative position limits for certain agricultural commodities, and developments relating to various risk-management products available to producers. Full details, including agenda, here.

Meeting to discuss the provisions of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 and proposed New Regulatory Framework that are of particular significance to the agricultural community. Full details, including agenda, here.