Agricultural Advisory Committee

Agenda
Agricultural Advisory Committee
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
2:00 - 5:00 p.m.

    1. Call to order and introductions by Chairman James Newsome 10 min.

    2. Agriculture and the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000

    • Overview by Commissioner Walt Lukken 20 min.

    3. Federal Speculative Position Limits

    • Background from Dr. James Overdahl, CFTC 15 min.

    • Presentation by Bernard Dan, Chicago Board of Trade 30 min.

    • General Discussion 30 min.

    4. Break 10 min.

    5. Off-exchange Risk Management Products for Producers

    • ATO Status Report from Donald Heitman, CFTC 10 min.

    • HTA Update by Patrick McCarty, CFTC 15 min.

    • Presentation by Ross Davidson, USDA/RMA 15 min.

    • General Discussion 15 min.

    6. Discussion of future meetings and topics, Subcommittee formation

    7. Adjournment