California Cotton Marketing Will Be Focus Of March 10 Workshop

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February 25, 2010 - Cotton Incorporated and Calcot are sponsoring a basic and intermediate workshop on using options on futures to manage price risk. The event starts at 8:30 a.m. at Harris Ranch in Coalinga. It runs until 5 p.m. Lunch will be provided. The workshop is free, but space is limited.

Topics include:

• Why are options on cotton futures critical to your business?

• What can options do for you and how?

• Actionable hedging strategies based on various price scenarios Market Outlook

Instructors are Texas A&M ag economists Carl Anderson and John Robinson. They will discuss when and how to use a variety of option strategies including: fences, 3-ways and calendar back spreads

Market outlooks will be presented by Calcot president Jarral Neeper and O.A. Cleveland, retired Mississippi State University cotton marketing economist.

A presentation on China will be given by Mechel Paggi, Director of the Center for Agricultural Business, California Agricultural Technology Institute, California State University, Fresno

To register, contact Kay Wriedt at 919-678-2271 or kwriedt@cottoninc.com.