World Dairy Diary

Outlook Conference Scheduled

Don’t forget to register for the 5th Downes-O’Neill/EDairy Annual Outlook Conference, held on June 18 & 19 in Chicago.

The annual Downes-O’Neill/FCStone Outlook Conference has become an important source of market intelligence and insight for producers and users of food commodities, including dairy products, grains, and edible oils. Every year, conference speakers address the outlook for production, consumption, and prices in these commodities, as well as the global energy and weather outlook. This year, more than ever before, their insights into global food production and prices will be of critical importance.

Speakers at the Downes-O’Neill/eDairy Outlook Conference will include Siva Yam, President of the U.S./China Chamber of Commerce, on the outlook for Chinese food exports, imports, and consumption; FCStone risk-management consultant Tripp Dunman on the outlook for energy products; and keynote speaker Todd Buchholz, a former director of economic policy at the White House and a managing director of the $15 billion Tiger hedge fund, on the global economic outlook. Other speakers will address dairy products, grains, edible oils, carbon-credit trading, the world weather outlook, the legislative landscape, and commodity riskmanagement tools and techniques.