Cotton Incorporated Set for Last Risk Management Seminar

By Jim.Robinson|March 19, 2013

Cotton Incorporated’s Dr. Jeanne Reeves is set to host the last Cotton Price Risk Management Seminar of the year on April 3, at the Overton Hotel & Conference Center in Lubbock, Texas. The seminar will address basic and intermediate topics such as market-based strategies for how to manage price risk for the 2013 crop season and tactics for integrating crop and revenue insurance.

Other topics of discussion for the seminar 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.

Dr. Carl Anderson and Dr. John Robinson will discuss when and how to use a variety of option strategies involving puts, calls and spreads. Mr. Joe O’Neill, former President of the New York Stock Exchange, will be the discussion leader.

The seminar will begin at 8:30 am and will end at 5:00 pm and is being co-sponsored by Plains Cotton Growers, Inc. There is no fee to attend and lunch will be provided for all participants.

To register, contact Kay Wriedt at Cotton Incorporated by phone 919-678-2271 or email kwriedt@cottoninc.com. Space is limited so please register as soon as possible.