The 108th Annual Convention of The Texas Cotton Association will meet at Horseshoe Bay Resort near Austin, in the beautiful Hill Country of Texas, on April 24, 25 & 26, 2019.

Attending:  Rob Smith

Pacific Northwest Grain and Feed Association presents the 39th Annual Country Elevator Council Meeting & Golf Tournament.  The conference will be held at the Northern Quest Resort & Casino, April 24th to April 26th.  

Arlan Sunderman will be presenting on April 25th.  Also attending: Alex Bassett.

The Bankers Association for Finance and Trade is hosting their Global Annual Meeting – The Americas, April 28 – May 1 at the Hilton Torrey Pines in La Jolla, CA.  Sponsoring & Exhibiting: Katherine Mueller, Tom Scarpulla, Carsten Hils

Byard Bridge & Venkat BV will be speaking on April 29th at 2:00pm on the topic: "Using a SWIFT Service Bureau to Integrate Global Payments"

In addition, Sue-Ellen Speight will moderate the panel "Competition Among Cross-Border Payment Networks" on Wednesday, May 5th at 10:35am.

The 25th Annual National Workshop for Dairy Economists and Policy Analysts will be meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan on April 30 - May 1st. 

Attending:  Dave Kurzawski 

Alabama Association of School Business Officials is hosting the 50th Annual Conference at the Perdido Beach Resort, April 30 - May 3, 2019.

Exhibiting: David Langham & Lance Hyche.

The American Bakers' Association Logistics Conference will be held on April 30-May 1 at the Hotel Chicago Downtown, Marriott Autograph Collection. 

Speaking:  Jim Burr, Senior Vice President of Energy.  

Energy Volatility and its Logistics Impact 1:45 - 2:45

Los mercados globales continúan experimentando vaivenes y reacomodos de oferta y demanda. Ante esta tendencia que impacta a los principales países productores y consumidores, su empresa necesita herramientas que la preparen frente a tales desafíos. Durante el Seminario Integral en Administración de Riesgos de INTL FCStone Financial Inc., en Chicago, le mostraremos cómo desarrollar un programa integral para mitigar la volatilidad en los precios de los commodities agrícolas.

The 37th Annual Options Industry Conference will take place May 1-3 at the Trump National Doral Miami.

Sponsoring: Claudio Pacini, Vinicius Alves, Gustavo Paiva

The American Dairy Products Institute and American Butter Institute’s 2019 Annual Conference will be held on May 5 - 7, 2019 at the Chicago Marriott Downtown.  Robert Chesler will moderate a panel discussion on the topic of "Risk Management - Fails & Successes" on May 7th at 3:45.

Also Attending:  Kyle Schrad, Nick Buyse + Nate Donnay

American Dairy Product Institute’s Dairy 360 short-course will be held May 8-10 at the InterContinental Hotel in Chicago, IL. This course will provide an in-depth introduction to dairy ingredients: what they are, how they are manufactured, utilized and marketed. Richard Jelinek will be covering the essentials of risk management on Friday, May 9^th at 10:30am.