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U.S. Soy WASDE Update - September 14

Start Date:9/14/2020

Start Time:7:00 AM CDT

Duration:45 minutes

Abstract:

The World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) is a monthly report published by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) providing comprehensive forecast of supply and demand for major crops globally and United States). The report provides an analysis of the fundamental condition of the agricultural commodity markets for the use of farmers, governments and other market participants. Traders, farmers and soy processors around the world refer to the WASDE report as an indicator at to where supply and demand, and ultimately the price soybeans may go. USSEC is pleased to announce that it is initiating a monthly Global Webcast updating its partners around the world on the WASDE report and its potential implications for soybean markets. Each monthly report will include an analysis of how the U.S. Department of Agriculture has updated the global supply and demand projections for soybeans, and also feature an invited market analyst to offer opinions on how the changes to the WASDE might impact soybean markets. Please join us on September 14, 2020 at 07:00-8:00 AM Chicago Time for the following U.S. SOY WASDE Update.

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Speakers

Jim Sutter

CEO

USSEC

Jim Sutter joined the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) as Chief Executive Officer in 2010 after over 30 years of industry experience with Cargill, Inc. Since joining USSEC Sutter has led strategy development to ensure that the organization’s key focus is on differentiating and building a preference for U.S. Soy. Key initiatives have included building on the competitive advantage of U.S. Soy’s sustainability, improving the partnership with China in the area of sustainable food security, and demonstration of the intrinsic and extrinsic advantages of U.S. soy to customers around the globe. Jim is also actively working with various industry associations around the world on behalf of U.S. Soy. He grew up on a crop and cattle farm in northeastern Colorado, received a degree in Agricultural Business/Economics from Colorado State University. Jim has worked and lived in numerous global locations and now makes his home in St. Louis, Missouri.

Mac Marshall

VP Market Intel

United Soybean Board / USSEC

Mac Marshall serves as the Vice President, Market Intelligence for the United Soybean Board (USB). In this capacity, Mac works with USB leadership to evaluate and establish long-term strategic initiatives in support of advancing domestic and international market opportunities for the U.S. soybean industry. He also serves as an industry source of market information and analysis. Prior to joining USB, Mac served as global market analysis and trade lead at Bayer Crop Science, where he worked on international market access issues as part of a global agricultural policy team. Prior to Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto, Mac worked in Monsanto’s global strategy group with a focus on commodity market analysis in support of the company’s long-term strategy setting and understanding of near-term market dynamics. Before joining Monsanto in 2014, Mac served as a staff economist at the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics with a focus on agricultural commodities, in addition to serving as the supervisory economist leading a team of economists covering service industries. He holds a B.A. in economics from Vassar College and an M.A. in applied economics from Johns Hopkins University.

Nagaraj Meda

CMD

TransGraph Consulting

Nagaraj Meda is the Founder, Chairman and Managing Director of TransGraph Consulting. TransGraph Consulting is focused niche player in currencies and commodities and deliverables encompass research, price forecasting, risk management, value chain analysis, risk management software. He is a Post–graduate in economics with specialization in International trade/finance from University of Hyderabad and has additional qualifications in the fields of technical analysis and portfolio management. He also has hands on experience in the commodity futures markets as a portfolio manager in a commodity hedge fund initially and as a consultant presently. Well recognized as an authority in the field of forecasting using technical analysis and has carved a new concept, “Mapping the market thought” to forecast the prices which is a combination of fundamental, technical and statistical analysis. One of the pioneers in implementing risk management process, hedge models in physical commodities trading, sourcing and selling of commodities industries by introducing the concept of Value at Risk (VaR) through proprietary software TransRisk (www.transrisk.net). Worked in developing the hedge models to 60+ corporates spread across FMCG, manufacturing, trading / processing, automobile sectors. Credited for the idea of bringing ‘good things’ of trading into ‘sourcing’ through innovative hedging models that suits manufacturing companies. Presented 100+ papers at various international level conferences related to price forecasting, procurement and risk management.

Kevin Roepke

RD

USSEC

Kevin Roepke serves as the Regional Director of South Asia for the US Soybean Export Council (USSEC). Roepke is chiefly responsible for the strategy and implementation of market and trade development for US SOY within South Asia. Prior to this position, he was the Regional Director for the Americas, based in Mexico. Before joining USSEC, Roepke worked in various positions with the US Grains Council, most recently serving as regional director for South and Southeast Asia and Oceania, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Additionally, Roepke worked on many complex trade issues for the US Grains Council, posted in Beijing, China and Washington, DC. Prior to his work in membership associations, he was with Archer Daniels Midland’s (ADM) oilseed processing division where he was responsible for the Western Divisional soymeal export position. Roepke is a graduate of Iowa State University with a degree in Public Service and Administration in Agriculture and was recently honored with the 2018 STATEMent Maker Award for Outstanding Alumni. He is also the co-founder of an app that won the American Farm Bureau 2018 AgTech Startup of the Year. He received an MBA from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, MA. As a native Iowan, Roepke grew up on a livestock operation and was actively involved showing and judging cattle and hogs, while in 4-H and FFA.

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