Webinar

APAC: A Mid-Season Review of U.S. Crops and Projected Yield Trends

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Please join us and hear from a group of agribusiness and commodity experts as they discuss the state of crops and yield estimates focused on weather's impact and what lies ahead.

Speakers

Todd Sibilla

Commodity Applications Specialist

Bloomberg

Todd Sibilla is a Commodity Applications Specialist for Bloomberg LP in New York. In this capacity he lectures at multiple industry events including BLOOMBERG Base, Precious and Battery Metals Webinar series through 2022, Client conferences in Toronto, Montreal, Miami, Mexico City and Monterrey, MX. He has been a featured speaker in the past at the BMO Metals and Mining Conference, CPM Gold Yearbook release, Society Of Mining Metallurgy and Exploration NYC conferences, Peru Universidad Esan, Universidad Peruana (UPC) and regional domestic USA Universities. Additional noteworthy events include the United Nations Renewable Energy Conference, the AFP Canada Annual Conference, CFA events, and Bloomberg Symposiums. He has expertise in all aspects of global financial markets and is a risk and hedging model specialist. Todd has a patent with Bloomberg for electronic trading technology.

Sterling Smith

Director of Agricultural Research

AgriSompo North America

A veteran of the industry, well known across North America and Europe, and a regular on Bloomberg, CNBC and Reuters. Sterling's career has taken in stints at Bloomberg, where he led the Agricultural product, Citi, as lead for Agricultural Research, CHS and previous to this, as an introducing broker for various firms at CBOT.

Dr. Jude Kastens, PhD

Director of the Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Laboratory

TerraMetrics Agriculture (TMAI)

Dr. Jude Kastens is Director of the Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Laboratory (KARS) at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS. There he leads a team of statisticians, database developers and analysts that provide remote sensing data for agricultural applications, including global crop yield forecasts. Jude also co-manages with his father and brother a 25,000+ acre grain farming operation in Northwest Kansas and Nebraska.

Jeff Doran

Senior Business Meteorologist

Planalytics

Jeffrey (Jeff) Doran has more than 30 years of experience as a meteorologist, helping organizations effectively incorporate and utilize weather analytics and insights in their planning decisions. Prior to joining Planalytics in 1999 Jeff served as a U.S. Air Force Captain and earned both a B.S. and M.S. in Meteorology from Penn State University. In his current role at Planalytics, Jeff helps clients in the Agriculture, Insurance, Financial and Retail sectors manage weather's impact on their business by identifying opportunities to grow sales and market share, reduce costs, and manage risk.

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