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Cargill launches “CargillAg.com” grain marketing resource for producers
Ad-free site offers enhanced sales tracking tools, 24/7 market quotes
MINNEAPOLIS – Cargill today launched CargillAg.com, a website developed to give grain producers a one-stop, online grain marketing resource. The new site, which is free of banner ads, offers streaming grain and livestock futures market quotes, continuously updated cash bid prices at every elevator in the Cargill AgHorizons network, local weather and news, and exclusive grain markets commentary by Cargill.
A password-protected “Online Account Access” capability will be added in Spring 2008 that will enable customers to electronically track the status of their Cargill grain marketing activities including grain sold, contracts by type, actual sales versus estimated annual production, average final prices received and other vital information. An electronic signature feature will be available in many locations, eliminating the burden of receiving, signing, and returning paper contracts.
Site developers point to producer input, together with the increasingly time-sensitive demands of today’s global grain markets, as key factors in building the new online tool.
“We worked closely with customers over many months to create an online resource with the market analysis and account functionality they indicated was vital to managing their businesses,” says Jeff Klock, Cargill AgHorizons database marketing product manager. “For example, our interactive ‘Solutions Finder’ tool asks a series of questions to help producers identify specific contracts and services that might better fit their specific grain marketing preferences and needs. Futures quotes automatically update in conjunction with current global markets, and online market commentary and industry news is focused exclusively on those commodities in which our customers work.”
Klock believes that CargillAg.com will provide the most powerful online account tools in the industry.
“While Cargill has long offered a variety of services and products to help farmers create a successful marketing strategy, this site provides an entirely new, online platform upon which they can effectively execute on that strategy,” says Klock. “We believe that CargillAg.com will be a significant advance for producers, allowing them to leverage the latest information technologies along with Cargill’s unique marketing tools and insights to help them prosper.”
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A business unit of Cargill, Incorporated, Cargill AgHorizons is a customer-focused organization working to bring product and service solutions to grain producers. Cargill is an international provider of food, agricultural and risk management products and services. With 158,000 employees in 66 countries, the company is committed to using its knowledge and experience to collaborate with customers to help them succeed.