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AgriCharts Launches New Cash Bid Management Tools for the Grain Industry

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CHICAGO, IL – May 12, 2009 – AgriCharts, the agricultural division of Barchart.com, Inc., which provides website hosting, market data and technology to agribusinesses, has launched a variety of new enhancements to its commodity cash bid management system.  Agribusinesses like grain elevators, co-ops and ethanol plants use AgriCharts for website hosting and the management and publishing of their cash bids for commodity markets including corn, soybeans and wheat.  The enhancements include: real-time cash bid access for grain buyers and producers; synchronization of cash bids with third-party front and back-office applications; and, new cash bid display functionality, including cash bid charts and historical cash bid data download.  

• Agribusinesses using the AgriCharts website hosting platform can now provide their producers with real-time access to their cash bids, as well as futures quotes, directly through a grain elevator or co-op’s website. 
  
  
• AgriCharts now offers agribusinesses the ability to synchronize their cash bids from third-party sources into the AgriCharts system, eliminating the need for double entry of bids. 
  
  
• AgriCharts has added a variety of cash bid display enhancements.  Clients using the AgriCharts website hosting platform can now provide producers and other users with daily and historical charts illustrating cash bid price history, in addition to overlays of futures prices and basis within the same charts.  AgriCharts has also added the ability for users to be able to download historical cash bid prices direct from an AgriCharts website. 
  
  
• AgriCharts now provides clients using the AgriCharts mobile website hosting platform the ability to display their cash bid prices within their mobile website (both cash bid quote tables and charts).

“AgriCharts has become the premier website hosting platform available for grain elevators, co-ops and other agribusinesses, offered at a very competitive price,” said Eero Pikat, President of Barchart.  “We are able to offer grain elevators and similar businesses features and content for their website which is available no where else, in addition to dedicated support and training,” added Pikat.

About AgriCharts
AgriCharts, a division of Barchart.com, Inc. which is a full-service provider of futures, equity and foreign exchange market data, provides agricultural information and technology services to the agricultural industry.  AgriCharts’ services include website hosting and management, market data and information, news, weather and real-time quote services.  AgriCharts’ goal is to provide successful market data and information solutions to meet the requirements of today’s agricultural industry.