AgVantage & DTN Integration

Updating contracts, futures, & basis

DTN & AgVantage Integration

Updating Contracts How to import DTN Portal ™ system offers as contracts into your AgVantage Updating Futures prices To eliminate the manual entry for mark-to-market reports by integrating DTN market data into your AgVantage system Using Real-time Futures & Basis Prices Entering contracts with speed and ease by using basis and real-time futures integration -

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DTN Integration Solutions

Increasing efficiencies is critical to your business during these volatile, competitive times.

DTN and AgVantage have built a strong business relationship to help you:

Streamline operational efficiencies and refocus efforts on revenue generating activities.

You use many tools every day to run your business — our integration solutions will help you

assemble those pieces of your business puzzle into one cohesive process

, increasing your efficiencies and your profit margins .

DTN Integration Solutions

Agribusiness Systems

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Accounting System

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CRM/Outlook

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3 rd Party Applications

Market Data Information Basis/Cash Bid Information Transactional Data Information Customer Information

DTN Products

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AgHost Web Site

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Grain Portal

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ProphetX Market Data

Computer-to-Computer Communication

Key Areas

Market Data Futures information for Contract Entry Futures & Options Greeks for Mark-to-Market Process, Collateral Reports, Valuing Inventory, Gains/Losses Cash Bid & Basis Basis values for Contract Entry Basis values for Mark-to-Market process, valuing inventory Grain Trading Portal Offers No need to re-key in customers & offer details No Risk of Transposition Errors Customer Information No need to manage two+ customer databases Leverage current customer information more

Benefits of Integration

Agribusinesses cannot afford to manage their business based on yesterday’s prices No Risk of Transposition Errors Margin of Error is ZERO # Contracts entered, # bid months, etc…

AgVantage Software / DTN Portal

The AgVantage and DTN partnership is committed to providing you with excellent service and valuable resources that allow you to experience new levels of efficiency…

The DTN Portal

Today’s Environment Makes it Difficult to Manage Offers Increased market volatility Frequent Basis changes affecting Cash Offers Multiple commodities Un-hedge-able quantities Multiple locations Too much time spent manually monitoring offers Too easy to miss offers and opportunities Producers requiring more service, tools and convenience Needing to do more with less Time to retire the static spreadsheet and yellow sticky notes?

Increased Management, Decreased Effort

Optimize Key Merchandising & Origination Tasks

Centralize

all buy/sell offers in real time with one management tool so

everyone sees the same thing

Automatically

documents detailed information of offer

for both parties

Eliminates losing offers

and missed opportunities

Multiple Authorization levels

to match employee responsibilities Required Futures price for

Cash Offers synchronized with basis changes Notification sent to Customer

once offer has been Accepted Integration package

generates contracts on demand

Centralize all offers and manage slippage

Reduce Costs/Improve Margins

Increase Efficiencies and Service Use for

Grain, Feed, Fertilizer & Fuel Quickly and easily create Offer

since most of the data will self populate

Select Offer Type

if different than ‘Cash’

Enter Quantity Set Offer Price

Field will display current posted price of delivery period and offer type selected

Set Expiration

Default is 7 days from the day that the offer is being submitted

Submit

Connect & Communicate with Customers

Improve Customer Service and Build Loyalty

Easy to use

, saves time and reduces risk

Retain valuable customers

– those who use it, continue to use it

24/7 Storefront

- Customers make offers when its convenient for them

Increased communication

with emails and text message alerts

Convenient records

of offers and delivery commitments accessed by your customers

Privately communicate

bids and premium programs to select customers (zone bidding)

Free account access

whether they want to make transactions, or just view their phone in offers, online Easy to use interface for customers

Live DTN Portal Demonstration

Matching External Identities (Customers)

One time match of AgVantage Customer Id and Portal ID

Other ways to Match Identities

Match IDs anytime during the Portal Offer management process • Offer Detail History • User Account (right) • Offer Acceptance • Integration Report (below) •Tool Tab on Portal Dashboard

Process Offers

From the AgVantage System Menu select option 19, ‘DTN Interface Menu’ USYSTM AgVantage System Menu Select one of the following: 1. General Ledger 2. Accounts Payable 3. Payroll 4. Accounts Receivable 5. Grain Accounting 6. Agronomy 7. Energy Management 8. Inventory 9. Patronage 10. Mailing Manager 11. Counter Invoicing 12. Investments

13. Interfaces

14. Feed 15. Lloyds 16. Bar Code 17. Agriliance Interface Menu 18. SSI Interface menu

19. DTN Interface Menu

20. State Liens Menu 21. Quick Feed Menu (EZ Automation) 22. Activant Interface Menu 23. State Fuel Tax Submission AgVantage menus 24. AgVantage System Menu 25. Passport Interface Menu

Process Offers

Displayed Offers to Process

Displaying Offer Information

Example of Processed Offer

Processed Offer

Additional Contract information

Updating Futures Prices

Updating Futures prices To eliminate the manual entry for mark-to-market reports by integrating DTN market data into your AgVantage system

Retrieving Prices

Retrieving Prices

Display Prices

Real-time Futures & Basis Prices

Using Real-time Futures & Basis Prices Entering contracts with speed and ease by using basis and real time futures integration -

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Conclusion…

Your AgVantage Software integrated with DTN provides you with… Centralized real-time offer deck

your offers management solution for 100% of

Seamless transfer of fulfilled offers

into AgVantage software for contract completion

Single sign on

to view eAgVantage account and portal account

Single solution

for all your

customer communication needs

that doesn’t require additional time or platform to update bids Emailing and text messaging of futures and cash bids

Quickly retrieve futures prices

to eliminate the manual entry inventory valuation reports

Use Real-time Futures & Basis prices

to speed up the entering of contracts, eliminate errors & create audit reports –

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Thank you

Q & A

Any Further Questions?

Telvent DTN: (800) 290-9162 Email: [email protected]

AgVantage: (877) 282-6353