We pride ourselves in helping you better your operation in the way that best suits your needs. Whether it be creating a marketing plan and then implementing it or purchasing the crop insurance that best fits your needs, we can help your operation strive to be profitable.

Ag Business Specialists offers unique marketing plans with each individual producer in mind. Choose between a global market plan for your entire farm or a more cash-oriented market plan for a specific quantity of bushels. Regardless of the plan, we will advise with cash sales, commodity hedging using futures and options, and with multiple strategies that are used in risk management.

The relationship between a cash sale and a futures or option position can sometimes be overwhelming. Therefore, the central theme of our marketing strategies is the education of the client as we believe that an educated client is an informed and confident client.

A broker assisted account is an account whose owner retains full control over all trading decisions made in the account and at the same time has the full attention of a broker in helping trade the markets. Broker assisted accounts are especially appropriate if you don't have the time to follow the markets as closely as you would like, are new to futures trading or simply want professional guidance in your trading decisions.

Not only does Ag Business Specialists have many knowledgeable brokers to assist you, but we also have access to the research and data provided by our carrying broker, ADM Investor Services, Inc.

As an introducing broker through ADM Investor Services, Inc, Ag Business Specialists offers a variety of managed futures investments operated by professional Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs). With practically a zero correlation to stocks and the ability to capitalize on both rising and falling markets, managed futures are gaining popularity in diversifying and balancing investors' overall portfolios.

We believe the research and facts supporting the inclusion of managed futures in an overall investment portfolio may be beneficial. For a number of qualified investors, the question is not whether they should, but how much to invest in professionally managed futures.

More information on the managed futures investments can be found at www.diversifywithfutures.com.

Purchasing crop insurance through Ag Business Specialists is very easy and flexible as producers have the option to choose from several insurance coverages and companies. We have developed powerful computer software that analyzes multiple insurance scenarios simultaneously.

This software enables us to develop a global farm insurance strategy or a field specific insurance strategy. When it's all said and done, the results are displayed in an easy to read visual chart so you can see how different scenarios compare.

NOTE: Discounting Federal Crop Insurance Premiums