PROGRESSIVE
AG's goal is to help you make more money, and take less risk. We provide balance, discipline, and a farmer's perspective to marketing decisions. |
At PROGRESSIVE AG,
our goal is to make you more money and take less risk. Our target in marketing is an extra 10-20 cents per bushel. We do this by following seasonality, basis, spreads, quality differentials, and calculated returns to storage, as
well as futures price movements. We use a combination of forward contracts, futures, and
options to tailor a program which balances risk and reward. Once we design a plan for you,
we provide the discipline to carry it out. Our recently developed export, yield, and price computer models
have dramatically improved our marketing record the past 4 years, making Progressive Ag the premiere marketing service in the country.
You have the option to purchase the services individually or in a marketing package. The individual services which provide an opinion on the market include a mailed bi-weekly Newsletter ($100/yr), DTN/FarmDayta Pro Ag premium service ($420/yr), DTN Hedger or Text message Phone Market Alerts ($240/year), 3x/Day Trader Phone Market Alerts ($100/mo), and Daily/Weekly email ($300/yr). Or you can buy one of the full service marketing packages ranging in price from $750/year to $8000/yr, where we provide a package of services for a special reduced price from the individual choices. Any plan above basic (fax, silver, and gold) includes phone support from an analyst/consultant to help you make marketing decisions yourself. If you want us to take complete responsibility for your marketing, coordinate your marketing plan with your insurance coverage, and make the decision when to pull the trigger, our performance based package (you pay no fee unless we make you money!!) Whole Nine Yards (or WNY) is for you.
The table below shows the individual regular prices for services which provide an opinion on the market, and show what's included with different packages. Each package is uniquely designed based on years of experience on what it takes to help you make better marketing and risk management decisions. The bottom line is helping you to make more money, and take less risk!
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Full Service Marketing Packages |
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Basic |
DTN Basic |
Fax/Email |
Silver |
Gold |
WNY* |
Marketline
Bi-weekly Newsletter
•charts, long-term analysis and cash sales recommendations |
$100/yr |
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Daily/Weekly
Internet Segment,
•daily commentary (same as on DTN/Farm Dayta) emailed to you |
$300/yr |
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Emailed Weekly
Export/Yield Models
•tables/graphs/summaries of Pro Ag computer models |
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Admissions to Seminars |
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| Emailed Basis, Spreads, Seasonality, and Grain Quality Summaries |
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| Emailed Monthly Price Models
and Supply/Demand Estimates |
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| Use of the "Marketing Plan Wizard", •you set mktg plan price targets, and Wizard emails you when they're hit |
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| Analyst
Will Fax/Email Rec's |
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| Cell Text Message Hedger Mkt Alerts |
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| DTN
and Farm Dayta Daily Comments |
$35/mo |
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| DTN Cell Phone Hedger Market Alerts |
$20/mo |
$20/mo |
$20/mo |
$20/mo |
$20/mo |
$20/mo |
$20/mo |
| Cell Phone 3x/Daily Trading Updates (9:30 am, Noon, and 5 pm) |
$100/mo |
$100/mo |
$100/mo |
$100/mo |
$100/mo |
$100/mo |
$100/mo |
| Unlimited
Access to 1-800 No. for Phone support |
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| Analyst
Calls Rec's |
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| Analyst
Will Call Weekly |
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| Advisor sells grain/markets for you |
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| LDP/Acreage Reporting Service: Take electronic LDP's and Report Acreage to FSA/insurance provider |
$500/yr all crops or $100/yr/crop |
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| Commissions
to Trade Futures/Options |
$40/HT |
$40/HT |
$40/HT |
$30/HT |
$30/HT |
$20/HT |
$20/HT |
| Full Service Fees/year |
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$750/yr |
$1000/yr |
$1500/yr |
$2000/yr |
$3000/yr |
performance based*** |
*Whole Nine Yards (WNY) is a comprehensive profit and risk management program which integrates marketing and crop insurance. With WNY, a marketing/crop insurance professional takes over the responsibility of marketing your grain, integrating your marketing plan with your crop insurance to make more money, and take less risk. Your WNY professional will execute that plan for you, and pull the trigger at the right time and in the right way. We take Power of Attorney as your sales agent, selling your grain for you at your local elevator or terminal. If you prefer, we can also place hedges in your hedge account if you grant your WNY professional that discretion. Under this program, you decide what methods you want to use to sell your grain, and our professional coordinates your marketing to work with the price insurance components (CRC, RA) of your crop insurance program. You are strongly encouraged, but not required to buy crop insurance from Pro Ag or one of our affiliates to qualify for this program.
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***Whole Nine Yards service fees are based on performance on an escalated scale: If we don't make you money, you pay no fee! At less than 10c/bu return over national average adjusted for your state, cost is $500/yr. At 10-20c/bu, $5000/yr. At over 20c extra/bushel, cost is $8000/yr. Call or email us for details.
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