Fast Growing Website Helps Farmers Increase Profits for Free

Growers Edge™, an independently owned company, has launched a new agricultural website designed to help farmers’ become more profitable. Growers-edge.com provides farmers with a one-stop resource for their business and marketing needs for free. On any day, the site has helped farmers find an average of 20 cents more per bushel on the cash market by providing market price transparency. To date, growers-edge.com has amassed more than 10,000 users.

“Our mission is to increase farmers’ profits by leveling the playing field through technology,” said Craig Mouchka, president of Growers Edge. “Farming is challenging with today’s market volatility. We want to make farmers’ lives easier by providing critical information quickly and simply. With Growers Edge, farmers receive relevant and key information at the right time to enhance profits. That is how we have earned the trust of over 10,000 users.”

Growers-edge.com tracks cash bids from more than 4,500 locations nationwide. The site provides farmers with the means to track cash grain bids at their preferred elevators and search for the best price on the spot and forward markets within a 200-mile radius of their farm, less their trucking and storage costs. The confidential website also allows farmers to track their profitability in real time against profit goals they establish while keeping track of total revenue to date on bushels sold, value of those still in storage and their overall profitability by crop.

Recognizing that farmers cannot always get to a computer, Growers-edge.com offers text messaging that provides farmers with the option to select what information is delivered to their phone and when, allowing them to stay on top of their farm’s profitability. In addition, growers-edge.com provides weather intelligence specific to the farmer’s operation, low cost trading and market commentary from leading firms.

Growers-edge.com allows farmers to access all necessary information from one trusted and unbiased source and provide the knowledge to be able to make the best choice for their business. For more information, visit growers-edge.com.

Established in 2007, Growers Edge is a technology driven media company in the agricultural sector. The company provides an unbiased and independent approach to help farmers make business decisions by using advanced technology. Growers Edge is independently owned and currently employs more than 50 professionals in West Des Moines, Iowa.

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