Ag Services of America, Inc. today announced the addition of Dow AgroSciences and their crop protection product line to Powerfarm.com, the company's e-commerce website. Dow AgroSciences is the latest of a growing list of major agriculture manufacturers whose products are featured on Powerfarm.com. Today, growers can purchase quality seed produced and supported by Asgrow, Dekalb, Garst, Novartis, Stine, and Wilson. Crop protection products are available through Powerfarm.com from American Cyanamid, Bayer, Dow AgroSciences, Monsanto, Valent USA Corporation and Zeneca.

"We are very pleased to have the support and quality products manufactured by Dow
AgroSciences on Powerfarm.com,'' stated Tad Mozena, spokesman for the company. "As
Powerfarm continues its development, a key focus will remain on providing flexible financing options and personal agronomic support and services to producers. We see these value added services as important factors contributing to the sale and promotion of our supply partner's products as well. The ability of Powerfarm.com to offer the products of a leading company like Dow AgroSciences provides significant enhancement to our product offerings.''

The company also announced the addition of another parts and short line equipment supplier.
Fertilizer Dealer Supply, headquartered in Philo, Ill. will join Powerfarm to complement and expand a parts and equipment catalog, which is currently under construction. Producers and retailers will be able to access information, purchase and finance replacement parts for fertilizer and chemical equipment in addition to equipment such as spreaders, applicators and mixers.

Powerfarm.com has compiled the most comprehensive assortment of agriculture products, services and credit options available on the Internet today. Products currently available include seed, fertilizer and crop protection chemicals, along with headline ag news, market quotes and weather. Growers can shop at their convenience day or night for products and sign up for additional services like crop insurance, grain marketing programs, crop scouting and soil sampling services. Within the Powerfarm Community, growers can post questions for the company's agronomists and Certified Crop Advisors. The Company continues discussions with additional suppliers serving the $250 Billion agriculture industry.

Ag Services of America, Inc., which operates Powerfarm.com, is based in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and
is a competitive supplier of input financing and agricultural inputs, including seed, chemicals, fertilizer and cash advances to primarily corn and soybean growers in the U.S. ASV's one-stop shopping business model includes competitive and flexible financing packages through its AgriFlex Credit® program combined with the most comprehensive offering of agricultural inputs from national sources such as American Cyanamid, Asgrow, Bayer, Dekalb, Dow Chemical, DuPont, Garst, Monsanto, Novartis, Pioneer Hi-Bred, and Zeneca. ASV finances AgriFlex Credit® with a $275 million securitization program that is structured and guaranteed by MBIA Insurance Corporation. ASV protects its receivables by requiring multi-peril crop insurance, the first lien on the crop, assignment of all government payments and additional collateral (preferably land) if necessary. The Company also provides ancillary services such as crop insurance, crop scouting and grain marketing. 

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