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Cedar Falls, Iowa
January 31, 2001
Ag Services of America, Inc. (NYSE: ASV) which owns and operates
Powerfarm.com, one of the most comprehensive agriculture e-commerce sites for seed and chemical products from major industry
firms, announced today the addition of Aventis CropScience crop protection products to their online catalog of crop inputs.
Tad Mozena, spokesman for the company stated, "The addition of Aventis CropScience products to the Powerfarm lineup means our
users will now have the ability to conveniently access product information, and to order and finance quality products from another major
market leader in crop protection."
The Aventis lineup of products and information joins other leading crop protection manufacturers, such as Bayer, Dow AgroSciences,
Monsanto, Syngenta and Valent USA, to offer their products through the Powerfarm site.
"Powerfarm provides an additional, convenient outlet for 24-hour access to Aventis product and label information," stated Jeff Brehmer,
e-Business Manager for Aventis CropScience. "Powerfarm's flexible financing programs provide valuable options to producers that can
help facilitate sales. Access to their staff of Certified Crop Advisors also provides a unique level of additional value and support."
Powerfarm.com has compiled the most comprehensive assortment of agriculture products, services, credit and leasing options available
on the Internet today. Products currently available include seed, fertilizer and crop protection products, 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, as well as
communicate with other producers around the world to share ideas and discuss topics of concern.
Ag Services of America, Inc., which operates Powerfarm.com, is based in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and is a leading 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(R) program
combined with the most comprehensive offering of agricultural inputs from national sources such as Asgrow, Aventis, BASF, Bayer,
Dekalb, Dow AgroSciences, DuPont, Garst, Monsanto, Pioneer Hi-Bred and Syngenta. The company also provides ancillary services
such as crop insurance, crop scouting and grain marketing.
Aventis CropScience is a major crop protection and crop production company also involved in top-ranking environmental and public
health activities. Committed to developing sustainable agriculture worldwide, Aventis CropScience focuses on researching, developing
and marketing innovative solutions that meet the needs of today's farming -- increased yields, improved crop and food quality -- while
constantly striving to meet the needs of the environment. With 1999 pro-forma sales of 4,055 million euro, Aventis CropScience devotes
over 10% of its turnover to the Research and Development of new chemicals, biotechnology and plant varieties. It employs about 16,000
people in more than 120 countries worldwide. Aventis CropScience is part of the agricultural business area of Aventis, a world leader in
Life Sciences.
Please visit the Aventis CropScience USA Internet site: http://www.1888aventis.com
AgriFlex Credit is a registered trademark and Powerfarm.com and Powerfarm Credit are
trademarks of Ag Services of America, Inc. All other trademarks or product names are the property of their respective owners. For more information visit
http://www.agservices.com
or
http://www.powerfarm.com
Company news release
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