DTN Offers Ethanol Solutions For Producers And Traders

Omaha, NE - DTN, a business-to-business provider of real-time information services, announced a suite of solutions for ethanol producers and traders. According to DTN, to succeed in today's rapidly developing market, ethanol producers must master critical success factors, such as tracking volatile market prices, procuring input grains, selling co-product distillers grains (DGs) and optimizing terminal operations. To help meet these needs, DTN has developed ethanol solutions to drive maximum profitability in the production, marketing and sales of today's biofuel products.

According to DTN, its market intelligence helps producers manage price volatility through comprehensive coverage of agriculture and energy markets. Improving the speed and reliability of price discovery, DTN claims to have coverage of futures, spot and rack prices, as well as cash grain bids. Market information services include the latest market news, charting capabilities, news, analysis and commentary. DTN also has risk management tools to help producers manage their operation's gross margins in real-time while managing their risk of exposure.

To help ethanol producers market and strategically sell their ethanol product, its real-time, market-driven pricing ensures confidence, and access to spot contracts, forwards, strips and bids guaranteeing that users will know where prices are headed, claims DTN. The pricing and contracting process for established seller/buyer relationships are streamlined utilizing DTN's Private Trading Portals. On the backend, DTN portals facilitate easy data export and reconciliation of sales contracts and shipping records, according to the company.

SOURCE: DTN