DTN Offers Ethanol Solutions for Producers, Traders and Marketers
DTN ethanol solutions offer market intelligence, trading capabilities and terminal automation for agriculture, energy and fuel markets
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 a suite of innovative ethanol solutions to drive maximum profitability in the production, marketing and sales of today’s biofuel products.
PRICE SMARTER
DTN helps ethanol producers manage price volatility through comprehensive coverage of agriculture and energy markets. Improving the speed and reliability of price discovery, DTN has unmatched 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.
BUY AND SELL SMARTER
To help ethanol producers market and strategically sell their ethanol product, DTN’s 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. The pricing and contracting process for established seller/buyer relationships are streamlined utilizing DTN’s Private Trading Portals. Electronic confirmation eliminates high sales transaction costs and protects pricing through state-of-the-art privacy settings. In addition, advanced inventory controls prevent overselling, and unique pricing tools allow rapid reaction to market changes. On the backend, DTN portals facilitate easy data export and reconciliation of sales contracts and shipping records.
“DTN ethanol solutions offer a comprehensive toolkit of services for the growing biofuels market,” said Robert Gordon, chief executive officer, DTN. “Our goal is to make it easy for ethanol producers and traders to see the real-time market activity, industry news and pricing information moving the market. We offer market participants the tools and resources they need, in one package, to make smart decisions.”
Ethanol producers rely on efficient grains procurement to protect their margins. The simple, yet effective, portal interface allows users to post grain bids to qualified sellers. Other features help reduce price slippage between contract and hedge, couple bids to market movements automatically and track input costs. As a result, producers can work confidently, knowing DTN reaches 70 percent of top grain producers every day.
Co-products such as DGs represent a growing market segment for ethanol producers. DTN’s online solutions help users maximize the sale of DGs through several unique offerings. An industry leading online transaction service provides instant contact with DG buyers and confirms deals using electronic notification and deal tracking. This eliminates high cost selling methods requiring endless phone calls to complete a deal. DTN connects daily with over 90 percent of top livestock producers, and as a result, their real-time market pricing enables ethanol producers to sell co-products at market prices.
OPERATE SMARTER
To help streamline terminal operations, DTN software and hardware control inbound and outbound product movements for input grains, ethanol and DGs. Automated railcar and truck loading/unloading controls and tracks product distribution and reconciliation of delivery and sales records. The portal integrates easily into back-office systems offering extensive reporting capabilities to ensure accuracy, safety and regulatory compliance.
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