iVesta!

A new e-commerce joint venture called iVesta Financial Solutions Inc. has been launched by John Deere Credit and the $24 billion CoBank, a financing giant of the U.S. Farm Credit System.

With a service called Isis, customers will be able to execute secure financial transactions online. Ag customers can use the service to select a lender from the Isis network when making a purchase or seeking financing and complete the entire loan transaction online, from application to selection of payment options. A pilot of the platform was launched last December with a large rural cooperative.

Future plans call for partnerships and alliances with numerous agricultural vendors and lenders to expand the Isis system. Neither iVesta nor Isis will provide credit; loans will all be made through participating financial services. iVesta is owned 75% by John Deere Credit and 25% by CoBank.

Top 15 ag sites

You can stay busy on the Internet checking out the following ag Web sites (in alphabetical order), which the editors of Forbes recently included in a list of the 200 most promising and competitive business Web sites in the country.

agex.com

agdomaine.com

agriculture.com

agrimall.com

cybercrop.com

directag.com

e-markets.com

emergeinteractive.com

farmbid.com

farms.com

findplants.com

folnetworks.com

growit.com

Rooster.com

XSAg.com

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