AgStockTrade.com is a South Dakota company that has been in business since 2002. Recognizing the need for a venue for value-added agricultural product companies to legally offer their share trading, AgStockTrade.com developed an "Alternative Trading System" (ATS). Our ATS provides the most up-to-date Internet share matching and trading system -- a system designed to meet our member's needs and goals for liquidity.

An "alternative trading system" is defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as any system that: constitutes, maintains, or provides a market place or facilitates for bringing together purchasers and sellers of securities or otherwise performing with respect to securities the functions commonly performed by a stock exchange under Exchange Act Rule 3b-16; and does not set rules governing the conduct or subscribers or discipline subscribers other than by exclusion from trading. Such a system would consequently be required to register as an exchange or be operated by a national securities association and refrain from using the word "exchange", stock market, or similar term in it's name.

AgStockTrade.com facilitates trading and offers complete compliance with all state and federal regulations. The system allows members access to AgStockTrade.com for buying and selling of shares. Posting of offers/bids may also be done by telephone. All trading funds are secured through a designated escrow agent.