What it does
- ◐AI assistant — Partial
- ○Accounting — No
- ●Grain marketing — Yes
- ○Field maps & agronomy — No
- ○Inputs — No
- ○Labor & staff — No
- ◐Weather — Partial
- ○Equipment data — No
- ●Elevator / buyer connection — Yes
- ●Mobile app — Yes
Grain marketing: elevator-branded Marketplace Apps give farmers cash bids, offer submission, real-time chat with the merchandiser, push notifications and (since June 2021) digital signature of grain contracts; grower portals/apps show scale tickets, contracts and account information pulled from the elevator's grain accounting system. Elevator integrations: apps connect to the merchandiser's cmdtyView Pro desktop and to grain-accounting ERPs including AgVision (Feb 2024 partnership), Agvance (SSI) and AgTrax (vendor partner pages exist but could not be fetched). Weather: the Total Grain Marketing app lists location-specific weather alongside futures data and USDA news. AI: a third-party profile describes 'Carl', an AI assistant inside cmdtyView for commodity-market questions (merchandiser-facing; unverified from vendor page). Mobile: cmdtyView (free iOS app, v1.0.3 2024-10-02) and dozens of elevator-branded apps published under Barchart's App Store account.
| What the AI does | None — Chat in the grower app is with a human merchandiser. |
|---|---|
| Crops and regions | US and Canadian grain (corn, soybeans, wheat cash bids and basis indexes); Barchart states 600+ agribusinesses representing 2,000+ grain facilities use its tools. |
| Farm size | not published |
What it costs
| Pricing model | Paid by elevator / retailer — paid by elevator-retailer (farmer gets the branded app at no cost; Barchart sells to merchandisers; cmdtyView and data products are contact sales / free trial) |
|---|---|
| Published price | not published for elevators or farmers; farmer cost is $0 ('with no cost to the producer' per Feed & Grain 2020; Total Grain Marketing app listing says 'Free for producers to download'; cmdtyView iOS app listed as Free with no in-app purchases shown); accessed 2026-10-25 |
Quoted as shown on the vendor's page on the access date. Promotional prices are noted separately from list where the vendor showed both. Prices change; verify with the vendor.
Your data
| Who owns it, who sees it | not fetched: Barchart's privacy policy (barchart.com/solutions/legal/privacy) and Data Principles page (barchart.com/legal/data-principles) exist but returned empty content on 2026-10-25; the Total Grain Marketing App Store listing states the developer 'does not collect any data from this app.' |
|---|---|
| Can you leave with it? | ? Data export and deletion terms not yet researched; scheduled for the next review. |
The first line is our paraphrase of the vendor's policy; the linked document in Sources is what governs.
Who is behind it
| Company | Barchart.com, Inc. (Barchart) |
|---|---|
| Ownership | Private — private |
| What else they sell | farm-software-only company (Barchart is a market-data and technology company serving financial, media and commodity industries; not owned by an equipment, input, grain-buyer or retail firm) |
| Headquarters | Chicago, IL (US) — Chicago, IL, USA |
| Built and supported | US-built, US support (Chicago-based; eSign press release datelined Chicago, IL) |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Funding and acquisitions | Founded in Chicago in 1995; privately held; no venture rounds found. Product milestones: cmdtyView 2.0 (2019), Marketplace grower apps (March 2020), eSign for grain contracts (June 2021), AgVision ERP partnership (Feb 2024). |
| Status | Active. Farmers do not buy from Barchart directly; they receive an elevator-branded app or grower portal from their grain buyer. Barchart's own website renders client-side and most product/press pages returned empty to the fetcher, so several details rely on App Store listings and trade press. |
Sources
Accessed on the dates shown. Core farmer-facing capabilities and the pay-by-elevator model are supported by a vendor press release, a vendor product page, App Store listings and trade press. Ownership (private), founding year and the AI assistant come from secondary sources because Barchart's about/privacy/press pages returned empty content. Privacy policy not fetched.
- Agriculture Data, Pricing, and Workflow Tools - Barchart cmdty (accessed 2026-10-25; supports product list (cmdtyView, Marketplace Apps), farmer-facing items (scale tickets, contracts, offers via merchandiser), pricing_model (sold through merchandisers), crops_regions)
- Barchart Accelerates Digitization of US Agriculture with eSign for Grain Contracts (2021-06-03) (accessed 2026-10-25; supports eSign capability, elevator-branded apps, ERP connectivity, hq (Chicago dateline), company description)
- Barchart Helps Connect Grain Elevators, Producers (Feed & Grain, 2020-10-01) (accessed 2026-10-25; supports pricing_model (no cost to producer), Marketplace features (chat, offers, push), cmdtyView Pro link)
- Barchart and AgVision unite forces (Miller Magazine, 2024-02-21) (accessed 2026-10-25; supports cap_elevator_buyer_integrations (AgVision; scale tickets/contracts in grower apps), 600+ agribusinesses / 2,000+ facilities)
- Total Grain Marketing - App Store (developer Barchart) (accessed 2026-10-25; supports cap_mobile_app, cap_weather, free to producers, data_policy (no data collected), white-label example)
- cmdtyView - App Store (accessed 2026-10-25; supports cap_mobile_app, cmdtyView features, free listing, developer Barchart.com, Inc.)
- Barchart CEO Haraburda Discusses Financial Data Business (Benzinga, 2018) (accessed 2026-10-25; supports founded_year 1995, Chicago)
- Barchart company profile (YesPress, updated 2026-09-02) (accessed 2026-10-25; supports ownership (privately held), hq, product list incl. producerView and 'Carl' AI assistant - secondary source)
Change log
- Initial listing from Phase 1 research.
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