The Impact of Animal Ag
The tool below provides statistics on the impact animal ag has locally.
Food Prices Would Spike if More Animal Ag Moves Across U.S. Borders and Offshore
New study demonstrates why it’s important to support poultry and livestock farmers, checkoff farmer-leader says
A recent study funded by the United Soybean Board (USB) and soy checkoff shows new regulations on the U.S. animal agriculture sector could drive up food prices for consumers.
The study, titled Consumer and Food Safety Costs of Offshoring Animal Agriculture, shows consumers could be forced to pay as much as $16.8 billion more every year for meat, milk and eggs if regulations result in 25 percent higher input costs for U.S. poultry and livestock farmers. These regulations would also reduce ...
Soybean Farmers Partner to Grow U.S. Aquaculture
Rising demand for fish and seafood means growth in the U.S. aquaculture industry – or fish farming. And that means opportunity for U.S. soybean farmers to provide feed to this sector of animal agriculture. A report released by the U.N.’s Food ...
Read MoreAnimal Ag by the Numbers
Learn more about the poultry and livestock sectors' impact on soybean farmers’ profit potential by reading the soybean-checkoff funded study. ...
Read MoreEating Soy and Creating Jobs
Poultry and livestock eat a lot of soy. A soybean checkoff-funded study shows these sectors consumed more than 30 million tons of U.S. soybean meal annually. That’s the meal from approximately 1.2 billion bushels of soybeans. Along with increasing demand ...
Read MoreDon’t forget about fish!
Raising fish in the United States has the potential to increase U.S. soybean meal usage, but consumer misconceptions about environmental issues and the sustainability of fish farms make the growth of this sector of animal agriculture challenging. The soybean checkoff partnered ...
Read MoreAquaculture Around the Globe
Feeding fish around the world is big business. So it makes sense for the soybean checkoff to support different activities to help give U.S. soy an edge as an alternative protein source in aquafeeds. Through the U.S. Soybean Export Council ...
Read MoreCheckoff Urges Farmers to Think Beyond the Elevator – at an Elevator
The United Soybean Board (USB) will partner with JBS United Feed and the Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) to share information with soybean farmers about their No.1 customer, the U.S. animal agriculture sector. USB and ISA farmer-leaders and staff will distribute information ...
Read MoreEssential Info for Animal Ag Sector
The animal agriculture sector consumes about 98 percent of the U.S. soybean meal, so providing information on soybean meal to the feed industry remains vital. The Internet-based Soybean Meal INFOcenter tries to provide the most complete and up-to-date information to those ...
Read MorePoultry Sector Remains Top Meal Market Despite Challenges
The U.S. broiler industry consumes over 12.7 million tons of U.S. soybean meal, or more than 45 percent of the total domestic soybean meal usage. This represents the soybean meal from about 590 million bushels of U.S. soybeans, according to ...
Read MoreA Farmer’s Guide to Soy’s Top Customers
Contrary to popular belief, your local elevator is not your most important customer. Mack McCary would know. He became well acquainted with his local elevator before he retired as the production manager at the Townsends Inc. elevator and processing plant ...
Read MoreUSB Mission/Animal Ag
To preserve the demand for U.S. soybean meal by supporting the animal agriculture industry, which consumes more than 90 percent of the annual U.S. soybean crop.
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