Green Ribbon Fairs Selected to Help Checkoff Promote Soy-Based Products
13 fairs to participate in 2012 United Soybean Board reimbursement program
Fairgoers across the country will be learning about the versatility of soy this summer when riding on soy biodiesel-powered trams and carnival rides, walking through barns with a fresh coat of soy-based paint, or appreciating parking lots made a little less dusty thanks to soy-based dust suppressant.
The United Soybean Board’s (USB’s) 2012 Green Ribbon Fairs Program, now in its second year, funded projects at 13 fairs selected after a competitive application process.
“There’s so much diversity with these fairs, both with ...
Partnerships Help Push, Pull and Drive Soy Biodiesel Availability, Use
From powering your tractor to your diesel-powered trucks, soy biodiesel can meet your fuel needs. To prove it to you, the soy checkoff invests in several projects designed to promote biodiesel’s benefits as a high-quality fuel that can be made ...
Read MoreBig-City Emergency? No Problem for Biodiesel
New York City looks a little greener these days thanks in part to biodiesel. This renewable, soy-based fuel powers Big Apple vehicles, furnaces and generators year-round and can be found throughout the city from Central Park to John F. Kennedy ...
Read MoreSoybean Checkoff Helps Fairs Go Green
Town, county, state and regional fairs and expositions have long been a popular pastime for many Americans, both rural and urban. So imagine the number of people who would learn about the versatility of U.S. soy if they saw it ...
Read MoreIncreasing Soy Biodiesel Availability and Use with Clean Cities
From the U.S. Capitol dome all the way to Yellowstone National Park, many Americans will hear a lot more about soy biodiesel in the days ahead. That’s because the soybean checkoff plans to partner with nine coalitions in states from Virginia ...
Read MoreSoy Oil Delivers Another Use: Heat
New York City’s sometimes progressive mindset coupled with its frigid winters helped make it a big focus for a new soy oil market: Bioheat. This heat source combines home heating oil with biodiesel, resulting in a renewable, cleaner-burning fuel. The soybean checkoff ...
Read MoreB20 Powers a 182-Mile-Per-Hour Land Speed Record
With the help of Missouri soybean farmers and their state’s soybean checkoff board, Oklahoma soybean farmer Brent Hajek recently put B20, a diesel blend with 20 percent biodiesel, to the test at Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats. Earlier this year he ...
Read MoreNew Land Speed Record Showcases Power, Efficiency of B20
How fast can your soybeans go? Brent Hajek, a soybean farmer from Ames, Okla., knows. Earlier this year, Hajek broke the land speed record driving a Ford F-250 truck powered with B20, a diesel blend that consists of 20 percent biodiesel. ...
Read MoreNTPA Light Pro Stock Puller of Year Endorses Soy Biodiesel
The National Tractor Pullers Association (NTPA) Light Pro Stock class recently wrapped up its second season. The soybean checkoff sponsors this class, and all Light Pro Stock competitors use biodiesel in their pulling tractors. The results show biodiesel can stand ...
Read MorePartnerships Help Build Demand for Biodiesel, Bioheat®
A lot of fact-based, positive information exists about soy biodiesel and Bioheat®, and a lot of potential users of these products can plan to see, hear and read more about each. To reach even more people with information about the environmental ...
Read MoreUSB Mission/Biodiesel
To support the commercial success of biodiesel as a renewable fuel that plays an important role in the expanding biobased-energy industry.
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