Increasing Soy Biodiesel Availability and Use with Clean Cities
United Soybean Board announces participants in biodiesel promotion program
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 to Wyoming by helping reimburse them for efforts to g
Soybean 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 used all arou......
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-bu......
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 thi......
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 ......
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 ......
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 envir......
Read MoreUPS Begins Using Biodiesel at Major U.S. Hub
What can SOY do for you? It starts by helping the company known for its brown go green. The United Parcel Service (UPS) recently began using soy biodiesel at its most vital hub, in Louisville, Ky., a location that processes 416,000 packages......
Read MoreBiodiesel Goes High Profile
Farmers and many others tuning-in to their favorite Sunday-morning news shows will see a new addition to the lineup: biodiesel. Part of the advanced biofuels initiative, a marketing program funded in part by United Soybean Board (USB) and s......
Read MoreBiodiesel Power
When was the last time you attended a tractor pull? Whether it’s been a long while or just the other day, you may not know that biodiesel, most of which is made from your processed soybeans, plays a part in the premier U.S. tractor-pullin......
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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