U.S. Farmers and Consumers Could Pay if River Locks Fail

Checkoff-funded study finds that inland waterway system continues to deteriorate

U.S. Farmers and Consumers Could Pay if River Locks Fail Up to 89 percent of U.S. soybeans exported through the lower Mississippi ports, such as the port of New Orleans, arrive there via the locks along the Mississippi River and other U.S. inland waterways. With numbers like this, it’s apparent that these waterways and the locks moving barges through th

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Global Opportunities Program Pitches in to Help Accomplish New Strategic Plan

Global Opportunities Program Pitches in to Help Accomplish New Strategic Plan

Laura Foell, 2012 chair of the United Soybean Board’s (USB) Global Opportunities (GO) committee and a soybean farmer from Schaller, Iowa, knows that the checkoff needs to be an industry leader in making U.S. soy the top choice for interna......

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Keeping U.S. Transportation Improvements on Track

Keeping U.S. Transportation Improvements on Track

A group of soybean farmers tried to level the bumpy condition of the nation’s transportation infrastructure at the Soy Transportation Coalition’s (STC) 2011 annual meeting held recently in Savannah, Ga. Farmers representing soybean orga......

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Checkoff Targets Customers

Checkoff Targets Customers

It’s the Global Opportunities (GO) program’s job to make sure all markets – domestic and international – not only welcome, but also seek out U.S. soy as their top choice for protein and oil.   And 2011 has been a busy one......

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Bigger Shortcut for U.S. Soy Exports Could Grow Demand

Bigger Shortcut for U.S. Soy Exports Could Grow Demand

Over a century ago, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt championed a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The United States helped Panama achieve independence from Colombia, then struck a deal with Panama to finish what France ha......

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Panama Canal Expansion Holds Questions for Soybean Industry

Panama Canal Expansion Holds Questions for Soybean Industry

U.S. soybean farmers depend on U.S. ports to export their harvested beans around the world. That’s why the pending expansion of the Panama Canal could hold implications for U.S. soybean farmers. In late July, Jimmy Sneed, United Soybea......

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USB Identifies Focus Areas for U.S. Soy Industry

USB Identifies Focus Areas for U.S. Soy Industry

Farmer-leaders of the United Soybean Board (USB) recently met and discussed, among other topics, high-impact, checkoff-funded projects geared to achieve tangible results in specific focus areas for U.S. soybean farmers and the rest of the U......

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Soybean Checkoff Maps New Course for U.S. Soy Industry

Soybean Checkoff Maps New Course for U.S. Soy Industry

In July, United Soybean Board (USB) farmer-directors met in Milwaukee to discuss the long-term direction of the soybean industry. USB directors approved the checkoff’s new Long-Range Strategic Plan (LRSP), which identifies four areas U......

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Can U.S. Make Way for Larger Ships?

Can U.S. Make Way for Larger Ships?

Four out of ten bushels of U.S. soybeans on their way to international customers travel through the Panama Canal. U.S. soybean farmers who serve on the USB Global Opportunities Committee launched a study in partnership with the Soy Transpor......

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Outcome of WTO Talks Critical

Outcome of WTO Talks Critical

The United Soybean Board (USB) has been keeping a keen eye on developments out of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland. While negotiations remain stalled in the Doha Round, which launched nearly 10 years ago in an effor......

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