What You May Not Know About Your No. 2 Customer
The food industry drives demand for U.S. soy oil, and farmers could increase that demand even more. Fully capitalizing on that potential, though, requires meeting the diverse needs of many different food manufacturers and food service providers.
Nearly 70 percent of U.S. soy oil goes to the food industry, making it the second-largest soy customer overall, after animal agriculture. However, the lists of oil end uses and users are long, challenging farmers to keep up with food makers’ needs, many of ...
High Oleic Soybeans: All U.S. Soybean Farmers Have to Do Is Grow Them
Farmers don’t have to take seed companies’ word for it. They can rely on fellow farmers as well. John Motter, a soy checkoff farmer-leader from Jenera, Ohio, saw high oleic varieties perfrom first-hand on his farm in 2011. His management plan ...
Read MoreSoy Checkoff Chair Celebrates Soy Foods Month
[youtube url=1hCVxUWuudo w=365 h=300] If you catch United Soybean Board Chairman Jim Stillman in the kitchen, chances are he’s whipping up one of his favorite soy-based dishes. Join Stillman in making one of his favorites – Overnight Egg Casserole. Jim Stillman’s Overnight ...
Read MoreThe Little Seed that Could Mean Big Things for U.S. Soy
The latest trait to hit the market may just have game-changing possibilities. High-oleic soybeans provide a new soy oil developed to meet evolving customer demands, but experts say it doesn’t have to lower soybean farmer’s expectations in the field. High-oleic soybeans ...
Read MoreFood Industry Drives Farmer Profits for Soy Oil
When consumers talk, the food industry listens. This was certainly the case when it came to trans fats. Under added consumer pressure in 2006, the U.S. government approved regulation requiring trans fats to be labeled on food products. This prompted food ...
Read MoreHigh-Oleic Soy Could Deliver Long-Term Demand for Farmers
By helping find long-term solutions to food-company challenges, high oleic soybeans might open doors for long-term U.S. soy oil demand and farmer profits. And these new varieties performed so well last year, farmers seem to be coming back for more ...
Read MoreNew Varieties Help U.S. Soy Meet Needs of No. 2 Customer
The demand for U.S. soy oil constantly changes. So to help farmers meet the evolving needs of the food industry, the largest user of U.S. soy oil, the soy checkoff created a partnership to accelerate the availability of new high ...
Read MoreSoy Checkoff Works to Capitalize on Evolving Soy Oil Market
Whether it’s for healthier cooking oil, cleaner-burning fuel or renewable products you can use on your farm, soy oil demand continues to grow and diversify. The soy checkoff has met the changing demand for U.S. soy oil by working with the ...
Read MoreFarmers Encouraged to Remember the Original Soyfood During Soyfoods Month
If you’re planting soybeans and take a break for lunch, dinner or a snack, you’re probably eating the result of what you may have sown last spring and harvested last fall. The U.S. soy industry designates April as soyfoods month. While ...
Read MoreTaking the “Year of Soy” to Next Level
When it comes to state fairs, fried foods reign supreme. At the themed “Year of the Soybean” for the Indiana State Fair, some of the event’s favorite fried foods received an upgrade – thanks to high-oleic soybean oil and the ...
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