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January 21, 2011

Nearly 98 percent of the soybean meal used domestically goes to feed poultry and livestock.
The U.S. animal agriculture industry is responsible for more than $252 billion in economic output in the United States.
Animal agriculture accounts for more 1.8 million U.S. jobs, and the livestock and poultry industries account for nearly $41 billion in household income and over $6 billion in property taxes.
Over the past three decades, expo... Read More

January 10, 2011

The United Soybean Board (USB) was created under the Soybean Promotion, Research and Consumer Information Act and is overseen by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service.
USB consists of 69 volunteer farmer-leaders often nominated by their state-level soybean-checkoff organizations, called Qualified State Soybean Boards (QSSBs). The nominees are appointed to the board by the U.S. secretary of agriculture.
The soybe... Read More

January 10, 2011

Biodiesel is registered as a fuel and fuel additive with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Studies conducted by the U.S. departments of Agriculture and Energy show that biodiesel can reduce life-cycle greenhouse gases by 78 percent, which helps fight global warming.
For every unit of fossil energy it takes to make biodiesel, 4.5 units of energy are gained. This takes into account planting, harvesting, fuel production and fuel transpor... Read More

December 24, 2010

Biotech crops are grown by 14 million farmers in 25 countries, mostly in developing nations. (International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA), Brief 41-2009)
Since the first biotech crops were introduced in 1996, farm incomes globally for all biotech crops have increased by $52 billion. (ISAAA 2009)
The soybean sector has seen the largest gains in farm income, largely from cost savings. (ISAAA 2009)
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