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Food Prices Would Spike if More Animal Ag Moves Across U.S. Borders and Offshore

A recent study funded by the United Soybean Board (USB) and soy checkoff shows new regulations on the U.S. animal agriculture sector could drive up foo... Read More

Meet USB's 2012 Chair

Vanessa Kummer, a soybean farmer from Colfax, N.D., has been elected by her fellow farmer-directors to lead the United Soybean Board (USB). Kummer, who officially took the reins... Read More

Green Ribbon Fairs Selected to Help Checkoff Promote Soy-Based Products

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 f... Read More

Selling U.S. soybeans means selling biotech

It may be hard to believe, but biotechnology isn’t always well understood. And that lack of understanding sometimes turns into active opposition that can block the sale of U.S. s... Read More

Social Media—What?

Confused about where to start, or why you and other farmers should join the social-media world? As a farmer, you may want to consider learning more about it. Social media is not go... Read More

Growing Soy Markets Abroad

Illinois soybean farmer Sharon Covert, who chairs the national soy checkoff’s International Marketing (IM) program, says USB farmer-directors have been hard at work tackling big ... Read More

“Agriculture” Cited as Preferred Land Use Around Chesapeake Bay

A series of panel discussions that included farmers, the leader of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservat... Read More

Field of Beans

Your soybeans can be used to make food, feed and fuel. And fields. Kansas State University kicked off its new season recently on AstroTurf® GameDay Grass™ artificial turf at ... Read More

Healthy Soybean Roots = Higher Yields

The notion of “out of sight, out of mind” in relation to soybean roots may be the case for many U.S. soybean farmers. However, refocusing this train of thought could be critica... Read More

Farmers 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. T... Read More

Showing U.S. Soy’s Sustainability One Farmer at a Time

Most U.S. soybean farmers know they operate sustainably, but some of our biggest customers don’t. The soy checkoff plans to change that trend. A new example is an online tool ... Read More