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Eating Soy and Creating Jobs

Poultry and livestock eat a lot of soy. A soybean checkoff-funded study shows these sectors consumed more than 30 million tons of U.S. soybean meal annually. That’s the meal from... Read More

Soybean Board Elects New 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

Increasing Soy Biodiesel Availability and Use with Clean Cities

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 chec... 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

U.S. Soybean Farmers’ Voices Heard in Global Discussion

Changes abroad affect U.S. soybean farmers more than ever before, especially with the United States exporting 1.5 billion bushels of whole soybeans in 2011. To keep farmers up to d... Read More

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.... 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

U.S. Soybeans Have Improved but Work Must Continue

Researcher Joe Burton has worked to improve seed-composition quality and meal and oil quality in soybeans at the U.S. Department of Agriculture since 1975. Walter Fehr has been con... Read More

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Taking 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 ... Read More

Measuring Your Sustainability Performance Just Got Easier

As it becomes more and more important for you to prove your sustainability performance to your customers, a newly updated tool makes it easier to measure that performance. The s... Read More