United Soybean Board news
Indiana Soybean Alliance led a 10-person delegation to Indonesia in February to meet potential soybean buyers and tour facilities.
Farmer leaders and staff with the Indiana Corn Growers Association and the Indiana Soybean Alliance discussed hot topics with state lawmakers at the annual Bacon Bar and Brunch legislative breakfast.
Farmers in 20 states can now enroll in cost-share programs for cover crop adoption through Farmers for Soil Health. The initiative is a collaboration between the National Corn Growers Association, National Pork Board and United Soybean Board.
It’s been years since this weekly effort has used any time, muscle or brain cells to write or, frankly, even care about any of the 21 costly, largely ineffective and virtually bulletproof federal commodity checkoff programs.
Farmers adopting cover crops through Farmers for Soil Health can receive enhanced technical assistance.
This is a pivotal moment for farmers, said Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack at the Commodity Classic in Orlando.
In some instances, two heads are better than one. For a new multiregional research effort, five organizations put their heads together to achieve full genetic yield potential of the soybean.
The Illinois Soybean Board is looking for farmers interested in filling one of Illinois’ director positions with the United Soybean Board.
Farmers interested in serving as a director on the United Soybean Board should submit an application to the Indiana Soybean Alliance, the state’s soybean checkoff program, by Feb. 28.
Everyone is feeling the pinch of inflation. Grocery prices have increased 21% from January 2020 to August 2022, and retail fat and oil prices have increased 30% — with soybean oil a key ingredient in frying and baking.
The Illinois Soybean Association hosted its first ever Impact Awards banquet. The evening was full of celebration, recognition and reflecting upon everything ISA has been able to accomplish in 2022.
The United Soybean Board announced the award of $1.1 million to the Purdue University Food Entrepreneurship and Manufacturing Institute for a joint project working to build infrastructure and connectivity for small- and medium-scale processing of soy-based value-added products.
Indiana farmers can lock in new premiums by growing high oleic soybeans during the next growing season. Farmers who secure contracts for 2023 by Dec. 1 can secure up to a $2.20 bushel premium.
Even at first glance, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recently announced $3 billion “Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities” sounds like doublespeak, an Orwellian invention that reverses the meaning of words.
The farmer-leaders of the United Soybean Board convened for its summer board meeting to approve a 2023 fiscal year budget of $123 million for program work, starting Oct. 1, 2022.