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Task Force Aims to Increase the Value of U.S. Soybeans
Raising soybeans looks simple. Farmers plant the seeds and the plants grow, then farmers harvest the mature soybeans and take them to elevators for processing. But any soybean farmer will tell you that...
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Reliable Transportation System Key to Competitive Advantage
Years ago, grain either stayed on the farm or was consumed in close proximity to it. Transportation was less important back then, but that’s not the case anymore. Today, roads, rails and rivers are...
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U.S. Soy Total Quality Experience: 3 Factors That Matter Most to Export...
Soy Export Figures During the 2012-2013 marketing year, 1.3 billion bushels of whole soybeans, meal from more than 454 million bushels of soybeans and the oil from 186 million bushels of soybeans were...
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Quest for Quality
Beyond the Elevator makes progress introducing farmers to customers, takes aim at next objective In its 2008 nationwide survey of U.S. soybean farmers, the United Soybean Board (USB) asked, “After the...
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Checkoff Leads Industrywide Effort Against Weeds
Collaborative Take Action program yields unified message, tools for managing herbicide resistance I will know my weeds. I will scout my fields regularly. I will think beyond herbicides and diversify my...
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Higher Soybean Yields Within Reach
Checkoff-Funded Researchers Hope to Build on Existing Genetics, Sequenced Genome to Move National Yield Average to 60 Bu./A. As U.S. soybean farmers continue their preparations for the coming growing...
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Build Support of Modern Ag by Educating Consumers
Consumer Outreach on the Big Screen U.S. farmers dedicate themselves to growing the safest food in the world, raising their poultry and livestock in ideal conditions and living as good stewards of the...
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All Eyes on China
Soy Industry Expects Continued Demand from Its No. 1 International Customer, but Soy Checkoff Ready if It Falters When a customer consistently buys one-quarter of an industry’s production, year after...
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Transparency Allows Farmers to See Checkoff in Action
Overseeing the investments of the soy checkoff to maximize profit opportunities for all U.S. soybean farmers is no small task. To do this job effectively, the United Soybean Board (USB) is committed...
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An Opportunity for Positive Change
Yield, Demand and Profits with High Oleic Soybeans It’s not often that farmers radically change the way they produce a crop. But when it happens, it can make a major, positive impact on their...
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U.S. Soybean Farmers Continue to Beat International Competition
Recent checkoff-funded successes help U.S. remain preferred global supplier As the world’s population and economies continue to grow, so does demand for soybeans. As more people reach the middle class,...
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U.S. Soybean Transportation: Reliable and Cost-Effective, but for How Long?
Checkoff works to make sure infrastructure remains a benefit for U.S. soybean farmers’ bottom lines The viability of the U.S. soybean industry, and the profitability of the American soybean farmer, is...
View ArticleSoybean Farmers Can Profit from Protein
Checkoff stresses importance and value of higher quality As the soy checkoff ramps up its efforts to improve the value of U.S. soybean meal, it also continues to show U.S. soybean farmers how much...
View ArticleUSB Issues: Grocery Store Opportunities Abound for Soybean Oil
Soy checkoff ensures continued demand for commodity soybean oil in addition to high oleic While putting together a weekend errand checklist, most people will plan a quick run to the grocery store....
View ArticleSoybean Farmers Hear about Value of Higher Quality
The mood is light and upbeat as soybean farmers from around the St. Joseph, Missouri area chat and get to know each other as lunch arrives. That mood doesn’t last long as the speaker, Terry McClatchey,...
View ArticleThe Future of Agriculture Depends on Consumer Outreach by Farmers
Checkoff provides support through partnerships and resources More than ever before, the soy checkoff is involved in consumer outreach. And to help farmers tell their stories, the checkoff partners with...
View ArticleCheckoff Studies Soybean-Honey Bee Relationship
Preliminary Research Shows Soybean Yield Bump From Honey Bees The world of agriculture is abuzz with interest in honey bees these days. While the primary concern for most involved is the health and...
View ArticleSharing the Importance of Quality
Soy checkoff hopes to help farmers gain value from higher-quality soybean meal With animal ag having plenty of feed choices, it is crucial that farmers choose high-quality soybean varieties in order to...
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How to Make U.S. Soy Demand Even Healthier
Checkoff promotes nutritional benefits of meal and oil, supports further improvements Demand for U.S. soy depends in part on meeting the nutritional needs of animals and people. That’s because those...
View ArticleCheckoff Supports Soybean Innovation
5 benefits that highlight value of high oleic to farmers In nine states, farmers are reporting competitive yield from their high oleic crop this harvest. Thanks to continued commitment from the soy...
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