…feedback. CropLife America noted that the comment period did not provide “sufficient opportunity to review the draft guidance, solicit input from its members, and develop constructive comments.” The American Soybean…
Manure Recycling on the Farm
…producers who apply their operations’ manure to their own crops account for a high proportion of manure used on oats, corn, and barley crops, followed by soybean and wheat. Listen…
Spartz Ag Appropriations Amendment Ignites Checkoff Debate
…from her communications manager states: “It’s great that Indiana chose not to participate in wheat checkoffs, but it still has involuntary soybean checkoffs the Congresswoman paid plenty of, which is…
Is U.S. Losing Trade Competitiveness?
…report. It also says Brazil and Argentina continue to pose a challenge to U.S. soybean exports. Brazil has been the largest exporter of soybean oilseed since 2021. The ERS report…
Sustainably Feeding a Growing World
…of the 2022 World Food Prize. Polly Ruhland, United Soybean Board Chief Executive Officer, moderated the discussion, addressing how to sustainably feed a growing world. “It was indeed a big…
Genetically Engineered Crop Acreage Grows
…field crops in 1996, and adoption rates increased rapidly. By 2008, more than 50 percent of U.S. corn, cotton, and soybean acres were planted with genetically engineered seeds. The total…
Mississippi River Water Levels Remain at Near-Record Low
…especially hard on the soybean industry because September through February accounts for 80 percent of U.S. soybean exports. Meanwhile, there’s no expected relief in the forecast and drought is expanding…
High Oleic Soy Oil for Cooking
Promoting a certain type of cooking oil for chefs. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Image by LuAnn Hunt from Pixabay United Soybean Board farmer-leaders recently met with…
New Ag Coalition Focuses on Bioeconomy
…(AFBF); American Soybean Association (ASA); Corn Refiners Association (CRA); Growth Energy; National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA); National Corn Growers Association (NCGA); National Hemp Association; and Plant Based…
Increased Tariffs on Fertilizer Imports Rejected by ITC
…and 2022. An AFBF analysis indicates that Russia, Trinidad, and Tobago account for 79 percent of UAN fertilizer imports. The American Soybean Association and National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) were…
USDA to Resurvey Some Planted Acreage
…if all of acres indeed got planted to soybeans, that will mean that farmers planted more than 104 million acres of soybeans, which would be an incredible 19 percent increase…
Growers Frustrated with EPA Regarding Pesticide Impacts
…overly conservative and don’t use all available data, according to the farm groups. Grower groups like the American Soybean Association and the American Farm Bureau Federation are concerned the evaluations…
Soy Products are Plentiful
…to make body panels for John Deere tractors Wikipedia Synthetic grass made from U.S. soybeans is just one of many different soy-based products supported through soy checkoff-funded research. United Soybean…
Trade War Impacts Documented in Recent USDA Report
…$30.4 billion in 2017. Tariff increases ranged between two and 140 percent depending on the particular product line. Of the overall export losses, soybeans were the most impacted. Soybean losses…