soybean farming News
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Solution to long-term profitability could be found in high oleic soybean varieties
It isn’t every day that farmers in one state get excited about soybeans grown in another. But nationwide excitement continues to build around new high oleic soybean varieties, and farmers are already talking about how they could help to secure and expand U.S. soybean oil demand. These varieties also have the potential to increase long-term on-farm profitability for all U.S. soybean farmers. ...
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EPA Region 7 to Participate at National Association of Farm Broadcasting Trade Talk Event Nov. 14 in Kansas City, Mo.
EPA officials will be available for interviews at the annual National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) Trade Talk event at the Westin Crown Center Hotel in Kansas City, Mo., on Thursday, Nov. 14. Interview topics include outreach to the agricultural community, regulatory updates, animal feeding operations, nutrient management and pesticides. WHAT: National Association of Farm ...
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Bred to Perform, High Oleic Soybeans Provide Proven Genetics
High oleic soybeans have been in the product pipeline for more than a decade. With millions of dollars invested, seed companies took their time to ensure these varieties perform as expected – for farmers and for food industry customers. But, performance isn’t the only benefit farmers see. They also find that high oleic varieties are bred with the proven genetics that they need on ...
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ASA Honors Stabenow with Soy Champion Award
The American Soybean Association (ASA) presented Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) with the Soy Champion Award at the annual March meeting of ASA’s board of directors in Washington, D.C. this morning. The award recognizes Chairwoman Stabenow for her outstanding leadership and advocacy on behalf of soybean farmers. ASA Michigan Director Matt Stutzman, who ...
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EPA Region 7 to Participate at National Association of Farm Broadcasting Trade Talk Event Nov. 8 in Kansas City, Mo.
EPA Region 7 officials will be available for interviews at the annual National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) Trade Talk event at the Westin Crown Center Hotel in Kansas City, Mo., on Thursday, Nov. 8. Interview topics include regulatory updates on air and water quality programs, animal feeding operations, nutrient management and pesticides. WHAT: National Association of Farm ...
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PA Region 7 to participate at national association of Farm Broadcasting Trade Talk Event, Nov. 10 in Kansas City, Mo.
EPA officials will attend the annual National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) Trade Talk event at the Westin Crown Center Hotel in Kansas City, Mo., on Thursday, Nov. 10. Interview topics include regulatory updates on air and water quality programs, animal feeding operations, nutrient management and pesticides. WHAT: National Association of Farm Broadcasting Convention and Trade Talk ...
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ASA to Review Bayer/Monsanto Acquisition for Impacts on Soybean Farmers
The American Soybean Association (ASA) responded to an announcement today from Bayer and Monsanto that the two companies have signed an acquisition agreement under which Bayer will purchase Monsanto. In a statement, ASA President Richard Wilkins, a soybean farmer from Greenwood, Del., noted that the association will first and foremost evaluate the acquisition with respect to its impact on soybean ...
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Fertilizer industry grows despite safety concerns
In years past, Brian Moody's efforts to bring economic development to his small Illinois town focused on modest projects: merging an old hardware store whose owner was retiring with another shop to preserve 30 jobs or pointing artists to a vacant downtown building. Now he has a bigger prospect. Cronus Chemicals wants to build a $1.2 billion plant on a nearby cornfield that would manufacture ...
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Export Customers Commit to Buy $2.3 Billion of U.S. Soy
Buyers from China at the second-annual, soy-checkoff-funded U.S. Global Trade Exchange have agreed to buy $2.3 billion of U.S. soy totaling 176 million bushels of U.S. soybeans, marking the second consecutive year that the gathering has generated significant export sales for U.S. soybean farmers in their own backyard. The event – where foreign buyers gather in the heart of the American ...
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U.S. Soy Exports Set New Record
Thanks to high demand for reliable, quality soybeans, meal and oil, 2012-2013 U.S. soy exports have remained steady in the number of bushels exported. However, the value of these exports set a record of more than $28 billion, a 19 percent increase from 2011-2012. In the most recent marketing year, which ended Sept. 30, U.S. soybean farmers exported more than 1.7 billion bushels of U.S. soy. ...
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Schelkovo Agrohim is the only Russian company to have made it to the final stage of the international Agrow Awards
Schelkovo Agrohim was shortlisted for the Agrow Awards, the prestigious independent crop research prize, in the nomination of 'Best Innovative Formulation'.Agrow Awards was created by Agribusiness Intelligence Agrow, a leading global industry agency, over a decade ago. This is a non-profit competition for companies and scientists specialising in plant protection developments. It still has a ...
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Soybean Farmers Support Farm Bill Conference Report, Urge House and Senate to Vote “Yes”
The farmers of the American Soybean Association (ASA) congratulated conferees from the House and Senate as the final version of the much-anticipated farm bill was filed with the House clerk tonight and awaits action on the floor as soon as Wednesday. ASA supports the bill, which provides for multiple soybean farmer priorities, most notably a flexible farm safety net that includes a choice ...
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New Chairman Elected to Keep Moving Checkoff Forward
Bob Haselwood, soybean farmer from Berryton, Kansas, has been elected by his fellow United Soybean Board (USB) farmer-directors to lead the board in investing soy checkoff funds for the next year. In addition to the support from the other 69 farmer leaders, Haselwood also has the input from the recently held 2014 CONNECTIONS meeting to help guide him. “Having the feedback from the ...
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Repeat Performance
Bill Bateson liked what he saw from high oleic soybeans so much the first year he grew them, he came back for an encore. Like other Ohio farmers growing high oleic soybeans, Bateson has seen solid performance in the field, and he remains excited about end-user demand for the oil they produce. It offers improved functionality for some food customers, such as fast-food chains and snack-food ...
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Opinion: Helping Rural America Feed All of America
Every American has a part to play in slowing the spread of the coronavirus. While many are working from home, an important few are working overtime on farms and ranches to make sure grocery store shelves are stocked. From harvesting wheat in Kansas to picking blueberries in Georgia, producers are getting up before the sun every day, while also adapting their operations to keep workers safe. They ...
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USDA Announces 19 USB Farmer-Director Appointments
Nineteen farmer-leaders will be sworn in as directors of the United Soybean Board (USB) in December, after their recent appointments by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. The 19 soybean farmers from across the United States include five new appointees and 14 returning directors. These volunteer farmers invest soy checkoff funds on behalf of all U.S. soybean farmers in projects to increase ...
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Leading corn and soybean experts meet to discuss new approaches and promote more sustainability in future cultivation
Against the backdrop of a growing world population, the global demand for corn and soybean products is rising steadily. To further increase agricultural productivity without compromising the environment, a sustainable intensification of corn and soybean production is needed. On October 30 and 31, more than 200 experts and representatives from corn- and soybean-growing countries across the globe ...
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Animal Consumption Drives Higher U.S. Soy Exports to EU
Customers in the European Union (EU) depend on U.S. soybean farmers to maintain a consistent supply of soybean meal. Currently, they account for nearly 13 percent of total U.S. soybean meal exports. And that level is growing. Although U.S. soybean market share in the EU has declined over the last 30 years, U.S. soybean meal export trade to Europe grew in 2013, thanks in part to intensified ...
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U.S. Soy on the Move
Throughout soybean harvest here in the United States, soybean farmers are making decisions on where to move this year’s crop. Three out of every four bushels harvested will go from the field to either on-farm storage or to the local elevator. The remaining 25 percent go directly to processors or export. All of these movements require roads, rails and rivers to get the soybeans from the ...
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Soybean Exports Brewing in Milwaukee
“Brew City” recently became “Soy City” as more than 270 representatives of major international companies interested in importing U.S. soy came together for the second annual U.S. Soy Global Trade Exchange in Milwaukee. Areas represented included China, the Middle East, Vietnam and many others. International representatives committed to buy $2.8 billion worth of U.S. soy ...
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