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SoyFoam™ Firefighting Foam Wins 2025 Green Chemistry Award, Backed by U.S. Soy Farmers
Cross Plains Solutions’ PFAS-free firefighting product SoyFoam™ has earned the 2025 Green Chemistry Challenge Award in the category of Design of Safer and Degradable Chemicals,…
Take Me Out to the Ball Game for Soybeans, Peanuts and Cracker Jack
As the Major League Baseball season reaches its peak, thousands of Americans will head to ballparks to celebrate America’s pastime. While fans whistle “Take Me…
World’s Best Battle for U.S. Soy Combine Award
It didn’t take long for your taste buds to catch up with your nose when you walked through the grounds of the James E. Ward…
Ag Leaders Discuss Infrastructure Resilience in the Wake of Disasters
In a year marked by dramatic shifts in transportation infrastructure, the events surrounding the Mississippi River, Panama Canal and Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge have…
U.S. Soy Takes Center Stage at SXSW with Chef Carolina Carrillo-Aguirre’s Innovative Menu
The culinary world at South by Southwest (SXSW) received a soy-powered twist this year, thanks to the ingenuity of Carolina Carrillo-Aguirre, Banquet Sous Chef at…
Salty Business Embraces Artisan Tofu
Imagine a slow-churning conveyor belt 2,200 feet below the surface, moving mineral-rich water that has never seen the light of day. The conveyor belt or…
SoyFoam Offers Safer Choice for Firefighters
Soybeans grown in fields surrounding communities across the U.S. will soon be used to fight fires while protecting the environment from harsh chemicals. SoyFoam TF…
Plant-Based Solutions Spotlighted at SXSW
If you head south and veer southwest, you’ll land in a place that embraces the weird, the eclectic and the key to future collaboration. Each…
Bees and soy
Following a recent study that uncovers bees as significant allies in their fields, U.S. soy farmers are abuzz. You aren’t alone if you find it…
Smoke marks the spot at barbecue comps
I'm sure you've heard the famous saying X marks the spot. That may be true for some things but in the world of competitive barbecuing,…









