Demand
U.S. Soy Advantage Builds Demand, Meets Customer Needs
Shopping around to find the best bang for your buck is a common practice for…
High oleic
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…
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Making a Comeback with High Oleic Soybean Oil
Food manufacturers primarily have shifted to using palm oil and high oleic canola oil to replace partially hydrogenated soybean oil in baking and frying fats.…
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Expanding Uses for High Oleic Soybeans
The soy checkoff has collaborated with researchers to develop new markets for high oleic soybean oil, and recent results could make your engine a customer…
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High Oleic Soybeans Offer Innovative Solutions For End Customers
Today’s agriculture industry is innovative in many ways, from precision farming to auto-steering to varied seeding and fertilizer rates. Why should soybean varieties be any…
Innovation
What Are Soybeans Used For?
Soy. It’s much more than a latte option, tofu or a U.S. export China levied a tariff on. Farmers grow soybeans throughout the United States.…
Research
Innovative technology to diagnose soybean stress
Iowa State University engineers and plant scientists are working together to use machine learning to identify and predict disease and stress in soybeans. This innovative…
Industrial Uses
Soy-Based Sealer Preserves Roof Shingles
Soy-based products offer endless opportunities for sustainable innovation, with research support from the soy checkoff. For example, Roof Maxx, a soy-based sealer that can extends…
Industrial Uses
Soybean Oil is the Not-So-Secret Sauce Behind Variety of Rust-Oleum Wood Stains
Admiring that new rich, deep finish on the neighbor’s rehabbed dining table? There’s a good chance it looks that beautiful because of soybean oil. Long…
Industrial Uses
Shoes with Soy
Imagine the pile of shoes just inside the garage, home of scuffed workboots and nearly outgrown sneakers. Those muck boots have squelched through their fair…
Aquaculture
USSEC: Aquaculture ‘showing some life’ in sub-Saharan Africa
By 2030, 62 percent of all seafood produced for human consumption will come from aquaculture. Today, about 50 percent of seafood comes from the aquaculture…
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U.S. Soy International Buyers Enjoy High Oleic Luncheon at Illinois Farm
In August, more than 250 international U.S. soy buyers were fed a meal featuring U.S. high oleic soybean oil. The buyers were participating in a…
Industrial Uses
Soy Backs Artificial Turf with Sustainability
Consumer demand for sustainable products continues to increase, and soy is ready to deliver. For artificial grass, soy plays a significant role in the product’s…
Innovation
Soy Solutions: Soybean Wax Has Exponential Potential
Where there is inefficiency, there is opportunity. Three billion pounds of cardboard waste might just provide an important opportunity for U.S. soybean farmers. Iowa State…
Our Farms
Plant Breeders Discuss Innovation in Plant Breeding
In a newly released video, CommonGround Iowa volunteer Sara Ross shares her perspective on plant breeding innovation with the help of a fellow mom —…
Biotechnology
The Benefits of Biotech
United Soybean Board (USB) Director Keith Kemp discusses producing more with less using biotechnology. Biotechnology allows U.S. Soy farmers to reduce the amount of water…
Biodiesel
Biodiesel Drives Demand for U.S. Soybean Oil
The use of biodiesel, a U.S. soy innovation, is on the rise. Over the last decade, biodiesel demand for soybean oil increased by 300 percent.…