Each Beyond the Bean includes articles about soybean checkoff-funded programs
and related projects focused on increasing research efforts, expanding domestic
and international markets and developing new uses for your soy. As the soybean industry
keeps changing, Beyond the Bean will help you stay informed, respond to challenges
and maintain success. Read Beyond the Bean to learn more about today’s soybean
industry. Click the links below to read the latest and previous issues of Beyond
the Bean.
The soybean checkoff demonstrates as much versatility in its partnerships as soybeans do in their variety of end uses. The U.S. farmer-funded soybean research and promotion programs stretch checkoff dollars with a wide variety of industry, government and academic partners to get the most bang for each farmer’s checkoff buck. Here’s just a sampling.
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Field Force
By Jeff Brown
Farmers are using the latest technology to their selling advantageMark Philips, like other U.S. soybean farmers, is a busy guy. Attracted by convenience and peace of mind, the Akron, Iowa, farmer is one of thousands of U.S. oilseed and grain farmers who have taken to selling...
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By Keith Warden
What Is Sustainability? Industry leaders help to clarify this important industry issueIt’s a serious question, and one the soybean checkoff helps answer through support of the Keystone Center’s Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture – a nonprofit organization composed of leaders...
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Bean Talk
By By Jolene Brown, Professional Speaker and Family Business Consultant, West Branch, Iowa
Family farms require more teamwork and resolutions than other businessesThere’s nothing better or more frustrating than working with “genetics”! Farming with family is a challenge. For the past 20 years, I’ve been sitting at kitchen tables of farm and ranch families across North...
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Global Spotlight
By Lisa Cassady
Already at over 1 billion bushels, 2009 soy exports outpace 2008’s record yearIn 2008, U.S. soy exports set an all-time record of 1.5 billion bushels. The 2009 export year is shaping up to compete with 2008’s record, with soy exports currently up 8 percent and over 1 billion...
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