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Recent Press

The Soy Checkoff's latest official news, covering research milestones, market activity, and organizational updates.
Farmer kneeling in a field and holding a handful of green cover crops.
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Farmers for Soil Health reopens enrollment with higher payments, simpler contracts for cover crop adoption

Soy Checkoff timeline exhibit highlighting milestones in U.S. soy.
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35 years of soy innovations: Farmer checkoff investments power markets, protect yields and transform the future of U.S. Soy

Soy Checkoff board members gather for a board meeting.
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New farmer-leaders appointed to the United Soybean Board

Joey Boudreaux holds soil during soybean planting.
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Early planting, stronger yields: 50 years of ESPS in southern soybeans

Soy Checkoff Issue Briefs

Reference material on the topics that come up most often in stories about U.S. soybeans, organized by subject and ready for review.
Close-up of a young piglet on a livestock farm, representing soy's role in animal feed.

Animal Agriculture

Cost-driven feed decisions test soybean meal's value, and ongoing research keeps it as animal agriculture’s preferred source of plant-based protein.

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Hand fueling a vehicle with a biodiesel pump nozzle representing soybean oil’s role in biofuel.

Biofuels

Clean fuel demand is rapidly turning soybean oil into a growth engine, cutting emissions and lifting the crop's value.

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Global Markets

As global production increases, U.S. Soy competes to remain the world's leading soy supplier, backed by partnerships and sustainability credentials.

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Chocolate cake being decorated with piped frosting roses, representing high oleic soybean oil use in food production.

High Oleic Soybeans

Soy Checkoff investments have expanded opportunities for high oleic soybeans, giving farmers the potential to earn premiums while meeting demand from food, feed and industrial markets.


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Worker applying soy-based asphalt sealant to a road surface.

Industrial Uses

Soybeans are in tires, shoes, asphalt, firefighting foam, plywood—and the list keeps growing. Checkoff investments fund the research that creates new demand for every bushel farmers grow.


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Bowl of fresh edamame pods, a soy-based food product.

Soy Foods

Despite misinformation about seed oils and soy, research keeps proving what science has shown for decades: Soy is safe, nutritious, and heart-healthy.

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Grassy waterway running through a soybean farm field under a blue sky, illustrating sustainable land management.

Sustainable Production

Brazil's growing production drives competition for U.S. soybean volume, so checkoff-funded research is proving a sustainability edge competitors can't match.

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Barge loaded with soybeans traveling along a river for transport.

Infrastructure

Getting soybeans to market depends on locks, dams, and ports, making Soy Checkoff investments in infrastructure critical to maintaining global competitiveness.

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Press-Ready Resources

A set of foundational resources covering Soy Checkoff data, operational structure, and key visuals to use in interviews and reporting.
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The Power of Your Soy Investment

Every dollar invested in the checkoff has returned $12.30 in value to farmers. Overall, the Soy Checkoff has contributed a $9.8 billion increase in the U.S. GDP and created more than 30,000 jobs.


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How the Soy Checkoff Works infographic

How the Soy Checkoff Works

One half of one percent of every soybean sale is collected and split between the state and national Soy Checkoff, funding research, education, and promotion.

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A low-angle shot of a farmer in a plaid shirt and cap pulling a weed by hand from a lush soybean field, set against a bright blue sky with scattered clouds.

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Browse a public collection of approved images, available for download to use with coverage of the Soy Checkoff.

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