Greasing Up Grain Trucks with Soy

By Madi Layman, OSC Communication Coordinator Formed in 2019, Gear Head Lube set out to create an innovative and driver-friendly grease for tractor trailer fifth wheel lubrication. Gear Head Lube chose soy for its biodegradable and superior lubrication properties. With the support of the Ohio Soybean Council and Airable Research… Read More

Soy Innovative: Airable Products, Projects and Partners

Aira ble Research Lab (Airable) was founded November 2019 and has since been focused on developing new products that use soy-based feedstocks to meet industrial and consumer market demands. The lab is funded by the Ohio Soybean Council and several other qualified state soybean checkoff boards. “One of the benefits… Read More

What’s New with Airable? – PPDs

This week in the lab, Trevor Holm has been working on a soy-based pour point depressant (PPD). PPDs are oil additives that allow for the use of oils at lower temperatures. PPDs are used to prevent frozen tank and oil lines, improve transportation properties of shale oil, and overall assist… Read More

Airable Labs to Create Products and Demand

For over twenty years, the Ohio Soybean Council (OSC) and soybean checkoff have been leaders in developing and commercializing new soy-based products that increase the demand for soy. Taking this work to the next level, OSC has launched Airable Research Lab, a new business line and brand that will capitalize… Read More

Ohio Soybean Council Launches Airable Research Lab

For over twenty years, the Ohio Soybean Council (OSC) and soybean checkoff have been leaders in developing and commercializing new soy-based products that increase the demand for soy. Taking this work to the next level, OSC has launched Airable Research Lab, a new business model and brand that will capitalize… Read More

Roof Maxx Update

By Kayla Weaver Mike and Todd Feazel have been in the roofing business for nearly three decades. While they started out with a traditional roof replacement company, they have become innovators in the roofing industry with the development of Roof Maxx — a soy-based sealer that can extend the life… Read More

Longtime OSC Partner Helps Bring Soy-Based Success

Few people have worked with the Ohio Soybean Council (OSC) and soybean checkoff longer than Dr. Ram Lalgudi. Lalgudi, who works with OSC on the development of new uses for soybeans, has collaborated with the checkoff since 2003. He started out at Battelle, a Columbus-based science and technology development company,… Read More

Better Soy Wax for Good Cause

By Julia Brown For some, it might be hard to imagine soybeans playing a role in ending human trafficking, but talk to Amber Runyon, founder of Eleventh Candle Co., and the relationship between the two makes a little more sense. Eleventh Candle Co. is a social enterprise in Worthington, Ohio,… Read More

Ohio Soybean Council Celebrates 9th and 10th R&D 100 Awards

The Ohio Soybean Council (OSC) received two R&D 100 Awards November 16 at the 56th annual R&D 100 Awards in Orlando, Florida, for a soy-based floor coating that was funded with Ohio soybean farmers’ checkoff dollars. The R&D 100 Awards honor the 100 most innovative technologies of the… Read More