The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has named Bio-YIELD® from 3Bar Biologics winner of a 2021 AE50 award. AE50 awards honor the year’s most innovative designs in engineering products or systems for the food and agriculture industries. Bio-YIELD, whose development was funded in part by the Ohio… Read More

The Ohio Soybean Council (OSC) invests checkoff money into projects that will benefit soybean farmers and make them more profitable, and the Board of Trustees expects results. One way to measure those results is through awards and honors given to the Council throughout the year. Here are some of the… Read More

By Matt Reese, guest writer, Ohio’s Country Journal Though it may seem counterproductive for one researcher to breed soybeans and another researcher to kill them, it is exactly this unique synergy of efforts that is taking place to benefit the profitability of Ohio soybean growers. “I am a soybean breeder… Read More

WORTHINGTON, Ohio – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will conduct a request for referendum on the Soybean Promotion and Research Program (soy checkoff) during a four-week period from May 5 through May 30, 2014. This referendum is authorized under the Soybean Promotion, Research and Consumer Information… Read More

Soybeans are incredibly versatile plants. While they are commonly associated with food-based commodities (e.g., soy milk, tofu, and cooking oil), soybean components can replace other raw materials in a surprising diversity of products and services: from paints to plastics, sealants to soaps, biofuels to beer. Of particular note is that… Read More

By Dusty Sonnenberg, CCA, Ohio Field Leader, a project of the Ohio Soybean Council and soybean checkoff For Les and Jerry Seiler, soil conservation became a necessity to keep a farm in production. Les Seiler farms with his brother Jerry and son Nathan in Fulton County near Fayette, Ohio. The… Read More

After 25 years, the Tri-State Fertilizer Recommendations for Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, and Alfalfa guide has been comprehensively updated and is now available. This update is due in large part to funding from the Ohio Soybean Council (OSC) and soybean checkoff. The full version can be downloaded as a free pdf,… Read More

This past summer, with financial support from the Ohio Soybean Council (OSC) and Ohio soybean checkoff, GrowNextGen teacher leaders engaged in externships around the Buckeye State to give STEM teachers a taste of ag careers. Kellogg Farms Meghan Prendergast learned about conservation from a farmer’s point of view. Prendergast, who… Read More

The Ohio Soybean Council (OSC) invests in agronomic research to keep yields high and pests low. Thanks to funding from the soybean checkoff and The SCN Coalition, Ohio growers can send in up to two soil samples to The Ohio State University to be tested for SCN — free of… Read More