The Ohio Soybean Council Board of Trustees elected a new executive team at their annual meeting in November. The newly elected Chairman Jeff Magyar of Ashtabula County will be working with newly elected Vice Chairman Bill Bayliss of Logan County, Treasurer Cindy Layman of Hardin County and Secretary Nathan Eckel of Wood County. “We have a strong team of leaders on the Ohio  Soybean Council Board of Trustees for 2022,” Magyar said. “I am honored… Read More

The Ohio Soybean Association has been a long-time advocate for biodiesel, diesel fuel made with a combination of soybean oil, recycled cooking oil and animal fats. In 2005, soybean oil use for biodiesel was just 675,000 pounds. Biodiesel consumption in 2017 required 6.2 billon pounds of soybean oil or the oil from 532 million bushels of soybeans. As we look to the future of biodiesel and the expansion of the renewable diesel market, we decided… Read More

By Madi Layman Biodiesel rocks and it keeps America rollin’. With just a phone call, you can add biodiesel to your operation and support a local business. Benchmark Biodiesel is one of several biodiesel distributors in the nation and located right here in central Ohio. Around 2007, Page Thorson and her husband Wade founded Benchmark Biodiesel on the west side of Columbus. Up until then, there was biodiesel production in Ohio but not a lot… Read More

PRESIDENT The new OSA Board of Trustees President is Patrick Knouff of Shelby County. Knouff previously held the position of vice president and is moved into the president role. He represents District 7 which includes Auglaize, Mercer, Miami and Shelby counties. Knouff previously served as Ohio Soybean Council chairman, vice chairman, treasurer and secretary. VICE PRESIDENT The OSA Board of Trustees elected Rusty Goebel of Williams County as the new vice president. Goebel… Read More

A year of “returning to normal,” Ohio Soybean Association and its farmer leaders never stopped working: January — New Year, New Faces OSA started preparing for the year ahead of us, bringing with it a new Presidential administration and new faces to both the General Assembly and Congress. February — Commodity Classic Ten volunteer farmer leaders represented Ohio soybean farmers to help shape 2021’s national policy agenda at the virtual Commodity Classic. Delegates… Read More