The Ohio Soybean Council (OSC) launched today a new education initiative on its website (www.ohiosoybeanfarmers.org) in an effort to provide facts and resources about GMOs (genetically modified organisms) and dispel common myths about this sometimes controversial technology. “GMOs may be one of the most misunderstood crops on the market,” said Steve Reinhard, OSC board member and farmer from Crawford County. “I’ve seen how much misinformation is out there, making it difficult for Ohio families… Read More

Four Ohio soybean farmers were re-elected to serve on the Ohio Soybean Council (OSC) Board of Trustees. OSC directs the Soybean Promotion and Research Program, more commonly known as the soybean checkoff. Jeff Magyar serves on OSC’s International Marketing and New Uses Committee. He serves as Wayne Township Trustee, Western Reserve Farm Co-Op Board President and Ashtabula County Farm Bureau Trustee. In addition, Jeff sits on the St Mary’s Church Finance Committee as well as… Read More

The 2014 Ohio State Fair begins today and soybean farmers are proud to participate in a big way. The Ohio Soybean Council (OSC) and soybean checkoff are one of the presenting sponsors of this year’s fair. Fairgoers are invited to learn more about Ohio soybeans and meet some of the men and women who grow them at the OSC display in the Nationwide Donahey Ag and Hort building. “Soybeans play a large part in our… Read More

Chuck Crawford, an Advanced Placement Environmental Science teacher at Dublin Jerome High School wants to stop the limited portrayal of agriculture by educating youth about the processes and possibilities in agriculture. “Most people think agriculture means to put plants in the ground and drive tractors around,” said Crawford. In 2012, Crawfordattended the Ag Biotech Academy, a two-day professional development event for teachers that is sponsored by the Ohio Soybean Council (OSC). The Academy is held… Read More

Whitney Short and Courtney Bockbrader, both agriculture education teachers at Anthony Wayne Schools, recently conducted two biotechnology workshops for other agriculture education teachers at the Ohio Ag Ed Summer Conference. Short and Bockbrader both serve as teacher leaders who develop curricular units and classroom materials for a website called GrowNextGen.org. GrowNextGen is an online network of more than 400 teachers, industry partners and students who are interested in real-life, soybean-related applications to science and agriscience… Read More