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

As a soybean farmer, you’re a steward to the environment. From the fields you plow to the corps you grow, you impact the land and water around you. As an Ohio soybean farmer, your impact travels along the current of the Ohio River, from Pennsylvania to the Mighty Mississippi and to the shores of Lake Erie, form Michigan to New York. Your impact is vital to Ohio’s water quality. “Many variables affect the quality of… Read More

Are you concerned about protecting your family farm’s legacy? Planning for your farm’s future, or succession planning, is more than just creating a will. If you want to transfer your farm to the next generation, they’ll need the right leadership and business management skills to ensure financial security. Now you can learn more about how to successfully transition your farm and protect your legacy at the ASA Succession Planning Workshop this summer in Columbus, Ohio. Read More