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Ohio Soybean Council Announces 2022 Board of Trustees Election article

The Ohio Soybean Council (OSC) Board of Trustees has five district seats up for election this year. All eligible candidates interested in running for the OSC Board must obtain at least 15 valid signatures on the petition available at www.soyohio.org/petition. All petitions must be submitted to the Ohio Department… Read More

Oh, the Places your soybeans will go! And how they get there. article

Truck to rail to barge. Or perhaps, truck to barge to truck. Or maybe just truck to train. Soybeans travel in many ways and in many forms to locations all around the world. More than 50 percent of Ohio’s soybean crop is exported to domestic and foreign markets each year,… Read More

President’s Column: March – April 2022 article

Following last season’s harvest, it’s no surprise that Ohio and the United States had record-breaking soybean yields. In the 2021 crop production summary from the United States Department of Agriculture, Ohio soybean production reached 275.72 million bushels with an average yield of about 56.6 bushels per acre. Nationally, soybean production… Read More

Ohio Soybean Council Foundation Awards $45,000 in Scholarships article

The Ohio Soybean Council Foundation (OSCF) is pleased to announce the scholarship recipients for the 2022-2023 academic year. In its 15th year of programming, the OSCF is awarding 13 scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students in Ohio. The OSCF Scholarship Program was created to encourage undergraduate students to pursue degrees… Read More

OSC Elects New Executive Committee and Welcomes Returning Board Member article

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… Read More

President’s Column: January-February 2022 article

Happy New Year to all! After serving as first vice president and vice president for the past two years, I am honored to move into the president role for 2022–2023. I would like to thank my fellow board members for trusting me with this position and its leadership responsibilities for… Read More

What’s New with Airable? – Acrylated Epoxidized Soy Methyl Ester article

This week in the lab, Dylan Karis has been working on acrylated epoxidized soy methyl ester (AESME). AESME is a monomer, the building blocks of larger molecules called polymers. Polymers are essential materials that are widely used in everyday life. Both synthetic and natural polymers are used in, coatings, elastomers,… Read More

Steve Reinhard of Crawford County Elected USB Treasurer article

Ohio Soybean Council (OSC) board member Steve Reinhard was elected today to lead the national United Soybean Board (USB) as its treasurer. Reinhard has served on USB since 2017 and previously served as the Demand Action Team Chair. “We’d like to congratulate Steve on his new leadership position,” said Jeff… Read More

Ohio Soybean Council Launches Marketing Website for Domestic and International Buyers article

The Ohio Soybean Council (OSC) launched a new website to connect buyers and sellers of Ohio soybean oil, soybean meal and food-grade soybeans. The site positions Ohio soybeans as a premium product to buyers in domestic and foreign markets and helps facilitate contracts between buyers and Ohio soybean farmers… Read More