USAID funding freeze to shutter Soybean Innovation Lab

The director of the Soybean Innovation Lab says the Trump administration’s decision to cease funding for U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) projects will hurt soybean farmers.                 Peter Goldsmith says since 2013 the Soybean Innovation Lab has utilized USAID funding to not only bring modern soybean farming practices to Africa, but also processing demand for…Continue Reading

News or lore: you decide

Commentary. The groundhog saw its shadow on the second day of February, so we are all supposed to buckle up and get ready for six more weeks of winter. Have you ever wondered why so many people trust a rodent’s shadow as the portent of winter weather? Somewhere just north of twelve percent of Americans…Continue Reading

Crushing Michigan Soybeans

In this Pods for Profit, we’ll hear from Michigan’s largest soybean processor on how the state’s crush capacity has grown. Jeff Johnston with Zeeland Farm Services discusses what happens inside their plants and where soybeans are sent. The post Crushing Michigan Soybeans appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     Continue Reading

The Importance of Growing Demand Abroad

The U.S. Meat Export Federation is a contractor to the national Beef Checkoff and works to promote and market U.S. products to countries around the globe. In this episode, Bill McLaren, a cattle producer from Pacific, Missouri, and the Council’s representative on the USMEF board shares how Missouri producers ultimately benefit from this collaborative effort. …Continue Reading

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