The Ohio Soybean Council Board of Trustee elections will be held in five districts this summer. Districts up for election include: Districts Up for Election District   7 – Auglaize, Mercer, Miami and Shelby Counties District   8 – Champaign, Hardin and Logan Counties District 10 – Butler, Darke, Hamilton, Montgomery and Preble Counties District 12 – Belmont, Carroll, Coshocton, Fairfield, Franklin, Guernsey, Harrison, Holmes, Jefferson, Knox, Licking, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Stark, Tuscarawas and Wayne… Read More

A new coating technology, Soy-PK Reactive Oligomer Cross-Linker, which could be used to replace Bisphenol A (BPA) in a wide variety of applications has been awarded second place in the Bio-Based Chemical Innovation of the Year category during the 2016 Bio-Based Innovation Awards. This award follows recognition of the product during the 2015 European Coatings Innovation event as one of the top 10 innovative technologies of the year. The soy-based alternative was created by the… Read More

The following statement regarding the State of Ohio’s Western Lake Erie Basin Collaborative Implementation Plan can be attributed to Chad Kemp, President of the Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association and Adam Graham, President of the Ohio Soybean Association. Today’s announcement by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is simply another step in a process that was started five years ago when Ohio agriculture recognized its role in being a part of the solution to excess… Read More

Support Needed from Ohio for the Biodiesel Tax Incentive Contact your lawmakers today. Contacts with Ohio House and Senate offices are needed this week on an important issue for soybean farmers. Please email Sens. Brown and Portman and Reps. Renacci and Tiberi and ask each to co-sponsor the bill from Sens. Grassley of Iowa and Cantwell of Washington, as well as Reps. Noem of South Dakota and Pascrell of New Jersey… Read More

The following can be attributed to Chad Kemp, President of the Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association and Adam Graham, President of the Ohio Soybean Association. A recent study released by the University of Michigan has received significant attention. Ohio Corn & Wheat and the Ohio Soybean Association have major concerns about the unrealistic, one-size-fits-all approach of the study and the calls for additional regulations. The study’s authors also charge that Ohio farmers will not… Read More