Statement: USDA ERS and NIFA Move – Kansas City
This statement may also be used as an op/ed or letter to the editor. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and USDA named Kansas City as a top consideration for the new home of USDA ERS and NIFA, and we appreciate his leadership and attention to moving those agencies to locations central to their constituents, farmers … Continue reading Statement: USDA ERS and NIFA Move – Kansas City
Missouri Soybean Farmer-Directors Help Connect Trade and Development for U.S. Soy Through ASA/WISHH’s CAST Project
Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council Board Members Kyle Durham, Tim Gottman and Bob Littleton as well as Director of Business Development Tony Stafford joined the launch of ASA/WISHH’s newest strategic partnership. ASA/WISHH’s U.S. Department of Agriculture-funded Commercialization of Aquaculture for Sustainable Trade (CAST) – Cambodia project is designed to grow trade and development of Cambodia’s important … Continue reading Missouri Soybean Farmer-Directors Help Connect Trade and Development for U.S. Soy Through ASA/WISHH’s CAST Project
Soil Health Field Day Set for October 24
You are invited to join area farmers, industry partners and soil and water specialists for a field day October 24th at the Yoder farm near Leonard. This soil health and water quality focused event is being organized by the Soil Health Partnership and Missouri’s corn and soybean merchandising councils. This half-day event will include a … Continue reading Soil Health Field Day Set for October 24
Soybean Leadership Update – Kelley, Lichte, Wilson, Brock
Farmers elect new members to the Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council and Missouri Soybean Association boards of directors each year. For many of those new directors, the summer board meeting is their first after being elected. The Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council also nominates and elects its executive board during the summer board meeting. During the 2017 … Continue reading Soybean Leadership Update – Kelley, Lichte, Wilson, Brock
Missouri Soybean Requesting Research Proposals Through November 1
The Missouri soybean checkoff board is seeking research, education and demonstration proposals. Interested principal investigators should complete the RFP application and submit to MSMC for review no later than November 1, 2017. All project plans should address opportunities for research, education or demonstration projects to directly impact Missouri soybean growers. To learn more, click here … Continue reading Missouri Soybean Requesting Research Proposals Through November 1
Missouri’s SoySym 2017 Held April 5
The 2017 Soybean Symposium, hosted by the Missouri Soybean Center at the University of Missouri, was held April 5 in the Bond Life Sciences Center on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia. Click here for the event flyer, or, contact Bill Wiebold at the University of Missouri for more information.
Profit from Pods: Soybean Short Courses with Chip Flory Set for 2017
The Missouri Soybean Association is partnering with the Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council and soybean checkoff to bring farmers a program they can’t get anywhere else this winter. Join your soybean organizations, along with Chip Flory and Farm Journal, for district meetings this winter. Meetings will be held in St. Joseph, Chillicothe, Hannibal, Springfield, Columbia, Chesterfield … Continue reading Profit from Pods: Soybean Short Courses with Chip Flory Set for 2017
Welcome Missouri’s Newest Soybean Breeder – Dr. Chen
The Fisher Delta Research Center soybean breeding team has gained national recognition for developing improved soybean varieties. The group releases four to six new varieties into the market every year as a result of their work, much of which is made possible through investments by the Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council and soybean checkoff dollars. Pengyin … Continue reading Welcome Missouri’s Newest Soybean Breeder – Dr. Chen
Soybean Association Celebrates 50 Years, Honors Partners, Sets Policy Resolutions
Missouri’s soybean growers gathered in Jefferson City this week to celebrate 50 years of the Missouri Soybean Association, set policy resolutions and recognize those making special contributions to the state’s soybean value chain. The week’s events, which included a reception on the 50th anniversary – February 1 – a board of directors meeting, and a … Continue reading Soybean Association Celebrates 50 Years, Honors Partners, Sets Policy Resolutions
Biotech U – Coming Up Soon!
Missouri will send four college students to Arizona for hands-on experience!