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Source the right feed type and ways ISA can help you site and expand your operation. Read more.	Grow market share with soybeans that produce high levels of protein and oil without sacrificing yields. Read more.	Read how soy-based products can help develop new markets and reduce foreign oil dependence. Read more.	Access information designed to help expand opportunities for soybean sales and profitability. Read more.

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“Show Us Your Mud” Facebook Photo Contest

Record-setting rains and flooding have delayed planting for a majority of the state, but ISA is making the best out of the messy conditions via social media. If you aren’t letting the rain stop you from planting, visit ISA’s Facebook page and submit your muddiest picture from the field for a chance to win a $25 biodiesel coupon. Whether of your truck, tractor, boots or yourself, the five photos receiving the most votes before Memorial Day, May 27, will win a voucher for $25 off the purchase of biodiesel blended at B2 or higher. Check back each day and vote for your favorite; one vote per Facebook user per day.

Now Available - May Issue of Illinois Field & Bean
This month's issue of Illinois Field & Bean focuses on transportation infrastructure issues and the challenges that limit efficient and effective transport of soybeans from point A to point B. Learn about what ISA is doing to drive change, and what you can do to help.

U of I Calculator Helps with Soybean Seeding-rate Decisions

To help make seeding rate decisions for soybeans, U of I developed a seeding rate calculator. The calculator returns seed spacing down the row, seed requirements per acre and for the field, and the amount of time it will take to plant the field. It also works great for corn or small-grain seed as well! An Android app and iPhone/iPad online spreadsheet are available.

Illinois Soybean Farmers Concerned about House Committee Farm Bill Provisions

Illinois soybean farmers are pleased the House Ag Committee has passed H.R. 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, which is the committee's version of a new farm bill. ...read more »

Illinois Soybean Farmers Seek Senate Farm Bill Passage

Illinois soybean farmers are pleased the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry has passed the "Agricultural Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013," the committee’s version of a new farm...read more »

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The Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) represents more than 45,000 soybean farmers in Illinois through the state soybean checkoff and membership efforts. The checkoff funds market development, soybean production and profitability research, promotion, issues management and analysis, communications and education. Membership and advocacy efforts support Illinois soybean farmer interests in local areas, Springfield and Washington, D.C. ISA programs are designed to ensure Illinois soy is the highest quality, most dependable, sustainable and competitive in the global marketplace.