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When you join the Illinois Soybean Association, you are taking the first step toward protecting the future of your family farm.

How?

As a member of ISA, you are uniting with other soybean growers by adding another voice in Springfield and Washington, D.C., to help influence key legislation that could affect your way of life.

Whether you choose to join as a one-year member for $95 or a three-year member for $195 (a $90 savings), you will receive several valuable benefits that more than double your investment!

Make Your Mark

As the only organization devoted to the state's soybean growers and dedicated to producing results in Springfield and Washington, D.C., ISA has a sense of urgency for developing tomorrow's soybean "agvocates." ISA leverages its role as a grassroots, membership-based organization, so that it can focus on those regulation and legislative issues that can potentially affect soybean profitability.

Illinois soybean farmers who contribute to the Illinois soybean checkoff are NOT automatically members of ISA. Soybean checkoff dollars cannot be used to fund legislative efforts. ISA depends on its dues-paying members to support the association's political activities.

Whether you're ready to join or you want to enroll your loved ones under our affiliate program, we make the process easy! Simply complete and submit this online membership form, email ilsoy@ilsoy.org or call (309) 663-7692. If you prefer, you also may download and fill out our printable application, which you should then mail to ISA at the address listed at the top of the form.

The Future of Your Farm Depends on You.

With taxes and regulations causing crises on Capitol Hill and on family farms, national and state laws are coming at the expense of you, Illinois' best farmers who work hard to feed and fuel the world.

These are just a few of the issues that could affect your operation!

• Sales tax exemptions and credits 
• Tax increases 
• Road weight limits, bridge development projects, locks and dams, infrastructure
• Proposed changes to driver hours of service requirements 
• Biodiesel and bio-based products 
• EPA regulatory oversight 
• Energy and climate changes 
• Market access to China, the European Union and many other countries 
• Farm Bill 

Stand up and fight for your rights - join or enroll your family today! We also encourage you to stay up to date on all the latest ISA news through these press releases, documents and audio files.