Efficient delivery begins on our farms with well-maintained equipment and an eye on safety.

Every few years, a healthy organization takes a close look at its direction and adjusts for the future. The Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) recently did just that.

Our Illinois farmland is some of the richest and most productive in the country and world, and we continue to enhance our land. While we’re certainly lucky to have tremendous soil in our backyards, it comes with responsibilities to serve the land and employ soil health practices.

When our soybeans don’t meet the needs of international customers and their own livestock industries, these buyers go elsewhere in search of amino acid sources. On a global scale, there are billions of dollars in soybean revenue at stake.

Illinois Farm Families (IFF) is a consumer engagement program representing all Illinois farmers through several state commodity groups. As a unified voice, IFF makes a greater impact with its consumer audience than these organizations would be able to do on their own.

With the support of technological advancement, mind-bending science, shared vision casting, and an uncompromising commitment to collaboration, the Illinois ag community is showing up in big ways to say yes to the plea of neighbors and the nation.

During these uncertain times, farmers are doing all they individually can to try and produce a crop while battling weather, low prices and the unknown impact of a pandemic on future soybean demand.

As draining as this time has been, COVID-19 has accentuated our interdependence. The impact of a pandemic on the ag industry structure underscores the value of our partnerships.

For a city boy from Columbus, Ohio, one of life’s greatest surprises has been discovering that my passion is working on behalf of soybean farmers.

The CCA Soy Envoy program, funded by the Illinois Soybean Association checkoff program, helps soybean growers increase yields and profits while minimizing their environmental impact.