By Chris Krull
Some say it is better to give than to receive; however, as a soybean farmer you can do both – at the same time! Giving a soy-based product as a gift not only gives you a warm, fuzzy holiday feeling but also a good feeling in your back pocket because you’re helping promote the...
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By Chris Krull
Soy-based products help you clean up at home and at the elevatorNeed a soy-based boost to get your spring cleaning finished? Soy-based cleaners can help you clean up in the house and around the farm. Using soybased cleaners and other industrial products can also increase demand...
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By Chris Krull
The wheels on the bus still go round and round, but the one thing that has changed is what makes some of them go round – biodiesel fuel from U.S. soybean farmers. The clean-air benefits of biodiesel represent the driving force behind school bus biodiesel programs such as one in...
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By Chris Toebben
You may have read about soy car seats and inks, but have you heard that surfboards and urinals (yes, urinals) are being manufactured with soy?Over the past five years, the green movement has taken off, and companies are employing crop-based alternatives to petroleum. And it’s...
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By Keith Warden
West of Luverne, Minn., stand huge, three-bladed windmills, or turbines. The turbines, on a wind farm operated by Minwind Energy, LLC, use a biodiesel-powered backup system to make constant electric power. Funds from Ag Utilization Research Institute (AURI) and Minnesota Soybean...
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By Chris Krull
A building near you may have a roof with a coat of soy. Using green building products is beginning to catch on with businesses across the United States. Environmental Liquid Membrane System (ELMS) is a line of roof coatings developed by Green Products, LLC. Roof-restoration...
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By Chris Krull
From the Los Angeles Times to USA Today, nearly 90 percent of the nation’s daily newspapers use soy ink. For the last 20 years, traditional printing has been soy ink’s claim to fame due to its minimal environmental impact as well as its practicality – soy ink has a longer usage...
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By Chris Toebben
You may be familiar with the success of soy biodiesel, but did you know that soy may soon be used in car interiors? As prices for petroleum-based products continue to rise, the automotive industry seeks alternatives for plastics, foams and structural parts. Leading the way is...
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By Chris Toebben
The gray and green power transformers that deliver electricity to homes and businesses are beginning to replace mineral oil with soybean oil. And the results are electrifying. Recently, the Monroe County Electric Cooperative in Waterloo, Ill., switched to the soy-based...
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By Laura Schafer
A look at how checkoff support helps take new uses from idea to reality.More and more, new soy uses find their way to commercialization, but these products have gone through a long process before reaching the market. Soybased foam was just an idea in March2003. After measuring...
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By Chris Krull
How the checkoff funds new uses researchYou may have read or heard about many new uses for soy, from surfboards to roof coatings. Ever wonder how all of those ideas for new soy products begin? Many of them became reality with checkoff funds that help researchers to investigate...
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By Chris Krull
These days, the oil from soybeans can be used to make fuels such as biodiesel and several other bioproducts. But it’s no longer just soybean oil that’s used to create new technology. Protein from soybean meal is also being tested and used in plastics and adhesives as well as...
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By Chris Toebben
As cold winter days and nights linger, the time is still right to think about biobased options to heat your home and shop – now and in the future Bioheat fuel is a soy-based heating option made from a combination of biodiesel and heating oil, making it a cleaner product for the...
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By Chris Krull
That smooth drive you enjoy this summer just might be thanks to soybeans. Roads around the country are being treated with a soy-based asphalt seal and road preservation agent. BioSpan Technologies Inc. has created Replay, a sealant that is able to penetrate asphalt surfaces,...
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By Chris Krull
Some of the carpet you walk on every day may have a backing that was grown in a soybean farmer’s field. The use of soy as a petroleum substitute in carpet backing is yet another innovative new use driving demand for soy. Universal Textile Technologies (UTT) has been...
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By Chris Toebben
The combine or tractor harvesting your soybeans may contain soy resin-based body panels. Soybeans have moved from the field to the tractor and back again through unique technology where soy oil is used to make molded plastic body panels for agricultural equipment. Over 1...
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By Chris Toebben
As Old Man Winter lingers, homeowners want to cut energy costs and soy-based products help provide cozy solutions. The construction industry finds these solutions by incorporating soy into manufacturing processes, creating soy-based foam insulation. According to Biobased...
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