2025 SOY ENVOY APPLICATIONS 

The Soy Envoy program, an initiative by Field Advisor and the Illinois Soybean Association (ISA), features six seasoned experts in the soybean industry who provide valuable insights to Illinois soybean farmers through various mediums on ISA’s agronomic platform, FieldAdvisor.org. 

 GRAIN FOR GOOD PILOT PROGRAM 

Grain for Good (G4G) is a charitable pilot program designed to make it easy for farmers to donate a portion of their harvest to help feed community members in need. Building on the success of the Bushels for Hunger program, the G4G pilot is expanding its impact to 5 counties.

SOYBEAN INDUSTRY CONCERNED OVER UNCERTAINTY

In a recent Brownfield Ag News interview, ISA Director of Government Relations & Strategy Andrew Larson expressed his concerns about the uncertainty surrounding the 45Z ruling.

 ASA AND VALENT AG VOICES OF THE FUTURE PROGRAM 

The American Soybean Association (ASA) and Valent Ag Voices of the Future program is designed to expose young people with a farming connection to education on major policy issues and advocacy. Students must submit their application by Thursday, March 6. 

 In this Field Advisor blog post, Frank Rademacher, CCA and Conservation Agronomist with The Nature Conservancy, analyzes yield data from seven split-field cover crop trials to help retailers and farmers understand how cover crops affect soil and plant nutrients.