Money Left on the Table
“The good news is that prices are high. The bad news is that prices are high.” Many farmers often find themselves making the above conclusion when experiencing a period, like today, of historically high commodity prices. Unfortunately, it has become a tradition in agriculture that the accompaniment to high commodity prices is high input costs. More money may be coming in, but more money is also going out. Prices may be high, but margins remain tight.

On-Going Trucking Study of Biodiesel vs. Diesel Shows Comparable Results
The Iowa Soybean Association has partnered with others in a unique field study to examine the benefits of a 20 percent soy biodiesel blend in an over-the-road trucking company. First-year results of the study have shown that biodiesel performs similarly to diesel fuel in trucks.

Iowa Soybean Association: Expanding Opportunities. Delivering Results.
The Iowa Soybean Association assists growers with every aspect of soybean production and marketing, from the quality and volume of the soybean crop they grow, to the markets available for them at harvest, to increasing the price of their product. This publication highlights some of the successes achieved on behalf of Iowa soybean growers in 2007.

Soybean Rust Finds are Significant for Future Crop Management, Research
Soybean rust was found for the first time in Iowa soybean fields and for the second season in Illinois this fall. Although the development of rust occurred too late in the growing season to cause any real damage in 2007, it is a significant discovery for soybean producers.

Row By Row
2007 - A Year To Remember!