2022
Pathways to Higher Value
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Contributor/Checkoff:
United Soybean Board
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Advancing product qualityAnimal nutritionHuman foodSustainabilityU.S. Soy reputation
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Lisa Weaver, Smithbucklin Corporation
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
2220-172-0162
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
United Soybean Board
$4,000,000
Institution Funded:
Smithbucklin
$4,000,000
Brief Project Summary:
Farmers need sound scientific research to ensure sustainability measurements requested by downstream buyers allow farmers to manage economic and environmental progress over time. Investment in "Pathways to Higher Value” initiatives will be a key step in USB’s goal to enable farmer-led pathways to tighten the U.S. Soy value chain by bridging innovations across supply and demand. Furthermore, the unique traits and quality of U.S. Soy products position farmers to capture more value than traditional commodity beans. Yet, challenges lie in processing, distribution, and available infrastructure to test and scale unique products. Investments will accelerate the path to higher-value soybean products and associated supply chain structures.
Information And Results
Project Summary

Project Objectives

Project Deliverables

Progress Of Work

Final Project Results

All components of the Pathways to Higher Value Launch Initiative have been substantially completed. The key areas addressed in this launch initiative were sustainability, high oleic usage in the dairy industry, and outlook for soy for human food consumption. Many of the component projects addressed these focus areas by economic analysis, certification processes, and dairy studies. Notable deliverables from this launch initiative: An enhanced version of the existing carbon footprint calculator output that allows data mining and aggregation. An outline of a certification process for sustainable soybeans, and an assessment of demand for such a certification by consumer goods companies. Economic and on-farm analysis of high oleic soybean meal in the dairy industry Global human food market assessment

Benefit To Soybean Farmers

This launch initiative funded work meant to increase soy value. Many of the investments focused on soybean as a sustainable source of meal and oil, the use of high oleic soybeans as feed for dairy cows.

The United Soybean Research Retention policy will display final reports with the project once completed but working files will be purged after three years. And financial information after seven years. All pertinent information is in the final report or if you want more information, please contact the project lead at your state soybean organization or principal investigator listed on the project.