Welcometo the Pennsylvania Soybean Promotion Board website!Pennsylvania soybean farmers raise an annual crop of about half a million acres of soybeans. Soybean research, marketing and education activities are conducted by the Pennsylvania Soybean Promotion Board, which is funded by the soybean checkoff. Through the checkoff, farmers contribute one-half of one percent of the net market value of their beans for these activities on their behalf. Looking for Biodiesel?Find out what's new with Biodiesel and a list of fuel distributors in Pennsylvania and other Mid-Atlantic states by clicking here! Animal Ag/Livestock Booklet AvailableLivestock and poultry production makes a huge impact on Pennsylvania and the Northeast region's quality of life and state economies. Click here to open a PDF booklet that provides state-by-state data. The Soyfoods Guide is now online! Click here for soy recipes and nutrition information and a link to this guide! Come Vist us at Ag Progress Days and Empire Farm Days this year! |
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| The Northeast Region Soybean Board conducts soybean checkoff research, marketing and education projects for soybean producers from New York, Connecticut, West Virginia, Florida and other states. It is "housed" at the PSPB to maximize checkoff dollars.
Find out more about the Northeast Region by clicking here! |
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Biodiesel used by Great Valley School District Great Valley School District has started using B20 biodiesel in its 70 school buses, providing cleaner emissions for better student health. The project is supported by the Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant Program of the Pa. Department of Environmental Protection.. To find biodiesel in Pennsylvania, please click here. Annual Soybean Yield Contest Lapp Farms of Chester County topped the Pennsylvania 2006 Yield Contest with a whopping 78.19 bushels per acre! The average yield of all entries in the contest for 2006 was 63.69 bushels per acre. Find out more results and statistics by clicking here. Register for the 2007 contest by downloading and printing this brochure. |
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| HAVE YOU SEEN THIS BILLBOARD? PSB Director Bill Beam of Elverson, Pa., has donated the use of one side of his farm's billboard to display this art. Thanks, Bill! The billboard is on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. |
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If you're a fuel distributor and you've got biodiesel questions, Ben has biodiesel answers! Click here to visit with Ben! |
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Soybean Rust Alert
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| Asian Soybean Rust has been diagnosed in several southeastern states. The Pennsylvania Soybean Promotion Board is committed to helping producers stay on top of the latest news on this disease. Please visit our Rust Page. |
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