The Eastern Region Soybean Board is hosted by the Pennsylvania Soybean Promotion Board. This enables Eastern Region producers to maximize their checkoff dollars by taking advantage of a shared, experienced executive and by saving on overhead costs associated with an independent office.
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The directors shown on the right of this page focus checkoff dollars on conducting soybean research, marketing and education in a manner which supports the profitability of the region's soybean farmers and soybean industry.
Growers in the Northeast contribute significantly to total U.S. soybean production, which continues to lead the world.
Here are some official figures from the 2007 harvest.
West Virginia - Growers harvested 500,000 bushels from 15,000 acres, with an average 33 bushels per acre. Crop value was estimated at $5 million.
Pennsylvania - The 2007 soybean crop in the Commonwealth was valued at $168 million. Growers harvested 17 million bushels from 425,000 acres for an average yield of 41 bushels an acre.
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Eastern Region Board of Directors
The Northeast Region Board includes the directors of the Pennsylvania Board and the United Soybean Board representatives for the region and longtime industry advisor Dennis Phelps, who is a past USB director and farms in New York.
John Yocum
Chairman
Landisville, Pa.
Paul Kieffer
Vice Chairman
Dornsife, Pa.
William Beam
Treasurer
Elverson, Pa.
Daryl Alger
Lebanon, Pa.
Mike Gerhart
Ephrata, Pa.
Jim Musser
Mt. Joy, Pa.
Brian Kreider
Lebanon, Pa.
Rick Stern was first elected to the United Soybean Board's Executive Committee during its December 2006 Board Meeting. He represents the Northeast Region.
Russ Carpenter represents New York on the United Soybean Board. Jim Musser and William Beam represent Pennsylvania on the United Soybean Board.
To learn more about the activities of the United Soybean Board, please click here.
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