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The Lancaster County Agricultural Society, which manages the Lancaster Event Center, was founded in 1867 as the Lancaster County Agricultural & Horticultural Society [2] and re-formed as the Lancaster County Agricultural Society in 1870 as a separate, county-level subdivision under Nebraska law to help promote agriculture.
Johannes then taught grade-school during a span of 4.5 years before returning to home in Nebraska to grow soybeans and corn and raise livestock on his family farm. [1] As a farmer, Johannes became involved in soybean advocacy, joining the Nebraska Soybean Association, followed by the Nebraska Soybean Checkoff Board in 1980. [1]
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue addresses Farmers Business Network's 2019 Farmer2Farmer Conference in Omaha, Nebraska. The company introduced their first non-GMO corn and soybean seed offerings with F2F Genetics Network in August 2018. [6] Some farmer members have reported saving thousands of dollars through the purchase of FBN seeds ...
She has served on the Virginia Soybean Board since 2014 and was appointed to the United Soybean Board in 2019. Susan Watkins: Farmer, business owner, community leader
The American Soybean Association (ASA) is an association of 21,000 American soybean producers. John Heisdorffer is the 2018 President of the Association. [ 1 ] Stephen Censky worked for ASA for 23 years, 21 of those as CEO, and then left to become United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture in 2017.
The Corn & Sorghum Seed Research Conference (CSS); Soybean Seed Research Conference: and Seed Expo First held in the mid-1900s, ASTA’s annual CSS & Seed Expo draws seed breeders, growers and distributors and seed equipment manufacturers to Chicago each December for a major sales and information exchange. [9]
The soybean checkoff is a congressionally-mandated assessment on soybeans, whose proceeds are used to fund soybean research and promotion efforts. The checkoff is managed by the United Soybean Board under the supervision of the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service. In 2014, the checkoff was $109.1 million. [1]
The company’s history dates back to 1874, [2] when Minneapolis-based Peavey Company built its first grain facility. In 1967 the Canadian operations began and later renamed as Peavey Mart. In 1982, Peavey was acquired by ConAgra Foods, Inc. [3] and later became part of ConAgra Trade Group. In 1984 Peavey Mart was sold to the Canadian ...