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As a farmer, Johannes became involved in soybean advocacy, joining the Nebraska Soybean Association, followed by the Nebraska Soybean Checkoff Board in 1980. [1] He was later appointed as the Nebraska representative to the American Soybean Development Foundation in 1982, where he was later elected assistant treasurer.
James "Jim" Specht is an American agronomist, focusing in soybean genetics and physiology and agronomics of soybean response of water, currently Emeritus Professor and formerly the Francis & Dorothy Haskins and Charles E. Bessey Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture at University of Nebraska and an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and American Society ...
The Sheep Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1994 authorized the creation of the American Lamb Board as a commodity checkoff program. [2]Because individual producers of nearly homogeneous agricultural commodities cannot easily convince consumers to choose one egg or orange or a single cut of beef over another, they often have joined together in commodity promotion programs to use ...
United Soybean Board. The USB is comprised of 77 volunteer farmer-leaders who work on behalf of all U.S. soybean farmers to achieve maximum value for their soy checkoff investments.
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]
Dan Osborn was born on March 29, 1975. [2] His mother was a seamstress, [3] and his father, Gary, worked for Union Pacific Railroad, loading cargo; [4] after retiring, he also served as a Republican Dodge County Commissioner.
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.
Vivian Health examines five trends that could redefine nurses' roles, enhance patient care, and alter the entire healthcare system in 2025 and beyond.