US consumers are literally driving demand for soybean meal and oil as new ways are discovered to use those products for vehicles, roadways, and bridges.
United Soybean Board Chairman and Illinois farmer Dan Farney says not only are soybeans used in biodiesel and tires, but Iowa State University is using high oleic soybean oil to create a polymer used to help mine asphalt.
“This product isn’t released commercially yet, but it is a big opportunity for soybean farmers.