A soybean farmer says investing soybean checkoff dollars in new uses continues to add value for soybean farmers.

Richard Bartek is a Nebraska Soybean Board member and tells Brownfield “Soybean oil in years past has been great for the cooking industry and now it’s being incorporated in a lot of byproducts and in regular products: paints, solvents and cleaners.”

During an Earth Day demonstration, employees at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln applied a soy-based treatment to the roof of Brace Laboratory paid for by check off dollars.

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