11 Green Words to Use or Lose United Soybean Board Stakeholders’ Webinar Moderator Mike Erker, United Soybean Board Director, Biobased Products

United Soybean Board

Approximately, 570,000 U.S family farmers grow soybeans on the rough equivalent of 60 million football fields. Each year, those soybeans remove the carbon equivalent of taking 21 million cars off the road.

The Soybean Checkoff 0.5% of the soybean market price per bushel when farmer sells soybeans 50% retained and utilized by the states where collected, 50% sent to the United Soybean Board

Where USB Invests Checkoff Dollars Production Research Domestic Market Development International Market Development Industrial Product Development Communications

USB Industrial Uses Research Areas Biodiesel Plastics Coatings, Inks and Solvents Adhesives Fibers Paper (Coatings) Emerging Industrial Uses