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Latest News Release
Eastern Region Soybean Board Funds Research Projects to Support Growers West Virginia farmer appointed as new board chair
HARRISBURG, PA (February 9, 2021) -Nick Kercheval, a soybean farmer from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, has been appointed to chair the Eastern Region Soybean Board. The farmer/leaders who serve on the Board administer the soybean checkoff on behalf of soybean growers in West Virgin...
Recent News Releases
Eastern Region Soybean Board Accepting Research and Sponsorship Proposals Deadline for submission is January 19, 2021
HARRISBURG, Pa. (November 16, 2020) - The Eastern Region Soybean Board is currently accepting grant applications for projects designed to improve the efficiency, pr...
West Virginia Farmer Appointed to United Soybean Board
HARRISBURG, PA (December 9, 2019) – At their December meeting, the Eastern Region Soybean Board welcomed Nick Kercheval, a soybean farmer from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, to the b...
Eastern Region Soybean Board Accepting Research and Sponsorship Proposals Deadline for submission is January 29, 2020
HARRISBURG, PA (November 13, 2019) - The Eastern Region Soybean Board is currently accepting grant applications for projects designed to improve the efficiency, profitability, and ...
Latest Newsletter
Checkpoint Newsletter 2016
Vermont soybean acres have doubled over the past five years. Read about the cover crop research and short season variety trials being done by the University of Vermont. Get the most from your soybean harvest and learn why knowing what's in your soybeans (protein and oil) is important.
Recent Newsletters
Checkpoint Newsletter 2015
You can be a steward of the land and get a jump on next year’s weed management during this year’s harvest by heeding these weed management tips for harvest, Learn about the value of higher qual...
Checkpoint Newsletter 2014
University of Wisconsin researcher Vince Davis estimates herbicide-resistant weeds cost U.S. farmers two billion dollars each year. To help fight this loss, the soy checkoff recently took the lead in ...
Checkpoint Newsletter 2013
Confronting the Kuzdu Bug Menace: Soybean specialists at universities across the country use soy-checkoff funding to conduct a wide variety of soybean-production research each year designed to help U....