soycast: Recent Episodes
Indiana Soybean Alliance
Hannah Vorsilak, Marketing Operations and Leadership Director, provides Communications, Marketing, Education and Governance updates. Highlights include:
- Welcome to our new team member, Madeline Lilly! Madeline is working on updating board surveys - be on the lookout for those in the next month.
- Spring magazine will be distributed soon! Available on our website as well.
- Submit planting videos for new ASA social media campaign: See Soy Plant
- Colt's Soybean and Corn Coloring Contest wrap up
- Glass Barn simulator exhibit is in development; final install scheduled week of July 12
- State Fair will begin earlier this year: July 30; will continue Bean-go, farmer chats and tractor sign sponsorship
- Two interns will begin on May 10: Social media and consumer outreach efforts will be their focus
- ISA will hold elections for Districts 1, 2 and 4; completed ballots due back by June 30. Results will be announced by July 24
Aly Wells, Director of Production and Environment, provides a program update. Highlights include:
- INfield Advantage enrollment open - Cover crop, reduced tillage, nitrogen rate trials available
- Pilot crop insurance premium program - Available in Delaware, Hamilton, Henry, Madison, Randolph and Tipton counties
Julie Ohmen, New Uses Consultant, provides a program update. Highlights include:
- PoreShield updates - Licensing discussions and commercialization efforts
- American Concrete Institute - Paul Imbrock accepted as a voting member
- Infrastructure Preservation Program + Soy Transportation Coalition successes
- DOT work updates
Hannah Vorsilak, Marketing Operations and Leadership Director, provides Communications, Marketing, Education and Governance updates. Highlights include:
- Website updates - new magazine feature coming soon!
- INfield Advantage - Featuring in next Movin' the Pile episode
- Hoosier Ag Today Crop Chat - ISA & ICMC sponsorship, Indiana Corn & Soybean Checkoff Connection sponsorship with Brownfield
- Colts' Soybean & Corn Coloring Contest
- Virtual Learning - All About the Genes, Children's Museum of Indianapolis - Behind the Genes
- Re-election board elections due on March 5
Ed Ebert, Senior Director of Grain Production & Utilization, provides a Grain Marketing update. Highlights include:
- Current market as of December 24, 2020
- National and state partnerships
- U.S. Soybean Export Council programming
Ed Ebert, Senior Director of Grain Production & Utilization and Livestock Director, provides a December update for the Livestock program. Highlights include:
- Current market updates
- Five projects for FY21 with U.S. Meat Export Federation, including carry-over project from FY20, South Korean Process Pork Products
- USAPEEC projects
Julie Ohmen, New Uses Program Director, provides a December update for the New Uses program. Highlights include:
- Indiana’s First Ag Tech Innovation Challenge - $25,000 awarded to winner on Dec 11
- PoreShield advancements and new projects in Indiana
- Student Competition Program at Purdue - 13 teams registered and working on prototypes
Helena Jette, Director of Biofuels, provides a program update. Highlights include:
- Database collection process - fuel distributors, farm co-ops, retail sales to prioritize outreach for FY21
- Diesel sampling efforts - Blend levels, cold weather parameters
- Fleet outreach for new B20 Club has begun, offering testing during cold weather months
- Stakeholder outreach update
- National Biodiesel Board Annual Membership meeting, 2020 and 2021 meetings will be virtual
Aly Wells, Director of Production & Environment, provides a program update. Highlights include:
- Field to Market Virtual Fall Plenary Meeting - Will be hosting a breakout session with the Trusted Advisor of the Year award winner
- Annual Sustainable Ag Summit - Keynote by Beth Bechdol, Deputy General of FAO of the United Nations
- Virtual Launch event for Indiana 4Rs Certification Program
- Upper White Cover Crop Program & INfield Advantage updates
Julie Ohmen, New Uses Consultant, provides a program update. Highlights include:
- Webinar with Dr. Nate Moser: October 29th at noon (invitation coming soon!)
- Purdue Student Soybean Competition - COVID updates
- PoreShield: USB grant for continued research, support for commercialization, new demo projects
- Official DOT approval from Iowa (bridge decks) and Wisconsin (pavement joints)
Hannah Vorsilak, Marketing Operations and Leadership Director, provides an October 2020 update for communications, marketing, education and governance. Highlights include:
- Producer engagement: Last issue of magazine for FY20 hit mailboxes, Movin' the Pile podcast
- Consumer sustainability programs: Sharing the Farm Table newsletter, Glass Barn hat campaign wrapped up, and new consumer digital campaign
- Governance news: New look for Ag Leader Source website, Soybean Leadership Academy (8 spots to attend), ASA's Corteva Young Farmer Participant Couple from Indiana
Helena Jette, Director of Biofuels, provides an October 2020 program update. Highlights include:
- Home heating industry updates
- California Governor's announcement to ban sale of new gasoline-powered passenger cars and trucks starting in 2035, E15 efforts
- Bio-diesel fleet assistance efforts, Ball State B20 usage
Listen to Aly Wells, Director of Production and Environment provide an end of FY2020 update. Highlights include:
- Upper White Cover Crop program soil sampling
- Keep It Midwest campaign updates - Partnership with the Indiana Agriculture Nutrient Alliance (IANA)
- Field to Market - Virtual Cross Sector Dialog & Upcoming awards
Ed Ebert, Senior Director of Grain Production & Utilization provides an update for the livestock program including a market and export overview.
Listen to Helena Jette, Director of Biofuels, provide a program update. Highlights include:
- Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program - Working with two retailer chains interested in offering B5 or higher
- Recently participated in "How to transition your fleet to biodiesel" webinar
- Production and demand updates
- Strategic project focus areas
Listen to Aly Wells, Director of Production & Environment, provide a program update. Highlights include:
- Upper White Cover Crop Program enrollment update
- Purdue Extension UAV flights for INfield Advantage participants
- Research updates for corn and soybean checkoff dollars
Steve Howell, Senior Director of Industry Affairs, and Ed Ebert, Senior Director of Grain Production and Utilization provide a livestock program update.
Highlights include:
- Event updates
- Zoning work being monitored in Decatur, Miami, Gibson and Rush counties
- Announcement of new president of Indiana State Poultry Association
- Export program updates
- Livestock market updates
Julie Ohmen provides a July 2020 New Uses program update. Highlights include:
- Exciting PoreShield updates for Infrastructure Preservation Program, adoption by other state DOTs and independent study updates
- Student Competition at Purdue - New methods to meet social distancing requirements
Listen to Hannah Vorsilak, Marketing Operations & Leadership Director, provide a program update. Highlights include:
- Indiana State Fair Grand Drive sponsorship
- Consumer campaign - Glass Barn hats
- Farmer Fridays
- New checkoff podcast: Movin' the Pile
- American Soybean Association 100 - Register to attend by July 27
- ISA Board of Directors election winners
Listen to Helena Jette, Director of Biofuels, provide a program update. Highlights include:
- Update on the EPA proposal on biofuel blending obligations
- Indiana plant updates: Integrity Biofuels and Louis Dreyfus
- Working on proposal with opportunities to expand state options to increased consumption for next budget meeting review
Listen to Aly Wells, Director of Production & Environment, provide a program update. Highlights include:
- Upper White Cover Crop Program - Open for enrollment; deadline is July 24
- 2020 Stewardship Award nomination
- Upcoming checkoff podcast feature
- INfield Advantage program update
- Research selection committee meetings
Senior Director of Grain Production and Utilization, Ed Ebert, discusses the most recent USDA NASS Acreage and June 1 Stocks Report.
Julie Ohmen, New Uses Director, provides a June 2020 program update including:
- Commercialization advancements of PoreShield
- Metrics from webinar, hosted via Roads & Bridges Magazine
- Infrastructure Preservation Program, sponsored by USB, launch in Wabash county
- INDOT future project bids
- Projects with Battelle Memorial Institute
Hannah Vorsilak, Marketing Operations & Leadership Director, provides a June 2020 program update. Highlights include:
- Intern introductions - Abi Eck and Zach Price
- State Fair cancellation
- Producer survey launching this summer
- District 3 ballots hit mailboxes May 25, recommendation for District 1
- Recommended changes to bi-laws and policy manual
Helena Jette, Director of Biofuels, provides a June 2020 program update. Highlights include:
- Transportation sector improvement since last podcast
- Update on gasoline and diesel demand
- Working with two fuel retailers interested in offering B5 at their locations to apply for USDA’s Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program
- National Biodiesel Board launched 2020 branding program
- Fort Wayne Municipality approved for NBB matching funds for vehicle brand stickers (600 fleet vehicles)
Aly Wells, Director of Production & Environment, provides a May 2020 program update. Highlights include:
- USDA-NRCS agreement and enrollment updates for INfield Advantage
- Upper White Cover Crop program recruitment materials and plan to enroll
- University research proposals
Ed Ebert, Senior Director of Grain Production & Utilization, provides May 2020 updates.
- Grain market highlights
- Exports overview
- Transportation & infrastructure study is published
- High oleic soybean oil study - interesting conclusions at Purdue
- U.S. Soybean Export Council virtual trade mission in June
Andy Tauer, Director of Livestock & Aquaculture, provides May 2020 program updates.
- Pork, broiler and beef exports up
- Pork processing in the state - Plants back up and running, Indiana Pork and BOAH working to develop plan to dispose of pigs, if needed
- Poultry processing - less disruption compared to pork and beef, more automation in these facilities
- Aquaculture - President Trump issued executive order promoting American seafood competitiveness and economic growth
Julie Ohmen, New Uses Program Manager, provides a May 2020 update.
- Soybean concrete sealer update: PoreShield website (PoreSheild.com), INDOT IN-67 project and Infrastructure Preservation Program
- Student Soybean Competition winner announced!
Hannah Vorsilak, Marketing Operations & Leadership Director, provides an April 2020 update.
- Magazine in your mailbox! Digital version on the ISA website
- New marketing campaign: Partnership with Indy with Kids & Indianapolis Influencer, WRTV6 commercial
- Facebook frames & infographics available to share on social media
- Student Soybean Innovation awards ceremony
- ISA ballots for District 3 - scheduled to hit mailboxes last week in May
Helena Jette, Director of Biofuels, provides an April 2020 program update focused on impacts of COVID-19 to the biodiesel industry.
Aly Wells, Director of Production and Environment, provides a April 2020 program update focused on INfield Advantage, Field to Market and university research.
- Actively enrolling farmers in INfield Advantage, deadline for enrollment extended to April 30
- Field to Market drafting pesticide / herbicide use standard - Ariel and Aly providing feedback along with other state organizations
- Request for proposals sent to Purdue, IU, and Notre Dame on March 30th, deadline to submit is June 5
Julie Ohmen, New Uses Program Manager, provides a March 2020 program update focused on the concrete sealant:
- Potential new project announcement by early summer
- New name for sealant
- New positioning and design will be updated on website in coming weeks
- Successes of 2019 and key activities for 2020
Hannah Vorsilak, Marketing Operations & Leadership Director, provides a March 2020 program update.
- Marketing team update
- New Glass Barn online digital plan
- Partnering with Indianapolis blogger, “Indy with Kids,” to host virtual play date
- Magazine scheduled to drop in the next couple of weeks
Ed Ebert, Senior Director of Production and Utilization, provides a March 2020 program update.
- Grain market summary
- Transportation and Infrastructure studies - Final reports will be ready by end of April
- High oleic soybean oil study continuing at Purdue
- Food company and frying applications have led need to increase acres here in Indiana
- U.S. Soybean Exports Council - Upcoming trade tour updates
Helena Jette, Director of Biofuels, provides a March 2020 program update.
- USDA announcement - $100 million in funding for higher blends infrastructure incentive programs; approx. $14M to support biodiesel blending and infrastructure
- USDA fleet program update
- Helena Jette recently elected President of the Greater Indiana Clean Cities Coalition
- ISA Biodiesel Report - Will be discussing report at upcoming board meetings at Purdue
Alyson Wells, Director of Production & Environment, as she provides a program update.
- Commodity Classic recap and award recipients
- INfield Advantage enrollment opening
- Upper White Cover Crop Program - Cargill and other proposal updates to expand program
- Supply and Grain Utilization Committee meetings - Finalize research request proposals, draft proposals will be shared with you
- Committees for Phenotyping Endowment Grants or ICMC Graduate Scholarship - Materials will be sent out for your review
Livestock -
Expansion: Fayette, Miami, Montgomery, Vermillion
Export: EOY 2019 USDA Report released
Aquaculture - SAA winter board meeting; New report on quantifiable value of US Soy in Aquaculture feed use
Julie Ohmen, Director of New Uses, provides a program update.
- Concrete sealer success in 2019 and 2020 commitments
- Student soybean competition with Purdue - 14 teams; Dr. Nathan Moiser, Purdue New Uses Endowed Chair will be at our next meeting
- 2021 call for research proposals - final submissions due this Friday; discuss during March committee meetings
Hannah Vorsilak, Director of Education & Training, provides communications, marketing, education and governance updates.
- Overall media reach metrics
- Sharing the Farm Table newsletter metrics
- State Fair: Glass Barn hat contest and theme announcement
- Refreshed Glass Barn website launched last month
- Children’s Museum Soybean Activities and Lab Events - Date announcements and outreach plans
- Election deadlines
- Congratulations to Kevin Cox!
Director of Biofuels, Helena Jette, provides updates on:
- National Biodiesel Board annual conference / goals
- Extended biodiesel tax credit (Dec 2019)
- Higher blends infrastructure incentive program (USDA)
- Work Truck Show booth participation - More info to come!
Aly Wells, Director of Production and Environment, provides updates on:
- INfield Advantage - Regional meetings, SWCD Conference breakout session, enrollment for 2020 (mid to late February)
- Upper White Cover Crop program - February group meetings, discussions with potential collaborators (more updates / discussion at March Committee meetings)
- Upcoming research project cycle - Draft request for proposals (due in June)
- Phenotyping Center Endowment and ICMC Graduate Student Assistantship applications due later this month - decisions from selection committees in March
Register today for Trade School on January 21st and 22nd!
Highlights:
- Importance of trade to farmers and agriculture
- Current issues
- How to communicate about trade in your communities and organization
- Lunch will be provided
Listen to Senior Director of Grain Production & Utilization, Ed Ebert, as he provides updates on:
- USDA Crop Report Summary for 2019
- Trade and export markets including China trade deal
- High oleic soybean oil - trials at Purdue dining halls, used at Indiana Farm & Equipment Technology Expo, Purdue Ag Alumni fish fry, negotiations with food service at State Fair
- USSEC South Korea and Colombia projects
- Bio-diesel blenders credit
- Infrastructure report
Andy Tauer provides updates for livestock including:
- Montgomery and Miami county zoning
- Export and trade markets
- Stakeholder engagement - Area beef meetings
- Fort Wayne Farm Show booth
Julie Ohmen provides an update on the New Uses program!
- Concrete sealer update including pilot work with DOT and infrastructure preservation program
- Student Soybean Innovation contest - in need of 2-3 directors to volunteer to be judges (presentations on March 12)
Senior Director, Ed Ebert, provides an update for ISA Grain Production and Utilization.
Highlights from this episode:
- Grain market update
- International market development (Trip to Taiwan, Korean Soy Oil Masters)
- IUPPI study for infrastructure
- Concrete sealant
Hannah Vorsilak, Director of Education and Training, provides an update for marketing/communications, education and governance including:
- Winter magazine issue
- Social media
- Colt's sponsorship (tailgate contest, promotion and recipes)
- Glass Barn - Field trips and hat contest
- Action items for the next meeting which includes approval of net asset Glass Barn depreciation request, aligning on featured farmer plan for 2020 and 4-H sponsorship opportunities
- Recommendation for approval of ISA/USB election processes
Helena Jette provides an update for Biofuels including:
-An announcement from USB, Biosynthetic Technologies and Greater Indiana Cities Coalition
-Update on biodiesel / infrastructure study
-Action items for next meeting: Looking to fill primary and alternate voting member for National Biodiesel Board
Production & Environment Director Aly Wells provides:
-Exciting news and update on INfield Advantage
-An update and potential partnership opportunities for Upper White Cover Crop program
-An update on next meeting for research funding decisions
Livestock Director Andy Tauer provides updates on:
- Local zoning
- Export markets
- AquaBounty update
- Upcoming events
- Action items prior to December Board meeting