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The Soybean Pod

Kate Shenk on biofuels study

Jul 17, 2025

Biobased diesel fuels – many of them sourced from soybeans – are breaking records. Numbers associated with these liquid fuels are impressive and continue to rise. On this edition of The Soybean Pod from South Dakota soybean farmers and their checkoff, Kate Shenk, director of regulatory affairs for Clean Fuels Alliance America, talks about those numbers and what they mean for soybean farmers and rural communities.

Ben Brown on Soybean Markets

Jul 11, 2025

The soybean market is hurting compared to its high-water mark. The robust markets soybean growers enjoyed in 2012 and 2022 seem a distant memory. In this edition of The Soybean Pod from South Dakota soybean growers and their checkoff, agriculture economist Ben Brown at the Food and Agricultural Policy Institute offers insights into why the markets are soft, as well as where they might go and how to navigate them.

South Dakota Ag Minute

South Dakota Soybean Leader Fall 2022

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