Even in uncertain times, global buyers can count on U.S. Soy’s℠ reliable, efficient supply chain. Each year, U.S. soybean farmers deliver a consistent supply of high-quality soybeans to customers around the world — backed by strategic investments in infrastructure, logistics, and connectivity.
The United Soybean Board’s (USB) 77 farmer-leaders are focused on creating “Value through Resilience.” That strategy includes investments in physical, digital, and social infrastructure that help move soybeans efficiently and connect farmers to high-value markets. Efforts range from improving rural broadband and transportation networks to supporting climate-resilient soybean research and reducing logistics bottlenecks caused by challenges like low water levels.
A key part of that work is through USB’s partnership with the Soy Transportation Coalition (STC), which identifies and evaluates infrastructure projects that strengthen the movement of soybeans and soy products. USB provides funding and strategic direction, while STC conducts transportation analysis tied to projects such as port expansions, dredging, and freight efficiency improvements.
USB has supported research, analysis, and design work tied to major projects, including dredging the lower Mississippi River to 50 feet and expanding terminal capacity at the Port of Grays Harbor and the Port of Houston. Even more recently, USB, together with other soy organizations, invested in the pre-engineering, design, research, and analysis expenses associated with the Virginia Portsmouth Agricultural Intermodal Export Facility.
“The U.S. has the most cost-effective, resilient, redundant supply chain of any soy-producing country in the world,” says Mike Steenhoek, executive director of STC.
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