In July, the Coordinated Soybean Centers group met for a second time in 2022, following a Soybean Research Forum and Think Tank in Indianapolis. The centers discussed formalizing the name of the group as well as developing a mission statement, which is as follows:

“The Coordinated Soybean Centers are a multi-state team of land-grant universities and farmers across soybean-producing states endeavoring to deliver high-level projects for farmer investment and federal and private-sector leverage and cooperation.” The group will focus on identifying emerging research priorities, delivering multi-state and multi-disciplinary soybean research and leveraging farmer dollars.

The group also discussed several possible research ideas with the potential for multi-state involvement including:

• on-farm cover crops research
• soybean roots-carbon sequestration
• substantiating soybean oil content/quality importance through sustainability management practices
• quality soybeans importance in biofuels

The next meeting of the Coordinated Soybean Centers will be held in conjunction with the 2023 Soybean Research Forum and Think Tank. Click here for more information on the 2022 Think Tank.