USB announces checkoff success stories

"This is a commodity that we have brought back to the heart of America," Matthew Zaluzec, Manager of the Materials and Nanotechnology Department at Ford Motor Company's Research and Innovation Center, said today at the Commodity Classic.

"We are pleased to be the industry leader in soy-foam seating," Zaluzec said.

Ike Boudreaux, USB chairman and soybean farmer from Lebeau, La., said the inclusion of soy in both Ford and John Deere products comes as a direct result of U.S. soybean farmers checkoff investments. 

A partnership between the checkoff and John Deere resulted in the inclusion of soy resin in John Deere tractor body panels and combines. John Deere has expressed an interest in including soy in the seating  applications of some tractors models.