Day 2 of NSM's Thailand trade mission included meetings with Thai Vegetable Oil, a soybean meal and edible oil manufacturer; swine feed producer United Feed Mill and commodity trading company Grainland. Relationship-building is a cornerstone to selling and buying soy!

NSM ended their mission in Thailand with meetings at Inteq Group, a feed and food producer and Thai Union Feedmill, an aquaculture and poultry feed producer. They also hosted a seminar with participants from several businesses in Thailand.

Wednesday on AOA: we talk markets with Dave Brock from Brock Associates, policy news including tariffs and more with Josh Baethge from Farm Progress Daily, fertilizer markets with Josh Linville from StoneX Group Inc. and soy trade with Northern Soy Marketing. LISTEN: sites.libsyn.com/541047/aoa-wed…

Everyone wants the cream of the crop. David, a trader from Vietnam, knows that purchasing soy from northern U.S. states means he’ll be receiving a reliable product. Learn more: soyquality.com/why-i-choose-u… #WhyIChooseUS

Superior soy, superior birds 💪 🐓 A recent study highlighted the advantages of U.S. soybean meal over its counterparts from other major exporting countries, making it an ideal ingredient for optimizing feed formulations. Read the results here: soyquality.com/superior-soy-s…

Happy Earth Day! We salute the dedication of U.S. farmers, especially our soybean growers in the northern U.S. Their commitment to growing a sustainable crop ensures a thriving planet for future generations. 🌍 How are you celebrating #EarthDay?

The latest from USDA NASS reports 6% of soybeans in WI and SD have been planted and 13% in MN. Mike McCranie's family farm in northeast SD started their season planting soybeans. McCranie, an NSM director, reports that planters are stopped today after receiving rain.

Soy Farmers Pleased with Administration’s China Tariff Pause & Rate Drop: Big Opportunity to Negotiate Phase 2 & Keep Soy Export Market Safe: ow.ly/EMsx50VR8NP #AgPolicy #Farmers #Tariffs #Soybeans

Growers in the upper Midwest are hard at work planting the 2025 soybean crop! After a long stretch of favorable planting conditions, Wisconsin farmers have 40% of their soybeans planted, while just over half of the crop is planted in both South Dakota and Minnesota.

International feed millers received in-depth training on U.S. soy, especially the value of essential amino acids (EAA) at Northern Crops Institute. NSM Exec. Dir. Gary Williams and several consultants spoke about the U.S. Soy Quality survey and advantages of EAA in animal diets.

Farming is unpredictable! Nancy Kavazanjian from Wisconsin shares that after a cool start to the season, they were busy planting, fertilizing wheat & terminating cover crops in early May. Just after soybeans were planted, tornadoes & hail hit! Now it’s back to cool, wet weather.

Not all soybean meal is created equal! How does meal from soybeans grown in the northern U.S. compare to meal from other origins? Check out some of the nutritional benefits here ---> soyquality.com/northern-soybe…

Join our webinar Monday at 9 p.m. CT/Tuesday -9 a.m. WIB/ICT! With a crop update, outlooks for the soy market and 2025 crop and the latest feed formulation developments, this is a webinar you don't want to miss! Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b8345d0f…

With U.S. soy differentiating itself by its sustainability and quality, SD Guthrie, the first soybean crush plant and cooking oil company in Thailand, keeps coming back for more! Read more in our #WhyIChooseUS column: soyquality.com/sustainability…

Soybeans on Nancy Kavazanjian's SE WI farm are making progress! Soybeans are just starting to bloom in the NSM region. The USDA National Ag. Statistics Service reports 64% of MN soybeans good, 12% excellent; 55% in SD good, 7% excellent and 59% WI beans good, 14% excellent.

Blue skies and green soybeans! NSM vice chair David Struck shared a shot of one of his fields in central South Dakota. About 2/3rds of the crop in NSM member states, SD, MN and WI, are rated good or excellent in the latest USDA NASS crop progress report: downloads.usda.library.cornell.edu/usda-esmis/fil…

Happy Independence Day from all of us at NSM!

If you've interacted with NSM on trade missions or events, you've maybe met Dr. Bob Swick. With a storied career in poultry nutrition, he shares his expertise with nutritionists, highlighting northern soy’s place in animal diets. Get to know Dr. Swick: soyquality.com/in-the-swick-o…

NSM chair Glen Groth reports his soybeans are "looking really good" on his farm in Southeast Minnesota. Read more on soybean progress here: soyquality.com/looking-really…

During his 32-year career of supplying food and feed ingredients, NSM Executive Director Gary Williams repeatedly saw how origin can matter greatly in results, confidence and assurances. Read more about his thoughts on why origin matters: soyquality.com/origin-matters/