The board of directors of a farmer-owned new generation business, 1Soy inc., has announced they intend to build a $6-million facility in the Hermann Industrial Park. The facility will employ more than 30 workers and process Missouri-grown, identity-preserved food-grade soybeans into Functional Soy Protein for the domestic and international food industry. Functional Soy Protein can enhance normal foods by making them functional foods, or in other words, adding additional benefits beyond...

Over half of the state's soybean crop has emerged, and the crop is rated in mostly fair-to-good condition. The Leaf Chronicle - www.theleafchronicle.com - Clarksville, TN Welcome toThe Leaf ChronicleClarksville, TN. Also, planting of crops, including tobacco transplanting, has been slowed or halted because of the lack of soil moisture. USDA Tennessee Field Office spokespersons say crops and pastures have been stressed from the moderate to extreme drought conditions across the state....

Background Epidemiologic studies suggest a low incidence of cardiovascular disease in populations that consume dietary soy. Arch Intern Med -- Abstract: Effect of Soy Nuts on Blood Pressure and Lipid Levels in Hypertensive, Prehypertensive, and Normotensive Postmenopausal Women, May 28, 2007, Welty et al. Methods To determine the effect of soy nuts on systolic and diastolic BP and lipid levels, 60 healthy postmenopausal women were randomized in a crossover design to a Therapeutic Lifestyle...

Increasingly bullish economic data and recent comments from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke have quashed market hopes for an interest rate cut sometime this year. A shifting view on the direction of the Federal Reserve s benchmark interest rate has roiled the commodities markets this week. Now, fears that the Fed won t cut rates or may raise them have pressured the commodities markets, and gold in particular. Crude oil prices shed more than $1, agriculture futures traded lower and most of the...

The futures soybean market is supported, though, because traders are thinking more soybean acres are needed in South America. With strong corn prices, the market wants to be certain that South America plants enough soybean acres to keep global supplies well stocked. McDaniel thinks the United States will need to raise at least an additional 3-5 million acres of corn in 2008 to meet the increasing demand of corn for ethanol. That's because there is a strong local market for corn, while...

Although it's early in the season, reports from the field indicate that the season is shaping up to be a good one for field crops in the county. Growing degree days, or heat units, are measured with a mathematical formula that adds the day's high temperature to the day's low temperature, divides that number by 2 to get the average temperature, and then subtracts 50, which is the minimum growing temperature. Vegetable and fruit crops may face some difficulties, but it is still too early in...