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Livestock - #1 Customer for Soybean Meal

title Animal agriculture is a necessary and important part of our lives. Livestock and poultry producers help support our communities by generating tax revenue, creating jobs and consuming local products, like grains and oilseeds.

The soybean checkoff actively supports animal agriculture, because it directly impacts economic growth. Livestock and poultry support our local economy by generating more demand for our soybeans. In fact , livestock and poultry are the country’s number one soybean meal customer, which means more profit opportunities for soybean farmers in our communities. Today, 98% of all U.S. soybean meal is consumed by livestock & poultry

Current Livestock Programs

Grant Partnership Program

Indiana Soybean Alliance (ISA) is currently offering grants to Indiana farmers who want to spread the positive word of agriculture in their communities. These grants are intended to financially assist individuals or organizations as they plan and carry through on farm outreach programs in their communities. The programs could include anything from creating a farm Web site to hosting a neighborhood event in order to promote agriculture.

Examples of programs that may receive grants include but are not limited to:

• Local community activities focused on agriculture

• Neighbor appreciation dinners on farm

• Community group tours on farm

• Networking program with non-farm organizations

• Humanitarian programs such as food drives

To apply for a grant, download the application from http://www.indianasoybean.com/GrantApp.pdf

To learn more about the grant program, click here.

Food Systems Roundtable

This roundtable, held on July 26, 2010, focused on growing the conversations for balance and choice in today's food system. Click here to see the presentations.

Committing to the Conversation ToolKit

If someone wants to commit to the conversation of agriculture, but is not sure how, a free Committing to the Conversation Toolkit is also available through ISA. The toolkit is designed to provide resources to help spread the word of agriculture to friends, family, neighbors and community. It includes information such as how to host a neighborhood event, set up a blog or write a letter to the editor.

For more information regarding the toolkit, contact Megan Kuhn, ISA communications director at 317-614-0377.

Barnyard Chronicles Books and Videos

Barnyard Chronicles is a new book and DVD series that has been developed by Indiana Soybean Alliance. This program is in place as an educational tool to teach elementary children the importance of conventional farming. To order free copies of the most current volumes, download and complete this RequestForMaterials form. For more information, contact Hannah Brescher at 1-800-735-0195.

To see the video, visit: http://barnyardchronicles.com/

Indiana Livestock & Grain Forum

On February 15, 2010, Indiana Soybean Alliance hosted the Livestock, Grain and Forage Forum. This was the first year several commodity groups came together to present one forum. Corn, Soybeans, Pork, Beef, Dairy, Aquaculture, Horse, Forage, ISDA and Farm Bureau were represented. Commit to the Conversation was the overarching theme of the Forum and attendees were encouraged to step up and promote agriculture within their own communities. To listen to podcasts from the general session, click here. To see photos from this year's forum, click here.

GINA

For more information about Indiana Soybean Alliance's livestock programs visit the Growing IN Agriculture website.

Growing Indiana Agriculture (GINA) is a proactive education and awareness program with the goal of increasing soybean meal demand by developing Indiana’s livestock industry in a manner that is environmentally safe, socially responsible, and economically viable for farmers who want to raise livestock.

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