Maryland Soybean Board Seeks Innovative Research Proposals

The Maryland Soybean Board (MSB) is currently seeking innovative soybean research projects to increase the profitability of farmers. Pre-proposals for the 2024 growing season, including project concepts and a brief narrative, should be submitted by October 15, 2023....

Maryland Soybean Board Encourages Consumers to “Ask A Farmer”

The Maryland Soybean Board has embarked on a new campaign encouraging consumers to “Ask A Farmer” through a series of television commercials. The series of commercials, each featuring a Maryland soybean grower, explain how farmers are using pesticides, genetically...

Maryland Soybean Board Invests in Promotion

For the 2021 fiscal year, the Maryland Soybean Board has invested over $190,000 in projects to promote soybeans and their many by-products. The board of farmer directors identified target areas of funding as Animal Agriculture, Consumer Education, Emerging Markets,...

Burrier Elected First Female Chair of Maryland Soybean Board

Belinda Burrier of Union Bridge has made history in the local soybean industry since beginning her term on the Maryland Soybean Board (MSB) in 2011. Burrier was the first woman to serve on the board; was one of the first two individuals from the East Coast to serve on...

MSB Launches Road Safety Campaign with Naming Contest

As combines take to the fields to harvest fall crops, the risks of accidents on rural roads rises. Slow-moving vehicles (such as farm machinery, animal-drawn vehicles and construction equipment), are identified as traveling at speeds of 25 m.p.h. or less, and can pose...