{"id":14036,"date":"2006-01-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-23T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio-based.eu\/news\/index.php?startid=20060124-04n"},"modified":"2006-01-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-01-23T22:00:00","slug":"soybean-checkoff-funded-products-opened-new-doors-in-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/soybean-checkoff-funded-products-opened-new-doors-in-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"Soybean checkoff-funded products opened new doors in 2005"},"content":{"rendered":"

Year after year, the United Soybean Board (USB)<\/a> and soybean checkoff have helped build new demand for U.S. soybeans through news uses \u2014 and last year was no different.<\/p>\n

A recorded total of 81.8 million bushels were utilized in soy-based products in 2005, which was an increase of 12.6 million bushels from 2004.<\/p>\n

From soy-based plastics used in tractors to transformer fluids made from soybean oil, the soybean checkoff continues to partner with manufacturers to introduce new markets for soybean farmers.<\/p>\n

Nineteen new soy-based products were commercialized in 2005, thanks to the support of the soybean checkoff. USB funds the development of soy technology by universities and research facilities across the country and continue to gain access to new markets, including plastics, lubricants, solvents and others.<\/b><\/p>\n

“We are forecasting a record of over 90 million bushels of soybeans used in industrial products this year and nobody has a bigger stake in new markets for soybean farmers,\u201d says Todd Allen, chair of USB\u2019s New Uses Committee and a soybean farmer from West Memphis, Ark. <\/p>\n

“That\u2019s why the soybean checkoff is so committed to working with industry to develop new uses. We can\u2019t do it alone, but we can certainly show some of the biggest manufacturers out there how soy-based technology can benefit them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the variety of new products introduced this year is an innovative soy-based resin system that is being used in a variety of applications. Ashland Specialty Chemical Company<\/a>\u2019s ENVIREZ soy-based resin is used in making soft and rigid plastics. <\/p>\n

Examples include a newly formulated low-profile thermoset sheet-molding compound from John Deere and Case New Holland for tractor hoods and covers; GPI\u2019s use of ENVIREZ in filament-wound tanks; Fabri Glass\u2019 use of this special resin in vacuum bags and Permay\u2019s spray application for painting and packaging large parts.<\/p>\n

Other companies have stepped to the forefront of engineered soy-based products. Cooper Power Systems<\/a> and Cargill Industrial Oils and Lubricants<\/a> created Envirotemp FR3 Fluid<\/b>, an electric power transformer fluid. <\/p>\n

More than 10 electric co-ops around the country have picked up on this technology, allowing soybean oil to help power rural communities and farms. BioSpan Technologies developed two unique specialty products: Activate, a methyl soyate asphalt activator and REPLAY, a methyl soyate pavement restorer. These products are being used by state departments of transportation in the Midwest.<\/p>\n

Other notable innovations include Green Products Inc.<\/a>\u2019s Agri Seal, a soy-based caulking compound, and Oregon State University<\/a>‘s soy flour with Kymene, which is a paste resin for plywood, developed with the assistance of Cargill<\/a>, Hercules Inc.<\/a> and Columbia Forest Products<\/a>. Additional soy-based technology includes the following products:<\/p>\n