The Kentucky Soybean Board (KSB) is the entity responsible for investing our state’s soybean checkoff dollars in research, education, marketing and promotion.

Soybean farmers invest one half of one percent of the bushel price into the soybean checkoff when they sell soybeans. Half is sent to the United Soybean Board to be pooled with checkoff collections from other soybean-growing states and invested into international marketing, large-scale research, new uses, and promotion.

The other half is invested by your Kentucky Soybean Board farmer-leaders. KSB focuses on production research, marketing and promotion, new product development, international marketing and education to maximize profit opportunities for soybean farmers here in the Bluegrass state. The Board focuses on challenges and opportunities faced by Kentucky soybean farmers. Checkoff dollars cannot, by law, be used for lobbying or policy efforts.

The Kentucky Soybean Board works closely with the Kentucky Soybean Association and other agricultural partners to help promote the Kentucky Soybean industry. From ag in the classroom to the National Farm Machinery Show to 4-H and the State Fair, you’ll find volunteers and staff representing Kentucky soybeans in all the right places.