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Research

KSPB allocates a large portion of its operating budget each year to production research. This research helps leverage state and federal funds for research at Kentucky universities. Some are long-term, ongoing projects for which funds are renewed annually and other projects that are brought before the board for consideration focus on new facets of soybean research. The majority of our production research is conducted in conjunction with the University of Kentucky. An overview of UK’s grain crops research can be found HERE.

Request for Proposals

The Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board (KSPB) is requesting research proposals for possible funding in fiscal year 2026 which begins July 1, 2025. Proposals will be accepted from interested groups until February 1, 2025. Funds will be available beginning July 1, 2025.

REcent research

For more information on recent soybean research in Kentucky, click on the + symbols.

  • One of the most important duties of the Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board is stewardship of our state’s checkoff dollars. The bulk of those dollars go to research, and KSB members met in March to determine which projects would be funded for Fiscal Year 2025, which runs from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. Click here to view the report.

  • The University of Kentucky Soybean Variety Testing Program evaluates soybean varieties thatclick here are commercially available or may soon be available to farmers. Soybean variety trials are conducted at six locations throughout Kentucky. The official 2023 Kentucky Soybean Variety Performance Report (UKY PR-833) is now available online here.

  • The Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board funds a great deal of soybean research through the University of Kentucky. Click here to view the report.

The Southern Soybean Research Program (SSRP) uses checkoff dollars to coordinate and fund production research projects that benefit the Southern soybean-producing region.  The six states making up the SSRP include Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.

Southern soybean research program

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This information is brought to you by Kentucky’s soybean farmers through their checkoff contributions.