AUDIO: Courtney Knupp, United Soybean Board
The new CEO of the United Soybean Board says the organization is focused on creating new market opportunities for U.S. soy in 2027.
Courtney Knupp says growing domestic demand is just one way to boost farmer profitability.
“There’s a lot of versatility in this product,” she says. “That includes soy foam, biobased, and high-oleic for cooking oil. We need to capture more opportunities to impact U.S. consumers and keep that product at home at a high value to return those margins to the farm.”
She tells Brownfield continued investments in research and development are key to maintaining competitiveness.
“We have opportunities to think about how U.S. Soy’s research dollars can further alternative innovations that might help us be more efficient,” she says. “We’ll continue to work in that vein on how we can best run the production side of the business.”
The organization’s $122.5 million budget focused on health and nutrition, infrastructure and connectivity, and innovation and technology was recently approved during the July board meeting in Indianapolis.
