By Dusty Sonnenberg, CCA, Field Leader, a project of the Ohio Soybean Council and Soybean Check-off

Creating demand for soybeans and soy products is one of the purposes of the soybean checkoff, increasing the return on investment to farmers. The Airable Research Laboratory provides early-stage soy-based materials research. As an independent laboratory owned by Ohio’s soybean farmers and under the oversight of the Ohio Soybean Council, the lab reduces the financial risk for industrial and consumer partners exploring new products using soy. It also accelerates the evaluation process, determining the viability of research and reallocating checkoff dollars to future projects more quickly.

“Airable started in Delaware, Ohio, at Ohio Wesleyan University with the focus of converting soybeans an

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