Animal agriculture remains the largest customer of U.S. soy, and the checkoff works hard to meet the needs of the industry. The organization also works to protect market share in the face of growing competition from alternative feed ingredients and other soy-producing countries.
Learn more about the impact animal ag has on the U.S., N.C. and other states around the country in the interactive tool found in THIS ARTICLE from USB. Click on the map in the article to get information in the U.S. and by state on economic output, earnings, employment and taxes.