Call for Nominations for 2014 Annual Elections

The North Carolina Soybean Producers Association is announcing a call for nominations for the January 2014 board of directors elections. Eligible candidates will be checkoff-paying soybean producers. Nominations will be accepted through November 29, 2013. To nominate an individual, email the association at ncsoy@ncsoy.org/, call 1-800-839-5775 , or download the nomination form here, fill it…

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Bean Team Expands: NCSPA Welcomes Summer Intern

Welcome aboard the North Carolina Soybean Producers Association’s newest addition! Ayden Law is joining the NCSPA team as a communication intern. Ayden lived in Greenville, S.C. for 15 years before moving to Stokesdale, N.C. when she was a freshman in high school, and lived there until she went away to college. Ayden is a student…

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Apply to the 2024 Summer Internship Program

The NCSPA is looking for an enthusiastic, collaborative person to work with association staff members responsible for outreach & communications.  The intern will be encouraged to participate in staff meetings and to contribute ideas and initiatives to support staff-led projects.  The intern position will be supervised by the Outreach Director. Location:  The office at 3600…

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Annual N.C. Soybean Research Scholarships Awarded

The 2018 North Carolina Soybean Research Scholarship recipients have been named. These scholarships funded by the NCSPA through the checkoff are awarded annually to N.C. State University students majoring in agriculture or related fields. To qualify, students must demonstrate how their studies and work experiences will impact soybean production and/or research in their future careers.…

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America’s Farmers Grow Communities Program

For over 10 years, Bayer Fund has been donating grants valuing up to 60 million dollars to various nonprofits, schools, and agricultural youth programs, through a program called “America’s Farmers Grow Communities”. The goal of this program is simply to support rural communities. These grants have been put towards everything from school supplies and educational…

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A Way to Improve Crop Yield and Feed People

The NC Cooperative Extension Service continues to cite crop damage from deer as one of the biggest challenges soybean producers face and North Carolina Hunters for the Hungry, Inc. (NCHFH), a 501(c)3 non-profit serving North Carolinians since 1993, can help. The NC Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) estimates that deer numbers exceed 1 million statewide with…

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2021 NC Commodities Conference Canceled

After careful consideration and discussion, the four organizing commodity boards have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2021 N.C. Commodities Conference scheduled for January 14th-15th. The conference has been rescheduled to 2022 at the Sheraton Imperial RTP where we look forward to recommencing the event with good health and renewed enthusiasm. Please continue to…

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2020 Soybean Yield Contest Winners Announced

Traditionally the winners of the North Carolina Soybean Yield Contest are announced each year at the NC Commodities Conference. Unfortunately, this year we will not be able to announce these awards and celebrate these achievements in person, but we do still want to recognize our 2020 Soybean Yield Contest Winners.  Growers across the state submitted…

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2018 Yield Contest Winners Announced

Matthews Family Farm of Davie County won the annual North Carolina Soybean Yield Contest for the second year in a row with an entry of 104.5 bushels per acre. Kevin Matthews received the award for the highest yield at the annual NC Commodities Conference of the corn, cotton, small grains and soybean associations in Durham,…

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2018 Sporting Clays Tournament

The NC SoyPAC held their annual Sporting Clays Challenge last Friday, March 23, 2018. This year’s tournament featured a change in the schedule, moving the usual start time from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Participants were treated to two rounds of shooting and a steak dinner at the end of the day, also a new…

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