When high-yielding harvests are not enough to secure success for today’s soybean producers, checkoff dollars help ensure a strong, profitable future for producers through driving demand at home and abroad.
Administered by the United Soybean Board (USB), producers invest 0.5 percent market price per bushel, known as a checkoff, into a fund. Used for research, market development, promotion and expansion, the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board (ASPB) manages half of all checkoff dollars collected in the state and the USB adds the rest to the national checkoff fund*.
Run by 69 volunteer farmers and directors, the USB is based in St. Louis, Missouri with activities monitored by paid staff. Nominated by their state’s soybean board, or Qualified State Soybean Boards (QSSB), they are appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. Three members of the USB’s board of directors hail from Arkansas.
Soybeans in Arkansas
Traditionally one of the largest agriculture enterprises in the state with more than 3-million acres of soybean fields in 56 percent of the counties, Arkansas is one of the top 10 soybean producing states in the country.
- Animal agriculture is the number one customer of soybean, 98 percent of soybean meal feeds livestock and poultry.
- Broiler chickens consume about 40 percent of the domestic supply of soybean meal.
- By 2020, China’s demand for U.S. soy will increase by 37 percent with increased demand for protein.
- Approximately 30 percent of soybeans are considered a double crop. Following spring’s wheat harvest, soybeans are planted, allowing the harvest of two row crops in one year.
- Optimum planting in Arkansas is between May 5 – July 5 and they will be harvested between October 15 and November 20.
- Irrigation-furrow via flood and sprinkler is common practice across more than 2-million acres of soybeans.
*Since checkoff dollars are dedicated to research and promotion efforts, the American Soybean Association (ASA) advocates on state and national legislative and regulatory policy issues.
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Glucagon (GlucaGen®) 1mg powder for injection kit .
Tier 2 – medium impact
Date of issue 18th December 2023
There are two licensed glucagon preparations: GlucaGen® (1mg powder for injection kit) and Ogluo® (0.5mg and 1mg pre-filled auto-injector pens)
There will be intermittent supply of GlucaGen® 1mg powder for injection kit until the end of March 2024.
Supply of GlucaGen® 1mg powder for injection kit allows demand to be met in primary care.
Ogluo® 0.5mg and 1mg pre-filled auto-injector pens are available (from Alliance) and can be used for the treatment of severe hypoglycaemic episodes; however, they are not suitable for treatment of beta blocker or other drug overdoses.
A copy of this medicine supply notification, including further information, has been sent to all pharmacy NHS email addresses.
DHSC and NHSE/I have now launched an online Medicines Supply Tool, which provides up to date information about medicine supply issues. The contents of these MSNs can now be viewed on the Tool.
The Tool also details any changes to resupply dates and updates to the entries.
To access the Tool you will need an NHS email address. Once set up and logged in, you will be able to access it online.
New shortages not listed on the SPS website, can be reported using our shortage reporting tool.
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