Indiana Soybean Alliance

The Indiana Soybean Alliance (ISA) is recognized by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a Qualified State Soybean Board (QSSB), as defined in the Soybean Promotion & Research Act (SPARC) (soybean checkoff program) for the State of Indiana to manage the Indiana soybean checkoff program. In addition, ISA has a membership & policy committee, not funded by checkoff, for the purposes of representing soybean farmers on critical policy and regulatory issues affecting the soybean industry. In addition to the ISA....first established in 2001, the Indiana Corn Marketing Council (ICMC) is made up of 17 farmer-directors and is charged with overseeing the investment of state corn checkoff funds. ICMC directors are responsible for ensuring that those funds are used in programs that can strengthen Indiana’s corn industry Under its strategic plan, ICMC directors identified six major initiatives: Ethanol, Value-Added & Exports, Livestock, Production & Environmental Stewardship, Public Communications and New Uses.