Did you see the new peer-reviewed life cycle profile that documents multiple energy and environmental benefits of U.S. soybean farming and processing? I think it is particularly exciting to see the numbers on how soybeans remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

The 3.36 billion bushels of soybeans in the United States in 2009 removed the carbon equivalent of taking 21 million cars off the road when the figures are computed using the Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator. You can find more details on this website.

I’m about to head to the fields to plant some more soybeans this spring. USDA projects U.S. soybean farmers like me will be planting 77 million acres of those greenhouse-gas catching soybeans that simultaneously offer food for people, feed for livestock and biodiesel fuel.