Niche Soybean Creates Market Not Reliant on China

The owners of Smith Family Farms in Rochester, Indiana took a risk and diversified to find a way to be collection point for high oleic soybeans.AgDay national reporter Betsy Jibben talks with Luke Smith and Kevin Smith.

U.S. soybean growers are reliant on China. One Indiana farm family didn’t want to rely on just overseas markets to make a profit.

The owners of Smith Family Farms in Rochester, Indiana took a risk and diversified to find a way to be a collection point for high oleic soybeans.

AgDay national reporter Betsy Jibben talks with Luke Smith and Kevin Smith.

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