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Feb 19, 2013
ASA Chairman Steve Wellman gives the keynote address at the World Soybean Research Conference. (ASA/WISHH photo by Josh Niederman)
ASA Chairman Steve Wellman presented an overview of soybeans in the U.S. at the World Soybean Research Conference in Durban, South Africa on Feb. 19. More than 500 participants from around the globe have gathered for the ninth quadrennial conference.
University of Illinois’ National Soybean Research Laboratory Assistant Director Bridget Owen put together two days of breakout sessions on Human Applications, and both ASA’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) and the World Soybean Foundation (WSF) have speakers as well.
Wellman was part of a team of travelers including Michigan Soybean Board Vice Chair Ben Chaffin, Solae Senior Manager of External Affairs and WSF board member Kent Holt and WISHH staff members Jim Hershey and Josh Niederman. The group drove from Pretoria—after meetings with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Agency for International Development—to Durban, stopping in soybean and corn farming country along the way.
