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USB trip an “eye opener” for Kentucky farmer

Kentucky farmer Barry Alexander grows soybeans, wheat, corn, beef cattle and dark fired tobacco. As a participant in the United Soybean Board 2010 See for Yourself Program, Alexander said his eyes were opened.

“The world is a lot more advanced than my perspective before I came outside of the country.” He added, “We may not being doing everything that we need to do to stay the leader in agriculture.”

The size and sophistication of PROAN, one of the largest farms in Latin America, was a true eye-opener for the Kentuckian.

“We have had vertical integration in the United States for several years but nothing to the extent of what they have for vertical integration. They integrate it from the very ground level all the way through the top.”

Alexander believes farmers should get more involved in what the USB is doing.

“Most people don’t realize what their voice is with USB and if they get more involved it’s going to get our story out and is going to have this opportunity to stay in the soybean business for years to come.”

Conversation with Barry Alexander

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