So we went 3 hour drive over to the Farm Progress Show 2025 in Decatur
One of the many booths was the Illinois Soybean Association with some run the gauntlet, collect pins and listen to presentations to earn a tote bag
Not even noon and an investment of all that time nets a “oh we are out of our allotment for the day … as a pile of boxes for Wednesday and Thursday sat in plan view.
Now I won’t judge if my paying the association their check off at 5x what banks give in now interest on the bean sale cash left after their cut or if “free bags” to bean farmers is an applicable investment of “my money” but…
IF MY Illinois Soybean Association spends all the time and cost of investing in the premiere AG show the world attends each season and skimps on limited allocation of promotional materials… one has to wonder if they are treating my beans for $ale as a numbered print limited availability meme stock?
I mean the limited number of bushels in a certain countries possession it just as well be that attitude!
If they are not ready to peddle bags are they even planning right to peddle my beans?
Maybe 2026 they will figure supply and demand out cause beans are hurting and we may need bags for the food pantry runs with this mind set in the foreground <#satire>