The document discusses the National Soybean Sustainability Initiative (NSSI), which aims to develop a roadmap for sustainable soybean production systems led by growers. It outlines the goals of NSSI, which include documenting current practices, identifying areas for improvement, and communicating sustainability efforts to markets. The key aspects covered include:
- NSSI was developed with input from growers to complement existing programs.
- It established a working group and developed an online assessment tool to track sustainability practices on farms over time.
- Research is being conducted to quantify impacts of practices on outcomes like greenhouse gas emissions.
- NSSI seeks to expand nationally and link with the National Initiative for Sustainable
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1. NSSI
The National Soybean
Sustainability Initiative
how this tool achieves and
promotes grower-led sustainable
soybean production
Deana Knuteson, Shawn Conley,
AJ Bussan, and Jeff Wyman:
University of Wisconsin-Madison
2.
3. Outline for Today
What is the National Soybean Sustainability Initiative
(NSSI) Program
Why NSSI
How did it start
What is the soybean tool
Research outcomes and benefits
How does NSSI link with the National Initiative for
Sustainable Agriculture (NISA)
Conclusions and next steps
4. What is NSSI
Mission Statement:
NSSI’s mission is to develop a roadmap of soybean management systems that will
help producers to achieve verifiable sustainability outcomes, improve the
environmental services and productivity of their farms, help their rural communities
thrive, and satisfy performance expectations of the value chain. These efforts will
operate at the farm level; incorporate a framework of tools and technical information
from a wide base of expertise and programs; and, with the support of regional and
national experts, communicate sustainable soybean management systems.
Developed out of the need for matching what
growers were doing with market demands
“Informed pushback”
Document changes on the ground
5. WHY NSSI
Producer-driven
Not top down, regulatory or market pushed approach
Complementary to other sustainability programs, not
redundant
Non competitive, yet complimentary
Streamline sustainability efforts with customer
expectations
Lets tell them how we can do it
Communications Conduit
Discuss gains already achieved and changes overtime
6. What is Sustainability?
The USDA defines sustainable agriculture as “an integrated
system of plant and animal production practices having site
specific application that will, over the long term:
Satisfy human food and fiber needs;
Enhance environmental quality and the natural resource
base upon which the agricultural economy depends;
Make the most efficient use of non-renewable resources and
on-farm resources and integrate, where appropriate,
natural biological cycles and controls;
Sustain the economic viability of farm operations; and
Enhance the quality of life for farmers and society as a
whole.
7.
8. How and why did it start
USB approached UW about developing informed
sustainability system for soybeans to define US production
Grant received in Sept 2011
Focus of program to
Create baseline for farm and industry
Determine advances that have already occurred
Push for continual improvements
Stay ahead of regulatory curve
Ensure market access
Identify research questions for future advancement
Promote positive image of agriculture to larger community
9. Specific Grant Objectives & Progress
Objective 1: Establish a Midwestern Sustainable Soybean Working Group
Have met in person, via conference calls and webinars, and via monthly
e-mail updates
Objective 2: Identify and prioritize sustainable outcomes and suitable
practices for soybean
Review of National and International Standards
For Example: Renewable Energy Directive, Round Table for
Responsible Soybean, Field to Market, and ISCC 202
Sustainability Requirements for Biofuels
Developed “Element Chart” to compare and contrast each
Objective 3: Develop and implement a sustainability assessment tool for
Midwestern soybean
10. Specific Grant Objectives & Progress
Objective 4: Establish and incorporate farm based goals for
sustainable soybean
Discussions within working groups, looking at outreach to specific
growers for feedback and farm goals
Have submitted a NRCS – CIG Grant to implement
Objective 5: Target research toward improved sustainability
Submitted NRCS-CIG Grant to implement
Use Principal Component Analysis
Objective 6: Nationalize sustainable soybean systems.
We are using Midwest workgroup as model, plan to explore
national models in future
12. Soybean Sustainability Tool
Protocol written to harmonize standards questions from other
tools
As defined from our review of international and national standards
Worked with UW-Extension Specialists to create research
based, best management practices for Midwest region
Individual specialists evaluated the questions to align them with
current outcomes based decision tools
All fertility and soil management questions were derived from Snap Plus, which
incorporates soil loss predictions from RUSLE2 and nutrient management planning
requirements for the state of Wisconsin
14. Soybean Sustainability Tool - Catgories
Cash Grain Whole Farm
Farm Production and Management Decision
Soil and Water Quality (soil, fertility, water, irrigation)
Scouting
Information and Production
Pesticide and Fertilizer Handling and Worker Saefty
Pest Management
Resistance Management
Ecosystem Restoration- Natural Community
Chain of Custody
Farm Operations and Sustainability (Economics, Human Resources,
Energy/Recycling, Community Outreach)
15. Soybean Sustainability Tool - Catgories
Soybean Specific
Soybean Production and Management
Weed Management
Insect Management
Disease Management
16. Soybean Sustainability Tool
Anonymous – can’t be track to specific grower
We do ask for state and county
Not intimidating to grower
No scoring
Does NOT ask for specific field records
No pesticide applications
No fertility applications
No tillage
No specific energy or fuel requirements
DOES ask to choose practices which can or have been
implemented to affect change
Can be printed off so grower maintains their data for
comparisons overtime
18. NSSI: Importance of data
“Soybeans from XYZ are more sustainable than
soybeans from the United States”
How can this be said?
Simply, they have industry system in place to document on
farm
We need data from growers to develop the US
baseline
Can be used to refute other claims and use on-farm
data for verification
Will not pit grower against grower OR region against
region
19. Practice vs. Metrics
METRICS:
PRACTICE: Quantitative
Linkage between measurement/modeling
practices implemented on vs. of practice outcomes
the farm and targeted often not possible or
research on farms to link applicable at the farm
practices to measureable level; measurement
outcomes outcomes difficult to
understand
What growers can change on their farm is practices!!
20. Practice vs. Metrics
Can and should be complementary &
Both can show trends toward continual improvement
PRACTICE: METRICS:
Farm based level with National or regional
individual changes due to scale, focus on big-
informed decisions at picture changes using
farm level models to calculate a
“value” for sustainability
21. How NSSI Sustainable?
Encourage continual improvement
Use as educational tool
Work in conjunction with local “experts” and research-
based faculty
Give credibility to current ag programs and to
prioritize new research
Document improvements already made
Look back at past 5-10 years and use this as public and
market tool
Consolidate sustainability documentation and surveys
Document economic sustainability by determining key
drivers and cost of changes and implementation
22. Research Outcomes and Benefits
Looking to develop on-farm demonstrations of
desired practices
Compare to “conventional” practices
Determine change in criteria as a result of practice
E.g. GHG emissions savings from tillage?
To fulfill this, we have submitted an USDA-NRCS CIG
grant in April of 2012
24. National Initiative for Sustainable
Agriculture: Beyond Soybeans
Federation of producer-driven sustainability
initiatives
Implementing sustainable farm and crop
management systems that are regionally
appropriate and can effect change at the farm
level
Satisfy the performance expectations of all
segments of the value chain
www.cals.nisa.edu
25.
26. Key to NISA (soybean as model)
Producer driven
We are not telling producers and/or producer groups how to
implement their sustainability programs, but helping guide them in the
process
Encourage producers and producer groups to be at the table in all
discussions and in the development of sustainability tools
Not pitting producer against producer
Ensuring process is valid without discussing difference in farm system.
No comparison of producer to producer, but documentation of overall
changes overtime
Keep it simple
Probably not going to make money, so lets keep it simple, make it
useful to all producers and market needs and work toward harmonize
efforts
Producers need to do this
Or else, supply chain partners will drive it, but it would be better if
www.cals.nisa.edu
producers have the voice in what the programs will look like
27. Keys to NISA (soybean as model)
One voice in agriculture
Have expected outcomes of what sustainable agriculture
can entail
Used for discussion in regulatory, governmental, supply
chain and market needs
Communication Mechanism
Share the good story of agriculture to all that need to hear
it
Education for producers and producer groups
Know your business better, use better messaging, and
document changes in your system
NISA will help educate producers on why this approach is
important and how it can benefit the group as a whole as
well as the individual producer www.cals.nisa.edu
28. Other NISA Models
Whole Farms
Cash grains, vegetables, fruits – possible all ag
Grains
Soybean
Corn
Vegetables
Processed vegetables (snap beans, sweet corn, carrots)
Fresh potatoes
Fruit
Cranberry
Animals (starting in WI)
Pork, Dairy, Beef, Poultry, Chickens, Eggs
www.cals.nisa.edu
29. NSSI –Take Home Message
We are working on developing sustainability
protocols “WITH” growers, not “FOR” growers
Bottom up approach so growers can capitalize on
changes that have already happened, and strive
for practices that will effectively create changes in
the future
Use the researchers to determine exact
measureable changes which occur from the different
practices that growers are doing
Lets effectively communicate the message
30. Progress- NSSI
Created regional workgroup
Developed tool (coolbean.info)
Harmonized national and international
questions
Working on promotion and outreach
for local and national efforts
31. Next Steps - NSSI
Encourage growers to enter data online
Looking for 2000+ growers in Midwest region
Track changes overtime and determine changes
which have already occurred
Link research needs and efforts to data
Expand beyond Midwest region
Communicate the message!!
Link to market partners
Public messaging
Informed Pushback