eNews • May 2015
Promoting a Cost-Effective, Reliable and Competitive Transportation System

New TV Ad Highlights Importance of Inland Waterways to U.S. Agriculture

A new 30-second television commercial - produced by the Waterways Council - is running in the metropolitan Washington, DC area that underscores the vital nature of waterways transportation to the agriculture industry, and the importance of agriculture exports to the American economy. The commercial can be viewed at www.waterwayscouncil.org.

The commercial was funded, in part, by the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council, the Illinois Corn Growers Association, and the National Grain & Feed Association.


The Soy Transportation Coalition is comprised of thirteen state soybean boards, the American Soybean Association, and the United Soybean Board. The National Grain and Feed Association and the National Oilseed Processors Association serve as ex-officio members of the organization.

Soy Transportation Coalition
1255 SW Prairie Trail Pkwy., Ankeny, Iowa 50023
Phone: (515) 727-0665 Fax (515) 251-8657
Email msteenhoek@soytransportation.org
Web www.soytransportation.org

Funded by the Soybean Checkoff