Investments in infrastructure for U-S soybean farmers help drive export demand.  The United Soybean Board invested funds in research, planning, analysis and design to help kick start dredging on the Lower Mississippi.  Megan Kaiser, USB Vice Chair from Missouri, says it’s a great example of putting checkoff dollars to work.  Kaiser says the checkoff investment helped the project gain further attention and funding.  The federal government then met the $2 million investment with a $245 million investment.