The checkoff is managed by the United Soybean Board under the supervision of the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service.
As stipulated in the Soybean Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service has oversight responsibilities for USB and the soybean checkoff.
[2] The checkoff rate is 0.5% of the market price of soybeans sold each season.
The volunteer farmer-directors are nominated by their state-level checkoff organizations, called Qualified State Soybean Boards (QSSBs).
The USDA instantiated the soybean checkoff September 1, 1991.