An innovative tool that enables crushers to calculate and compare the economic value of crushing soybeans from different origins.

The Dudley Smith Initiative (DSI) supports innovative research and outreach that advances its fundamental goal of invigorating the agricultural system in Illinois.

Dashboards are interactive, enabling visualization and reporting of soybean industry data.

An innovative tool that enables crushers and refiners to make research-based data-driven decisions in their soybean and soybean oil purchases based on the nutrient value of soy, oil quality, and refining yield by country of origin.

Insights provide detailed analysis of timely topics that are supported by MVD data and dashboards.

Developed as a tool for analyzing methods of increasing return on assets (ROA). At the heart of the analysis are two financial measures: operating profit margin (OPM) and asset turnover ratio (ATR). The OPM measures a business’ pre‐tax returns relative to its level of sales, while the ATR measures the efficiency of the business’ asset base. Multiplying OPM times ATR equals the business’ ROA. Over time the Du Pont model has been expanded to include the leverage of an operation and thereby allowing for computation and analysis of return on equity (ROE).