By Lisa Cassady Jayne
Behind China, Mexico represents the second-largest market for U.S. soy. Accounting for 13 percent of all U.S. exports, Mexico ranks as the number two importer of U.S. soy oil, the number two importer of U.S. soybean meal and the number two importer of U.S. whole-soybeans....
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By Lisa Cassady
Already at over 1 billion bushels, 2009 soy exports outpace 2008’s record yearIn 2008, U.S. soy exports set an all-time record of 1.5 billion bushels. The 2009 export year is shaping up to compete with 2008’s record, with soy exports currently up 8 percent and over 1 billion...
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By Laura Schafer
In any relationship, communication is key. Soybean checkoff farmer-leaders remember this when working to lessen trade barriers to biotech soybeans, especially in the European Union (EU). The most effective effort in breaking down biotech barriers has been the checkoff’s...
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By Keith Warden
Can worldwide extreme poverty and hunger be cut in half by 2015? The United Nations’ seeks to do so, and biotech crops can positively impact that effort.Biotech crops continue gaining ground. According to a report from the International Service for the Acquisition of...
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By Keith Warden
Skyrocketing export demand in Asia for U.S. soybeans created the issue of how to efficiently answer that demand. After an extensive feasibility study, Ag Processing Inc. constructed the facility at the Port of Grays Harbor in Aberdeen, Wash. “Grays Harbor gives us an extra...
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By Tyler Kelley
The customer is king when it comes to soybean exports, so the U.S. soybean industry is always looking to deliver its products to its customers in new and convenient ways. One way to do that is to utilize containers that have carried products to the United States. Nearly 25...
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By Jennifer Anthony
Through recent grower agreements, U.S. and South American soybean farmers from Argentina and Paraguay have partnered together to create one global soybean market. Their first focus? India. “India is going to be such a huge market that both the United States and South...
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By Marisa Murphy
Earlier this year, the European Parliament voted in favor of proposals to alter the European Union’s (EU) system of country-of-origin labeling. These proposed changes were introduced to comply with a World Trade Organization decision that ruled the EU’s geographic indicators...
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By Marisa Snyder
Did you know that nearly every other row of your soybeans is exported outside the United States? Right now, a young boy is sipping leche de soya in Mexico, while in the Middle East, a bakery is incorporating soy flour into its traditional bread recipes. And your soybeans are...
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By Chris Krull
Checkoff co-sponsors World Food Prize to show worldwide importance of soy and biotechnology.Soybean farmers are heroes. Soybeans help feed the world, and the world’s population continues to skyrocket. The U.S. Census Bureau expects world population to grow to over 8 billion by...
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By Lisa Cassady
Chinese $4.5 billion sing e-day purchase highlights another record-setting yearLast year, U.S. soy exports set another all-time record. For 2008, the U.S. exported more than 1.5 billion bushels of soy, at a value of more than $12 billion.“Soybean farmers experienced another...
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By Keith Warden
The collapse of the Soviet Union also severely impacted Russia’s livestock industry. Now, the livestock industry in the world’s largest country is making a comeback. And U.S. soybeans can help.A U.S. soybean industry trade mission to Russia has focused on ways to help Russian...
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By Keith Warden
China is the number one export customer of U.S. soybeans, but there’s much more to soybean exports. In 2007, what other international customers got their share of the record 1.4 billion bushels exported U.S. soybeans?To the south of the United States is our second-largest...
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By Jennifer Anthony
New markets offer great opportunities, but existing markets still have a lot to offer U.S. soybean farmers, too. Take China for example. Its continued growth has led to increased soy demand for use in feed and food.In 2007, U.S. exports to China already exceed 408 million...
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By Jennifer Anthony
Fish have become a soybean farmer’s best friend. The fastest-growing food segment in the world is the aquaculture market. Soy-based diets for select marine fish have been developed and are being demonstrated in several projects located in Asia. The Ocean Cage Aquaculture...
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By Marisa Murphy
Twenty-seven million Japanese yen. Back in 1956, that equaled about $75,000 – a significant investment. And, thanks to a group of innovative U.S. soybean farmers, that’s how much money the United States dedicated to searching the far reaches of the globe for markets for U.S....
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By Marisa Snyder
An interview with Anthony Thang, country director for Taiwan, and Jing-Wen Chen, deputy president of Central Union and a prime customer for U.S. soybeans. What are Taiwan customers looking for in U.S. soybeans? Quality – increased protein and oil levels, and low in foreign...
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