Analysts think a quarter of this year's U.S. soybean crop could end up in China.
Combined with Argentina, the two are the world's biggest soybean producers: one mega Iowa.
DuPont's agriculture business plans to debut 19 soybean varieties and 40 corn hybrids in 2005.
For the corn and soybean industry in the Midwest, it is a costly problem.
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In June, food staples tofu and soybean curd all but disappeared from markets for three days.
Corn's rough DNA blueprint was released in February, and the soybean's DNA is being mapped now.
Blame the drought conditions that blazed through the corn and soybean crop this year.
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The ship contains food items such as corn, wheat, soybean flour, vegetable oil and lentils.
The increase came from strong sales of corn and soybean sales in North America and weedkiller products.
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Twenty-three years later, he drives through his corn and soybean fields in the southwestern corner of Minnesota.
The prolonged U.S. drought jacked up soybean prices to record highs, prompting local producers to go on strike.
An inveterate tinkerer, Honda also set up a center nearby to develop better soybean varieties and improve agricultural processes.
For a soybean farmer a 12-month forward market is quite adequate to tell him how many acres to plant.
Anixter pleaded guilty to four lesser misdemeanor charges in exchange for his testimony against the nine other soybean traders.
National Corn Growers Association, American Soybean Association and United Soybean Board, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, and private firms.
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The seeds, weighing 330kg (730lb), are made up of varieties of domesticated and wild cowpea, maize, soybean and bambara groundnut.
If only tiny amounts of biopharmed corn had been combined with the entire soybean harvest, the toxicity would have been diluted.
Monsanto's seeds and genomics business increased 13% in the first quarter, led by increases in corn, soybean, cotton and vegetable platforms.
Soybean futures are all based on Chicago prices, with discounts and premiums granted in the major soy markets in South America.
Brazilian farmers and trading companies ship raw soybeans over to China while Argentina ships the more expensive soymeal and soybean oil.
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Surrounded by corn, soybean and dairy farms, Athens is about 12 miles from Battle Creek, home to cereal maker Kellogg Co.
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James Brown, a 72-year-old tobacco, corn and soybean farmer in Clover, Va.
The case centers on a genetically improved soybean seed that is used widely by growers across the nation and around the world.
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Higher volumes also boosted sales for soybean seeds and traits by 12%.
Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant is focused on selling sales of corn and soybean in Latin America, crops engineered to withstand herbicides and insects.
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Niman also realized he couldn't sustain a pork business--soybean and cornmeal feed couldn't be raised in Marin County and weren't easy to transport.
Monsanto said better-than-expected sales for its corn, soybean and vegetable products will result in a 25.0% boost to seed sales in 2008 .
In 2012, the world's most populous country imported 59% of the world's soybean supply, according to FAO data, up from about 25% in 2000.
Whatever else he might have been, Henry Ford was devoted to the lowly soybean, and made at least two cars out of the material.
Omega-3s are present in smaller amounts in flaxseed oil, walnut oil, soybean oil and canola oil, and they can also be found in supplements.
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