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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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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Soybean oil has been hyped as a natural-feeling alternative to saline.

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The note consists of futures of contracts of seven agricultural commodities (soybeans, corn, wheat, cotton, soybean oil, coffee and sugar) and tracks the return of the Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture Total Return Sub-Index.

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Corn is indeed a renewable resource, but it has a far lower yield relative to the energy used to produce it than either biodiesel (such as soybean oil) or ethanol from other plants.

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Economically, artificially-created fuel demand for corn, soybean oil, grease, and other inputs drives up the input prices for food and consumer products such like french fries, soaps, detergents, hair conditioners, eggs, dairy, and sweeteners.

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The ship contains food items such as corn, wheat, soybean flour, vegetable oil and lentils.

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Commodities businesses all over the world have grown quickly off the back of that demand, making investments in mines, oil exploration, and boosting soybean production in Brazil, among other things.

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