At the end of the 2007 harvest, Brazil will harvest fewer acres of soybeans than a year ago, but will bring in a larger crop. Argentina's soybean crop is not much smaller, at 45. Brazil's harvested acreage is down 6 percent from a year ago, but the average yield of 41. Markus encourages crop farmers and livestock producers to pay attention to the market and make grain sales or purchase feedstuffs when prices are attractive. Argentina is also harvesting a record corn crop at 22 million...

Soybean leaves show various amounts of soybean rust. On March 8, he says an independent crop consultant brought in two baggies, one containing seeds and pods and one with parts of a dead soybean leaf. Experts say the recent confirmation of soybean rust in Iowa in 2006 should serve as a reminder that the fungus can happen in Iowa. While experts were able to confirm rust on the soybean leaves when they were dead, Tylka says it is more important to look for signs of the disease earlier. If...

When the scientists could see their model was working, they injected two formulations of hydrolyzed soy protein and soy peptides so the scientists could monitor the effects of each on food intake and weight loss. The researchers wanted to see if soy protein hydrolysates could affect these regulatory hormones and their receptors. To compare soy peptides with leptin, de Mejia's graduate student Nerissa Vaughn, with the help of associate professor Lee Beverly, implanted cannulas in the brains...

May 3 (Bloomberg) -- Soybean futures in Chicago fell for a second straight session, erasing an early gain, on speculation Midwest rains will spur farmers to shift more acres intended for corn to the oilseed. farmers had planted 23 percent of the expected crop as of April 29, compared with the average of 42 percent by that date during the past five years, the government said earlier this week. farmers said in a government survey in March that they would increase corn acreage 15 percent to...

Still, some experts warn that the price has nowhere to go but down if the market is flooded, and not everyone has forgotten how a massive grain deal with the Soviet Union in the early 1970s and the 1996 drought in China shot corn prices to record highs - prices that later wilted. Farmers turning to more corn, away from soybeans, cotton. Still, some experts warn that the price has nowhere to go but down if the market is flooded, and not everyone has forgotten how a massive grain deal with...

Under the licensing agreement, Solae will have exclusive worldwide use of the flavor ingredients in virtually all categories of foods and beverages that contain added soy protein. The new research, development and commercialization agreement includes a collaborative period during which the companies will seek to discover and develop new systems that enhance the flavor of soy proteins. The companies expect to develop novel soy protein flavor enhancers and taste modulators using Senomyx's...

The economics of farming mean that not everyone will be rolling in cash after the harvest. Some of this year's increase will mean fewer acres of other crops, including soybeans, wheat, barley, dry beans, sugar beets and flaxseed. A cold April and early rains have slowed farmers in southern Minnesota, and especially in Iowa, the heart of the nation's corn crop, where farmers had just 14 percent of the crop in the ground by Sunday, compared with 58 percent in the ground by the same time last...

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Located near a modern port, the plant will supply the fast-growing livestock and feed industries and the large consumer market in the greater Beijing area. Bunge to Acquire Majority Interest in Tianjin, China, Soybean Processing Plant, Bun. Driven by rapid commercialization of its meat and feed industries and strong growth in food consumption overall, China's soybean meal and soybean oil consumption have risen at compound annual rates of over 11 percent and 13 percent, respectively, since...