Soybean

The End

Destination

• When soybeans reach their final destination people will use them for a variety of things such as food, feed for animals,bio diesel fuel, or smaller things like candles and crayons.

• People are still finding new, innovative things to do with soybeans.

Destination

• The value of soybeans has increased a lot over time.

• Since soybeans are in so many different products the value continuously grows higher.

• Also since soybeans are in so many processed foods that people consume so much of, the value will keep increasing.

Destination

• Soybeans play a huge role in many other products.

• These products include-baked goods, cereals, pasta, beverages, meat, poultry, fish products, dairy products, milk blends, and many more.

Destination

• When soybeans reaches its destination it is usually is processed into something.

• About 85% of the worlds soybeans are changed by being processed into meal and vegetable oil.

• Most meal is used for animal feed. Soybean oil is mainly used for human consumption, but a proportion of it is being used for bio diesel production.

Transportation

• Destinations when soybeans became valuable- Japan, Indonesia, The Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Burma, Nepal, and India.

• These were early destinations for soybeans because they are locations near China, where the soybean originated. This led to easy transports by land and water.

Transportation

• Journey for soybean requires conditions that are cool and dry. They also need good ventilation.

• In damp weather, during transportation soybeans must be protected from moisture to keep soybean from molding.

• Packaged in fiber rope or fiber net.

• Transported in bulk.

Transportation

• The main countries that produce and transport soybeans are the United States, Brazil, Argentina, China, and India.

• These countries are the top producers and transporters.

Transportation

Transported by-

• ships
• railroad
• trucks

Soybeans are transported these ways because they are the main transport styles and the easiest way to transport soybeans.

Origin

• The soybean when originated in China was handpicked and the harvesting process was little and slow.

• Now the soybean is more depended on. The harvesting process is much faster due to machines. There are many more regions that grow soybeans which leads to more of an abundance of soybeans.

Origin

Growing Conflict

• In South America opening up new agricultural land to grow soybeans has led to violent and sometimes fatal conflicts with local communities.

• In Argentinean Chaco, there were at least 153 land conflicts from 2007-2010, affecting around 98,000 people.

Origin

• Originated in the eastern half of North China around the eleventh century.

• It was mainly used early in Asia for preparing a large variety of fresh, dried food products.

• The soybean was not used to any great extent of animal feed in Asia.

Origin

• The soybean first became valuable and avaliable for trade around the first century A.C.

• This was due to establishment of of sea and land trade routes.

Soybean

By: Sam Horvath