Soybean Composition, Quality & Use
Soybeans provide food, feed and fuel through their versatile components. Soy protein delivers nutrition as an ingredient in food for people and feed for livestock. Soybean oil can become vegetable oil for food, a renewable feedstock for biodiesel or a substitute for petrochemicals. Protecting soybean quality from planting through harvest ensures soy components deliver sustainable nutrition, energy and ingredients to customers for any use. The soy checkoff funds innovative research, tools and resources to protect quality, improve composition and expand use of U.S. Soy.
Soybeans enter the U.S. supply chain in many ways for a wide variety of uses. Farmers and industry stakeholders note that understanding how soybeans get to customers and intended end uses for those soybeans can influence management decisions.
