SOYBEAN Definition & Meaning

soybean

especially British, soy·a bean

[soi-been]

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noun

a bushy Old World plant, Glycine max, of the legume family, cultivated globally, with greatest productivity in the United States, where it is grown chiefly for forage and soil improvement.
the seed of this plant, used for food, as a livestock feed, and for a variety of other commercial uses.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of soybean¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; soy + bean

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The same multinational corporations that sold Iowa soybeans to China are now down to Brazil, selling Brazilian soybeans to China, and here we are without a good chunk of that market share.

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The ministry spokesperson confirms that the government has offered subsidies to those choosing to produce wheat or soybeans instead of rice.

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In 2024, the biggest category of goods exported from the US to China were soybeans – primarily used to feed China's estimated 440 million pigs.

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China, the world’s largest commodity importer, has already shifted to Brazil for a meaningful part of its soybean needs since Trump first raised tariffs on goods from the Asian nation in 2018.

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Its biggest economies - Brazil and Argentina - are major exporters of soybeans and petroleum as well as, in Brazil's case, iron ore used in steel production.

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soya bean soybean oil

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