Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 17, 1974
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More than 4,000 years ago,
the soybean was one of the
five sacred crops of China. In
the United States, less than
half a century ago it was
hardly known outside of
Illinois, and farmers con
sidered it little more than a
forage and green-manure
crop.
Today, it is well on its way
to becoming “sacred” in the
United Sates. In acreage,
today’s soybean crop nearly
equals that of wheat. And for
two years the soybean has
been our No. 1 cash crop with
a 1973 value of $B.l billion.
This zoom to fame began
with farmers discovering
that soybeans were a source
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of high protein animal feed.
By the 1960’s soybeans had
become the chief poultry
feed in the U. S., as well as a
cattle and hog feed, and an
important source of
vegetable oil here and
abroad. Food processors
found soy protein could be
substituted for many foods
beef, bacon, pork and
poultry, to name a few.
Scientists are taking a closer
look at soybeans, and,
among other things, are
finding they have much to
offer as human food.
Soybeans have about 38
percent crude protein which
makes it a valuable protein
supplement in animal feed
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A high-speed motion picture camera records the record will enable USDA s agricultural engineer W.
feeding of soybean stalks into a harvester reel and Ralph Nave to determine reasons for harvest
experimental cutterbar mounted on a laboratory losses and, hopefully, lead to better designs for
test stand. When analyzed in slow motion, the film harvesters.
Once the flower bud is formed in this experimental
strain of soybeans, the plants stop increasing in
height hence reducing the tendency to lodge. ARS
scientists are attempting to develop new semi-dwarf
varieties incorporating this characteristic, which is
called determinate growth habit.
rations. Beef and fish contain
about 18 percent protein.
As the demand for protein
grows, a continuing strain is
placed on soybean
producers. Soybean
production techniques are
currently under study by
scientists at the U. S.
Regional Soybean
Laboratory, Urbana, (HI., in
cooperation with the Illinois
Agricultural Experiment
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