Oh shit, we just sold our entire stockpile of soybeans to China. No joke. We are now an importer. Prices skyrocketing.

when did this happen, the transaction, under whom?

do you still remember John Boltons book where he mentioned that Trump will sell to Chicoms the soy-beans and that will confirm he's their puppet?

that was in January last year

Trump is out of office

so there's that

lol,soy is the higgest production of estrogen on the planet,they gonna turn chinese into pussies!

I'm growing sunflowers to feed my chickens this summer. I'm also catching and freezing japanese beetles to supplement them.

Ikr.

:epiclol

Problem is we are exporting a raw product in many cases. Much of this product is turned into products with a higher economic value.

We should be exporting tofu, soy sauces and other soy products. The bi-products can then be used as animal food and/or composted back into the soil as compost/organic matter/fertilizers.

properly marketed and produced to conform to asian tastes we could put Americans to work and still profit significantly from the asian markets.

The US has the capability (especially if Brazil and a couple other countries cooperate) to maintain a first world status, eliminate food insecurity here and build a world class economy but the focus must always be on America first and not just profit..

So we sold all of our soybeans to China. We really did... now we have to buy them from other countries at massively increased prices. Because we are a market economy (cough, cough), we won’t actually run completely out because, as the article states, prices will get so high here in USA that it will curb demand.

I am not big into soy, but it is used to feed chickens... which I do like, so expect to see prices of chicken and many other products that need soy to go up.

And soy is a harbinger of what can happen with other crops if we are not careful and we allow China to buy our food... we will not be able to afford anything, if we can even get it.

“Soybean sales to overseas buyers are set to exceed the government’s estimates for the whole season as early as next month, according to Chicago-based consultants AgResource.”

“The rising demand from China means American farmers will need to plant more corn and soy, Dan Basse, an analyst at AgResource, said at the Paris Grain Day conference. “We’re looking at planting every arable acre, and it’s still not enough to meet demand.””

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Soy beans contain significant amounts of phytic acid, dietary minerals and B vitamins.

if you're eating beans, you're not eating soy FFS

No... an absolutely essential crop that is used for many purposes. Without soybeans, this country is in serious trouble. Way too many low information GLPers out there. You have it somewhere in your mind that soybeans are bad... and think you are qualified to comment.

It really is all about the food

Well there goes the price of Tofu. That'll make the vegan's happy.

As much as I loathe John Bolton, he said this in his book about Trump:

In an excerpt published on Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal, Bolton wrote that Trump was "pleading with Xi to ensure he'd win," adding that "he stressed the importance of farmers and increased Chinese purchases of soybeans and wheat in the electoral outcome."

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Xi got all our soybeans, Trump got screwed... and now the American people just got screwed too.

So we sold all of our soybeans to China. We really did... now we have to buy them from other countries at massively increased prices. Because we are a market economy (cough, cough), we won’t actually run completely out because, as the article states, prices will get so high here in USA that it will curb demand.

I am not big into soy, but it is used to feed chickens... which I do like, so expect to see prices of chicken and many other products that need soy to go up.

And soy is a harbinger of what can happen with other crops if we are not careful and we allow China to buy our food... we will not be able to afford anything, if we can even get it.

“Soybean sales to overseas buyers are set to exceed the government’s estimates for the whole season as early as next month, according to Chicago-based consultants AgResource.”

“The rising demand from China means American farmers will need to plant more corn and soy, Dan Basse, an analyst at AgResource, said at the Paris Grain Day conference. “We’re looking at planting every arable acre, and it’s still not enough to meet demand.””

[link to www.bloombergquint.com (secure)]

lol,soy is the higgest production of estrogen on the planet,they gonna turn chinese into pussies!

And biodiesel.
And cooking oil.
And 70% of all chicken feed
Substantial amounts of high protein hog, beef and fish feed.
And dozens of other uses.

We are feeding China... our enemy, while raising our costs here.

Make sense to you?

So we sold all of our soybeans to China. We really did... now we have to buy them from other countries at massively increased prices. Because we are a market economy (cough, cough), we won’t actually run completely out because, as the article states, prices will get so high here in USA that it will curb demand.

I am not big into soy, but it is used to feed chickens... which I do like, so expect to see prices of chicken and many other products that need soy to go up.

And soy is a harbinger of what can happen with other crops if we are not careful and we allow China to buy our food... we will not be able to afford anything, if we can even get it.

“Soybean sales to overseas buyers are set to exceed the government’s estimates for the whole season as early as next month, according to Chicago-based consultants AgResource.”

“The rising demand from China means American farmers will need to plant more corn and soy, Dan Basse, an analyst at AgResource, said at the Paris Grain Day conference. “We’re looking at planting every arable acre, and it’s still not enough to meet demand.””

[link to www.bloombergquint.com (secure)]

People talking about the soy boys don't understand agriculture. Almost all of our soy is used to feed animals. Then most of the remainder is used for soybean oil which is cheap and used by most restaurants to fry. Less than one percent is used to make the processed foods consumed by the soy boys. This development means that almost all of our food prices will skyrocket

lol,soy is the higgest production of estrogen on the planet,they gonna turn chinese into pussies!

My family farms soy beans. There is literally a field next to my house they grow them in. They are not "all" sold to china. Most of the ones grown around here are milled and manufactured in to products here locally.

Just because you read an internet article does not make something true

lol,soy is the higgest production of estrogen on the planet,they gonna turn chinese into pussies!