date:Dec 06, 2012
. US soy exports this year are valued at more than $23 billion.
US farmers harvested 3.05 billion bushels of soybeans last year, so these exports represent about 55 per cent of that production. Soy customers in China, the largest importer, bought almost 850 million bushels of whole soybeans, or more than one out of every four rows US farmers grew.
Our customers main concern has been whether we were going to be a reliable supplier, says Sharon Covert, soybean farmer from Tiskilwa, Ill., who l