• How is soybean yield measured in Argentina?
  • A report of the National News Agency TELAM (2014) explains that a soybean yield is measured per quintals that are harvested per hectare. The average in Argentina is 30qq/Ha. Figure 2 explains the distribution of income considering a soybean price of USD540 per ton and a 400?Ha farm, which sums a gross earnings of $628.800.
  • How does drought affect soybean yields in South America?
  • Soybeans in South America are rainfed and therefore yields can be affected by drought such as in Argentina in 2018 and more recently in Paraguay. At the same time, river levels have become critical in recent years, thereby affecting costs of grain movement within the region, particularly in and out of Rosario.
  • What is soybean Hull purification?
  • In the preparation plant (Fig. 2), the seeds are successfully cleaned, weighted, conditioned, cracked, dehulled and flaked. Hulls purification is the process of reclaiming the small particles of soybean meats and fines from the soybean hulls removed during conditioning and cracking/dehulling.
  • Which companies are involved in soybean processing?
  • They are Archer Daniels Midland Company, Bunge Limited, Cargill Incorporated and Louis Dreyfus Group. These firms also have significant soybean processing interests throughout the world¡± (2015). Other companies are Itochu Corporation, Marubeni Corporation, Mitsui & Co. Ltd., Noble Group and Sumitomo Corporation.
  • How many litres of herbicide do Argentinian farmers use?
  • Notwithstanding, in 2013 Argentinian farmers used 12 litres/Ha, which was generally potentiated with other herbicides such as graminicides and hormones (Socioenvironmental Observatory, 2014). According to the Argentine Chamber of Agricultural Safety and Fertilizers the principal herbicide in terms of income is Glyphosate (64%).