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South Carolina Soybeans ---the miracle crop a begin slide show Mature Soybean a next slide Soybeans are practically as American as baseball today, but a half century ago, they were grown only by a handful of innovative farmers. a next slide Young soybean seedlings. a next slide a
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South CarolinaSoybeans ---the miracle crop a begin slide show
Mature Soybean a next slide
Soybeans are practically as American as baseball today, but a half century ago, they were grown only by a handful of innovative farmers. a next slide
Young soybean seedlings. a next slide
a next slide Double-cropped soybeans behind wheat.
Soybeans developing their canopy reducing probability of weed emergence. a next slide
Soybeans at green stage, beginning to set pods. a next slide
Mature field of soybeans ready for harvest. a next slide
Upon harvest the combine separates the bean from the pod. a next slide
Mature soybeans are harvested with a combine from the end of October to mid December. a next slide
Soybeans are offloaded from the combine to a grain wagon and sent to the processor. The two by-products are soybean meal and soybean oil. a next slide
a next slide Soybean Research
Thanks to research, soybeans are used for a myriad of products:soy milktofusoybean curdsoy yogurtsoyburgerssoy loafsoy sausagesoy oil a next slide
Products made with soybean meal or oil. a next slide