Soybean

  Soybean meal, whole soybeans, and soybean hulls are the major soybean products used for feeding dairy cows. They have a nutrient content that is complementary to cereal grains such as corn, which makes this an excellent combination of feeds for dairy cows.The world harvest of soybeans in 1997 was 173.5 million tons, which is more than one-half of all the oil seeds produced globally. Approximately 79% of the soybeans grown in the world were processed into 107.7 million tons of soybean meal with about 86% of the soybean meal.