Web Extra: Top 10 Things You Should Know about Soybeans
By: KARK 4 News
Updated: November 1, 2012
November is Arkansas Soybean Month, celebrating a farm crop that plays an important role in the state's economy.
The soybean is often called the miracle crop. The bushy, green soybean plant is a legume related to clover, peas and alfalfa.
Farmers plant soybeans in the late spring. During the summer, soybeans flower and produce 30-40 pods, each holding three pea-sized beans.
In the early fall, farmers harvest their crop for these beans which are high in protein and oil. A 60-pound bushel of soybeans yields about 48 pounds of protein-rich meal and 11 pounds of oil.
Click here for the Top 10 things you should know about soybeans.
The soybean is often called the miracle crop. The bushy, green soybean plant is a legume related to clover, peas and alfalfa.
Farmers plant soybeans in the late spring. During the summer, soybeans flower and produce 30-40 pods, each holding three pea-sized beans.
In the early fall, farmers harvest their crop for these beans which are high in protein and oil. A 60-pound bushel of soybeans yields about 48 pounds of protein-rich meal and 11 pounds of oil.
Click here for the Top 10 things you should know about soybeans.
