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commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

the vast majority of the world’s soy (about 85%) is pressed for oil in an oil press for human use. the byproduct of the press is called soy meal or soy cake, and would be a waste product if we didn’t find a use for it. currently, almost all of it goes to feed livestock, (about 70% of the entire crop-weight).

soybeans are used by people, and we feed the trash to livestock.

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naught@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Can you supply a source for this please?

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- commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  ourworldindata.org/…/Global-soy-production-to-end…
  
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  - naught@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    This seems to reinforce my point. Surely 75% of production is not simply wastage otherwise. This is even ignoring the fact that I provided a source showing that deforestation by soy is far less problematic than it used to be.
    
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    commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    This is even ignoring the fact that I provided a source showing that deforestation by soy is far less problematic than it used to be.
    
    ok. i did “ignore” that. am i supposed to accolade every true statement?
    
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    commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    the soybean is only 20% oil. we extract 17% of the global crop’s oil. we must find something to do with that waste product.
    
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