Northern Grown Soybeans are Right for Vietnam’s Poultry Growers

Soybeans grown in northern states, including South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota, states that comprise Northern Soy Marketing, are being marketed to soybean meal buyers in Southeast Asia. The competing supplier – Brazil – touts soybean meal that they say has more crude protein. On this edition of the Soybean Pod, poultry nutrition consultant Bob Swick says that what northern-grown soybeans lack in crude protein, they more than make up for in essential digestible amino acids. “I was talking about how good soybean meal is made from soybeans that grow in the north part of the U.S.”