History of the Soybean

Soybean history Before planting, wild soybean has been breeding in the northeast China and the south provinces of China. Early as 2700 BC, they were listed as one of five major and sacred crops with medicinal and edible values. They have been cultivated for at least 4, 500 years. But they are not very popular. (They are said to cause flatulence!) In the poor harvest time in China, soybeans are one of nine major staples where millions of people in the country are starving. In the famine of the Christian era

Cultivation of Chinese soybean preceded the recorded history, and then spread to other countries of East Asia before the present age. Soybeans are extremely important for Chinese civilization and are considered to be one of five sacred crops (the other is rice, barley, wheat, millet). The soybean spread in the eastern part is due to the widespread use of tea culture as a food source and the brewing of dried tea in drinks but experts believe that tea plants were born in Tibet, western China and northern India . According to the ancient Chinese legend, Shen-Nung learned how to make a drink when plant leaves accidentally fell in the water in 2737 BC.

Soybean history Before planting, wild soybean has been breeding in the northeast China and the south provinces of China. Early as 2700 BC, they were listed as one of five major and sacred crops with medicinal and edible values. They have been cultivated for at least 4, 500 years. But they are not very popular. (They are said to cause flatulence!) In the poor harvest time in China, soybeans are one of nine major staples where millions of people in the country are starving. In the famine of the Christian era

In the 1930s, soybean was an exciting new work in China. Soybeans are rich in protein and medium viscosity oils contain a lot of polyunsaturated matter. Henry Ford established a soybean laboratory to develop soybean plastics and soy-based synthetic wool and produced so-called "almost completely" cars using soybeans. Roger Drackett and Windex succeeded in launching new products, but we invested a lot in soybean research as a wise investment. By the 1950s and 1960s, soybean oil became the most popular vegetable oil in the United States.

Until the early 1930s soybeans were not widely grown in the US, but due to the necessity of World War II and domestic fat, oil and food resources by 1942, the United States is the world's largest soybean producer became. Between 1930 and 1942, the US share of world soybean production rose from 3% to 46.5%, largely as a result of growth in the Midwest. Iowa State and Illinois State are No. 1 and No. 2 in terms of soybean production. In 2012, Iowa produces 14.5% and Illinois produces 13.3% of domestic soybean production.