ISA welcomed to Illinois a trade team from Taiwan on September 22 and 23. The group was made up of soybean industry buyers and soybean crushers from throughout Taiwan. According to the USDA Foreign Agriculture Service, Taiwan purchases almost 2.5 million metric tons of soybeans per year. Of those imports, 67 percent come from the U.S., and the rest come mainly from Brazil.
On September 22, the team travelled to ISA district director Pat Dumoulin’s farm near Hampshire, where they received an overview of the farm and had questions about Illinois soy answered. After a good discussion, the group toured the farm and Pat explained more about the farm operations. The team also went into a soybean field to review the current crop. They saw a lot of four-pod beans in the field, but no five-pod beans were found. The team was interested in learning about harvesting procedures, crop input applications, tilling used at the farm and other general soybean information.
The team visited the National Soybean Research Lab (NSRL) on the University of Illinois campus the following day. Staff discussed the role of NSRL and how soy is used all over the world.
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