cm0002@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 1 month agoFarmer says 'we're in a very dire situation' ahead of harvest—with zero soybean orders from China, historically the largest buyer | Fortunefortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarewhiwake@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThat just means more soybeans for the US, and because supply and demand is still an economic principal, the price will go way down. /s hahahaa they’re gonna burn them instead of selling them cheaper.
minus-squarenosuchanon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·29 days agoI wonder if soybeans can be turned into ethanol.
minus-squarewhiwake@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·29 days agoSoybean oil can be transesterified with an alcohol (usually methanol) in the presence of a catalyst to make fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) or “biodiesel.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transesterification
That just means more soybeans for the US, and because supply and demand is still an economic principal, the price will go way down.
/s hahahaa they’re gonna burn them instead of selling them cheaper.
I wonder if soybeans can be turned into ethanol.
Soybean oil can be transesterified with an alcohol (usually methanol) in the presence of a catalyst to make fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) or “biodiesel.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transesterification