• @[email protected]
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    11 year ago

    soybeans are grown for nutrient fixation in rotation with corn. they’re more of a soil crop than an oil crop.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        Among the cereals, the most prominent as a source of energy is corn. Between 70% and 80% of its production is used as a feed ingredient worldwide.

        this can be true while, at the same time, soybean oil’s byproduct is soy meal that would be wasted if it weren’t fed to animals.

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          11 year ago

          I’ve already addressed that argument above.

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            01 year ago

            saying “i’ve already addressed it” is a rhetorical trick to avoid admitting it’s true.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        “We need animal agriculture because we need to grow the feed plants to grow more feed plants for animal agriculture”

        this phrase never appears in your source or anywhere else in this thread. what are you quoting?

        • @DarthFrodo
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          11 year ago

          It’s your argument put in another way

          soybeans are grown for nutrient fixation in rotation with corn. they’re more of a soil crop than an oil crop.

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        11 year ago

        if you don’t know what crop rotation is, you don’t belong in any discussion about agriculture.