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Farmer says 'we're in a very dire situation' ahead of harvest—with zero soybean orders from China, historically the largest buyer | Fortune (fortune.com)

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[–] nosuchanon@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I wonder if soybeans can be turned into ethanol.

[–] whiwake@lemmy.cafe 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] nosuchanon@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Interesting.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 days ago

I mean they can but just like corn or others takes more energy to turn it into that then you get back