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| Here in the heartland of the U.S., producers in the State of Iowa have brought to the world one of the most valuable gifts from nature: the soybean. Soybeans, which had been cultivated in Asia for centuries, found a proper place to grow here in Iowa. |
| Producers and exporters of the food grade soybeans in Iowa intend to provide customers with the world’s best possible services and products of the highest possible quality. |
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We consider our agriculture a failure unless we succeed in producing easily processed and highly nutritious food grade soybeans. Further, it is our desire to play a leading role in providing high-quality food grade soybeans.
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Iowa quality means: services for customers, a system pursuing the development of breeding quality soybeans, a production practice in which identity preservation system is secured, etc.
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Iowa Soybean Association has met producers’ expectations by establishing a forum for IP soybeans.
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Further, Iowa supplies quality organic soybeans. The Iowa Department of Agriculture has supported producers that wish to produce organic soybeans.
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The certificate of organic soybeans issued by Iowa Department of Agriculture is concurrently regarded as USDA certification or JAS certification.
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| Companies in Iowa participating in the program for quality food soybeans have extensive knowledge and experience in identity preserved (IP) handling, screening and shipping of soybeans.
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| In addition, exporters in Iowa have a wealth of experience in shipping goods in bulk, bags or containers, in response to the market with time constraints of varying degree.
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Iowa State University is among the top-level U.S. universities in agricultural research.
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| Researchers, professors and students studying agricultural products at Iowa State University have been striving to develop new varieties of crops in response to growing demand from food soybean-related producers and the requirement by domestic and overseas customers for processing and nutrition. |
| Through traditional breeding method, Iowa State University has developed the food grade soybeans required by the customers worldwide. |
| Each time a new variety is developed, the test is conducted to confirm that it satisfies the quality criteria required by the soy food industries worldwide. |
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Exporters of food soybeans in Iowa have also contributed to development of blue-chip breeds by collecting information on customer demand.
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Iowa has succeeded in making the Iowa-brand food grade soybean varieties the best brand in the U.S. owing to Iowa’s agricultural technology and information exchange with customers over the world.
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