U.S. farmers will soon have one less quality factor to meet when they deliver soybeans to market.
The USDA has finalized a rule that will remove the “Soybeans of Other Colors” designation in the U.S. grading standards.
Virginia Houston, the director of government affairs with the American Soybean Association, tells Brownfield the Enlist E3 soybean has some discoloration at harvest, but USDA says it’s what’s inside the bean that counts.
“The Federal Grain Inspection Service conducted a protein evaluation and said there wasn’t a difference in oil and protein quality between the SBOC bean and a standard No.
