At the Wednesday meeting with the health watchdog, Kim Cuong, of Nosafood, one of the blacklisted 17, said in 2005, her company released a kind of soy sauce containing 3-MCDP within safety levels by using modern production techniques but it did not win customers as it was expensive and lacked flavor. The city Department of Health has recently blacklisted 17 soy sauce makers whose products contain dangerous levels of 3-MCPD, which can cause cancer, alter genes and affect fertility. At the...

In fact, 89 percent of the state s corn crop has been planted, the highest percentage since records began in 1980, the National Agricultural Statistics Service s Wisconsin field office said Monday in its weekly crop report. The agency said 61 percent of Wisconsin s soybean crop has been planted, compared with 44 percent a year ago and a five-year average of 37 percent. Corn and soybean planting in Wisconsin is ahead of normal after two weeks of good weather. He guessed 40 percent of the...

CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures are seen starting Wednesday's day session lower, continuing the overnight theme, with favorable crop progress and weakness in outside vegoil markets expected to attract profit taking pressure. CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures are seen starting Wednesday's day session lower, continuing the overnight theme, with favorable crop progress and weakness in outside vegoil markets expected to attract profit...

The professor pointed out that in her studies the rats had soy proteins injected into them, therefore eating soy products may have a different effect. A similar study by de Mejia and graduate student Laura Kim found a soy diet may likely limit the body's fatty cell growth. The News-Gazette said that de Mejia has begun a new study to determine those effects and will implement additional studies to test soy's effect on satiety. Roman temple found under president's house FDA issue warning...

As he geared up to plant cotton Patman took a few minutes to discuss his changing production plans: fewer cotton and soybean acres, more corn and wheat. I didnt make much of a soybean crop last year, only about 11 bushels per acre, but I had some bottom land fields that cut 30 bushels. Steve Patman was in a bit of a hurry back in mid-April as he tried to catch up following a weekend deluge that dumped as much as 15 inches of rain on his Ellis County farm. He also talked about marketing...

NEW YORK - Agriculture futures rallied Wednesday as the sharp declines of corn, soybean and wheat prices a day earlier drew buyers shopping for a bargain. Commercial buyers in the corn market which include livestock raisers, ethanol producers and exporters are "stepping in and supporting the front month. Commodities prices in other markets were mixed, with crude oil futures rising, gasoline falling and base metals mostly declining. Although nickel and copper stocks held by the exchange...