0 a type of bean, processed and used as a substitute for meat etc. -- sojabønne
The surface area to be examined at each point was comparable to that of a well-grown soya bean plant.
The scheme will apply to rapeseed, sunflower seed and soya bean crops harvested in summer 1992.
I do not suggest for a moment that the commission would be so dotty as to invest in soya bean futures.
I am advised that varieties of the soya bean so far tested in this country cannot be grown economically as an ordinary farm crop.
They are, perhaps, better suited for dealing with maize or the soya bean crops, which have been exceptionally good in this area.
Primarily, the soya bean is valuable as a cattle food.
Genetically modified soya bean is in the food chain, and we have no ability to label or police it.
Prior to genetic modification of maize and soya bean, for example, 10 per cent of each crop was destroyed by the borer beetle.
