How much Soya would be grown

[Raider112]

If there were no livestock to eat it? Are we so dependent on it now that as much would still be grown?
Would we save the planet as we are told? or would we grow even more to replace meat, cooking fat, etc.

 

[tepapa]

Main use for soya is soya oil for human consumption. I guess there would be less demand for soya as there wouldn't be any chicken to fry to create fried chicken but then maybe humans would eat more chips .

 

[Swarfmonkey]

Having had a look at soybean and soybean oil production figures from SOPA for last year you'd need 80% of what's currently grown just to keep up with the demand for soybean oil. Then you have to factor in replacement for animal sourced fats and proteins, so that means you'd still need the other 20%. All in all, I don't think you'd see any reduction from not having livestock around.

 

[Raider112]

Having had a look at soybean and soybean oil production figures from SOPA for last year you'd need 80% of what's currently grown just to keep up with the demand for soybean oil. Then you have to factor in replacement for animal sourced fats and proteins, so that means you'd still need the other 20%. All in all, I don't think you'd see any reduction from not having livestock around.

That was sort of the way I was thinking without any figures to back it up. If true it needs to be put out there for all to see.

 

[Glaswellt]

How economical would it be to grow soya without a market for the by-product as animal feed?

 

[Swarfmonkey]

Price of soybean oil would go up to compensate for the byproduct's lack of value. It's not like demand for the oil is going to disappear, it's the second most used veg oil on the planet with 60 million tons of the stuff being produced last year.

 

[curlietailz]

Can we grow soya in the UK
And if so why don’t we ???

 

[Daddy Pig]

Main use for soya is soya oil for human consumption. I guess there would be less demand for soya as there wouldn't be any chicken to fry to create fried chicken but then maybe humans would eat more chips .

Don't know about other brands but KFC is baked in an oven, not fried in oil.

 

[Highland Mule]

Don't know about other brands but KFC is baked in an oven, not fried in oil.

What does the F stand for then?

 

[TheTallGuy]

Don't know about other brands but KFC is baked in an oven, not fried in oil.

I think that you'll it's pressure fried then oven finished.

 

[Boysground]

Can we grow soya in the UK
And if so why don’t we ???

@Soya UK may be able to tell you more than me.

My neighbour tried some last year, he won’t be growing it again. It wasn’t a Soya Uk crop.

I think basically we don’t get enough summer heat yet.

Bb

 

[DaveGrohl]

Price of soybean oil would go up to compensate for the byproduct's lack of value. It's not like demand for the oil is going to disappear, it's the second most used veg oil on the planet with 60 million tons of the stuff being produced last year.

And sadly it's one of the worst oils/fats there is for human health. 54% omega 6 but only 8% omega 3. Thankfully it's not used that much in processed crap manufacture in this country. Sadly the US punter isn't so lucky.

 

[delilah]

https://sustainablefoodtrust.org/articles/dairy-cows-livestock-behind-growth-soya-south-america/

 

[Raider112]

https://sustainablefoodtrust.org/articles/dairy-cows-livestock-behind-growth-soya-south-america/

Lots of interesting stuff on there. I suppose the vegan lobby would point to the author's links to agriculture but it all seems genuine enough.

 

[milkloss]

Lots of interesting stuff on there. I suppose the vegan lobby would point to the author's links to agriculture but it all seems genuine enough.

I've managed to shut a few smart arses up using those facts and figures.

 

[milkloss]

@delilah ..... you laugh but a few of the yummy mummies at the school now tend to avoid me at pick up.

 

[delilah]

Lots of interesting stuff on there. I suppose the vegan lobby would point to the author's links to agriculture but it all seems genuine enough.

And that is the crux of it. Richard Young represents the middle ground. Many farmers would regard him as a 'greenie', vegans would regard him as 'the enemy'. The rational thinking majority of the public would regard him as entirely sensible.

 

[delilah]

@delilah ..... you laugh but a few of the yummy mummies at the school now tend to avoid me at pick up.

That's because you smell of silage.

 

[milkloss]

That's because you smell of silage.

heh, heh! they don't mind the smell when they're around a proper specimen of a working man

 

[Doing it for the kids]

heh, heh! they don't mind the smell when they're around a proper specimen of a working man

hence why they avoid you!?