Soybeans are a plant-based protein and a nutritious alternative to animal-based proteins. In fact, soybeans are also high in fiber and essential minerals. Soybeans improve heart health by lowering cholesterol and may provide protection against cancer.
China is the world’s largest consumer of soybeans. Until recently, the U.S. was a major soybean supplier and exporter to China, and soybeans were a major cash crop. President Donald Trump’s tariff blunders are blamed largely for the change; sales to China are frozen and there are not enough storage facilities, thus resulting in plummeting market prices that fail to meet production costs.
Iowa soybean producers are furious. Argentina’s soybeans are much more attractive now to China. Ironically, assisting Argentina might be more attractive to Trump than assisting law abiding American citizens. Perhaps when Trump declared to put America first, he meant South America?
So MAGA, help your people in Iowa. Consume more soybeans. Currently, an estimated 70% of soybeans used in the U.S. are animal food. Some soybean production is used for an alternative to diesel. Logically, if more Americans ate soybeans, then the damage to soybean farmers might be lessened. Chinese consumption of soybeans per capita is roughly 26.5 pounds a year. In contrast, U.S. consumption of soybeans is 2 grams, or 7/100 of an ounce.
Western Slope, you supported MAGA, and ultimately Trump and all of his policies. You protected him from scandalous investigations. Eat Soybeans. Try to eat 5 pounds per day to compensate for Trump’s blunder, which is just nasty.
Joe Hubbard
Aztec
