Source: CAROLINA-VIRGINIA FARMER, 12/16/13

The U.S. soy industry exported 1.7 billion bushels of U.S. soy in the 2012-2013 marketing year, totaling $28 billion, a 19% increase from 2011-2012.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, this total includes more than 1.3 billion bushels of whole U.S. soybeans, meal from 454 million bushels of U.S. soybeans and oil from 186 million bushels, which represents 56 percent of U.S. soybean production from last year.

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