China Wants to Ensure Food Security by Cutting Amount of Soybeans in Animal Feed

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China is redoubling its efforts to bolster food security by trying to cut the amount of soybeans that get turned into animal feed.

In a notice this week, the farm ministry identified feed grains as the most pressing problem for food supplies. It urged the feed sector to learn from some of the top producers that have successfully reduced the amount of soybean meal -- derived from crushing soybeans -- used in livestock rations as their main source of protein.