SOYBEANS AND MAIZE (CORN)

By Adam MayorJeffrey HarrisGrace Large

corn/maize Maize (C0rn),has been grown in Australia for

more than 150 years.Corn is a cereal crop. There are over 3,500 different uses for corn products.

Corn is now completely unlikely to be found growing in the wild. Corn will always have an even number of rows on each cob.

Corn/maize

Corn is called maize by most countries; this is a Spanish word. Corn is a very healthy food.

Corn is healthy what do you think of when you look at a corn field? Popcorn? Corn flakes? Sweet corn? Did you know that popcorn and sweet corn come from different plants?

Juices and soft drinks like Coca-Cola and Pepsi contain corn sweeteners.

Corn/maize pictures

Soybeans are a PulseThere is a growing demand from Asian countries, including Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia, for Australian edible soybeans. Japan alone imports almost half a million tonnes of tofu grade soybeans each year.

As well as exporting soybeans to other countries Australia also imports soybeans from other countries.

Soybeans and products

Soy pancakes

Soy products are often eaten by people who are gluten or lactose intolerant, as soy has no gluten or lactose.

Soy cheese, sauce, milk and soybeans.

Coloured soybeans

soybeans

A small amount of soybean products are transferred into the foods that we eat daily such as soy milk, soy flour, tofu and some chocolate yogurt products. Oil seed production in Australia is approximately 6% of annual global grain production

SoybeansSome products using soybeans are more related to other countries such as China which has Chinese noodles, soy sauce and soy milk.

Australia also imports almost half a million tonnes of tofu grade soybeans. Up until the late 1990’s almost 50% of the crop was crushed for meal and oil and a further 25% went into full fat meal for intensive livestock. The human consumption market only accounted for around 25-30%, and the remaining 5% was retained for planting seed.

Soybeans

These are some of the animals that are fed maize and soybeans.

Pigs

CowsHorses Chickens