Soybean

produced in fields, large crops of seeds are planted and harvested. Brazilian soybean production is dominated by a handful of large corporations. About 80% of the production in Brazil is by four major corporations and the other 20% by smaller cooperatives. (Fliehr 2013) These farms are located all over Brazil starting in the south and expanding in the western and northern regions into the Brazilian Savannah and the deforested areas of the Amazon.

First the beans are taken from their farm to a local distribution warehouse, where beans from multiple farms are grouped together. From the warehouse the beans are transported, mainly by truck but in some regions by rail, to the port warehouses. These warehouses, even though they are on public ports, are owned by private industry. Shortly after arriving they get loaded onto ships to be taken to their international destinations, mainly in China or Europe. Most of the soy products exported are raw beans to be processed into oil or soymeal to produce a variety of soy products that are sold in the country and exported to other markets. Once delivered to these markets they are produced into the items that we see in Canadian grocery stores.

Brazilian soybean production is dominated by a handful of large corporations. About 80% of the production in Brazil is by four major corporations and the other 20% by smaller cooperatives. (Fliehr 2013) These farms are located all over Brazil starting in the south and expanding in the western and northern regions into the Brazilian Savannah and the deforested areas of the Amazon. Most of these farms are far from the ports where 90% of Brazilian soybeans are shipped. That means there is a transportation network that has been established to bring these goods from the farm to their destination

paying workers more would be a way to balance the exploitations of work and resources

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Dohlman, Eric., et al (2016) Corn and Soybean Production Costs and Export Competitiveness in Argentina, Brazil and the United States. USDA Economic Research Service. www.ers.usda.gov/publications/eib-economic-information-bulletin/eib-154

Fliehr, Olivia (2013) Analysis of transportation and logistics processes for soybeans in Brazil. https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/78249/1/75187552X.pdf

Thoenes, P. (2004). The role of soybean in fighting world hunger. FAO Commodities and Trade Division, Basic Foodstuffs. https://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/ea0e7b93-fb20-4c62-b8fd-6e7b076dfa79/