1·China buys around a third of America's soyabean crop to use mostly as animal feed.
中国购买了大约三分之一的美国大豆产量,用来作为动物饲料。
2·Intriguingly, Dr Balch's experimental area is part of an 80,000-hectare holding owned by the family of Blairo Maggi, a soyabean magnate who is the governor of Mato Grosso.
有趣的是,鲍尔奇博士的实验区是布莱罗·马吉家族拥有的80,000公顷地产的一部分,布莱罗·马吉是一个大豆业巨头,还是马托格罗索州的州长。
3·At the Chicago Board of Trade, wheat, maize (corn) and soyabean futures fell by as much as the exchange's rules permit.
在芝加哥期货市场,小麦,玉米及大豆的期货均跌停板。
4·In Argentina, the soyabean crop is forecast to fall almost 20 per cent this year owing to drought and pests, raising pressure on US supplies.
在阿根廷,由于干旱和虫灾,预计今年大豆收成将下降近两成,这加大了美国供应的压力。
5·The fields of Mato Grosso are 2,000km from the main soyabean port at Paranaguá, which cannot take the largest, most modern ships.
马托格罗索离巴拉纳瓜主要大豆港口2000公里,而巴拉纳瓜港口无法承载大型现代船只。