Practically speaking, one would probably use for ethanol production only a little over half of the soil bank lands and add to this some portion of the plants now grown as animal feed crops (for example, on the 70 million acres that now grow soybeans for animal feed). (calcars.org)
Under ideal conditions, a fast - growing alga, including the ZIVO strain, may produce up to five times the amount of protein as soybean using about 33 percent of the water consumed in growing soybean, according to industry sources. (fooddrink-magazine.com)
«Soybean nitrogen breakthrough could help feed the world: Greenhouse - grown soybean plants produce up to 36 percent more seeds.» (sciencedaily.com)