If you knew anything about animal husbandry, you would realize that animals, like people require roughage and bulk in their diets for good health,,, those much smaller, marginally higher protein beans are priced at a significant premium... the truth is the market dictates what you are looking for in a soybean...
ask our friend localizer, he's the seed bean expert, and yet the company he works for is not trying to increase protein production in their seed beans, but working to increase yield per acre, disease resistance, and a hardier bean plant, that tolerates less water and more difficult growing conditions?
The Brazilians and Argentinians are planting the same seed beans, but due to less than optimum growing conditions are producing fewer, smaller beans from the same seed,,, their protein may well be marginally higher, but as that handful of South American beans illustrates, when held up against the handful of American beans in Jura's post, you're buying an inferior product that is less mature, and will not tolerate sipping and storage nearly as well...
So localizer, as a crop scientist, perhaps you can explain why your company is working to produce a hardier seed product, that is more disease resistant, and tolerant of difficult growing conditions, as opposed to a higher protein product at harvest....
as a grower, I am very interested in your personal and honest opinion, I'm sure the guys would love to hear that as well???
