Quality of Canadian food-type soybeans 2020
Oil content
Oil content for 2020 Canadian food-type soybeans varied from 16.1 to 24.5 g per 100 g dry matter (Table 2). The mean oil content in 2020 was 20.9 g per 100 g dry matter, which was slightly higher than that for 2019 (20.7 g per 100 g dry matter). The mean oil contents for Prairies, Ontario and Quebec in 2020 were 20.7, 21.2, and 20.3 g per 100 g dry matter.
| Province/Region | Oil content, g/100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2019 | |||
| Number of samples | Mean | Range | Mean | |
| Prairies | ||||
| Soybean, No. 1 Canada | 1 | 22.0 | 22.0 – 22.0 | 21.1 |
| Soybean, No. 2 Canada | 14 | 20.6 | 18.9 – 22.6 | 20.6 |
| All grades | 15 | 20.7 | 18.9 – 22.6 | 20.7 |
| Ontario | ||||
| Soybean, No. 1 Canada | 81 | 21.3 | 18.6 – 24.5 | 20.9 |
| Soybean, No. 2 Canada | 113 | 21.1 | 16.1 – 23.9 | 20.6 |
| All grades | 194 | 21.2 | 16.1 – 24.5 | 20.7 |
| Quebec | ||||
| Soybean, No. 1 Canada | 18 | 20.7 | 18.4 – 22.7 | 20.8 |
| Soybean, No. 2 Canada | 72 | 20.2 | 16.5 – 22.7 | 20.6 |
| All grades | 90 | 20.3 | 16.5 – 22.7 | 20.7 |
| Canada | ||||
| Soybean, No. 1 Canada | 100 | 21.2 | 18.4 – 24.5 | 20.9 |
| Soybean, No. 2 Canada | 199 | 20.7 | 16.1 – 23.9 | 20.6 |
| All grades | 299 | 20.9 | 16.1 – 24.5 | 20.7 |