Determined to build: North Dakota soybean leaders expand markets beyond China
The North Dakota delegation made numerous stops, including a visit to a feed mill. ND Soybean Council photo
Billie Lentz of Perth tried her hand feeding fish at an aquaculture operation. ND Soybean Council photo
Soybeans are used in a wide variety of beverages. ND Soybean Council photo
FARGO, N.D. - The air in Vietnam hangs heavy with humidity, a world away from a North Dakota January. Standing on a floating fish platform in the Mekong Delta, Evan Montgomery watched soybean meal pour into feed rations for thousands of fish below him. At that moment, global trade stopped being abstract. It became visible, tangible and personal.
“To literally see our soybean meal being fed to his c…