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the ability to make vermicelli noodles from them, which in the old days were strictly made using mung beans. Peas are always cheaper than mung beans, sometimes three times less expensive, so I think that trend will continue and all Asian buyers will behave similarly. There will always be a market for mung bean noodles, but I think the demand for edible peas will only increase. Meat is still very popular in China, driving demand for feed peas. What alternative feed crops does it look at? In China you have to look at soybean meal and corn particularly – since the beginning of January, corn values have dropped in price by 16%, soybean meal has dropped by 12%, and pea values are down by 5%. That's worth keeping track of in terms of competing with the major grains – it also depends on the crush and how many soybeans are crushed there, which
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