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Soybean Meal (Swine Feed — Primary Protein) →

Soybeans →

Soybeans →

Soybean Meal (Animal Feed Protein) →

Corn Grain (Swine Feed — Primary Energy) →

Feedlot Finishing Diet (Corn + Soybean Meal) →

Sunflower seeds →

Buenos Aires / Córdoba / La Pampa provinces · mine

Argentina's Pampas region (Buenos Aires, Córdoba, La Pampa, San Luis provinces) is the world's #3 sunflower-producing zone at ~15-17% of global production. Argentina exports sunflower oil and high-protein sunflower meal primarily to EU, India, and China. Argentina's export tax structure favors sunflower oil export over raw seed export (30% tax on seeds vs. lower rates on oil). Bunge, Louis Dreyfus, Cargill, and Viterra all operate crushing facilities in Rosario/Santa Fe crushing corridor. Source: https://www.bolsadecereales.com/

Texas · port

Bunge export terminal at the Port of Longview, Texas — a major Gulf Coast grain export facility through which US corn and soybean meal flows to international buyers including Chinese pork sector importers. Bunge operates multiple Gulf and PNW export terminals that serve as chokepoints for US corn exports to China for feed use. Source: https://www.bunge.com/businesses/agribusiness

Mykolaiv Oblast · processing

Bunge's primary Ukrainian sunflower oil crushing facility in Mykolaiv — a port city on the Southern Bug River that was under intense artillery bombardment in 2022 (Russia advanced to the outskirts of Mykolaiv city before being repelled in summer 2022). Bunge's Mykolaiv crushing operations were suspended or severely curtailed during 2022 bombardment; partial restoration occurred in late 2022-2023. Mykolaiv Oblast is a primary Ukrainian sunflower-growing region. Source: https://www.bunge.com/about/locations

Illinois · processing

Bunge North America's Cairo Illinois soybean crushing facility is one of Bunge's largest US crush operations, located at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers — giving it direct river barge access to incoming soybeans from Illinois and Indiana farms and outgoing soybean meal to livestock producers across the mid-South and Southeast US. Cairo's river geography makes it a critical node for Midwest soybean meal distribution to US swine and poultry producers. Source: https://www.bunge.com/about-bunge/locations

Parana · crushing_plant

Soybean crushing and oil refining at Port of Paranagua, a critical soy export hub in Brazil.

Sao Paulo · crushing_plant

Major soybean crushing and port export facility; one of Bunge 9 grain mills in Brazil supporting export to China and EU.

Mato Grosso · storage

The Mato Grosso soybean origination cluster — centered on Sorriso (self-styled 'Soy Capital of the World'), Lucas do Rio Verde, Nova Mutum, and Sinop in northern Mato Grosso — is the world's single most productive soybean-producing region, generating approximately 35 million tonnes annually (~23% of Brazil's total crop and ~8% of world production from a region the size of France). Mato Grosso accounts for ~1/3 of Brazil's total soybean production consistently. The cluster is served by a network of private grain storage silos (Bunge, Cargill, ADM, Louis Dreyfus, COFCO all operate storage and first-handler origination in the region) and the MT-235 road corridor to the BR-163 (the 'Soy Highway' from Cuiabá to Santarém). The lack of rail infrastructure in northern Mato Grosso (as of 2024, FICO/Ferrogrão railroad planned but not built) means soybeans must be trucked ~2,000 km south to Paranaguá or Santos ports, or ~1,500 km north to Miritituba/Santarém river ports for Amazon River barge transport. Logistics costs from Mato Grosso to port represent 15-25% of soybean FOB price — the largest single logistics cost component in any globally traded agricultural commodity supply chain. Source: USDA FAS Brazil Oilseeds Annual 2024; EMBRAPA Soja production statistics; Abiove/Anec soybean export data.

Paraná · port

The Port of Paranaguá (Antonina Bay, Paraná state, Brazil) is Brazil's primary soybean and soybean products export terminal, handling 40-45 million tonnes of agricultural commodities annually — making it the world's largest grain export port by volume for soybean and soybean meal combined. Paranaguá handles approximately 35-40% of Brazil's total soybean and meal exports. Major terminal operators include Bunge (Terminal Portuário da Bunge), Cargill (Corredor de Exportação Norte), Copacabana Terminais, and FOSPAR. The port has 33 berths with 11 dedicated to grain/oilseeds. Paranaguá's channel draft limits (14-15 meters) allow Capesize-equivalent vessels. The single-road/rail access corridor (BR-277 highway from Curitiba; RFFSA/ALL railway from interior) creates bottlenecks: during peak harvest (February-May), truck queues of 200-300 km form on BR-277, with drivers waiting 5-10 days. An estimated $500M-$1B in annual logistics costs are attributable to Paranaguá infrastructure inefficiency. Brazil has invested in port expansion (Ponta do Felix terminal at Antonina; Barão de Teffé terminal upgrades) but congestion persists annually at harvest. Source: ANTAQ (Brazilian waterway regulator) Port Statistics 2024; Bunge Annual Report 2024; USDA FAS Brazil Ports and Grain Logistics.

Santa Fe · processing

Described as the world's largest single soybean crushing plant; joint venture Renova SA (Bunge 67%, Vicentín 33%); on the Paraná River at Timbués; central to Argentine soybean meal export supply chain; Vicentín bankruptcy proceedings 2020-2024 threatened JV stability; Bunge sought court-approved rescue

Santa Fe · processing

The Rosario-area Paraná River corridor (Santa Fe province, Argentina) hosts the world's most concentrated soybean processing cluster — 22 crushing plants within a 50-km stretch of the Paraná River between San Lorenzo and Timbués, with combined capacity of 157,500 tonnes/day of soybeans. This corridor processes most of Argentina's soybean crop and generates ~35-40% of globally traded soybean meal exports and ~25% of global soybean oil exports. Major operators: Bunge (Renova JV at Timbués; world's largest single plant), Cargill (San Lorenzo), ADM (Villa Gobernador Gálvez), Louis Dreyfus (Quebracho terminal), Cofco International, Oleaginosa Moreno/Glencore. Argentina's export tax structure (retenciones) taxes raw soybeans more heavily than processed products — a deliberate policy creating an incentive to crush in Argentina rather than export whole beans, concentrating the global processing industry along this 50-km corridor. The Paraná/Paraguay Hidrovía waterway is the sole bulk export route — there is no rail or road alternative for shipping 40+ million tonnes of processed soy. Draft limitations from low-water events (2020-2023 drought) restrict vessel loads, forcing ships to top-off at deep-water Bahía Blanca or San Lorenzo. Source: Trase.earth Argentina Soy Hub 2023; CIARA-CEC Argentine crushing statistics 2024.

Santa Fe Province · processing

The Greater Rosario industrial zone along the Parana River (San Lorenzo, Timbues, General Lagos, San Martin — all within 30 km of Rosario city, Santa Fe Province) is the world's single largest soybean processing cluster. All five ABCD grain majors (ADM, Bunge, Cargill, Louis Dreyfus) plus COFCO International, Vicentin, and Oleaginosa Moreno operate crush facilities here. The cluster processes approximately 40-45 million metric tons of soybeans annually — representing approximately 35-40% of global soybean meal export supply from a single river corridor. Bunge's San Lorenzo plant is the largest individual facility in the cluster. Soybeans arrive by truck and barge from northern Argentina (Cordoba, Santiago del Estero) and Paraguay; soybean meal and oil are exported via Parana River to the Rio de la Plata and global markets. A single severe flooding event, labor strike, or Argentine export tax shock can affect 35%+ of global soybean meal export supply within weeks. Source: https://www.bcr.com.ar/en (Bolsa de Comercio de Rosario)