1.   The company said it would have been impossible to keep the new soybeans from finding their way into human food.

2.   After consulting the Food and Drug Administration, Pioneer opted to voluntarily suspend development of new soybeans, even though they were not intended for human consumption.

3.   Joe Sonnenmoser, a Weston soybean farmer, worries that consumers are not convinced that the new soybeans are safe.

4.   To test the new Pioneer soybeans, the Nebraska scientists used two separate tests of blood serum from nine people known to be allergic to brazil nuts.

5.   A new soybean developed by government scientists yields oil that, once processed, has far less heart-damaging fats and other substances than other cooking oils.

6.   Authorities in a southern Brazilian state ordered work stopped Friday on a plantation where chemical conglomerate Monsanto is growing a new genetically altered soybean.

7.   Grain and soybean futures prices rose sharply Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade, reflecting spring planting delays and hopes for new soybean oil sales to China.

8.   The new soybeans have a third as much linolenic acid as conventional varieties.