1.   Because of planting delays, though, many soybean crops in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio have yet to reaped.

2.   Beneficial weekend weather allowed farmers to press ahead harvesting the fall soybean crop.

3.   Brazil begins harvesting the soybean crop in March.

4.   Brazil is on track to produce a record soybean crop this year, after December rains nourished crops, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.

5.   A smaller soybean crop will mean lower exports.

6.   A record soybean crop expected from Brazil, now being harvested, could make supplies more ample, traders said.

7.   A record soybean crop in Brazil will offset strong demand from China and record use of soybeans in the U.S., USDA figures showed.

8.   Additionally, other countries are expecting bumper soybean crops, which will draw business away from the U.S., analysts said.

9.   Currently, about half of the U.S. soybean crop and a third of the corn crop are genetically modified.

10.   During that time, the Brazilian soybean crop will bloom into flowers that later set into pods for bean development, the most important indicator of soybean production.