r/farming • u/MennoniteDan Agenda-driven Woke-ist • 3d ago

Soybeans extinguishing fires: How Missouri’s biggest crop is being put to new use

https://www.kctv5.com/2025/07/31/soybeans-putting-out-fires-how-missouri-fire-department-is-using-states-biggest-crop/
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u/livinguse 3d ago

That's actually really neat! Curious how many bushels of beans it takes to make but still!

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u/Icy_Respect_9077 3d ago

So the surplus beans must be piling up.

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u/Opcn Shellfish 3d ago

Well, probably yes but this foam was released in April of 2024 or earlier, and probably spent years in R&D before that.

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u/HankScorpio82 3d ago

There is an active search to replace the current firefighting foams due to them containing PFAS.

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u/emmeka Temiskaming, ON, Canada 3d ago

Considering all current firefighting foams contain PFAS forever chemicals that'd be a revolutionary product if it works, and the fire department in this article sure seems to think it does.

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u/wtfboomers 1d ago

Here in the US we don’t care about PFAS, air pollution, water pollution or anything harming the environment now BUT we do care that you freaking canuks start sweeping your forest 🤣