IOM soybeans is an industrial designation for soybean

Soybean

The soybean or soya bean is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean which has numerous uses...

s from the U.S.

United States

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 states of Indiana

Indiana

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, Ohio

Ohio

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, and Michigan

Michigan

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. Beans grown in those states have a high protein content that is valued by processors, in particular in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. IOM soybeans are traded on the following Japanese commodity exchanges:

• Fukuoka Futures Exchange
  Fukuoka Futures Exchange
  Fukuoka Futures Exchange was a futures exchange founded 1893, based in Fukuoka, Japan. It was absorbed by Kansai Commodities Exchange, based in Ôsaka, and no longer exists. Trading was conducted at six specified session times through the day. At each session, a price was established for each...
  
   (FFE)
• Kansai Commodities Exchange
  Kansai Commodities Exchange
  Kansai Commodities Exchange is a futures exchange based in Osaka, Japan.Trading is conducted at six specified session times through the day...
  
   (KEX)
• Tokyo Grain Exchange (TGE) (including other US state origins);

and in the past were traded on:

• Central Japan Commodity Exchange
  Central Japan Commodity Exchange
  Central Japan Commodity Exchange is a futures exchange based in Nagoya, Japan.- History :The exchange was established 1 October 1996 from the merger of the Toyohashi Dry Cocoon Exchange, the Nagoya Grain and Sugar Exchange and the Nagoya Textile Exchange, all three based in the Aichi prefecture,...
  
   (C-COM)

The Japanese contracts called "IOM soybeans" are unsegregated, meaning any mixture of genetically modified and not. Non-GM IOM soybeans in Japan are usually just called "Non-GM soybeans."