Cottonseed meal contains more arginine than soybean meal. Ninety-seven percent of soybean meal production globally is used as livestock feed. Most of the remaining soybean meal produced in the US was exported. In aquaculture, shrimp farms are the major consumer of soybean meal. Catfish are fed a grain-based diet that includes soybean meal. Most of the remaining residue (soybean meal) is used as animal feed. Raw soybean meal is neither very palatable nor very nutritious. Globally, about 98 percent of soybean meal is used as animal feed. Some growers use oats, corn meal, soybean meal, or chicken mash. Yeast extract and soybean meal are widely used as nitrogen source. It is made from soybean meal that has been dehulled and defatted. Soybean meal products are sold primarily to the poultry and catfish industries. Soybean meal is also used in some dog foods. Soybean meal is cheap and plentiful in the United States. Also in the early 1980s, China began to ship soybean meal to Asian markets.