IOM soybeans is an industrial designation for soybeans from the U.S. states of Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan.
Beans grown in those states have a high protein content that is valued by processors, in particular in Japan.
IOM soybeans are traded on the following Japanese commodity exchanges: and in the past were traded on: 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".