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  • Oct. 2, 2012
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    Expiration of the Farm Bill

    The 2008 law governing many of our nation’s farm policies expired on Sunday, Sept. 30, and the 2012 Farm Bill needed to replace it is bottled up in Congress. While the Senate and the House Agriculture Committees were both able to pass their versions of the new farm bill, the full House was unable to do so.  While expiration of farm bill program authorities has little or no effect on some important programs, it has terminated a number of important programs and will very adversely affect many farmers and ranchers, as well as ongoing market development and conservation efforts.  Following is a summary of these impacts. ...More
  • Sep. 17, 2012
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    ASA Points to Multiple Benefits from Increase in Biodiesel Fuel Standard

    The EPA has announced an increase in the biodiesel volume requirement under the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) from 1 billion gallons in 2012 to 1.28 billion gallons in 2013, a move welcomed by the American Soybean Association (ASA)....More
  • Sep. 14, 2012
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    ASA Supports Discharge Petition to Move House Farm Bill

    In response to Thursday’s introduction of a discharge petition by Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA) that would force the idling Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (the 2012 Farm Bill) to the House floor for a vote, American Soybean Association (ASA) President Steve Wellman, a soybean farmer from Syracuse, Neb., issued the following statement:...More
  • Sep. 12, 2012
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    ASA: Farm Bill Now!

    With less than a month left to pass the 2012 Farm Bill, commodity groups and farming organizations are banding together to pressure congress that a new farm bill is necessary, and doable. Steve Wellman, Syracuse, Neb. farmer and American Soybean Association president, spoke to attendees of the 2012 Farm Progress Show reminding them that the farm bill affects farm jobs well beyond the farm gate and that agriculture and the farm bill affect global trade....More
  • Sep. 12, 2012
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    USDA-ASA-Afghan Cooperation Creates Afghanistan’s First Soy Processing Plant

    A distance of 7,000 miles is just the start of the differences between the Brookville, Ohio, farm where Steve Berk grew up raising soybeans as an FFA project and his current residence in Afghanistan. Yet, a new soybean processing factory creates a landmark link between states like Ohio and Afghan reconstruction efforts....More
  • Sep. 10, 2012
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    ASA Launches Soy Action Center to Connect Farmers with Capitol Hill

    As Congress returns from recess this week, the American Soybean Association (ASA) announces the launch of the Soy Action Center, a grassroots communications portal through which ASA’s 21,000 farmer members can connect with their members of Congress, administration and federal agency officials, and state and local offices....More
  • Aug. 22, 2012
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    ASA Taps 16 Growers from Nine States for WISHH Leadership Team

    American Soybean Association (ASA) President Steve Wellman has confirmed 16 soybean growers from nine states to ASA’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) Committee in 2012-13. WISHH Committee Members reelected David Iverson of South Dakota as chair and Andy Welden of Michigan as vice chair. Illinois grower Dan Farney is the new treasurer. Lucas Heinen of Kansas now serves as secretary....More
  • Jul. 20, 2012
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    Soybean Farmers: Enter the Conservation Legacy Awards

    U.S. soybean farmers are invited to tell the story of conservation on their farms by entering the 2012-2013 Conservation Legacy Awards. Winning entries will help tell the story to the public about how soybean farmers are committed to protecting the soil, water and air through outstanding environmental and conservation practices while continuing to farm profitably....More
  • Mar. 2, 2012
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    Commodity Organizations Set Crop Insurance as Top Farm Bill Priority

    Four of the nation’s major farm organizations have released a statement saying that an affordable crop insurance program will be their No. 1 priority for the 2012 Farm Bill debate. The statement comes as the House and Senate Agriculture Committees announced a stepped up committee hearing schedule that may presage an effort to actually begin writing the next four- or five-year farm bill in April....More
  • Feb. 8, 2012
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    Biotech Labeling, Renewable Energy Directive in Comments on EU Free Trade Agreement

    As U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk moves to consider ways to improve the nation’s trade relationship with the European Union (EU) as part of the recently formed U.S.-EU High Level Working Group on Jobs and Growth, the American Soybean Association (ASA) submitted formal comments reminding the ambassador that the EU’s heavy-handed policies on biotech soybeans, as well as inaccurate characterization of biodiesel by the Renewable Energy Directive (RED), have contributed to a 70% drop in total soybean export quantity and a 44% decrease in soybean export value to the EU over the last 14 years....More
  • Feb. 1, 2012
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    Meet Steve Censky, American Soybean Association CEO

    When Stephen Censky became CEO of the American Soybean Association in 1996, ASA was emerging from an unsettled sequence of chief executives who came and went quickly. “Steve was a welcome solution,” remembers Ron Heck, an Iowa soybean grower who has worked with Censky almost from the start....More
  • Sep. 29, 2011
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    ASA 2012 Farm Bill Proposal: Risk Management for America’s Farmers

    The American Soybean Association today released its proposal for the 2012 Farm Bill, Risk Management for America’s Farmers. "This proposal will help farmers manage the risks they face from adverse weather, crop disease and volatile commodity markets," says ASA President Alan Kemper, a soybean producer from Lafayette, IN....More
  • Jun. 17, 2011
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    Enter the ASA Conservation Legacy Award

    Entering the American Soybean Association (ASA) Conservation Legacy Awards program is a great way for soybean producers to tell America about their outstanding and innovative environmental and conservation practices. The application deadline is Friday, Aug. 5, and ASA is encouraging soybean producers to submit their farm for consideration....More
  • May 27, 2011
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    FY2012 House Agriculture Appropriations Bill Calls for Significant Cuts to Discretionary, Mandatory Ag Program Spending

    On May 24, the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee passed their fiscal year 2012 spending bill that would make significant cuts in both discretionary and mandatory agricultural program spending. The bill would reduce total discretionary agriculture funding by $2.6 billion (13.4% below FY11) ....More
  • Nov. 1, 2010
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    Bean Booster | Free Trade and Better Biodiesel Policy are on the New ASA President’s Agenda

      The grassroots growth of the American Soybean Association(ASA) has Alan Kemper excited about what’s in store for growers in ASA’s 25 affiliated states. And the incoming ASA president is challenging others to speak up loudly for better markets, research and overall farm policy....More
  • Jan. 1, 2010
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    ASA Announces 2010 Officers

    The Board of Directors of the American Soybean Association (ASA) has confirmed Rob Joslin from Sidney, OH, as...More
  • Dec. 1, 2009
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    ASA Offers New Online Political Advocacy Training

    If you want or need to get more involved in the political process and how it affects your operation, the America...More
  • Nov. 1, 2009
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    Ohio Farmer Pilots ASA

    As Rob Joslin takes the helm of the American Soybean Association (ASA) in December, there's no bigger concern for him...More
  • Oct. 28, 2009
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    ASA Celebrates 90th Year

    The American Soybean Association (ASA) was established 90 years ago – and continues to be the advocate and grassroots...More
  • Oct. 9, 2009
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    Incoming ASA President

    Rob Joslin, Sidney, OH, is the new ASA President...More
  • Aug. 27, 2009
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    ASA Urges Activism To Safeguard Biodiesel Demand

    The American Soybean Association (ASA) is encouraging all U.S. soybean producers and their family members, neighbors...More
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