Take a Look at the New Online ASA Farm
Family Photo Album
In celebration of the American Soybean
Association’s (ASA) 90th Anniversary this year, ASA
is pleased to debut the Farm Family Photo
Brad and Kelly Hovel of Cannon Falls, Minn. submitted their
family photo.
Album, an online photo album featuring ASA
members, their families and farms.
ASA members are encouraged to send in a family
photo to add to the album.
The ASA Farm Family Photo Album is open for
viewing at
www.soygrowers.com/90/photos.htm,
where you can also find out how to submit your
family photo. The ASA90th
Anniversary Celebration, including the Farm Family Photo
Album, is sponsored by BASF.
AH Host Jason Shoultz
(center) and Soybean Extension Agronomist Palle Pedersen
(right) talk about soybeans on camera. (AH photo)
Its
versatility is well-known in the ag community, and now the
story of the amazing soybean is being shared with a growing
non-farming audience. The American Soybean Association (ASA),
a Promotional Partner of the America’s Heartland
nationally-distributed public television program, invites all
ASA members and supporters to tune in next week when the
series will feature the soybean in a special half-hour
edition.
"America’s
Heartland: The Miracle Bean" (episode 521) will debut
nationally on
RFD-TV on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 8:00PM
EST, and on public
television stations across the country this season. Host Jason
Shoultz explores the many uses for soybeans in a fun and
informative journey from rural Iowa to the city streets of San
Francisco. Viewers will learn about efforts to grow the market
for soy-biodiesel and industrial products made from soy oil,
and hear from a leading soybean researcher at Iowa State
University. Shoultz also explores the popularity of soy-based
foods in San Francisco’s Japan Town, and even visits a
beauty-product store selling soy-based lotions and cleansers.
Featured in this episode are ASA member Ted
Liechty from Berne, Ind., Steve Anderegg, a producer from
Mason City, Iowa, and Palle Pedersen from Iowa State
University.
In addition to its weekly
broadcasts, the
America’s Heartland website provides videos, educational
materials and links to consumers who want to know more about
the program and about agriculture in America.
American Soybean Association (ASA) First Vice
President
Alan Kemper took time away from the Soybean Leadership
College on Jan. 6 to participate in the 2010 Kansas Soybean
Expo in Topeka at the invitation of the Kansas Soybean
Association (KSA) and Kansas Soybean Commission. Kemper spoke
about biodiesel, climate change and other ASA policy
initiatives. He also had an opportunity to express ASA’s
variouspolicy
priorities and concerns to Congresswomen Lynn Jenkins
(R-KS) and Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS).
The farmer-leaders of the American Soybean
Association (ASA) held an Executive
Committee Planning Session in Pittsboro, N.C.,
Dec. 12-15, to
discuss organizational affairs, brainstorm
ideas for corporate and membership programs and strategize
policy priorities for 2010. The group included
ASA President Rob Joslin, Chairman Johnny Dodson, First Vice
President Alan Kemper, Board Secretary Ron Kindred, Treasurer
Joe Steiner and Vice Presidents Ray
Gaesser, Randy Mann, Steve Wellman and Danny Murphy. ASA Chief
Executive Officer Stephen Censky, Executive Director of Member
& Industry Relations Bill Schuermann and Washington
Representative John Gordley also
participated.
ASA farmer-leaders and
staff visit Bayer headquarters during the Executive Committee
Planning Session. (Photo courtesy Bayer CropScience)
ASA
Announces 2010 Officers
ASA
2010 producer-leaders (L to R) Alan
Kemper, Johnny Dodson and Rob Joslin. (ASA photo by Bob Callanan)
The
Board of Directors of the American Soybean Association (ASA)
has confirmed Rob Joslin from Sidney, Ohio as President, and
Johnny Dodson from Halls, Tennessee as Chairman. Board members
also elected Alan Kemper from Lafayette, Indiana, to serve as
First Vice President, an office that places Kemper in line to
be ASA President next year. Also elected were Ron Kindred from
Atlanta, Illinois, as Secretary, and Joe Steiner from Mason,
Ohio, as Treasurer. Four Vice Presidentsalso were
elected:Randy Mann from Auburn, Kentucky; Ray Gaesser from
Corning, Iowa; Steve Wellman from Syracuse, Nebraska; and
Danny Murphy from Canton, Mississippi. These soybean
producer-leaders form the nine-member ASA Executive Committee.
Elections were held on Thursday, Dec. 3, during ASA’s Board of
Director’s meeting in Saint Louis.