Trade is priority #1 for ASA as it pushes to rescind tariffs, open and expand markets for soy export
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Learn MoreEach year, soybean growers rely on the predictability of the farm safety net provided in the multi-year farm bill. They invest in crop insurance as an affordable and effective risk management tool to prepare for times of crop loss. Farmers turn to Congress for relief in times of unexpected economic disasters that accompany global pandemics or trade retaliation.
Learn MoreASA works to advance soybean biotech priorities within Congress and regulatory agencies.
Learn MoreWith its own comprehensive and ever-evolving protocol, ASA and soy partners support sustainability all along the production chain.
Learn MoreDevelopments throughout the year bring subtle to serious threats against soy’s future, so ASA is constantly working to protect soy interests
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Soybean Farmers Deeply Concerned with Senate Proposal to Reward U.S. Tax Credits to Foreign Biofuel Feedstocks
June 18, 2025
The American Soybean Association expressed disappointment in the Senate Finance Committee’s budget reconciliation text that made significant modifications to the House-passed Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit language. The Senate Finance Committee text reverts on the progress made in the House to support U.S. farmer-driven domestic biofuels by removing a key provision to ringfence North... Keep Reading
Soybean Farmers Deeply Concerned with Senate Proposal to Reward U.S. Tax Credits to Foreign Biofuel Feedstocks
June 17, 2025
The American Soybean Association expressed disappointment in the Senate Finance Committee’s budget reconciliation text that made significant modifications to the House-passed Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit language. The Senate Finance Committee text reverts on the progress made in the House to support U.S. farmer-driven domestic biofuels by removing a key provision to ringfence North... Keep Reading
How does U.S. soybean production compare to Brazil?
May 22, 2025
Brazilian soybean farmers are poised to benefit from a trade war. How will U.S. soybean producers adapt to compete in the trade war era? By Jacquie Holland, ASA Economist, and Katelyn Klawinsky, ASA Economics Intern There has been no shortage of media attention on Brazilian soybean production after the U.S. implemented new tariff actions in... Keep Reading