Quiet March WASDE report offers little relief to soy markets

March 13, 2025

By Jacquie Holland, ASA Economist The markets largely yawned at the March 2025 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report published Tuesday. While no major supply revisions were expected by USDA, the resulting usage adjustments did little to revive new crop (2025) soybean futures prices that had previously fallen to a two-month low on trade...

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ASA Congratulates Brooke Rollins on USDA Secretary Confirmation

February 13, 2025

The American Soybean Association extends its congratulations to Brooke Rollins on her confirmation as U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary. ASA President Caleb Ragland, a soybean farmer from Kentucky, said, “ASA looks forward to working with Secretary Rollins on a variety of key priorities, from the farm bill and biotechnology to biofuels support and agricultural trade,...

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Soy Growers Urge Climate-Smart Payments to Farmers to Resume

February 10, 2025

U.S. soybean farmers are urging USDA to resume processing of payments to farmers and grant recipients under contracts made by USDA under the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Program (PCSC). Grant recipients have been notified recently that funds associated with the PCSC program have been paused while the new Trump administration reviews various grant programs. ASA...

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