News Releases

Washington, D.C. Dec. 22, 2022.  The U.S. Senate has delivered another Christmas gift to soy growers! Doug McKalip, President Biden’s nominee to serve as Chief Agricultural Negotiator for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, has been confirmed to the...

The Cambodian Aquaculturist Association’s third annual meeting and trade show attracted 200 participants on Dec. 8-9 in Phnom Penh. ASA/WISHH helped launch the now 900-member strong association and continues to work closely with it through the USDA-funded Commercialization of Aquaculture...

Washington, D.C. Dec. 21, 2022. The American Soybean Association is elated that the Senate has, after a prolonged wait, confirmed Alexis Taylor to be USDA’s Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs. ASA and myriad other ag groups have pushed...

Low-cost, longer-lasting soy oil option one of three pilot proposals selected Washington, D.C. Dec. 21, 2022. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced projects that will be funded through its National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Bioproduct Pilot Program, and...

Washington, D.C. Dec. 20, 2022. Santa is not the only one who pitter patters overnight in December; Congress was at work in the wee morning hours of Dec. 20, hammering out an omnibus appropriations bill that, if passed by the...

Groups ask court to vacate unscientific rule, restore safe ag uses of chlorpyrifos Washington, D.C. Dec. 16, 2022. The American Soybean Association and 19 other agricultural groups argued before the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals on Dec. 15 in Red River...

ASA’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health Program and the Commercialization of Aquaculture for Sustainable Trade-Cambodia Project attended a world aquaculture conference in Singapore this week. The group gathered at World Aquaculture Singapore, a major international trade show where...

ASA Welcomes Melanie Fitzpatrick as Executive Director of State & Industry Relations Washington, D.C. Dec. 12, 2022. The American Soybean Association is pleased to announce Melanie Fitzpatrick will join its senior management team Jan. 3. Fitzpatrick, who most recently worked...

Grower Groups Ask Court to Clarify Jurisdictional Rules, Insist EPA Must Use Best Available Science Washington, D.C. Dec. 9, 2022. The American Soybean Association and Plains Cotton Growers, Inc., argued before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Dec. 8 in...

St. Louis, MO. Dec. 8, 2022. During its annual meeting in St. Louis this week, the American Soybean Association elected the leaders who will guide the organization through the coming year’s top advocacy priorities, including the much-anticipated 2023 Farm Bill,...