News Releases

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,...

Washington, D.C. Dec. 1, 2022. The Environmental Protection Agency has released its draft “set” rule, which sets annual biofuel blending targets under the Renewable Fuel Standard. This announcement, including proposed Renewable Volume Obligations for 2023, 2024, and 2025, is deeply...

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...

Washington, D.C. November 14, 2022. In a letter to congressional leadership, more than 300 agriculture, environment, academic, infrastructure, and other stakeholder groups are calling on Congress to reaffirm federal pesticide preemption on labeling and packaging. Failing to do so, the groups...

By Scott Gerlt • ASA Chief Economist The soybean processing industry intends to significantly grow over the next few years. This change will open up more domestic opportunities for soybean consumption. Soybeans are almost never used whole but are instead...

ASA’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health Program and the Commercialization of Aquaculture for Sustainable Trade-Cambodia Project staff presented CAST program success this week at the American Evaluation Association conference in New Orleans. This annual conference examines best practices,...

St. Louis, MO. Oct 31, 2022. The American Soybean Association’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health Program and U.S. Soybean Export Council representatives join the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s agribusiness trade mission in Nairobi, Kenya, and Zanzibar, Tanzania on...