News Releases

ST. LOUIS (Dec. 2, 2021) — U.S. Soy set a new record for exporting more product in more international markets than ever before, the United Soybean Board, U.S. Soybean Export Council and American Soybean Association announced today. During the 20/21 market...

By Scott Gerlt  • ASA Economist The federal farm safety net for soybean producers is provided by the farm bill and crop insurance. These standing programs are designed to protect against different adverse conditions. While the 2020 crop might seem...

On Nov. 30, WISHH Latin America will present a two-hour, virtual trade team event entitled, Meat Analogs and Extenders - Trends and Production with U.S. Soy. The event, funded by USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Market Access Program and the Michigan Soybean...

Join WISHH on Dec. 6 at 10:00 p.m. CST as WISHH launches its program in Kazakhstan. The Central Asian country is one of WISHH’s newest markets and offers growth potential for U.S. soy in the livestock feed sector. WISHH Asia...

Washington, D.C. November 13, 2021. “The best available science and data.” It’s a phrase that carries heavy weight—or at least it should, as “the best available science and data” is the standard by which a regulatory agency is charged with...

Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 2021. Curious how the world’s coolest beans get to market? What paths, problems, and purposes they take on throughout their journey? This fall, as soybean harvest continues across our country, the American Soybean Association breaks down...

Washington, D.C. Nov. 5, 2021. The House of Representatives has passed H.R. 3684, the bipartisan infrastructure package the Senate passed in mid-August and that soybean growers have supported to assure a modern, efficient transportation structure for American agriculture. This bill...

By Scott Gerlt  • ASA Economist The last Economist’s Angle focused on the rise of renewable diesel. The growth is being driven by demand for the properties of the fuel in existing biofuel markets and not by the implementation of...

Washington, D.C., Nov. 3, 2021. As the House Agriculture Committee hearing on The Immediate Challenges to Our Nation’s Food Supply Chain convenes Nov. 3, producers, processors, and users of soy are expressing their concerns over recent issues ranging from labor...

Commercialization of Aquaculture for Sustainable Trade (CAST)-Cambodia, representing ASA/WISHH, hosted the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Cambodia to meet with project partners and discuss the country’s freshwater aquaculture market system strategies.   On Oct. 23, Cambodia’s Minister...