News Releases

The American Soybean Association congratulates former Trump policy advisor Brooke Rollins on being selected by President-elect Donald Trump as nominee to serve as the next U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary. Josh Gackle, ASA president and soy farmer from Kulm, North...

The American Soybean Association welcomes President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of former U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin (R-NY) to serve as Environmental Protection Agency Administrator. ASA Chief Executive Officer Stephen Censky said, “From representing a congressional district with significant agriculture production to...

What is the value of seed treatments to U.S. soybean farmers, and how do they feel about alternatives to seed treatments? A recent survey conducted by the American Soybean Association and the United Soybean Board sought to determine just that....

Glufosinate-P Registration Restrictions Tightened   The American Soybean Association is expressing concern after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency imposed additional restrictions on farmers—a move that seems to have followed adverse comments from environmental groups. A new registration for glufosinate-P was...

Strong agriculture leaders are critical to the future of the soybean industry, and the American Soybean Association wants to provide a student interested in agriculture with a college scholarship as they start their education. The Soy Scholarship is a $7,000,...

U.S. soy and corn farmers’ loss would be South America’s gain A new economic study paints a troubling picture of the potential results a renewed U.S.-China trade war could have on hundreds of thousands of farmers and rural communities, showing American-imposed...

By Jacquie Holland • ASA Economist   The September 2024 WASDE report from USDA was much less exciting than the prior month's report—which was good news for soybean markets that were dreading a potential yield uptick ahead of the report's...

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) and the American Soybean Association (ASA) expressed frustration today with a recently released recommendation by the U.S. Department of Commerce to impose preliminary countervailing duty rates on imports of the herbicide 2,4-D. The decision comes at...

Citing worsening economic conditions impacting the nation’s farmers, ASA and over 300 national and state groups sent a letter to congressional leaders today calling on them to pass the farm bill before year’s end. Signatories included groups representing farmers, livestock...

Washington, D.C. August 20, 2024. With the release of the Environmental Protection Agency’s final Endangered Species Act Herbicide Strategy comes ongoing concerns for soy growers worried about feasibility of implementation and its impacts. Josh Gackle, president of the American Soybean...