News Releases

Orlando, FL. March 10, 2023. The American Soybean Association recognized Parks Wells, Tennessee, with its Distinguished Leadership Award during an awards ceremony held at Commodity Classic in Orlando, Florida.   The ASA Distinguished Leadership Award recognizes a soybean grower or...

Orlando, FL. March 10, 2023. The American Soybean Association honored Ryan Bivens, Hodgenville, Kentucky, with its Outstanding State Volunteer Award at the annual ASA Awards Celebration during the 2023 Commodity Classic in Orlando.   The Outstanding Volunteer Award recognizes the...

  St. Louis, Mo., March 7, 2023. The American Soybean Association congratulates the regional winners of the 2023 Conservation Legacy Award.  Terry & Lori Dabbs, Stuttgart, Arkansas (South Region) Tom Perlick, Washburn, Wisconsin (Upper Midwest Region)  Michael Vittetoe, Washington, Iowa...

St. Louis, MO. Feb. 17, 2023. The American Soybean Association is accepting applications for the Valent and ASA Ag Voices of the Future program, which will be held July 10-13, 2023, in conjunction with the summer ASA Board meeting and...

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...