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Farm Bill Unlikely Before Lame Duck Session

September 27, 2018

With the end of Fiscal Year 2018 approaching this weekend, time will run out on the farm bill. Major programs, including crop insurance and Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamps, will continue because they ...

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ASA Joins Effort to Ensure Appropriations Bills Don’t Undermine BE Disclosure Law

September 27, 2018

Late last week, American Soybean Association (ASA) joined others in the ag value chain on a letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee leadership on a provision impacting the disclosure of bioengineered (BE) food. The ...

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USB Proactive in Conveying Safety of U.S. Soy Meal, Monitoring Foreign Swine Disease Outbreaks

September 27, 2018

United Soybean Board (USB) has been monitoring for weeks a recent outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in Chinese herds, which has subsequently been confirmed in parts of Western Europe. There are no reports of ...

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WISHH Protein Workshop Participants Predict Increased Trade with U.S.

September 27, 2018

Participants in ASA/WISHH’s Affordable Protein Supply: Solving the Institutional Meals Puzzle Workshop foresee increased trade with the United States as a result of WISHH’s event. WISHH convened the Indiana Soybean Alliance-supported Workshop at Purdue University ...

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Escalating Trade War with China Will Increase Damage to American Soybean Farmers

September 24, 2018

The Administration’s decision to impose 10 percent tariffs on an additional $200 billion in Chinese imports—and China’s subsequent retaliation on $60 billion of U.S. products—deepens and prolongs the trade war between the two countries, posing ...

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