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Soy Growers Disappointed in Additional Tariffs, Continue to Seek Export Stability with Largest Customer

July 12, 2018

The American Soybean Association (ASA) this week expressed extreme disappointment in USTR’s announcement that an additional $200 billion in tariffs will be imposed on Chinese goods. The new list of goods will be subject to ...

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After Months of Asking for an Alternative, Soy Farmers Hit by China Tariff

July 6, 2018

A soft farm market, already-declining prices, and now, China’s retaliation against President Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods, which took effect at midnight last night. Soybean farmers, whose crop represents ...

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FAS Admin to Speak at WISHH, Indiana Soybean Alliance Protein Conference

July 5, 2018

Ken Isley, recently appointed U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) Administrator, will give the keynote address at the Affordable Protein Supply: Solving the Institutional Meals Puzzle workshop at Purdue University on July ...

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Soybean Growers Request Accurate Bioengineered Food Labeling

July 3, 2018

Supporting transparency and urging USDA to follow the statute while finalizing the rule, American Soybean Association (ASA) on July 3 filed comments with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) regarding its proposed ...

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Soy Producers Remind Administration: We Are the People Affected by Trade Tariffs

July 3, 2018

Soybean farmers who would bear the brunt of retaliatory tariffs from China are appealing to the Administration on social media today, reminding leaders that they are the faces behind the escalating trade conflict between the ...

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