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ASA Asks for Full Funding of Market Access and Foreign Market Development

April 14, 2016

The American Soybean Association (ASA) and a number of agriculture groups signed a letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the House and Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee on April 11, urging them to provide ...

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Soy Growers Weigh in on Insecticide Assessment

April 14, 2016

The American Soybean Association (ASA) submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week on its preliminary risk assessment for the insecticide imidacloprid. As part of President Barack Obama’s “Strategy to Promote the Health ...

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Senate Drops Effort to Include Biodiesel, Other Tax Credits to FAA Bill

April 14, 2016

Negotiations to add energy and other unrelated tax items, including the biodiesel tax credit, to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill fell apart this week and Senate leaders now plan to move a “clean” ...

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House Appropriations Bill Blocks WOTUS, Provides Record Funding for Waterways Infrastructure

April 14, 2016

This week the House Appropriations Committee marked-up their Fiscal Year 2017 Energy & Water Appropriations bill, which provides funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Department of Energy (DOE) programs. The bill ...

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Senate Ag Committee Hearing Looks at Rural Development & Bioenergy Programs

April 14, 2016

The Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing last week titled “U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA) Programs and their Economic Impact across America.” The witnesses testifying at the hearing included Lisa Mensah, USDA under ...

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