April 16, 2015
Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) this week submitted a request for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a study on the service disruptions that occurred at the West Coast ports due to the “work slowdown” ...
ASA President Wade Cowan wrote to the Risk Management Agency (RMA) to comment on a new evaluation of prevented planting published by the Agency. The evaluation recommended that no change is warranted in the prevented ...
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch and ranking Democrat Ron Wyden have reportedly reached a deal on the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill itself, including the mechanism for taking away “fast track” legislative protections from ...
ASA continues to participate in the U.S. Agriculture Coalition for Cuba (USACC). This week the USACC met with several Member offices of the Senate Agriculture Committee in preparation for next week’s hearing on Cuba. The ...
In Birmingham, Alabama, this week, ASA staff including CEO Steve Censky and Executive Director Bill Schuermann joined nearly 100 executives and staff from state-level soybean promotion boards/checkoffs and soybean associations, as well as representatives from ...