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ASA Echoes House Ag Committee Call to Protect Farm Bill from Budget Cuts

February 12, 2015

Following a letter today from the House Agriculture Committee to House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-Ga.) urging that the budget panel take into account the sizable savings previously contributed by the farm bill when ...

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Issues at West Coast Ports Persist

February 12, 2015

Since July 2014 the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the Int’l Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) have operated without a contract, while trying to negotiate a new agreement, causing systematic labor slowdowns that have escalated ...

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Download Now: New App Puts Soy Social & Auction Right in Your Hands

February 12, 2015

ASA launched an all-new Soy Social and Auction mobile app this week, allowing attendees to easily navigate the event details from their smartphones and other devices. With the Soy Social and Auction app, auction attendees ...

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ASA Participates in Waterways Industry Meetings and Capitol Hill Visits

February 12, 2015

This week the Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) held their annual meeting in Washington, D.C. focused on priorities for federal funding and following up on the successes achieved in 2014.  ASA Washington staff attended the WCI ...

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Soy Growers Urge Congress to Restore Vital Tax Provision

February 12, 2015

The American Soybean Association was one of 34 agricultural organizations to sign a letter to leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of maintaining and making permanent the Section 179 expensing at the ...

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