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NBB Files Challenge to EU Trade Barriers

October 2, 2014

The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) filed comments this week with the European Commission, challenging unfair trade duties that have blocked U.S. biodiesel from being exported to Europe since 2009. In the filing, NBB urged the ...

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ASA Hosts Soy101, Talks Modern Soybean Farming With Congressional Staff

October 2, 2014

Mid-Atlantic Soybean Association President Larry Breech and DuPont Young Leader alum Quint Pottinger joined dozens of House and Senate staff on Capitol Hill this week for Soy101, a series of briefings for congressional staff on ...

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ASA Sends Letters Urging European Union Commissioners to Act on Pending Biotech Approvals

October 2, 2014

The American Soybean Association joined other agriculture groups and members of the U.S. Biotech Crops Alliance (USBCA) in a letter urging the EU Commission to complete import authorization of eight new biotech events, including four ...

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ASA Urges President Obama to Make Market Access a Priority at APEC Leaders’ Summit

October 2, 2014

The American Soybean Association joined other members of the U.S. Biotech Crops Alliance (USBCA) in a letter this week urging President Barack Obama to make U.S. market access and the Chinese biotechnology policy a top ...

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USDA to Begin U.S. Oilseed Crush Reports in 2015

October 2, 2014

Starting in 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is taking responsibility for collecting and publishing the oilseeds data. Since the U.S. Census Bureau discontinued the reports in 2011 due to budget cuts, ASA worked ...

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