News Releases

ASA Takes Home Award for American Soybean Magazine at Ag Media Summit

July 31, 2014

ASA leaders and staff joined media and other industry partners at the 2014 Ag Media Summit this week in Indianapolis, Ind., where they had a chance to discuss policy issues impacting the nation’s soybean farmers ...

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ASA Endorses Letter to President Raising Concerns Over Agriculture Market Access in TPP

July 31, 2014

Members of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade sent a letter to President Obama this week, stating concerns over agriculture market access in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. The members specifically expressed concern ...

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General Mills Announces Plans to Reduce Emissions from Agriculture

July 31, 2014

Food company General Mills announced this week that it would reduce its supply chain emissions to a target level by August 2015, and cited agriculture as the primary source of those emissions. The company said ...

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White House Continues Focus on Climate Change

July 31, 2014

The White House continued to make the case for addressing climate change this week, with a report warning of the potential cost of inaction to the economy, and the release of climate data focusing on ...

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Coal Industry Also Experiencing Rail Issues

July 31, 2014

Several Members of Congress have contacted the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to raise concerns with the ability of some power plants in the Upper Midwest to get adequate coal supplies, in the face of  rail ...

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