News Releases

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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Soybean Farmer Honored by White House as ‘Champion of Change’ for Agriculture

July 31, 2014

A member of the soybean family was honored by the White House earlier this week. ASA member Quint Pottinger, owner of Affinity Farms, New Haven, Ky. was recognized as a “Champion of Change” for agriculture, a ...

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