News Releases

ASA/ISGA Discusses Biotech Approvals on Mission to China

April 3, 2014

The International Soy Grower Alliance (ISGA) held its first mission to China in March, focusing discussion on the importance of timely biotech approvals in order to meet food demands in China and across the globe. ...

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Senate Finance Committee Passes Tax Extenders Package with Biodiesel Tax Credit & Section 179 Expensing Provisions, but Increase in Inland Waterways Funding Not Included

April 3, 2014

The Senate Finance Committee held a mark-up of its proposed taxed extenders package on Thursday. The Chairman’s mark included two items critical to soybean farmers, including a two-year extension of the $1 per gallon biodiesel ...

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ASA Urges EPA to Extensively Review Argentine Biodiesel Industry Application for U.S. RFS Market

April 3, 2014

In a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent earlier this week, the American Soybean Association (ASA) expressed concerns regarding the Argentine biodiesel industry seeking access to the United States Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), ...

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Biodiesel Tax Credit, Section 179 Expensing Included in Senate Finance Committee Chairman’s Tax Extenders Package

April 2, 2014

ST. LOUIS (April 2, 2014) – As part of its proposed taxed extenders package released yesterday, the Senate Finance Committee included two items critical to soybean farmers, including a two-year extension of the dollar-per-gallon biodiesel ...

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Soy Goes Global Inside New Nutritious, Delicious Foods

March 31, 2014

Guatemalan food company Alimentos Sociedad Anonima (Alimentos SA) launched three soy-based Amelia cream soups in March. Ugandan food maker SESACO Ltd. has introduced SoySip, a just-add-hot-water beverage that comes with packets of ginger and sugar. ...

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