March 20, 2014
The Pesticide Policy Coalition, made up of farm groups and industry stakeholders, met this week and agreed upon policy priorities for the year ahead. With the 2014 farm bill finally signed, attention can turn to ...
March 13, 2014
Members of the ASA Action Partnership met yesterday in Washington to discuss labeling of products containing genetically modified ingredients and the possibilities and implications of “big data,” or the data generated through advances in precision ...
The 30th anniversary class of the ASA DuPont Young Leaders completed their training, Feb. 25 – 28, 2014. The training took place in conjunction with the annual Commodity Classic in San Antonio, Texas. “The DuPont ...
This week, the American Soybean Association’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (ASA/WISHH) program staff and directors are in Washington, D.C. for a series of meetings. Fifteen grower leaders attended the meeting, in addition ...
Hailing from Lennox, South Dakota, our featured farmer leader this week is Dave Poppens. Dave farms over 2,800 acres of corn and soybeans with his brother and nephew and has 1,000 head feed lot beef ...