News Releases

ASA’s Wellman Named to CME Group’s New Agricultural Markets Advisory Council

September 19, 2013

ASA Chairman Steve Wellman met with fellow farm leaders during today’s inaugural meeting of the CME Group’s newly-formed Agricultural Markets Advisory Council (AMAC). The AMAC consists of representatives of CME Group’s participants, including grain merchandisers, ...

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ASA, USB, USSEC, WISHH Join Chinese Leaders at Soy Global Trade Exchange

September 19, 2013

As part of this week’s U.S. Soy Global Trade Exchange in Davenport, Iowa, leaders from the Chinese agricultural sector signed purchase agreements for nearly $3 billion worth of American soy. ASA and USB co-sponsored the ...

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ASA Welcomes Committee Approval of WRRDA, Calls for Passage by Full House

September 19, 2013

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted unanimously this afternoon to approve the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA). The bill includes provisions to speed up Army Corps of Engineers projects and boost harbor ...

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ASA Writes CFTC Opposing New Rules on Margin Requirements

September 19, 2013

ASA and a coalition of agricultural stakeholders wrote this week to commissioners at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in opposition to proposed new rules that would significantly increase margin requirements for farmers.  The “Customer ...

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ASA Echoes Chamber, NAM and NFTC Concerns on House PLC Program

September 19, 2013

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the National Foreign Trade Council sent a letter last week to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees raising serious concern that price-based programs in ...

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