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ASA Congratulates Biotechnology Scientists Awarded 2013 World Food Prize

June 20, 2013

ASA offers its congratulations to the winners of the 2013 World Food Prize: Marc Van Montagu, Founder and Chairman of the Institute of Plant Biotechnology Outreach at Ghent University in Belgium; Mary-Dell Chilton, Founder and ...

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ASA Hosts China Soybean Industry Association

June 20, 2013

ASA President Danny Murphy and Board member Dean Campbell, along with United Soybean Board (USB) Secretary Lewis Bainbridge, hosted a team of officials from the China Soybean Industry Association (CSIA), a China government-created association of ...

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ASA Farmer-Leader Reappointed to USDA Biotech Advisory Committee

June 20, 2013

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that ASA past-President and current Board member Alan Kemper has been reappointed to serve a second, two-year term on its Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture ...

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With Defeat of 2013 Farm Bill, House Fails Soybean Farmers and American Agriculture

June 20, 2013

The American Soybean Association (ASA) voiced its extreme disappointment and frustration this afternoon following a vote by the House of Representatives to reject the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013. With a ...

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Soy, Corn, Sunflower and Canola Growers Comment on Withdrawal of Gibbs Amendment on Market-Oriented Farm Policy

June 19, 2013

As part of its debate on the 103 amendments to the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, the House of Representatives concluded consideration of an amendment offered by Representative Bob Gibbs of ...

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