News Releases

ASA Presses House Ag Appropriators on MAP and FMD

June 6, 2013

This week, ASA and fellow members of the Coalition to Promote U.S. Agricultural Exports wrote to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Chairman Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.) and Ranking ...

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House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on RFS; More May be Held this Summer

June 6, 2013

Earlier this week, a subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), featuring a panel of mostly anti-RFS industry representatives, including the head of ...

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ASA Leads Coalition Letter in Support of Funding for Oilseed and Other Ag Reports

June 6, 2013

ASA led a coalition of farm groups this week in a letter supporting a funding request from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) that would allow the agency to resume the ...

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ASA Details Position on Tax Issues to Senate Finance Committee

June 6, 2013

ASA and a coalition of 24 agricultural stakeholders sent a letter this week to Senate Finance Committee members, who are meeting internally on taxes impacting small businesses. “Due to uncertain and fluctuating income that results ...

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Senate Votes to Invoke Cloture on 2013 Farm Bill

June 6, 2013

The Senate this morning voted 75-22 to invoke cloture on the farm bill. The vote sets up a vote Monday on final passage of the 2013 Farm Bill in the Senate. The American Soybean Association ...

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