News Releases

As Expected, New Record Set on 2012 Indemnities

April 25, 2013

Federal crop insurance indemnities paid to farmers for last year’s losses have risen to a record $17 billion for the 2012 crop year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced. Indemnities for 2012, largely the ...

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Soy Transportation Coalition Update on Impact of Midwest Flooding

April 25, 2013

On April 22, Soy Transportation Coalition Executive Director Mike Steenhoek provided an update on the current flooding on the upper Mississippi River system to industry partners. “To state the obvious, we are living in an ...

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Symposium will Expand Global Collaboration for Biotech Crop Approvals

April 25, 2013

Biotechnology regulators, international trade experts and farmers from around the world will meet in Champaign, Ill. this summer to discuss ways to streamline regulatory and trade approvals for farmer use of biotech seed and the ...

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ASA/WISHH Leads Multi-Cooperator Trade Conferences in Sub-Saharan Africa

April 25, 2013

ASA’s World initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) program organized conferences in South Africa and Uganda with the help of local U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) offices in Pretoria, RSA and ...

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Minimize Yield Loss – Listen to this ASA Educational Podcast on Disease Control

April 25, 2013

Syngenta Agronomic Service Representative Bob Lawless is featured on this week’s ASA Educational Podcast on disease control. “Each season, growers must remain aware of diseases that pose a threat to their fields,” Lawless said. “Leaf ...

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