News Releases

ASA Tells White House of Support for Japan’s Entry into TPP

March 26, 2013

This week, ASA and 74 other groups representing a wide range of agricultural operations in a letter to President Barack Obama expressing support for the entry of Japan into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, and urging the U.S. and other ...

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WISHH Committee Meets in Washington, D.C.

March 21, 2013

ASA’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) Committee met for a half-day meeting on March 13 at the Washington Court Hotel. Thirteen grower-leaders from nine states attended the meeting, along with WISHH staff, ...

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Growers Encouraged to Keep Treated Seed out of Commodity Shipments

March 21, 2013

As spring planting season arrives, ASA reminds growers to take special care to prevent treated seeds from entering the supply of U.S. grains and oilseeds. Treated seeds in commodity shipments are a multi-commodity problem that ...

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ASA Action Partnership Strategizes Action on Soybean Issues

March 21, 2013

The ASA Action Partnership (ASAAP) met last week for a mid-year update in Washington, D.C., in conjunction with the ASA Board meeting. The half-day meeting provided industry partners, the ASA Executive Committee, United Soybean Board ...

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ASA Farmer-Leader to Present at Sustainability Conference in Germany

March 21, 2013

ASA Executive Committee member Richard Wilkins of Greenwood, Del., is in Berlin, Germany this week to attend the AgBalance Symposium, a sustainability conference hosted by BASF, March 21-22. Richard is one of three farmers to present at ...

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