News Releases

ASA Meets with RMA About Cover Crop Rules in Federal Crop Insurance

February 7, 2013

ASA organized a coalition of farm and commodity groups to meet with USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) Acting Administrator Brandon Willis and other top RMA officials last week. The purpose of the meeting was to ...

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ASA’s Biotech Working Group Meets in Washington D.C.

January 31, 2013

ASA’s Biotech Working Group met Jan. 30-31 in Washington, D.C. to continue working with industry partners to advocate for the next generation of biotech soybean traits. The working group comprises farmer leaders from ASA, the ...

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Court Ruling Upholds RFS Advanced Biofuel Requirements

January 31, 2013

On Jan. 25, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected a challenge by the American Petroleum Institute (API) to reduce the Advanced Biofuels volume requirement under the Renewable Fuel Standard ...

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ASA Backs Bill Eliminating Duplicative Pesticide Permit Requirements

January 31, 2013

ASA President Danny Murphy applauded legislation introduced yesterday by Senate Agriculture Committee members Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) and Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) that amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to eliminate the duplicative pesticide permitting requirements under the Clean Water ...

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ASA Backs Bill Eliminating Duplicative Pesticide Permit Requirements

January 31, 2013

The American Soybean Association (ASA) welcomes legislation introduced yesterday from Senate Agriculture Committee members Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), and Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) that amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to eliminate the duplicative ...

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