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ASA Welcomes FCC Block of LightSquared Proposed Network

February 15, 2012

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced Tuesday its decision to block the planned development of a nationwide wireless network by communications company LightSquared over concerns that it cannot be fixed to coexist with global positioning ...

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ASA Statement on President’s Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2013

February 14, 2012

President Barack Obama unveiled his budget for fiscal year 2013 yesterday; a proposal that includes a $32 billion reduction in agricultural spending. American Soybean Association (ASA) President Steve Wellman, a soybean farmer from Syracuse, Neb., ...

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Commodity Classic Shatters Attendance Records

February 13, 2012

Countdown to Classic – 17 days until Commodity Classic With more than two weeks before the 2012 Commodity Classic kicks off in Nashville, Tenn., the show has broken all registration records. Last year, total attendance ...

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ASA Points to Biotech Labeling, Renewable Energy Directive in Comments on EU Free Trade Agreement

February 7, 2012

As United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk moves to consider ways to improve the nation’s trade relationship with the European Union (EU) as part of the recently-formed U.S.-EU High Level Working Group on Jobs and ...

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APHIS Discussion of Streamlined Approvals Highlights Meeting of Biotech Working Group

February 7, 2012

Members of the American Soybean Association’s (ASA) Biotech Working Group met in Washington, D.C. last week to discuss, among other items, a new effort on the part of the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection ...

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