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ASA Submits 2009 Policy Priorities To Obama Administration

January 14, 2009

The American Soybean Association (ASA) submitted a document outlining its 2009 policy priorities to the Obama Administration ahead of President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration as President of the United States on January 20, 2009. By developing ...

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ASA Calls Formation of Soybean Federation Radical and Illogical

January 9, 2009

The American Soybean Association (ASA) today expressed disappointment upon receiving news that a few disgruntled checkoff and state leaders have formed a new soybean federation in an attempt to distract the U.S. soybean industry and ...

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USDA Secretary Schafer Recommends Inspector General Audit and Investigation of National Soybean Checkoff

January 7, 2009

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) informed the American Soybean Association (ASA) today that Secretary Schafer has signed a memorandum recommending that USDA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) conduct an audit and, as appropriate, ...

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ASA Supports USDA Announcement on ACRE Program

December 23, 2008

Farm Service Agency to Use 2007 and 2008 Season Average Prices for Revenue Guarantee The American Soybean Association (ASA) today applauded the announcement of details for sign-up under the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program ...

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ASA Supports Iowa’s Tom Vilsack as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

December 17, 2008

The American Soybean Association (ASA) today applauded the nomination of former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack as the nation’s 30th Secretary of Agriculture. Vilsack is the first Iowan chosen for the key Cabinet post since Henry ...

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