News Releases

Key Message Points Regarding Soybean Seedstock Derived Through Biotechnology

October 6, 1999

ONLY ONE BIOTECH BEAN: Only one biotech soybean was commercially grown in 1999. More than half of the soybean seedstock planted in the United States this year contained the Roundup Ready® gene event that makes ...

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ASA Calls for Expanded Food Assistance Program to Russia

October 6, 1999

During testimony before the House Agriculture Committee today, American Soybean Association (ASA) President Marc Curtis called on Congress to support an expanded food aid program to Russia in FY-2000. Curtis urged immediate action on ASA’s ...

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ASA Endorses Aid Package for Agriculture Passed by the House

October 1, 1999

Encourages the Senate and the President to Support the Package The American Soybean Association (ASA) has endorsed the $8.7 billion farm assistance package worked out by Senate and House negotiators and approved by the House ...

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ASA Presents Farm Crises Strategy to Congress

September 15, 1999

The American Soybean Association (ASA) presented its views to Congress yesterday on the current farm crises and the short-term assistance needed to address it. During testimony before the House Agriculture Committee, ASA Executive Committee member ...

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States Launch Effort To Support ASA’s $1 Billion Purchase & Donation Program

August 23, 1999

A group of 12 north central state soybean affiliates of the American Soybean Association (ASA) have launched a major effort to encourage Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman to approve ASA’s request for a $1 billion concessional ...

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