News Releases

Soybean Growers Testify in Support of Sustainable Fuels Bills to Promote Investment in New Environmentally Sound Uses of Soybeans

October 19, 1999

American Soybean Association (ASA) Chairman Mike Yost testified today in support of the National Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals of 1999 Act (H.R. 2827). During testimony before the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Risk Management, Research and ...

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ASA Urges Government to Defend the Value of Biotechnology

October 7, 1999

American Soybean Association (ASA) President Marc Curtis today presented the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee with a list of suggestions on what the Federal government can do to strengthen the commercial environment for biotechnology crops and ...

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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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