September 26, 2023
The American Soybean Association, representing half a million U.S. soy farmers, vehemently opposes Rep. Victoria Spartz’s (R-IN) amendment to the House agriculture appropriations bill that unduly attacks commodity checkoff programs. Checkoffs are industry-led organizations that ...
December 20, 2022
Washington, D.C. Dec. 20, 2022. Santa is not the only one who pitter patters overnight in December; Congress was at work in the wee morning hours of Dec. 20, hammering out an omnibus appropriations bill ...
August 10, 2021
Washington, D.C. Aug. 10, 2021. Soybean farmers are pleased the United States Senate, after months of across-the-aisle negotiations, voted to pass the bipartisan infrastructure package (H.R. 3684) by a vote of 69-30. Kevin Scott, American ...
December 22, 2020
Washington, D.C. Dec. 22, 2020. Congress has now approved H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, and the American Soybean Association (ASA) is very pleased. The long-anticipated coronavirus relief bill, which passed both chambers ...
February 13, 2020
The White House released the President’s proposed budget for the 2021 fiscal year earlier this week. Provisions are a mixed bag of both good and bad for rural America. Budget proposals can be found here. ...
