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ASA has created a new Soybean
Marketing and Production College program to educate
producers on how to capitalize on the growing trends and new
technologies in agriculture to maximize on-farm profitability. The
event takes place in Minneapolis, July 29-30. Growers do not have
to be ASA members to participate.
Find out more and register
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APHIS
Decision on 2,4-D, Dicamba-Tolerant Traits an Unnecessary
Barrier for Soybean Farmers |
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Soybean farmers
expressed their disappointment with the May 10
announcement that USDA-APHIS will conduct a full environmental
impact statement on soybean, corn and cotton crops designed to
tolerate the 2,4-D and Dicamba herbicides. The move could delay
the introduction of new products containing these
herbicide-tolerant traits to the market for an additional two to
four years, according to industry sources.
Read the statement from ASA President
Danny Murphy. |
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Tell
Congress to Oppose President’s
Food Aid Plan |
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ASA is
calling on all farmers to urge their senators and representative
to oppose a plan advanced by President Barack Obama that would
restructure the U.S. food aid system by replacing approximately
half of in-kind American foreign aid with cash.
Please
click here to visit the Soy Action Center
and send an email to your Representative and Senators. |
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ASA
Reinforces Crop Insurance Support,
Opposes Means Testing |
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ASA joined a broad
coalition of other farm groups in a
letter to Senate Agriculture
Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Ranking Member Thad
Cochran (R. Miss.) reiterating support for strong crop insurance
provisions in a new farm bill, and oppositions to certain
provisions that would limit its effectiveness, specifically any
form of means testing as a qualification for purchase. |
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Extruder
Arrives in Pakistan Under ASA/WISHH Project |
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Extrusion equipment arrives at Oryza
Organics’ facilities outside of Lahore, Pakistan. (ASA/WISHH/PK
photo)
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Extrusion equipment arrived in Pakistan
as part of ASA’s
World Initiative for Soy in Human Health
(WISHH) "FEEDing Pakistan" project funded by the U.S. Department
of Agriculture. Under the project, ASA/WISHH has partnered with
local Pakistani company Oryza Organics to produce floating fish
feed made with U.S. soybean meal.
Once the equipment is installed,
Oryza will begin production of the first high-protein, floating
fish feed |
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to be produced in Pakistan; production
will utilize 25 metric tons of U.S. soybean
meal imported by ASA/WISHH. |
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Tell Your
Senators that Soybean Farmers Need a Waterways Bill! |
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Indications are that
the Water Resources Development Act could come to the Senate floor
within the next few weeks.
We urge all ASA members to
contact their Senate offices to urge support for our priorities.
Find talking points and contact information at the
Soy Action Center. |
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Ag
Industry Launches Campaign to Promote Safe Use of Seed
Treatments |
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The
American Seed Trade Association and CropLife America
released
The Guide to Seed Treatment Stewardship,
an industry-wide initiative to promote the safe handling and
management of treated seed.
Endorsed by ASA
and other ag groups, the guide provides farmers |
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and seed
companies with critical information and
up-to-date guidelines for managing treated seed effectively to further
minimize the risk of exposure to non-target organisms. |
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