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Current Issues |
| FARM
BILL
ASA will continue to champion issues of
importance to soybean growers, ranging from target prices to biodiesel
programs and more, including funding for the Quality Incentive Program to
promote production of soybeans with high-stability oils,
which will enable U.S. food companies to eliminate trans fats without
increasing use of unhealthy saturated fats.
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| WRDA
ASA congratulates
Congress for final passage of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA),
which authorizes much-needed improvements to waterways that are vital to the
transport of U.S. soybeans. Now ASA is working to get
funding authorized for these projects.
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BIODIESEL
ASA supports a long-term extension of the biodiesel tax incentive. The
biodiesel tax incentive was created as part of the American Jobs Creation
Act of 2004. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 extended it through December 31,
2008. ASA also supports increased funding for the Bioenergy Program
for Advanced Biofuels, and legislation that would
dedicate a portion of the nation’s 60 billion-gallon diesel pool to
biodiesel.
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WTO/DOHA
ASA
initiated a letter to President George Bush from
12 farm organizations urging a correction to the severe imbalance in the
current agriculture text in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha
negotiations. The groups expressed deep concern with the status and
direction of the Doha round of WTO agricultural negotiations.
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