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Recent
Accomplishments
After five years of coalition lobbying with
other farm organizations, ASA and state associations convince Congress to
pass legislation authorizing over $2.2 billion for the construction and
upgrading of locks and dams on the upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers.
With 70% of soybean exports moving through these waterways to the Gulf,
modernizing this infrastructure is key to maintaining U.S. soybean farmer
competitiveness in international markets.
To enhance the federal biobased procurement
program, ASA has continued to champion biobased procurement in the 2007 Farm
Bill.
ASA worked hard to persuade Congress to
approve Free Trade Agreements with Mexico (1993), Canada (1989), Chile
(2004) and Morocco (2005). Collectively, these FTAs have resulted in
increased sales of $16,264,927,162 or $16.26 billion in soybeans, soybean
meal and soybean oil to these markets. |
