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October-December 2008 |
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Listen to comments from ASA President
Johnny Dodson as he reacts to the announcement that the U.S. Department
of Agriculture will use 2007 and 2008 Season Average Prices to determine the
revenue guarantee for the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program.
[12/23/08] Audio file length: 01:50 1.68 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA
President John Hoffman as he comments on ASA's petition to the
Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Agriculture calling for an
investigation of the United Soybean Board to ensure that soybean checkoff
dollars are being managed and invested as prescribed by law. [12/10/08]
Audio file length: 02:43 2.49 MB |
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Listen to comments from John Askew,
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency's Region 7 office, as
he talks about the biodiesel manual recently released by the office and the
EPA's continuous support of agriculture. [12/02/08] Audio file length:
02:17 2.10 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA Board member
Ron Moore as he talks about his work with the Standards Committee
responsible for developing a national standard for sustainable agriculture.
As the new Vice-Chair of the committee, Moore explains what he will
introduce to the standard and how he's protecting the interests of soybean
producers. [11/19/08] Audio file length: 02:18 2.11 MB |
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Listen to comments from Paul Rohde, the
Waterways Council's Vice President of the Midwest area, as he talks about
the importance of river transportation to agriculture and the improvements
that need to be made to the river system. [11/05/08] Audio file length:
03:23 3.10 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA Chairman Rick
Ostlie as he discusses ASA's recent appeal to Secretary of Agriculture
Ed Schafer to help fund the soybean pest monitoring system, ipmPIPE, and the
impact it would have on soybean producers if the program was not in place.
[10/22/08] Audio file length: 02:37 2.39 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA President John
Hoffman as he talks about ASA's reaction to the extension of the
biodiesel tax incentive and why the legislation is important to U.S. soybean
producers. [10/08/08] Audio file length: 01:57 1.79 MB |
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July -
September 2008 |
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Listen to comments from Jim
Hershey, Executive Director of ASA's World Initiative for Soy in Human
Health program, as he talks about how funding that ASA recently received as
part of the USDA's Emerging Markets Program will help bring the benefits of
U.S. soy to new markets. [09/24/08] Audio file length: 02:14 2.04 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA Board
member Barb Overlie as she discusses her recent visit to Africa as
part of the "Women in Soy" group, who made the 12-day trip to build
relationships with African women who are agricultural leaders in their
countries. [09/17/08] Audio file length: 02:24 2.20 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA Board member
Bob Henry, who recently presented comments to a USDA panel on the
implementation of the Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels, where he
emphasized the need for greater U.S. energy independence as part of ASA's
priorities for the program. [09/11/08] Audio file length: 02:05 1.92 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA President John
Hoffman as he talks about the letters ASA wrote to presidential
candidates Senator McCain and Senator Obama to present the top soybean
priorities and concerns. [08/29/08] Audio file length: 02:52 2.62 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA Board member
Rob Joslin as he talks about what visitors to this year's Farm Progress
Show in Boone, Iowa will experience at the ASA and Iowa Soybean
Association's combined booth and ASA's members-only VIP tent. [08/20/08]
Audio file length: 02:27 2.24 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA First Vice
President Johnny Dodson as he responds to the Environmental
Protection Agency's denial of the Renewable Fuel Standard waiver request.
[08/14/08] Audio file length: 02:35 2.37 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA Board member
Ron Moore as he talks about the establishment of a final standard for
sustainable agriculture. Moore was recently named to the Standards Committee
of the Leonardo Academy, who will be working on the document before it is
submitted to the American National Standards Institute for approval.
[08/06/08] Audio file length: 02:44 2.50 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA President John
Hoffman as he talks about the break down of World Trade Organization
negotiations and ASA's push for more free market access for U.S. soybean
farmers. [07/31/08] Audio file length: 02:52 2.63 MB |
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Listen to comments from
Calvin Treat of Monsanto as he spoke to ASA Board members at the Soy
Legislative Forum in Washington, D.C. on July 15. Treat presented on the
challenges facing agriculture and future products in the Monsanto pipeline.
[07/24/08] Audio file length: 03:45 3.43 MB |
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Listen to comments from the Executive Director
of ASA's World Initiative for Soy in Human Health program, Jim Hershey,
as he talks about how the World Soy Foundation has been active in feeding
undernourished people around the world, including by the use of SoyCows and
the Acre Challenge. [07/02/08] Audio file length: 03:57 3.61 MB |
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April
- June 2008 |
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Listen to comments from United Soybean Board
Chairman Ike
Boudreaux
about the
challenges facing U.S. soybean producers and how USB is investing checkoff
funds to address those challenges. [06/26/08]
Audio file length: 02:52 2.69 MB
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Listen to comments from ASA Chief Executive
Officer Steve Censky as he comments on the International Oilseed
Producers Dialogue Conference in Germany at which he discussed food and fuel
and sustainability issues. [06/25/08] Audio file length: 03:27 3.15 MB
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Listen to comments from ASA
Chairman Rick Ostlie as he talks about the importance of China as a
soybean trading partner and discusses a recent visit from a Chinese trade
delegation. [06/18/08] Audio file length: 03:03 2.79 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA Board member, and
head of ASA's Market Performance Working Group, Steve Wellman as he
talks about the new policy initiatives announced by the CFTC regarding
concerns about agricultural futures markets. [06/11/08] Audio file
length: 02:41 2.45 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA Board
member Ray Gaesser as he talks about current issues in soybean rail
transportation after he had the opportunity to ride the Burlington Northern
Santa Fe Railway on Customer Appreciation Day. [06/04/08] Audio file
length: 01:59 1.82 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA President John
Hoffman as he talks about passage of the "Food, Conservation, and Energy
Act of 2008." [05/29/08] Audio file length: 01:49 1.66 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA President John
Hoffman as he reacts to the Farm Bill that was passed by Congress and
the bill's inclusion of some of ASA's top priorities. [05/21/08] Audio
file length: 01:48 1.65 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA President John
Hoffman
about Congressional approval of the "Food,
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008." [05/13/08] Audio file length: 01:09 1.6 MB |
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Listen
to comments from
ASA First Vice President Johnny Dodson as he talks about the many
benefits of soy biodiesel. [04/24/08] Audio file length: 02:15 2006 KB |
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Listen to
concerns by ASA Board member Scott Fritz that futures markets are becoming
less effective in allowing farmers to manage risk.
[04/03/08]
Audio file length: 02:08 2001 KB
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January
2008 |
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Listen to ASA Biodiesel Radio
Commercial (01/09/08) |
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Listen to ASA Exports
Radio Commercial (01/09/08) |
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January - November 2007 |
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ASA President John
Hoffman as he asks all U.S. farmers to immediately contact their elected
representatives in Washington urging them to override the President’s veto
of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). [11/02/07]
Audio file length: 02:50 2661 KB
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Listen to
comments from American Soybean
Association President Rick Ostlie as he comments on ASA’s reaction to
Chairman Peterson’s proposed Commodities Title, and also the Subcommittee’s
proposal to reauthorize the Commodities Title from the 2002 Farm Bill.
[06/28/07] Audio file length: 02:03
1918 KB
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Listen
to
comments from Missouri
Senator Kit Bond, and
American Soybean Association member and President of
the Missouri Soybean Association Greg Sharpe, who participated in a
Press Conference at Lock 22 south of Hannibal to discuss Senate passage of
the Water Resources Development Act. [05/22/07] Audio file length: 03:19
3110 KB
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Listen to
comments from ASA First
Vice President John Hoffman as he talks about his farm bill testimony
before the Senate Agriculture Committee. [04/26/07]
Audio
file length: 03:18 3,095KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA
President Rick Ostlie
as he
talks about his farm bill testimony before the House Agriculture
Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities. [03/28/07] Audio file length:
03:33 3,340KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA
President Rick Ostlie as he
outlines ASA’s Farm Bill proposals for
target prices, loan rates and direct payments, and for the Energy,
Conservation and Trade titles.
[02/12/07]
Audio file length: 04:20 4071KB |
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Listen to
comments from Brazilian soybean
farmer Ricardo Arioli Silva, who is the Vice Administrative Director
of the Soybean Producers Association of Mato Grosso (Associacao dos
Produtores de Soja do Mato Grosso—APROSOJA), as
he talks about a recent
joint grower trade mission to India. [02/06/07]
Audio file length: 02:31 2457KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA
Executive Committee member Gary Joachim talking about the Reach for
the Stars program. [01/18/07]
Audio file length: 01:33 729KB (Courtesy of AgriTalk) |
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July -
December 2006
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Listen to
comments from Sonia
Tomassone, the Foreign Trade Advisor for the Paraguayan Chamber of
Oilseed Exporters as she talks about a joint grower trade mission to India. [12/29/06]
Audio file length: 03:16 3076KB
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Listen to
comments from American
Soybean Association past-President Ron Heck about his meeting with
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Environmental Protection Agency
Administrator Stephen Johnson to discuss agricultural dust regulations.
[10/19/06]
Audio file length:
01:46 1668KB
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Listen
to comments
from Congressman Collin Peterson (D-MN-7th) Ranking Member of
the House Agriculture Committee, as he talks about the new Farm Bill. [10/04/06] Audio file length:
02:51 2675KB
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Listen
to comments from ASA First Vice President John Hoffman, a
producer from Waterloo, Iowa, about his Farm Bill testimony before the House
Agriculture Committee. [09/20/06] Audio file length:
04:52 4570KB
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Listen
to
comments from ASA
Board member Steve Wellman about recognition ASA received
for its role in the development of regulations for the Renewable
Fuels Standard. [09/07/06] Audio file length:
01:33 1460KB
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Listen
to comments
from ASA member John Askew who has been named by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to be the Administrator for Region 7.
Askew is President of the Iowa Soybean Association and a sixth generation
producer from Thurman, Iowa. [08/31/06] Audio file length:
02:30 2351KB
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Listen
to comments
from Toshihito Hirasawa, General Manager, Oilseeds, Fats & Oils
Department at the Marubeni (commodities trading) Corporation in Japan, as he
talks about the 50th
anniversary of ASA’s international marketing office in Tokyo. [08/22/06] Audio file length: 05:08
2407KB
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Listen
to comments
from ASA Board member Steve Wellman, a producer from Syracuse,
Nebraska, about his Farm Bill testimony before the Senate Agriculture
Committee hearing in Grand Island. [08/16/06] Audio file length: 01:04
1320KB
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Listen
to comments
from Daniel Berman, USDA-FAS Minister-Counselor for Japan who talks
about the 50th anniversary of ASA’s international marketing office and the
working relationship between ASA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
Foreign Agricultural Service. [07/21/06] Audio file length:
04:25 4148KB
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Listen
to comments from
ASA President Bob Metz who says time is running out for a WTO
agreement, but there is no reason to rush into a deal that doesn't deliver
for U.S. agriculture. [07/06/06] Audio file length:
00:36 571KB (Audio provided by
Stewart Doan of the Yancey Ag Network and KSSN in Little Rock, Arkansas.)
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April
- June 2006
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Listen
to comments
from Dr. Gale Buchanan, under secretary for Research,
Education and Economics at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, about
USDA’s work in aquaculture. [06/13/06] Audio file length:
03:36 3376KB
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Listen to comments
from ASA Chief Executive Officer Stephen Censky about ASA’s
letter to President George W. Bush stating that unless U.S. soybean growers
gain real access to foreign markets, the U.S. offer to reform domestic farm
programs should not be on the negotiating table. [06/07/06] Audio file length:
03:57 3711KB
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Listen to
comments from Dr. Gale Buchanan,
who was recently confirmed by the United States Senate as under
secretary for Research, Education and Economics at the U.S. Department of
Agriculture. In this the first in a series of four topics, ASA asked Dr.
Buchanan about the Federal soybean rust surveillance and reporting system.
[05/24/06] Audio file length: 03:02 2854KB
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Listen
to comments
from the American Soybean Association International Marketing (ASA-IM) Aquaculture
Technical Director
Dr. Michael Cremer about the demand for soybeans created by soy-based
feed formulations for fish. [05/16/06] Audio file length: 05:12 4883KB
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Listen
to ASA's
Biodiesel Priorities Media Teleconference featuring Congressman Collin
Peterson (D-MN), ASA President Bob Metz, and Ag Processing Inc (AGP)
Senior Vice President,
Industrial Products and Government Affairs John Campbell.
[05/10/06] Audio file length: 44:38 48MB (This is a RealMedia
Streaming Audio File.)
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Listen
to comments from ASA past-President Bart Ruth about President
Bush’s comments in support of soy biodiesel. [04/26/06] Audio file length:
03:11 2987KB
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Listen
to comments
from J.B.
Penn, USDA Undersecretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services,
about U.S. soybean trade with China. [04/12/06] Audio file length:
02:29 2341KB |
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January
- March 2006
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Listen
to comments
from American Soybean Association Vice President Gary Joachim about
his Senate Finance Committee testimony on U.S.-China Economic Relations.
[03/29/06] Audio file length: 02:46 2594KB |
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Listen
to comments
from Mike Yost, newly appointed Administrator for USDA’s Foreign
Agricultural Service as he talks about the road ahead. [03/14/06] Audio
file length: 02:55 2740KB |
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Listen to comments from
Selpha Trinidad,
Animal Nutritionist with Cebu Superior Feedmill in the Philippines, on the
reasons U.S. soybean meal is the clear choice for feed millers in the
Philippines. [02/16/06] |
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Listen to comments
from
Ric Pinca, Vice President of the Philippine Association of Feed
Millers, Inc. about U.S. soybean meal, ASA and AGP. [02/09/06] |
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Listen
to comments
from Governor Mike Rounds who talks about the Executive Order he
signed last week promoting the use of biodiesel fuels in South Dakota.
[01/31/06] Audio file length: 04:02 3791KB
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Listen
to comments
from Dr.
William Casady, Extension Associate Professor and Professional
Engineer for Commercial Agric Program Cropping Systems at the University of
Missouri, as he provides practical recommendations that require very little
investment for producers to reduce their energy costs. [01/19/06] Audio
file length: 05:51 5488KB
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Listen
to comments
from Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns as he talks about the
importance of international trade, CAFTA, China, and leadership training for
farmers and ranchers. (Exclusive comments and interview from ASA’s Soybean
Leadership College in Saint Charles, Mo.) [01/12/06] Audio file length:
05:59 5617 KB
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Listen
to comments from
ASA Board member Kristin Duncanson, a Minnesota farmer who
serves as Chairman of the Minnesota Governor's Biodiesel Task Force, as she
talks about a 21-day suspension of the state's biodiesel fuel mandate after
reports of soy-based biodiesel clogging fuel filters. [01/03/06]
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October-December 2005
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Listen
to comments
from ASA President Bob Metz as he discusses soybean priorities
with farm broadcaster Mike Hergert at the WTO Ministerial in Hong
Kong. [12/15/05] Audio file length: 3:13 1133 KB
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Listen
to comments
from ASA President Bob Metz as he talks about
a shipment of palm-oil based biodiesel from Ecuador and ASA’s efforts to
plug a regulatory loophole in the new biodiesel tax incentive. [11/16/05] Audio
file length: 3:15 3055 KB
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Listen
to comments from ASA President Bob Metz talking about his
Congressional testimony on ASA’s soy priorities for WTO negotiations.
[11/03/05] Audio file length: 4:09 3891 KB
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Listen
to comments
from ASA Board member Joe Layton as he talks about the Legume Crop
Genomics Initiative and up to $5 million in funding for research on legume
crops such as soybeans. [10/26/05] Audio file length: 3:56 3691KB
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Listen
to comments
from Dan Duran, Chief Executive Officer of the newly formed U.S.
Soybean Export Council, as he talks about the challenges and opportunities
ahead for U.S. soybean producers. [10/19/05] Audio file length: 4:50
4532KB
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Listen
to comments from ASA
President Bob Metz talking about the Association’s soy priorities
for the next Doha Round of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations that
are scheduled for Dec. 13-18, 2005, in Hong Kong. [10/12/05] Audio file
length: 2:58 2779 KB
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Listen
to comments
from Kelly Brintle, Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy
& Business Development for Ventura Foods, LLC., talking about the how
the new low linolenic oil that will be processed from this year’s harvest
of Vistive soybeans will help food companies reduce or eliminate trans fat.
[10/05/05] Audio file length: 3:21 3140 KB
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July -
September 2005
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Listen
to comments
from ASA President Bob Metz as he urges growers to conduct
a visual inspection of overhead electrical lines during Farm Safety Week
2005. [09/20/05] Audio
file length: 2:30 2347 KB
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Listen
to comments
from Mississippi
Soybean Association State Executive Alan Blaine as he talks about the
devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina and the challenges that lie ahead
for agricultural producers. [09/13/05] Audio
file length: 6:19 5931 KB
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Listen
to comments
from ASA Board member Ron Kindred about his meeting with
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Deputy Administrator Marcus Peacock at
a roundtable meeting held during the Farm Progress Show. [09/06/05] Audio
file length: 2:18 2148 KB
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Listen
to comments from ASA Vice President John Hoffman who is representing
ASA at the White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation. [08/31/05] Audio
file length: 4:01 3767 KB
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Listen
to comments from Indiana Soybean Growers Association Executive Director Chris
Novak as he talks about the USDA Farm Bill Listening Session held last
week in Indianapolis. [08/24/05] Audio file length: 5:36 5237 KB
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Listen
to comments from Missouri Congressman Kenny Hulshof (R-9th) as he talks
about the status and importance of new river locks on the Mississippi and
Illinois Rivers. [08/17/08] Audio file length: 2:32 2377 KB
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Listen
to comments
from ASA Chairman Neal Bredehoeft about the new United States Soybean
Export Council. [08/08/05] Audio file length: 2:18 2153 KB
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Listen to
comments from ASA Chairman Neal
Bredehoeft about House passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and
how it will benefit soybean growers. [07/28/05] Audio file length: 2:20
2198 KB |
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April
- June 2005 |
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|
Listen to
comments from ASA First Vice President
Bob Metz about the importance of getting the biodiesel tax
incentive extended and creating a Renewable Fuels Standard that requires
use of fuels like biodiesel and ethanol. On June 28, the Senate passed an
Energy Bill containing these key biodiesel provisions. [06/29/05] Audio
file length: 2:47 2616 KB |
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Listen to comments
from ASA President Neal Bredehoeft about economic relations between
the United States and China. [06/22/05] Audio file length: 2:23 2230 KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA-China Aquaculture
Program Manager Jim Zhang about growth in the aquaculture market in
China and how ASA and soy are important factors in that growth. [06/15/05]
Audio file length: 3:57 3706 KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA Chairman Ron Heck
about ASA’s support of the Central America Free Trade Agreement and why it
is important to U.S. soybean producers. [06/08/05] Audio file length:
2:09 2019 KB |
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|
Listen to comments from
ASA President Neal Bredehoeft who is on a trade mission this week
to the European Union (EU). From France, Bredehoeft talks about the EU’s
position on biotechnology and the maturity of the biofuels industry in the
EU. [06/01/05] Audio file length: 2:59 2811 KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA President Neal
Bredehoeft about President Bush’s May 16 visit to a biodiesel
production facility that uses U.S. grown soybeans to make soy biodiesel.
[05/17/05] Audio file length: 2:11 2050 KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA President Neal
Bredehoeft and ASA Chairman Ron Heck about the benefits that
crop biotechnology delivers to producers, consumers and the environment,
as ASA recognized the planting of the one-billionth acre of biotech crops
in the world, during a press conference in Chicago, Illinois. According to
an acreage counter developed by Truth About Trade and Technology, the
one-billionth biotech acre was most likely planted somewhere in the world
on May 9, 2005. [05/11/05] Audio file length: 4:25 4146 KB |
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Listen to comments
from ASA Board member Greg Leonard about ASA comments on issues
related to crop insurance and soybean rust, that were submitted to the
House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and
Risk Management. [05/04/05] Audio file length: 3:21 3144 KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA President Neal
Bredehoeft about his testimony on soybean rust preparedness on April
27, before a joint hearing of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee’s
Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, and the
Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
[04/27/05] Audio file length: 2:54 2726 KB |
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|
Listen to
comments from ASA President Neal
Bredehoeft about the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s newly funded
coordinated framework for soybean rust surveillance and monitoring.
[04/20/05] Audio file length: 2:30 2342 KB |
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|
Listen to comments
from ASA Board member Scott Fritz about ASA’s support for the
Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), and why it is so important
to U.S. soybean growers. [04/13/05] Audio file length: 3:30 3284 KB
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Listen to
comments from Scott Fleetwood,
Vice President of Marketing and Sales for Nitragin, Incorporated, about
the ASA/Nitragin Regional Exchange and Awareness Program, which is
designed to expand the knowledge of soybean growers regarding agriculture
and issues in regions outside their own. [04/06/05] Audio file length:
3:27 3236 KB |
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January
- March 2005 |
|
|
Listen to
comments from John Deere Manager of
Product Planning, Worldwide Agriculture Equipment Division, Mike Miller,
about what John Deere learned from its tests on spraying for Asian soybean
rust in Brazil. [03/30/05] Audio file length: 4:02 3774 KB |
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|
Listen to comments
from American Soybean Association (ASA)
Chairman Ron Heck about ASA’s position on the possible reopening of
the 2002 Farm Bill. [03/23/05] Audio file length: 1:59 1874 KB |
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|
Listen to
comments from ASA President Neal
Bredehoeft and Bayer CropScience Product Development Manager for
Fungicides Jim Bloomberg about what they’re finding out regarding
the treatment and management of soybean rust in Brazil that may help U.S.
growers. They are participating in a Successful Farming Brazil Crop Tour
sponsored by Bayer CropScience. [03/09/05] Audio file length: 4:08 3868
KB |
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|
Hear from American
Soybean Association (ASA) First Vice
President Bob Metz about comments that ASA submitted to the
Internal Revenue Service regarding provisions of the biodiesel tax
incentive. [02/16/05] Audio file length: 4:07
3861 KB |
|
|
Listen to
comments from ASA Chairman Ron
Heck about concerns regarding the White House Administration’s
2006 budget proposal for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. [02/10/05]
Audio file length: 1:57 1831 KB |
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|
Listen to
comments from ASA Washington
Representative Mark Palmer about ASA’s continued work with the U.S.
Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service regarding regulations for
the biodiesel tax incentive. [02/02/05] Audio file length: 4:48
4511 KB |
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|
Listen to
comments from the Administrator for
the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency, Ross
Davidson, about the federal crop insurance program and coverage of
Asian soybean rust. [01/26/05] Audio file length: 4:16
4005 KB |
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|
Listen to
comments from the Director of ASA’s
World Initiative for Soy in Human Health program, Jim Hershey. He
talks about the use of textured soy protein in school feeding programs for
children in the African country of Senegal. [01/19/05] Audio file
length: 4:06 3844 KB |
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|
Listen to
comments from Illinois farmer and crop
insurance agent Brad Glenn. He provides information and advice
about crop insurance for soybean rust. [01/12/05] Audio file length: 3:36
3384 KB |
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Listen to comments from
ASA Board member and Commodity Classic Chair Lorraine Birschbach
about the education and information that will be available to soybean
growers at Commodity Classic. [01/05/05] Audio
file length: 2:24 2255 KB |
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October
- December 2004 |
|
|
Listen to
comments from ASA President Neal
Bredehoeft about ASA’s upcoming series of Soybean Rust Seminars that
continue the Association’s commitment to soybean grower education.
[12/22/04] Audio file length: 2:55 2737 KB |
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Listen to
comments from Ag Processing
Incorporated’s Vice President for Government Relations and Industrial
Products, John Campbell, about continuing work on the biodiesel tax
incentive, and the important role of farmers. [12/15/04] Audio file
length: 3:46 3541 KB |
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Listen to comments
from ASA Chairman Ron Heck about the well-established value of
ASA’s work in the area of international marketing for U.S. soybeans.
[12/02/04] Audio file length: 2:41 2525 KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA Membership Chairman
John Hoffman about ASA’s adoption of a tagline to assist the
Association in reaching out to and connecting with its members and
potential members. [11/23/04] Audio file length: 4:33 4266 KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA President Neal
Bredehoeft following confirmation by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service that Asian
soybean rust has been confirmed in Louisiana. [11/10/04] Audio file
length: 2:27 2301 KB |
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Listen to comments
from ASA Washington Representative John Gordley about how upcoming
trans fat labeling on food products will affect the soybean industry, and
what ASA is doing to address the issue [11/03/04] Audio file length:
5:22 5042 KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA/Washington
representative Beverly Paul about interest by the National Academy
of Sciences in doing a study addressing the role of soy in aquaculture
feed. [10/27/04] Audio file length: 4:16 4016
KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA First Vice President
Bob Metz about projected biodiesel consumption in the next decade,
and the importance of extending the biodiesel tax incentive beyond two
years. [10/20/04] Audio file length: 3:21
3155 KB |
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Listen to comments
from ASA President Neal Bredehoeft about Senate passage of
legislation containing a groundbreaking
biodiesel tax incentive, which has now been sent to the President to sign
into law. [10/12/04] Audio file length: 3:23 3182 KB |
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Listen to
comments from Shannon Ward,
Project Development Manager for ASA’s World Initiative For Soy in Human
Health (WISHH) program. Ward talks about soy use and market development in
South Africa and Kenya. [10/06/04] Audio file length: 3:27
3239 KB |
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July
- September 2004 |
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Listen to
comments from ASA First
Vice President Bob Metz about current efforts to move a biodiesel
tax incentive forward in Congress. [09/29/04] Audio file length: 4:28
4199 KB |
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Listen to comments from ASA Membership Chairman John
Hoffman about the importance of safety on the farm, in recognition of
National Farm Safety and Health Week, September 19-25. [09/15/04] Audio
file length: 4:43 4442 KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA member and
Conservation Legacy Award winner Mark Jackson about the
importance of conservation in farming. ASA’s Conservation Legacy Awards
Program is now taking applications for 2005 awards. Jackson is this year’s
Midwest Region and National award winner. [09/08/04] Audio file length:
3:57 3717 KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA President Neal
Bredehoeft about the U.S. soybean industry’s commitment to the
Japanese market. [09/01/04] Audio file length: 2:26 2288 KB |
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Listen to comments
from ASA Chief Executive Officer Stephen Censky about trade issues
with China that have restricted access and threaten America’s soybean
export market to China. [08/25/04] Audio file length: 5:09 4830 KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA International
Marketing Manager Bridget Owen about the role of soybean meal in
the growing aquaculture industry in China, and ASA’s involvement in
developing and testing a new type of ocean cage for ocean-based
aquaculture. [08/18/04] Audio file length: 2:50
2669 KB |
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Listen to
comments from Soyatech Publisher and
Editor Peter Golbitz about the popularity of soy in foods and the
areas of expected growth. [08/11/04] Audio file length: 2:58 2782 KB |
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Listen to comments
from ASA President Neal Bredehoeft about the framework agreement
for Doha trade negotiations that was worked out in Geneva. [08/04/04]
Audio file length: 2:46 2612 KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA First Vice President
Bob Metz about the status of the biodiesel tax incentive in
national legislation. [07/28/04] Audio file length: 4:09
3894 KB |
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Listen to
comments from the new President of the
American Soybean Association, Neal Bredehoeft, about plans for his
one-year term in office. [07/21/04] Audio file length: 2:52
2700 KB |
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Listen to comments
from ASA’s Director of the World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH)
program, Jim Hershey, about a $400,000 grant awarded to the program
by the U.S. Agency for International Development,
to integrate soy protein products into local commercial food production
facilities in countries in Africa and Central America. [07/14/04] Audio
file length: 4:27 4173 KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA Board member Barb
Overlie about the importance of the soymilk option in the Child
Nutrition Act of 2004 that was signed into law by President Bush.
[07/08/04] Audio file length: 2:36 2444 KB |
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April
- June 2004 |
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Listen to comments from ASA President
Ron Heck about concerns regarding proposals at the Doha
negotiations of the World Trade Organization that would threaten U.S. food
aid programs, many of which include soy protein products. [06/23/04] Audio
file length: 2:13 1042 KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA First Vice President Neal Bredehoeft about ASA’s endorsement of
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers draft plan to improve navigation on the
Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. [06/17/04] Audio file length: 2:31
1188 KB |
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Listen to comments from American
Soybean Association (ASA) Chairman Dwain Ford about the importance
of ASA and soybean producer support for the livestock industry. [06/09/04]
Audio file length: 2:11 1028 KB |
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Listen to comments from
ASA/China’s Program Manager for Aquaculture, Jim
Zhang, about the importance of
U.S. soybean meal in the Chinese shrimp and fish industry. [06/02/04] Audio
file length: 3:03 1436 KB |
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Listen to comments from MARC 2000 President Chris Brescia about
the importance of farmer participation in the upcoming U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers’ official pubic hearings on the Navigation Study for lock
modernization on the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. [05/26/04] Audio
file length: 4:30 2113 KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA Chairman Dwain Ford about
a series of soybean rust education meetings that the American Soybean
Association is presenting in July for farmers and other interested
agriculture representatives. [05/19/04] Audio file length: 3:03 1433 KB |
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Listen to comments
from Nitragin Incorporated Vice
President of Marketing and Sales Scott
Fleetwood about how inoculants
benefit soybeans. [05-05-04] Audio file length: 4:25 2073 KB |
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Listen to comments from plant pathologist Glen Hartman at the
National Soybean Research Center at the University of Illinois. He talks
about breeding soybean varieties for rust resistance. [04/21/04] Audio
file length: 3:04 1441 KB |
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April is “Soyfoods Month.” Listen
to comments from ASA Washington
representative Beverly Paul about ASA’s work to include soymilk
as a reimbursable option in the school lunch program and efforts to
educate Congress about the nutrition and good taste of foods made with
soy. [04/14/04] Audio file length: 4:26 2086 KB |
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Listen to comments from
ASA/Japan Marketing Manager Kyoko
Kawahara about the current Japanese market for U.S. soybeans and the potential for
growth. [04/07/04] Audio file length: 2:49 1327 KB |
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January
- March 2004 |
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Listen
to comments from Ray Hammerschmidt of the North Central Plant
Diagnostic Center at Michigan State University. He talks about the role of
the National Plant Diagnostic Network in combating diseases like Asian
soybean rust. [03/31/04] Audio
file length: 2:47 1309 KB |
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Listen
to comments
from American Soybean Association Board member David Hand, who
Chairs ASA’s Sub-committee for the Western World and Middle East market
area. Hand recently participated in a soybean fact-finding mission to
Europe and North Africa. He talks about the markets of Morocco and
Hungary. [03/23/04] Audio
file length: 1:40 786 KB |
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Listen to
comments from U.S. Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle and U.S.
Senator Jim Talent about efforts to secure passage of a biodiesel
tax incentive. Their comments come as National Biodiesel Day is recognized
on March 18. [03/17/04] 2 audio files available. Click “microphone”
image for cover sheet page. |
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Listen to comments from Jim Hershey, Director of ASA’s World
Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) program. Hershey talks about
bringing soy protein to the people of Mozambique, one of the poorest
countries in the world. [03/10/04] Audio file length: 3:39 1716 KB |
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Listen to comments from ASA Chairman Dwain
Ford about the Chinese Government’s announcement that it has issued
a final safety certificate for the importation of Roundup Ready® soybeans
and soybean products. [02/25/04] Audio file length: 2:54 1365 KB |
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Listen to comments from Jim Hershey,
Director of ASA’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health program.
Hershey talks about the use of soy in a pilot school lunch program in the
Ivory Coast. [02/18/04] Audio file length: 3:09 1484 KB |
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Listen to comments from ASA President Ron Heck and CEO Stephen
Censky, and the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s, Bob
Spaide, Acting Deputy Administrator of Pest Detection & Management
Programs. Their comments about Asian soybean rust were part of an ASA
teleconference on that subject, held February eleventh. [02/11/04] Audio
file length: 4:07 1932 KB |
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Listen to comments
from ASA Membership Chairman Gary Joachim about the Association’s
policy work on behalf of soybean farmer members, and the importance of
membership. [02/04/04] Audio file length: 3:23 1593 KB |
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Listen to
comments from the USDA’s Robert Griffin of the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service. He talks about assessing the risk for
introduction of Asian soybean rust into the United States. [01/28/04] Audio
file length: 3:04 1442 KB |
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Listen to comments from ASA President
Ron Heck urging Congress to complete work on an energy bill,
following President Bush’s call for passage of energy legislation in his
State of the Union address. [01/21/04] Audio file length: 2:13 1043 KB |
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Listen to comments from
Dr. Morris Bonde of the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service and
Dr. Jim Bloomberg of Bayer CropScience about detection and
fungicide treatment of Asian Soybean Rust. [01/14/04] Audio file
length: 3:28 1628 KB |
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Listen to comments from ASA Executive
Committee member and Commodity Classic Co-Chair Corwin Fee about
the upcoming 2004 Commodity Classic Conference and Trade Show in Las
Vegas, March 2-4. [01/07/04] Audio file length: 3:39 1717 KB |
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October
- December 2003 |
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Listen to
comments from ASA President Ron Heck about the Soybean Rust Conference to be held January 8, in St. Louis, and
why it is important for soybean growers to attend.
[12/24/03] Audio file length: 2:37 1235 KB
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Listen to comments from ASA and other
officials about a “cooperation agreement” with
China for purchases of U.S. soybeans. At the
Chicago Board of Trade on Dec. 18, a Chinese
delegation headed by the President of China’s
Chamber of Commerce signed an agreement with ASA
and 10 U.S. trading companies to buy U.S.
soybeans.
[12/19/03] 5
audio files of varying length. Click
"microphone" image for cover sheet page.
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Listen to
comments from Nitragin Incorporated Vice President of
Marketing and Sales Scott Fleetwood about the value of inoculating soybeans every season. [12/10/03] Audio
file length: 3:39 1718 KB
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Listen to comments from ASA Board
member Greg Leonard, who serves on the
Membership & Corporate Relations Committee. He
talks about the importance of river transportation
to U.S. soybean farmers and the need to improve
infrastructure on the Mississippi and Illinois
River System. [12/03/03] Audio file length:
4:27 2092 KB
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Listen to comments from
ASA Executive Committee member Bob
Metz about the postponement of a Senate vote on the Energy Bill, which
contains a biodiesel tax incentive. Metz is also
Chairman of the National Biodiesel Board.
[11/25/03] Audio file length: 4:00 1877 KB |
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Listen
to comments from Members of the United States
Congress and farmer-leaders of the American
Soybean Association (ASA) and the National
Biodiesel Board (NBB) at an ASA/NBB Capitol Hill
news conference where they provided updates on the
status of Federal legislation that will provide
tax incentives for biodiesel. 12 audio files of
varying length. Click "microphone" image
for cover sheet page. [11/20/03] |
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Listen to
comments from ASA Executive Committee member Bob Metz, who is also Chairman of the
National Biodiesel Board. He provides an update on
the status of energy legislation that includes
ASA-supported biodiesel tax incentives. [11/11/03]
Audio file length 3:03 1433 KB
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Listen to comments from
ASA Board member and past president Tony
Anderson about the threat of Asian Soybean
Rust spreading to the United States and how ASA is
addressing the issue. [11/05/03] Audio file
length: 3:21 1576 KB |
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Listen to comments from the Director
of ASA’s World Initiative For Soy in Human
Health, Jim Hershey, about the use of soy
in international school lunch programs and how
that has benefited from the work of the most
recent recipient of the World Food Prize award,
Catherine Bertini. [10/22/03] Audio file
length: 5:10 2425 KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA Special Assistant to the CEO Neil Caskey about the latest U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers report and upcoming public
hearings on plans to improve navigation on the
Upper Mississippi River System. [10/15/03] Audio
file length: 3:20 1570 KB
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Listen to
comments from ASA member Rob Joslin, a grower from Sidney, Ohio, who testified before a
U.S. House committee, in support of providing
schools with the option to offer students soymilk
as part of a reimbursable meal in legislation to
reauthorize child nutrition programs. [10/08/03] Audio
file length: 3:39 1716 KB
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Listen to comments from ASA’s
Consultant for Algeria, Malek Djebaili,
about the Algerian market for U.S. soybeans.
[10/01/03] Audio file length: 2:49 1328 KB |
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July
- September 2003 |
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Listen
to comments from ASA Executive Committee member
and national Membership Chair Gary Joachim
reminding growers to be safe during this year’s
harvest season. [09/24/03] Audio file length:
3:57 1849 KB |
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Listen to comments from ASA President
Ron Heck about ASA’s disappointment with
the outcome of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
negotiations in Mexico. [09/17/03] Audio file
length: 2:57 1385 KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA Board member John Hoffman, who serves on the Membership & Corporate
Relations Committee. He talks about the importance
of the domestic livestock industry to U.S. soybean
producers. [09/10/03] Audio file length: 4:15
1997 KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA/Washington representative Krysta
Harden about the next steps for biodiesel
incentives and energy legislation in Congress.
[09/03/03] Audio file length: 4:11 1963 KB |
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Listen to
comments from Wayne Bailey, extension
entomologist at the University of Missouri. He
talks about the spread of soybean aphids, what to
look for, and treatment options. [08/27/03] Audio
file length: 4:21 2047 KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA Board member Andy Welden, who
serves on the Membership & Corporate Relations
Committee. He talks about the benefits of
biodiesel and efforts to increase its use in the
United States. [08/20/03] Audio file length
3:07 1462 KB |
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Listen to comments from ASA President
Ron Heck about the agreement between U.S.
and European negotiators on a framework for
agricultural negotiations in the World Trade
Organization talks. [08/14/03] Audio file
length: 2:04 975 KB |
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Learn
about a brand new export terminal built by Ag
Processing Inc (AGP) to add value to U.S. soymeal
shipments bound for customers in Pacific Rim
countries. Comments are provided by Gary Nelson,
Executive Director of the Port of Grays Harbor
located in Aberdeen, Washington. [08/06/03] Audio
file length: 03:41 1729 KB |
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Listen
to comments from ASA Chairman Dwain Ford
about his message to the Council on Foreign
Relations that emphasized we must not repeat
history with trade restrictions. [07/31/03] Audio
file length: 2:46 1299 KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA/China Country Director Phil Laney about China’s recently
announced extension of its interim rules on
biotech imports. [07/23/03] Audio file length:
3:33 1665 KB |
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Listen to
comments from newly elected American Soybean Association (ASA)
President Ron
Heck, a farmer from Perry,
Iowa. [07/16/03] Audio file length: 1:56 908 KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA Board member Barb Overlie, who
represents the Association on a soymilk coalition.
Overlie talks about proposed legislation to bring
soymilk into federal child nutrition programs for
school lunches in the U.S. [07/10/03] Audio
file length: 3:28 1630 KB |
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April
- June 2003 |
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Listen to
comments from ASA/Japan Country Director Tom Nishio about the continuing demand
for U.S. soybean imports, despite Japan’s
struggling economy. [06/25/03] Audio file
length: 2:04 972 KB |
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Listen to comments from ASA First Vice President Ron
Heck who provided ASA testimony at a U.S.
House Committee on Agriculture Hearing on
multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations.
[06/18/03] Audio file length: 2:38 1238 KB |
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Listen to comments from
ASA World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH)
Director Jim
Hershey
about a shipment of soy products being sent to
Kenya for use by Catholic Relief Services to show
the agency how effective soy would be as part of
its regular food aid program in Kenya. [06/11/03] Audio
file length: 4:17 2014 KB |
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Listen to comments from ASA/China
Country Director Phil
Laney about U.S. soybean exports to China and that country’s expected
extension of its Interim Safety Certificate
program for biotech crops, which is set to expire
September 20, 2003. [06/04/03] Audio file
length: 4:04 1907 KB
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Listen
to comments from ASA
Chairman Bart Ruth about his testimony at
the United States Senate Foreign Relations
Subcommittee hearing on U.S.—Brazil
competitiveness. [05/21/03] Audio file length:
5:13 2390 KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA President Dwain Ford about ASA’s
support of U.S. House-approved legislation that
recognizes the importance of integrating nutrition
into international efforts to fight HIV/AIDS.
[05/15/03] Audio file length: 2:49 1321 KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA Executive Committee member Bob Metz, who also serves
as Chairman of the National Biodiesel Board, about
the Commodity Credit Corporation’s final ruling
on the Bioenergy Program. [05/08/03] Audio file
length: 2:47 1305 KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA First Vice President Ron Heck about ASA’s call for
greater safeguards to protect U.S. soybeans from
Asian Soybean Rust disease. [04/29/03] Audio
file length: 3:31 1648 KB |
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Listen to comments from ASA President Dwain Ford about his participation in the recent International Oilseed Producers’
Dialogue in Brazil. [04/24/03] Audio file
length: 2:47 1302 KB
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Listen to
comments from National Chicken Council President George Watts about common interests of the soybean and chicken industries, and the
important contribution of U.S. soybean meal to
chicken production in the United States.
[04/17/03] Audio file length: 2:58 1393 KB
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Listen to
comments from ASA Executive Committee member Corwin
Fee, Chair of the Trade Policy &
International Affairs Committee, about the
importance of ASA’s international marketing
efforts for soybeans. [04/10/03] Audio file
length: 2:57 1381 KB |
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Listen to
comments from Soyatech Publisher and Editor Peter Golbitz about the
increasing popularity of soyfoods among the
general public, as we recognize April as Soyfoods
Month. [04/03/03] Audio file length: 4:28 2101
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January
- March 2003 |
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Listen to
comments from ASA/Western Europe Regional Director
Thad Lively
about the market for U.S. soybeans in Europe.
[03/27/03] Audio file length: 4:01 1878 KB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA Board Member Roger Dale, who serves on the
Membership & Corporate Relations Committee,
about the importance of upgrading the
infrastructure on the Mississippi and Illinois
River systems. [03/20/03] Audio file length:
3:14 1517 KB |
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Listen
to comments
from ASA/Southeast Asia Regional Director John
Lindblom
about the market for U.S. soy in Southeast Asia.
[03/13/03] Audio file length: 2:35 1209 KB
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Listen to comments from ASA/China
Country Director Phil Laney about the record amount of U.S. soybeans being
exported to China. [03/06/03] Audio file
length: 3:20 1560 KB
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Listen to
comments from ASA Board member Charles Cannatella, who serves on the Membership & Corporate Relations Committee, about
the importance of export trade promotion to the
soybean industry. [02/20/03] Audio file length:
2:34 1205 KB
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Listen to
comments from MARC 2000 President Chris Brescia about concerns
with President Bush’s recently submitted budget
regarding inland waterways and infrastructure
improvements. [02/13/03] Audio file length:
4:50 2261 KB
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Listen to
comments from Indiana Soybean Growers Association
Executive Director Steve Ludwig about the first
central Indiana school buses to test soy biodiesel.
[02/06/03] Audio file length: 2:29 1166 KB
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Listen to
comments from ASA Trade Analysis Director Craig Ratajczyk about precautions
that farmers visiting Brazil should take to
prevent bringing soybean rust back to the U.S.
from Brazil. [01/30/03] Audio file length: 2:36
1215 KB
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Listen to
comments from ASA First Vice President Ron Heck about seeking an
end to the illegal piracy of soybean seed
technology in Brazil. [01/23/03] Audio file
length: 2:48 1314 KB
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Listen to
comments from ASA Board member Jim Long, who serves on the
Membership & Corporate Relations Committee,
about the importance of the U.S. poultry industry
to the domestic soybean meal market. [01/16/03] Audio
file length: 1:34 734 KB
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Listen to
comments from ASA Board member and Commodity
Classic Co-Chair Bob Rikli about what
growers can expect at this year’s Commodity
Classic in Charlotte, N.C. [01/09/03] Audio
file length: 2:37 1231 KB
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Listen to
comments from ASA Executive Committee member Corwin Fee, Chair of the
Trade Policy & International Affairs
Committee, about the lack of merit to a recent
complaint by European oilseed producers against
U.S. oilseed policy. [01/02/03] Audio file
length: 2:27 1151 KB
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