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January-March 2010 |
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Listen to comments from ASA President Rob
Joslin as he talks about Senate passage of legislation that includes a
retroactive extension of the vital biodiesel tax credit. [03/11/10] Audio
file length: 02:42 2.48 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA Board member
Bob Henry, who talks about what he learned from Environmental Protection
Agency staff about the Renewable Fuel Standard Program (RFS2), after he
participated in the recent National Biodiesel Board Conference and Expo.
[02/17/10] Audio file length: 2:34 2.36 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA First Vice
President Alan Kemper as he talks about his meeting with a Cabinet
member of the European Commission who specializes in trade between the U.S.
and the European Union. [02/08/10] Audio file length: 2:34 2.35 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA President Rob
Joslin as he talks about ASA's support of Senator Lisa Murkowski's
resolution of disapproval, which looks to prevent the Environmental
Protection Agency's regulation of greenhouse gases. [02/02/10] Audio file
length: 2:32 2.33 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA Vice President
Steve Wellman, who also serves as Chairman of ASA's Membership &
Corporate Relations Committee, as he talks about ASA's policy work on behalf
of U.S. soybean producers. [01/13/10] Audio file length: 3:42 3.39 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA First Vice
President Alan Kemper, who talks about ASA's efforts to get an
extension of the biodiesel tax incentive. [01/06/10] Audio file length:
2:34 2.35 MB |
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October-December 2009 |
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Listen to comments from ASA Board member and
Commodity Classic Co-Chair Dennis Bogaards as he talks about why
growers should plan to attend the 2010 Commodity Classic in Anaheim, Calif.
[12/15/09] Audio file length: 1:53 1.73 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA President Rob
Joslin as he talks about House passage of a one-year biodiesel tax
incentive extension and calls for grassroots activism to encourage the
Senate to pass extension legislation as well. [12/09/09] Audio file
length: 2:20 2.14 MB |
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Listen to comments from newly-confirmed ASA
President Rob Joslin as he talks about his priorities for 2010 and
gives a message to the soybean farmers he represents. [12/04/09] Audio
file length: 1:44 1.59 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA President
Johnny Dodson as he talks about ASA's support for new legislation that
would repeal provisions that restrict U.S. trade with Cuba. [11/19/09]
Audio file length: 1:58 1.80 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA Chairman John
Hoffman as he reports on his participation in a House Agriculture
Subcommittee roundtable on how the Federal crop insurance program is
working. [11/11/09] Audio file length: 2:28 2.25 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA President
Johnny Dodson as he talks about ASA's concerns with climate change
legislation currently being considered by the Senate and encourages ASA
members to contact their Senators in an effort to extend the Biodiesel Tax
Incentive beyond this year. [11/05/09] Audio file length: 2:52 2.62 MB |
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Listen to comments from Waterways Council
President and CEO Cornel Martin as he talks about the status of
infrastructure improvements on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers.
[10/15/09] Audio file length: 1:31 1.39 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA Board
member Joe Layton, who talks about his testimony before the House
Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy and
Research to review implementation of the Research Title of the 2008 Farm
Bill. [10/08/09] Audio file length: 2:53 2.65 MB |
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July-September 2009 |
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Listen to comments from
ASA Executive Committee member Ron Kindred, who talks about the Soy
Transportation Coalition study that looks at rail movement of soybeans and
soy products. Kindred serves on the Coalition Board. [09/29/09] Audio
file length: 2:32 2.32 MB |
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Listen to comments from
ASA President Johnny Dodson as he rallies everyone with a vested
interest in the future profitability of soybeans and other sectors of
agriculture to submit comments on the EPA's Proposed Rule for the expanded
Renewable Fuel Standard. [09/22/09] Audio file length: 2:34 2.36 MB |
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Listen to comments from
ASA Vice President Alan Kemper, who recently hosted a delegation of
Chinese soybean buyers on his farm to discuss crop quality and the
production process, among other topics. [09/16/09] Audio file length:
2:15 2.06 MB |
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Listen to
comments from ASA past-President Bart
Ruth, the 2009 Agribusiness recipient for the Abraham Lincoln
National Agricultural Awards. Ruth recounts ASA policy achievements during
his tenure, as well as emphasizes the importance of becoming involved with
ASA. [09/02/09] Audio file length: 2:58 2.27 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA President
Johnny Dodson as he talks about why it's important for people to take
advantage of ASA's online form to submit comments to the EPA on the expanded
Renewable Fuel Standard. [08/26/09] Audio file length: 1:58 1.80 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA First Vice
President Rob Joslin as he responds to the discovery of biotech corn
events that are unapproved in the European Union in soybean shipments from
the U.S. [08/19/09] Audio file length: 2:10 1.99 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA
President Johnny Dodson, who talks about the ASA legislative
priorities discussed at last week's Board meeting, as well as House Ag.
Committee Chairman Collin Peterson's visit to the group. [07/28/09] Audio
file length: 2:03 1.88 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA President
Johnny Dodson as he talks about the legislative priorities that will be
the focus of next week's ASA Board meeting. [07/15/09] Audio file length:
2:39 2.42 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA President
Johnny Dodson as he comments on ASA's reaction to House passage of the
climate change bill and what ASA liked and disliked about the legislation.
[07/01/09] Audio file length: 2:39 2.43 MB |
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April-June 2009 |
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Listen to comments from ASA Vice President
Joe Steiner as he explains the objective of ASA's new Innovation
Initiative think tank. [06/24/09] Audio file length: 2:28 2.26 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA Board member
Ron Moore, who is the vice-chair of the standards committee that is
spearheading the development of a national standard for sustainable
agriculture. Moore talks about some of the key decisions the committee made
at its recent meeting. [06/10/09] Audio file length: 2:36 2.39 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA Board member
Dennis Jaeger as he talks about his recent trip to Colombia and Panama
to learn more about the pending free trade agreements with those countries.
[06/02/09] Audio file length: 1:42 1.56 MB |
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Listen to comments from Diane Bellis,
the Director of Federal Research Programs for AgSource, Inc., who is working
to advance aquaculture and other research of interest to the soybean
industry. [05/21/09] Audio file length: 2:37 2.39 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA
President Johnny Dodson as he reacts to and talks about the flaws in
the EPA's proposed rule for the expanded Renewable Fuel Standard. [05/12/09]
Audio file length: 2:00 1.84 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA First Vice
President Rob Joslin as he talks about the ASA-led Commodity
Roundtable held last week in Washington, D.C. [05/06/09] Audio file
length: 02:09 1.97 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA Vice President
Ray Gaesser, who recently met with Senator Chuck Grassley to advance
ASA's biodiesel agenda and share concerns about a court ruling on the Clean
Water Act that could negatively impact soybean farmers. [04/29/09] Audio
file length: 2:11 1.99 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA Vice President
Alan Kemper, a member of the USDA's Agricultural Policy Advisory
Committee for Trade, who talks about the importance of resolving the U.S.
trucking dispute with Mexico and bringing back the Cross Border Trucking
Pilot Program [04/15/09] Audio file length: 02:33 2.34 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA Executive
Committee member Steve Wellman as he comments on the lack of
convergence between cash values and futures prices in the soybean market.
Wellman was nominated by ASA to serve on the CFTC's new Subcommittee on
Convergence in Agricultural Commodity Markets. [04/01/09] Audio file
length: 02:05 1.91 MB |
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January - March 2009
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Listen to comments from ASA Board member
Ron Moore, who participated in ASA's recent Biotech Outreach mission to
Germany and Italy. [03/25/09] Audio file length: 02:02 1.86 MB |
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Listen to comments from Ron Kindred,
Chairman of the American Soybean Association's transportation committee, as
he provides an update on some of the issues that ASA is working on in the
rail and waterways transportation systems. [03/18/09] Audio file length:
02:09 1.97 MB |
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Listen to comments from Agriculture Secretary
Tom Vilsack when he addressed ASA's Board of Directors on March 10,
2009. Also, Vilsack addresses questions from ASA Board members. [03/12/09] Audio file length:
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Listen to comments from ASA member Jim
Andrew, who chairs a biofuels working group that is part of the EPA's
Farm, Ranch and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee. Andrew
explains why ASA is against the inclusion of the indirect land use formula
in the new Renewable Fuel Standard. [03/12/09] Audio file length: 03:09
2.88 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA President
Johnny Dodson as he talks about resolutions discussed as ASA's recent
Voting Delegates Session. [03/04/09] Audio file length: 01:36 1.47 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA President
Johnny Dodson as he talks about his meeting with Agriculture Secretary
Tom Vilsack, which was an opportunity to brief the new secretary on
issues of top importance to all U.S. soybean farmers. [02/19/09] Audio
file length: 02:06 1.92 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA Board member
Joe Layton, who chaired the recent meeting of ASA's Biotechnology
Working Group. Layton discusses ASA's role in past and future approvals of
biotechnology-improved soybeans. [02/04/09] Audio file length: 03:34 3.26
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Listen to comments from ASA President
Johnny Dodson about the legislative priorities discussed at ASA's annual
Executive Committee Planning Session. [01/28/09] Audio file length: 02:16
2.08 MB |
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Listen to comments from ASA First Vice
President Rob Joslin as he talks about ASA's reaction to the
Secretary of Agriculture's recommendation to the Office of Inspector General
that an audit and investigation of the national soybean checkoff be
conducted. [01/14/09] Audio file length: 01:49 1.66 MB |
