Written by Brandon Wipf, a South Dakota farmer and director with the American Soybean Association Stress. Worry. Anxiety. Words with which many ag producers have become all too familiar over the years. With recent depressed prices, bad weather, trade wars…
May 26, 2020
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced May 21 additional progress in the implementation of the agriculture-related provisions of the U.S.-China “Phase One” Economic and Trade Agreement (The Agreement), which entered…
May 21, 2020
The American Soybean Association (ASA) is pleased to see the U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) announce a final rule updating and modernizing its biotechnology regulations under the Plant Protection Act. The Sustainable, Ecological, Consistent, Uniform, Responsible, Efficient (SECURE) rule significantly…
May 21, 2020
No two legislative sessions are created equal. That maxim has never been more true than in 2020, as a global pandemic upended business as usual in St. Paul. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” says Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA)…
May 21, 2020
Written by Hallock farmer and MSGA Director Theresia Gillie It has been over three years since the day Keith died by his own hand. The day he died by suicide. So many people want my farm to succeed even though…
May 21, 2020
USDA has released the details of its Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), the $16 billion COVID-19 relief package for agriculture and, upon reviewing those details, the American Soybean Association (ASA) is pleased that soybeans are included, as well as livestock,…
May 19, 2020
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and Farm Service Agency (FSA) will host a webinar today, Thursday, May 14, 2020, at 1 p.m. ET (12 p.m. CT), for farmers, ranchers and other producers interested in applying…
May 14, 2020
