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Daybreak March 15: Russia adopts complex ban on grain exports

03/15/22 10:00 AM By Steve Davies, Philip Brasher, Garrett Downs, and Bill Tomson

Russia has taken steps to keep grain from leaving the country as the war in Ukraine drags on.

Farmers say input costs will eat into projected income boost

12/08/21 6:25 AM By Spencer Chase

The Department of Agriculture is projecting a farm income boost for 2021, but growers are looking ahead to 2022 and worried about the role rising input costs will play in their bottom lines.

Stephen Censky is CEO of the American Soybean Association

Opinion: The “soy oil crisis” that never heated up

10/18/21 11:30 AM By Stephen Censky

In this opinion piece, Stephen Censky with the American Soybean Association (ASA) discusses concerns about potential shortages of soybean oil.

With growing data collection comes push for standardization

07/15/21 11:35 AM By Amy Mayer

Now that farmers and the companies and consultants who support them have embraced the need for field-level data collection and have adopted myriad methods for gathering it, ag leaders say the industry has reached the critical juncture of figuring out what to do with all that information.

ASA backs updated TPA, climate language in policy session

03/03/21 6:11 AM By Spencer Chase

Leaders of the American Soybean Association tasked the organization with action on climate, conservation and trade policy as part of the group’s recent policy process.

It’s complicated: Why ASA’s board booted CEO Ryan Findlay after only 28 months on the job

09/09/20 6:44 AM By Sara Wyant

Serving as the CEO of a farmer-led nonprofit organization is never easy. But Ryan Findlay’s termination after a little more than two years as the CEO of the American Soybean Association has proven to be a head-scratcher in many ways.

Stress accumulating in farm country as producers anxiously await COVID-19 relief details

04/20/20 1:37 PM By Spencer Chase

Friday’s announcement of $19 billion in coronavirus-related direct payments and commodity purchases was welcome news in farm country, which is reporting a growing level of stress about the pandemic.

ASA picks Seyfert to lead lobbying team

10/02/19 8:30 AM By Spencer Chase

Christy Seyfert will lead the American Soybean Association’s Washington lobbying efforts in a move that finalizes the organization’s efforts to bring its government affairs in house.

USDA rolls out trade promotion funding

07/19/19 3:02 PM By Spencer Chase

The Department of Agriculture has awarded $100 million in commodity promotion funding as part of its $16 billion trade mitigation package.

Trump’s trade actions create uncertainty in farm country, but support remains…for now

06/13/18 6:45 AM By Sara Wyant

Many of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters live in rural America, where it’s not unusual to see Trump flags flying high, along with caps and bumper stickers boasting his signature “Make America Great Again” campaign theme. But his actions on trade, are making farmers and ranchers increasingly nervous.

Agri-Pulse Open Mic: Adam Bergman, EchoTech Capital

This week’s Open Mic guest is Adam Bergman, Managing Director at EchoTech Capital. While opinions still widely vary regarding what sustainability really means, Bergman stands in the gap between would be investors and those willing to adopt certain sustainable practices. In agriculture the topics include regenerative farming, a vast array of climate smart practices and even indoor farming. Washington has proven that financial support for renewable fuels as well as electricity from solar and wind sources can influence growth. Moving forward, the question remains which energy sources will see favor from Capitol Hill and what agricultural practices investors will support toward a greener environment and stronger food security.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: April 4, 2025: Sen. Hoeven on tariffs, budget reconciliation

President Trump unveiled a massive tariff plan this week adding a 10% across-the-board tariff on imports, plus a higher reciprocal tariff on many U.S. trading partners. We asked Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., how the tariffs will affect producers and how farm bill elements may be incorporated into budget reconciliation.

Then, the American Soybean Association's Virginia Houston and Joe Glauber from the International Food Policy Research Institute discuss which producers could be hurt the most by the tariffs and how farmers' cost of production will increase.

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