What’s Happening at the American Soybean Association
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Scroll here for quick links to hot topics, event previews and recaps, Soy Action Center, answers to common consumer questions and more.
ASA continually works on a number of policy, trade and regulatory issues affecting the future of soy. Click on issues of interest for ASA’s position, background info, and information links.
Trade is priority #1 for ASA as it pushes to rescind tariffs, open and expand markets for soy export
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ASA works on tax credits and RFS implementation to bolster this key secondary market
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Dredging the mighty Mississippi and securing funding for inland waterways infrastructure are among ASA T&I priorities
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Each year, soybean growers rely on the predictability of the farm safety net provided in the multi-year farm bill. They invest in crop insurance as an affordable and effective risk management tool to prepare for times of crop loss. Farmers turn to Congress for relief in times of unexpected economic disasters that accompany global pandemics or trade retaliation.
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ASA works to advance soybean biotech priorities within Congress and regulatory agencies.
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With its own comprehensive and ever-evolving protocol, ASA and soy partners support sustainability all along the production chain.
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Developments throughout the year bring subtle to serious threats against soy’s future, so ASA is constantly working to protect soy interests
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In Wake of Fresh Tariffs, ASA Urges Administration to Quickly Negotiate with Countries Facing Higher Tariffs—Including China Phase 2
April 3, 2025
Farmers’ fates rely on creating new market access opportunities, swiftly removing tariffs While it was not unexpected, the resulting cloud of concern following the administration’s tariff announcement is not without fallout—in the form of continued market uncertainty, the threat of lost business to existing soy markets due to potential tariff retaliation, price increases on inputs... Keep Reading
USDA Reports: Despite Smaller 2025 Acres, Smaller Q2 Soy Usage Weighs on Soy Prices
April 3, 2025
By Jacquie Holland, ASA Economist Prospective Plantings reflect negative 2025 soy margins Despite forecasting lower acreages to be planted for soybeans in 2025, USDA’s Prospective Plantings report published Monday, March 31, offered little support for new crop November 2025 soybean futures prices. U.S. farmers told USDA they expect to plant 83.5 million acres of soybeans... Keep Reading
Quiet March WASDE report offers little relief to soy markets
March 13, 2025
By Jacquie Holland, ASA Economist The markets largely yawned at the March 2025 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report published Tuesday. While no major supply revisions were expected by USDA, the resulting usage adjustments did little to revive new crop (2025) soybean futures prices that had previously fallen to a two-month low on trade... Keep Reading
