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The American Soybean Association (ASA) is an association of 21,000 American soybean producers. John Heisdorffer is the 2018 President of the Association. [ 1 ] Stephen Censky worked for ASA for 23 years, 21 of those as CEO, and then left to become United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture in 2017.
The Corn & Sorghum Seed Research Conference (CSS); Soybean Seed Research Conference: and Seed Expo First held in the mid-1900s, ASTA’s annual CSS & Seed Expo draws seed breeders, growers and distributors and seed equipment manufacturers to Chicago each December for a major sales and information exchange. [9]
A rival group, the National Corn Growers Association, is seen as more closely aligned with the food processing industry. [2] In 2008, ACGA endorsed Barack Obama's candidacy in the United States presidential elections that year. [3]
National corn production is up 10% from last year, forecast at 15.1 billion bushels; soybean growers are expected to decrease their production 2% from 2022, forecast at 4.21 billion ...
Corn growers had pushed hard for a provision in the failed proposal that would allow for permanent, year-round sales of gasoline with 15% ethanol, which is produced from corn. Standard unleaded ...
The US is the world's largest producer of corn. [8] According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the average U.S. yield for corn was 177 bushels per acre, up 3.3 percent over 2020 and a record high, with 16 states posting state records in output, and Iowa reporting a record of 205 bushels of corn per acre.
Yet corn futures prices are signaling they should hold the grain for a few months, if possible. On the Chicago Board of Trade, benchmark December corn futures were trading at a roughly 22-cent ...
NCGA actively defends the interests of corn growers in government farm policy, [7] including advocating for subsidies for crop insurance in annual farm bills. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In addition, it also publishes material and conducts webinars to better educate farmers about the options available to them for crop insurance.