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In 2001, Johannes became CEO of the Kansas Soybean Association and Administrator of the Kansas Soybean Commission where he works on behalf of soybean farmers to advance markets. [2] In this role, he has been involved in international marketing on behalf of soybean farmers, working with the biodiesel, animal agriculture, and aquaculture industries.
China's soybean buyers are asking exporters to sign a letter guaranteeing their cargoes are not contaminated with the novel coronavirus, U.S., Brazilian and Canadian soy industry officials said on ...
The soybean checkoff is a congressionally-mandated assessment on soybeans, whose proceeds are used to fund soybean research and promotion efforts. The checkoff is managed by the United Soybean Board under the supervision of the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service. In 2014, the checkoff was $109.1 million. [1]
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.
In 1935 it took the name Consumers Cooperative Association (CCA), and in 1966 Farmland Industries, Inc. [1] At its peak, the organization was the leading agricultural cooperative in North America, owned by 1,700 farm cooperatives in the United States, Canada and Mexico, which cooperatives were in turn owned by more than 600,000 farmer families.
Stephen Lee Censky is an American businessman and former government official. He served as the United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture from 2017 through 2020. In November 2020, he became the CEO of the American Soybean Association (ASA).
Founded in 1883, the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) is one of the oldest trade organizations in the United States. [ citation needed ] Its membership consists of over 700 companies involved in seed production and distribution, plant breeding , and related industries in North America.
Bowman v. Monsanto Co., 569 U.S. 278 (2013), was a United States Supreme Court patent decision in which the Court unanimously affirmed the decision of the Federal Circuit that the patent exhaustion doctrine does not permit a farmer to plant and grow saved, patented seeds without the patent owner's permission. [1]