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ASA & NOPA Welcome Bipartisan Bill to Boost Domestic Energy
ASA & NOPA Welcome Bipartisan Bill to Boost Domestic Energy
ASA & NOPA Welcome Bipartisan Bill to Boost Domestic Energy
The American Soybean Association and the National Oilseed Processors Association last week hailed the introduction of bipartisan, bicameral legislation to support renewable fuels produced from domestically sourced feedstocks.    The Farmer First Fuel Incentives Act, would restrict eligibility for the Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Tax Credit to fuels produced from domestic feedstocks and make
Goodyear Announces New Sustainable Soy-Based Tires
Goodyear Announces New Sustainable Soy-Based Tires
Goodyear Announces New Sustainable Soy-Based Tires
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company recently announced that two lines of its commercial tires are now made with a renewable soybean oil compound.  The Goodyear Metro Miler G152 and G652 tires for transit buses, along with the popular Endurance WHA waste haul tire, are now made with soybean oil, which replaces a portion of the petroleum-based materials used in their production. Company o... Read
Escalating Trade War with China Will Increase Damage to Farmers
Escalating Trade War with China Will Increase Damage to Farmers
Escalating Trade War with China Will Increase Damage to Farmers
The escalating trade war between the U.S. and China continues to pose long-term harm for U.S. soybean farmers. The American Soybean Association says recent decision by the Trump administration to impose ten percent tariffs on an additional $200 billion in Chinese imports; and China’s subsequent retaliation on $60 billion of U.S. pr...
Farm Leaders Push Importance of Trade Agreements
Farm Leaders Push Importance of Trade Agreements
Farm Leaders Push Importance of Trade Agreements
How important is trade to farmers? A House Ag Subcommittee heard testimony from many in the ag industry about what trade means and what they’d like to see going forward.   Wesley Spurlock with the National Corn Growers Association said, “We need our new administration, as they go in and they work to rewrite NAFTA and bring it up to a newer level, we need that trade, we need to be out talking to Ja