Crop Insurance

ASA supports returning moving the Federal Crop Insurance premiums due date be returned to September 30 of each fiscal year.

ASA strongly urges the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to make sure that one of the appointments to the board of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation have a major financial interest in the production of commodity soybeans.

Biofuels

ASA supports the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) that reflects the expansion of the renewable fuels industry for biodiesel and ethanol and opposes any changes that would reduce obligations or otherwise negatively impact the biodiesel industry.

Sustainability

ASA supports an aggregate approach to documenting the sustainability of U.S. soybean production. ASA believes U.S. federal and state conservation, environmental and labor laws, and existing U.S. farmer compliance with them, provide assurance that U.S. soybeans are sustainably produced.

Telecommunications

ASA opposes the use of adjacent bandwidth by any company that would compromise the effectiveness of GPS technology for farmers.

Research

ASA supports strategic increases in federal investment in USDA’s Agricultural Research Service National Institute of Food and Agriculture that will benefit soybean producers.