Articles Tagged with ''American Soybean Association''

Several U.S. agricultural groups are urging the administration to expand existing investigations into unfair trade practices to cover agricultural commodities – or mount a new agriculture or commodity-specific trade probe.

The Trump administration has asked Beijing to delay a planned meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping slated for the end of the month.

Even as farm groups push for another round of emergency there are growing concerns in and outside the Trump administration that putting still more money into the ag economy may actually prolong growers' financial challenges in the long run. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says input costs appear to track increases in government payments. 

The thorny topic of tariffs dominated talks at the Commodity Classic policy summit of the National Corn Growers Association, with some members saying the corn lobbying group needs to figure out where it stands on the preferred trade strategy of President Donald Trump. Members of the American Soybean Association debated resolutions dealing with trade as well as biofuels, drones and other issues.

Here is how policymakers, and groups inside and outside the food and ag industries, responded to the guidelines. Soybean growers were alarmed by statements calling into question the potential for seed oils to harm Americans’ health. Other sectors raised concerns about the focus on highly processed foods.