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• Using Biodiesel in Competition Showcases Benefits

  The soy checkoff has been a pioneer for biodiesel, going back 20 years to when Missouri soybean farmers funded the first biodiesel research through their state checkoff board. Subsequent checkoff-funded research has helped prove biodiesel’s benefits for engine performance. Tractor pulling provides a perfect arena for demonstrating biodiesel’s performance. Tractor pullers are known to push [...]
  
  

• Checkoff-NTPA Partnership Grows Demand for Biodiesel

  The partnership between the soy checkoff and the National Tractor Puller’s Association (NTPA) goes back several years. At first, the partnership served as a way for the soy checkoff to promote biodiesel and help make more farmers aware of the fuel and its capabilities. “It’s grown from that to demonstrating and translating the power and [...]
  
  

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• House Agriculture Committee Passes Farm Bill, ASA Calls on Full House to Bring Bill to the Floor

  The American Soybean Association (ASA) applauds Chairman Frank Lucas, Ranking Member Collin Peterson and the members of the House Agriculture Committee for passing the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act earlier today. The bill, which passed the Committee on a 36 to 10 vote, will now head to the House floor for consideration. ASA President Danny Murphy, a soybean farmer from Canton, Miss., commended the Committee and called on the full House to pass the bill as quickly as possible.
  
  

• ASA Welcomes Senate Passage of Waterways Bill

  With a vote of 83 to 14 this morning, the Senate overwhelmingly passed the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), a move cheered by the American Soybean Association (ASA), whose members rely on a healthy waterways infrastructure to move their soybeans to market.