Timeline Stories
November 25, 2019
The American Soybean Association and Soybean Council of America were presented with the “Billion Dollar Export” awards by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman on October…
November 25, 2019
The Minnesota Soybean Growers Association was founded in December 1962, making it the first state soybean association to form, and the first to apply for affiliation…
November 25, 2019
In February 1956, the first joint market development contract was signed between the American Soybean Association and the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the U.S. Department…
November 25, 2019
Recognizing that financing ASA only through membership dues would never be adequate to support the broad scope of important activities the association needed to perform, ASA…
November 25, 2019
In 1947, ASA created and published the first edition of the Soybean Blue Book, to be an annual yearbook and directory for the industry. This new…
November 25, 2019
Citing the tremendous growth in U.S. soybean production since the mid-1930s, the New York Stock Exchange announced the inauguration of trading in refined soybean oil, effective…
November 25, 2019
By 1940, leaders of the American Soybean Association believed it was strategically important to create a paid executive position. At ASA’s 1940 annual convention and meeting,…
October 24, 2019
In 1931, the first major export of U.S. soybeans took place. Approximately 2 million bushels were exported to Europe, mainly to Scandinavian countries, Belgium and the…
October 24, 2019
At the December 1925 annual meeting of the National Soybean Growers’ Association, attendees voted to change the name of the organization to American Soybean Association. A…
October 24, 2019
The “First Corn Belt Soybean Field Day” was held on September 3, 1920 in Camden, Indiana. It was hosted at Soyland Farms, owned by brothers and…