1966 – ASA receives “Billion Dollar Export” Award
1966 – ASA receives “Billion Dollar Export” Award
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman presents “Billion Dollar” export awards to the American Soybean Association and Soybean Council of America in 1966. In the photo from the left are Secretary Freeman; George Strayer, ASA executive vice president, Laurel Meade, ASA president; Glen Pogeler, Soybean Council of America president; and Ray Fiedler and A. H. Becker, Soybean Council of America.
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 3, 1966. ASA was also recognized for its 10 years of international market development work for soybeans.