American Soybean Association

The American Soybean Association (ASA) is an association of 21,000 American soybean producers. John Heisdorffer is the 2018 President of the Association.[1] Stephen Censky worked for ASA for 23 years, 21 of those as CEO, and then left to become United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture in 2017.[AS52 1] Censky was then reappointed as CEO of the Association in November, 2020 following his service at USDA.

ASA's goals include policy development and implementation. It organizes an annual meeting of voting delegates, where policy goals are set. The ASA has testified before Congress, and lobbies both the legislative and executive branches of the federal government.[2]

  1. ^ Oster, Jerry. "Iowan is named to head national soybean organization". Radio Iowa. WNAX. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Overview of the ASA". American Soybean Association. Retrieved 3 January 2018.


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