Action Alerts

Syngenta Seeks to Settle Viptera Case

Wednesday, September 27th, 2017 | Categories: Action Alerts, Membership Information On Tuesday, September 26, Syngenta announced that it had arranged to reach a settlement with farmers in claims related to the corn seed containing Viptera genetics.  The seed was introduced to U.S. farmers in 2011 prior to receiving approval for import from China, which began rejecting U.S. corn shipments containing the genetic trait in September […] Read more...

President Trump & Congressional Leadership Announce Start of Tax Reform Effort

Wednesday, September 27th, 2017 | Categories: Action Alerts, Membership Information On Wednesday, September 27, President Trump and Republican leaders in Congress announced more details on their plans to make legislative reforms to tax laws of the United States.  The business community largely praised the announcement, but there are many questions still remaining that won’t be answered until a bill is formally introduced and committee hearings […] Read more...

Delta Plastics to be Lead Sponsor of Governor’s Cup

Wednesday, September 27th, 2017 | Categories: Action Alerts, Membership Information A familiar company to Arkansas’s row-crop agriculture industry is soon to be the title sponsor of the Governor’s Cup, an entrepreneurial competition for business students in Arkansas colleges. As title sponsor, Delta Plastics will provide $154,000 in cash prizes for the first-, second- and third-place overall winners in the graduate and undergraduate divisions in 2018. Delta […] Read more...

Arkansas Delegation Meets with Secretary Perry on Clean Line Transmission Project

Wednesday, September 27th, 2017 | Categories: Action Alerts, Membership Information The entire Arkansas Congressional Delegation met with U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Monday, September 25, to express concerns over the Clean Line Energy Project.  The project, if completed, would lead to the development of a high voltage, direct current electrical power transmission line that would traverse much of Eastern Arkansas on its […] Read more...

SUSTA to Host Trade Seminar in Biloxi, MS December 5th

Tuesday, September 26th, 2017 | Categories: Action Alerts, Membership Information The Southern U.S. Trade Association, in partnership with the Mississippi Department of Agriculture & Commerce, is excited to announce our 2017 Annual Foreign Market Briefings Seminar. SUSTA’s consultants from four of the largest export markets for U.S. agriculture – Canada, China, Europe and India – will be in Biloxi, MS to discuss the market conditions, opportunities […] Read more...