Biotech Updates

Soybean Growers Alliance Formed

September 7, 2007

Three major soybean producing countries, accounting for over 80% of total global soybean produce - the U.S., Brazil, and Argentina - formed the International Soybean Growers Alliance (ISGA) to have a collective voice in tackling issues related to marketing, technical trade barriers, and public relations. Representatives from the three countries signed an agreement for the Alliance at the Bienal Annual Agricultural Conference in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil. 

The Alliance will give soybean producers more influence in the global soybean-consuming industries along with trading companies and multinationals that use soybeans as a major input, according to the US Department of Agriculture.

See the full report at http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200708/146292255.pdf