Ragland speaks to historic and current supply chain concerns for soy, concludes testimony to Senate Finance with four asks
Thursday, May 15, 2025 • 2 PM
Photo courtesy of the American Soybean Association
“Our industry has been developing the Chinese market since 1982 when the U.S. soy industry opened an international marketing office in Beijing. To put that in perspective, that’s four years before I was born.” So began the testimony of Caleb Ragland, American Soybean Association president and soybean farmer from Magnolia, Kentucky, before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee in a hearing on Trade in Critical Supply Chains.
