At the American Soybean Association tent, BASF is providing lunch for members of state soybean associations as well as ASA. Here’s a couple of the folks from BASF, serving their customers.

I visited the tent and spoke with ASA VP, Rob Joslin. He’s national membership chairman and really enjoys the relationship that has developed with BASF. For example, he likes a program called Secure Optimum Yield. This program is in its second year. He says, “It’s an opportunity for members of the ASA to try some Headline and take it to yield, send those results in and BASF will pick up the cost of an ASA membership.”

Another program with BASF that Rob likes is the Scholarship program. ASA is funding a $5,000 scholarship for the children and grandchildren of ASA members.

If you’re out here at the Farm Progress Show, then you can stop by the ASA or BASF tents to learn more or just visit the ASA website.

The American Soybean Association (ASA) is pleased to announce the 2008-09 Secure Optimal Yield (SOY) Scholarship. The SOY Scholarship is a one-time $5,000 award to an eligible High School senior who plans to declare agriculture as a degree area of study at the University of their choice. The award is
to be used directly for tuition, fees, and/or books, not to exceed $2,500 per semester, and not to exceed tuition amount with other fee dedicated aid. The scholarship is managed by ASA and sponsored by BASF Corporation.

You can listen to my interview with Rob here: fp-08-joslin.mp3

You can also download the interview with this link.

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