American Soybean Association leaders are voicing opposition to proposed cuts in President Trump’s Fy 2019 budget. That includes reductions in federal crop insurance through a cap on adjusted gross income and a reduction in premium subsidy. ASA President and Iowa grower John Heisdorffer says Congress must avoid these cuts which would do significant damage to the nation’s soybean farmers.

He says this isn’t the first time the President has proposed cuts to agriculture so the next step is to work with Congress to see those cuts don’t happen.

Heisdorffer says these cuts if they’re approved couldn’t come at worse time.

Cuts proposed in the President’s budget also include elimination of the foreign market development and Market Access programs which would negatively impact new and existing global export markets.