ATP Funds, FGIS to Help Train Importers to Recognize Wheat Grade Factors
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) frequently uses the unique U.S. grain inspection system to demonstrate a competitive advantage to the world’s wheat buyers. Now, with additional funding from the Agricultural Trade Program (ATP), USW is expanding its effort to demonstrate the integrity of the U.S. wheat supply chain in cooperation with the Federal Grain Inspection Service […]
Cereal Chemistry Training in Emerging South Asian Markets
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) is applying Agricultural Trade Promotion (ATP) program funding to hold five “Cereal Chemistry Seminars” in 2019 and 2020 for the milling industries in Southeast Asia. USW believes that with a more complete understanding of the functional value of wheat proteins, carbohydrates and other properties, flour milling quality control managers will become […]
Chilean Milling Group Returns to U.S. Wheat
The marketing year 2018/19 hard red winter (HRW) and hard red spring (HRS) wheat crops offered excellent milling and baking quality, and therefore more value, than in previous years. U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) representatives in South America invited two representatives of an influential buying group in Chile to participate in a trade team visit to […]
Investment in Japan Helped Build Good Will Needed for Market Access
Implementation of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) created a potentially devastating disadvantage for U.S. wheat exports to Japan. Yet many years of investment by U.S. Wheat Associates (USW), its partnership with USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service and wheat farmers have built such good will that Japanese flour millers could publicly express their support for […]
USW Reaches Across Regions to Help Build Wheat Exports to The Philippines
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service cooperator U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) is using Foreign Market Development (FMD) program and the Market Access Program (MAP) funds to help expand demand for U.S. wheat in the Republic of the Philippines in part by introducing new products from North Asian countries. Over the years, USW has built a team of […]
Renewing a Partnership of Affection and Action with Mexican Flour Millers
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service cooperator U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) held its 2019 Mexico Wheat Trade Conference June 2 to 4, 2019, which was perfectly timed to address trade policy concerns face to face with Mexican customers. USW President Vince Peterson noted that the conference showed USW and its Mexican customers that shared challenges could bring […]
Maintaining Strong Awareness of U.S. Wheat Quality in China
It is certainly true that the trade relations between the United States and China have been and remain in a difficult place. However, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service cooperator U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) is confident that this trade confrontation will one day be resolved. After many years investing funding from the Market Access Program (MAP) and […]
First Bulk Vessel Docked in Myanmar Carries U.S. Wheat
Many years of work conducting trade service and technical support in South Asian countries like Burma (Myanmar) showed USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) cooperator U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) there was a growing opportunity to compete with nearby Australian wheat supplies. Knowing two deep-water ports were opening in Myanmar in 2019, USW intensified its activities. In […]
Crop Quality Seminars Create Ideal Environment for South Asian Wheat Export Sales
Fully disclosing the quality of new wheat crops is an effective trade service activity for USDA Foreign Agricultural Service cooperator U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) to help its overseas customers prepare to purchase U.S. milling wheat. In South Asia, Crop Quality Seminars funded in part by the Market Access Program (MAP) directly stimulated sales of U.S. […]
U.S. Wheat Associates Fighting Canadian Wheat Dominance in Ecuador
Ecuador’s per capita consumption of wheat foods has rapidly increased in recent years, supported in part by governmental regulations limiting imports of finished products. Over the years, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service cooperator U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) has focused on demonstrating how using flour from U.S. hard red winter (HRW) can improve bread quality while reducing […]
