USW Crop Quality Seminars: Team Effort by U.S. Wheat Industry Benefits Customers Around the World
Two Dozen Countries Seven teams presented highlights of the 2024 U.S. wheat crop in two dozen countries as part of the annual series of USW Crop Quality Seminars that began in October and wrapped up earlier this month. Once again, success was the result of teamwork. Each crop quality team is carefully selected by USW’s […]
Video: USW Crop Quality Report, Seminars Provide Customers With a Transparent Look at 2024 Crop
Months of Cooperation Months of work go into U.S. Wheat Associates’ (USW) annual Crop Quality Report and the Crop Quality Seminars that follow. But when the job is done, customers of U.S. wheat around the world benefit from an effort that requires cooperation across the entire wheat industry. The Crop Quality Report includes information on […]
Market Analyst Shares Crop Quality Seminar Experience, Customer Feedback
Following is USW Market Analyst Tyllor Ledford’s report on her participation in the 2023 Crop Quality Seminars. She appears on the left in the photo above with Regional Vice President for South and Southeast Asia Joe Sowers and Assistant Regional Director Joe Bippert at the Crop Quality Seminar in Bangkok, Thailand. For many, the month […]
Farmers, Industry Leaders Travel the Globe to Share Crop Quality Information
A month-long effort that had U.S. wheat farmers and industry experts presenting the 2023 Crop Quality Report to customers in more than two dozen countries is winding down with a collective sense of accomplishment. It is believed at least one attendance record was set this year. The annual series of U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) Crop […]
Video: 2023 Crop Quality Report Available, USW Seminars Scheduled in Seven Regions Around the World
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) has published its 2023 Crop Quality Report, which includes grade, flour and baking data for all six U.S. wheat classes. The report compiles comprehensive data from the analysis of hundreds of samples conducted during and after harvest by our partner organizations and laboratories. The report provides essential, objective information to help […]
2023 Hard Red Winter Crop: Unexpected Production; Excellent Quality
The 2023 U.S. hard red winter (HRW) growing season saw a mixed bag of conditions from another severe drought in the southern and central Great Plains to nearly ideal rain and temperatures in the northern plains and Pacific Northwest (PNW). Total production, while still quite low historically, reached 16.4 million metric tons (MMT), a 13% […]
Hard White Wheat Production is Up Significantly in 2023 With Good Functionality
A much larger 2023 U.S. hard white (HW) wheat crop also shows acceptable quality performance in milling, dough properties and finished products like pan breads, Asian noodles, and steamed breads. The Pacific Northwest (PNW), California and Southern Plains composites all show acceptable to excellent bread baking potential according to respective protein contents. Performance in Asian […]
Farmers Overcome Hot, Dry Season to Produce Highly Functional Soft White Wheat
“It was a challenging year,” said Oregon farmer David Brewer of the 2023 soft white (SW) wheat production season. “However, I believe that our investments into variety development and adoption of sustainable management practices have helped us ensure the best functionality from the 2023 crop.” Seeding conditions were good in the fall of 2022 with […]
Final Harvest Report Confirms High Quality Northern Durum Crop
The 2023 U.S. wheat harvest has ended and U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) published its final weekly Harvest Report Oct. 6. This year’s first Harvest Report appeared May 19 and was published every Friday afternoon (Eastern Time) throughout the season with updates and comments on harvest progress, crop conditions for hard red winter (HRW), soft red […]
Soft Red Winter Wheat Farmers Produce Another Large Crop with Excellent End-Use Quality
Attractive cash prices, a good agronomic fit, and excellent breeding and crop management have once again combined to help produce a large and high-quality U.S. soft red winter wheat crop in 2023. Soft red winter (SRW) is grown over a wide area of the eastern United States that experienced generally good growing conditions in the […]
