U.S. Wheat Associates Launches Mobile App to Put Critical Market Info at Fingertips
For decades, U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) has worked to keep customers, trade partners, and stakeholders informed with timely and reliable market information. Price Reports, Harvest Reports, Crop Quality Reports, and Commercial Sales Reports have long been available through the USW website. But accessing important information in those reports on the go – in a mill, […]
VIDEO: 2025 Crop Quality Report is Packed with Data for Millers, Bakers Around the Globe
The 2025 U.S. Wheat Crop Quality Report will be released in late October, the culmination of months of work by U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and several industry partners. Erica Oakley, USW’s Vice President of Programs, leads the effort, spending many long days putting the annual report together. But Oakley is quick to put a bright […]
Harvest and Planting Periods Merge – A Cycle That Produces a Reliable Wheat Crop
The 2025 trade team season is winding down, and U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) is reflecting on the opportunities global buyers had this year to explore U.S. wheat country. The highlight, as always, was the opportunity to connect these customers with U.S. farmers. “Each trade team season, we look for ways to help U.S. wheat customers […]
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 […]