Wheat Industry News From Around the World
Speaking of Wheat “As president … I talked to experienced producers facing the realities of this downturn in the ag economy, and they feared they would not be able to secure operating credit in 2025 without some form of economic assistance. This legislation provides farmers with a bridge heading into next year. However … enacting […]
2024 Activities Helped Buyers Connect U.S. Wheat to Quality, Reliability
Top Photo: In November, Master Baker Didier Rosada conducted a USW baking seminar for milling companies in Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, and Senegal. The seminar was part of USW’s work to promote greater use of U.S. hard red spring (HRS) and hard red winter (HRW) wheats in flour blends. U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) Bakery Technologist David […]
Wheat Foods Council Redefining Wheat Foods in the Public Eye
Like U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and other wheat industry organizations, the Wheat Foods Council (WFC) is funded in part directly by wheat farmers. And, like WFC, many of our milling and baking customers around the world are also supporting public campaigns to increase wheat food consumption. USW is sharing excerpts here from a recent interview […]
K-State Breaks Ground on Global Center for Grain and Food Innovation
Kansas State University has launched a project that will bring together two of its strongest agricultural programs under one roof. The university held a groundbreaking ceremony on May 17 for the Global Center for Grain and Food Innovation, to be located just off the corner of Claflin Road and Mid-Campus Drive. The new building is estimated […]
Promoting U.S. Wheat Around the World
As U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) President Vince Peterson often says, at any given hour of the day there is someone, somewhere, talking about the quality, reliability and value of U.S. wheat. Wheat Letter is sharing some of the ways USW was working in the third quarter of marketing year 2023/24 to promote U.S. wheat in an ever more complex […]
Farmer-Backed Heartland Plant Innovations Helps Unlock Wheat’s Genetic Potential
Six sets of seven chromosomes make the wheat genome five times larger than the human genome. This complexity makes wheat breeding even more difficult, but technology like double haploid breeding has helped public and private researchers unlock potential agronomic, quality and even nutritional traits. Key to this work is a farmer-backed, for-profit plant services company […]
Education Plays Pivotal Role in Grain Procurement
Earlier this month, flour mill executives, grain procurement managers, and representatives of state trading companies from 19 countries (photo above) traveled to Fargo, N.D., sponsored by U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) to participate in the Grain Procurement Short Course for Importers at the Northern Crops Institute (NCI). USW and NCI believe customer engagement, supply chain transparency, […]
USW Policy Team Engages Australian Industry on Collaboration Opportunities
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) Director of Trade Policy Peter Laudeman recently returned from Australia, where he joined members of that country’s wheat and grain industries in discussions on plant breeding innovations and other issues ripe for collaboration. Laudeman attended an international conference in Canberra focused on the research and regulatory landscape of gene-edited crops and […]
Efforts to Extend Shelf Life of Baked Goods an Example of USW’s Commitment
Expanding the window of time breads and cakes remain fresh would help retailers, food distributors and bakers around the world broaden their customer bases and grow their businesses. It would also benefit the U.S. wheat industry, which provides a key ingredient for baked goods in international markets. But can the window really be expanded? U.S. […]
U.S. Wheat Associates Wishes Janice Cooper Farewell
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) wishes all the best to our friend and colleague Janice Cooper as she retires as Managing Director of the Wheat Marketing Center (WMC) at the end of the month. A long-time friend of the U.S. wheat industry, Cooper has had various roles putting her in direct contact with U.S. wheat farmers […]
