NCI Grain Procurement Course Empowers Global Grain Buyers to Buy U.S. Wheat
For more than four decades, multiple generations of world grain buyers have traveled to Fargo, North Dakota, to learn about the U.S. grain handling and marketing system. On the campus of North Dakota State University, the Grain Procurement Management for Importers short course at the Northern Crops Institute (NCI) is considered essential for building demand […]
Q&A: A Buyer’s Prospective on Grain Procurement Courses
Connor McGrath is the associate manager for grain merchandising and derivatives trading at IFFCO Group in the United Arab Emirates. He recently participated in the Grain Procurement Management for Importers short course at the Northern Crops Institute (NCI). USW spoke with him about his goals for attending the course, what parts of the course were […]
Q&A: Connecting Future Leaders to the U.S. Grain Supply Chain
Joe Bippert is the U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) assistant regional director for South and Southeast Asia. This year, he escorted grain buyers from the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia to attend the Grain Procurement Management for Importers short course at the Northern Crops Institute (NCI). USW talked with him about the long-term value of the course […]
Q&A: Four Decades of Teaching Global Grain Procurement
Dr. William “Bill” Wilson helped establish the Grain Procurement Management for Importers short course at the Northern Crops Institute (NCI) more than four decades ago. Over the course of his long career, he has worked with hundreds of course participants from across the globe. Wilson recently transitioned to a new role with North Dakota State […]
Q&A: The Lasting Impact of Grain Procurement Education
Brian Sorenson is now the executive director of the Minnesota Wheat Research and Promotion Council. Before taking on this role, he helped present at and eventually managed the Grain Procurement Management for Importers short course at the Northern Crops Institute (NCI). USW talked with him about how the combination of his direct experience with the […]
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 […]