Annual Spring Wheat Tour Sees Drought Taking Toll on Yield Potential
By Erica Oakley, USW Director of Programs This week, the Wheat Quality Council hosted its annual hard red spring (HRS) and durum crop tour. Participants spent three days in North Dakota surveying this year’s crop and estimating yield. The tour, which surveyed a total of 496 fields, estimated weighted average HRS yield at 38.1 bushels […]
USW Seeks Consultants for Service and Technical Assistance
The wide range of classes and functional characteristics of U.S. wheat allows customers to produce flour for almost every end-product. Part of USW’s value-added mission is to help strengthen milling, storage and handling and wheat food industries through technical courses and service activities that demonstrate the quality, value and reliability of U.S. wheat. To fulfill […]
Educational Partners Add Value to U.S. Wheat Exports
By Erica Oakley, USW Program Manager Every year, USW collaborates with educational organizations to offer training that fits the needs of overseas customers. From grain purchasing to milling and end-product development, these courses are created to provide information and training that is beneficial to U.S. wheat buyers and their customers. This year, approximately 70 USW […]