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 […]
Senate Ag Committee Leadership Urges More Support for Trade Promotion and Food Assistance
U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark), Ranking Member, have urged USDA to use its authorities under the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Charter Act to support opportunities for U.S. farmers. In a letter to the USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, Stabenow and Boozman highlighted the need […]
Historically Low PNW HRS Export Basis Demonstrates Buying Opportunity
As the geopolitical conflict between Russia and Ukraine comes back into focus following the attacks on port infrastructure in the Ukrainian Black Sea ports of Odesa, Chornomorsk, and the terminals along the Danube River, wheat market volatility remains an ever-present risk. Despite the recent swings, export basis trends can help provide clues to potential buying […]
Listening Session Reinforces Support for Key Farm Bill Programs Impacting U.S. Farmers and Their Global Customers
Between ceiling-high stacks of seed and against a backdrop of multi-colored combines, House Agriculture Chairman Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (PA-15) and U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) conducted a food and agriculture listening session in early May. The remarks revealed support for the future of market development programs, food aid assistance and the continued reliability of the […]
VIDEO: USW Bakery Consultant Roy Chung on the Value of Frozen Dough Made with U.S. Wheat
Roy Chung has been teaching U.S. wheat’s international customers about the value of frozen dough for more than 30 years. During the COVID pandemic, many of his points about frozen dough’s importance in the marketplace were confirmed, as bakeries that were using it were able to continue operations despite staffing shortages. Chung, a U.S. Wheat […]
Springtime Refresher: How USW Keeps U.S. Wheat Producers, Customers Informed
Early spring – before the harvest of winter wheat and the planting of spring wheat – is a perfect time to highlight tools U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) provides to inform U.S. wheat farmers and their customers around the world. It’s also a good time to remind readers of this blog how to access those USW […]
USW’s North Asia Board Team Wrapping Up Visit to Three Vital Markets
Taeyoung Grain Terminal’s CEO took time from his busy schedule March 8, 2023, to meet with U.S. farmers from Idaho, Montana and Nebraska and explain what happens when a shipment of imported U.S. wheat arrives in South Korea (photo above). It was a fitting way for the U.S. Wheat Associates’ (USW) 2023 North Asia Board […]
‘Snackification’ Movement Growing Stronger Around the World – and U.S. Wheat Could Benefit
Instead of asking “what’s in store” for crackers and cookies and other wheat-based snack foods in a post-COVID world, those in the U.S. wheat industry may want to ask the same question in a slightly modified way. What’s in the store? When COVID hit in 2020, international consumers had already been drawn to convenient foods […]
Rolling on the River: Wheat Export and Marketing Workshop Launches in Portland
For six or seven seconds Monday afternoon, a group of wheat farmers from Idaho were able to imagine pushing 15,000 metric tons of wheat up the river. Maybe the wheat had been harvested in Idaho, or maybe it came from Washington or Oregon or Montana or even the Dakotas. Regardless, the imaginary barges under their […]
Video: USW Board Member Bill Flory Shares His Experience at the IGP-KSU Flour Milling Course
Bill Flory compared it to sliding his feet into someone else’s shoes. It’s a well-worn analogy but one that perfectly describes his experience during the recent flour milling course presented by the International Grains Program (IGP) Institute and Kansas State University (KSU). “Getting a first-hand look at how wheat from my farm is milled to […]
