USW Joins Letter to Congress Opposing Proposed Significant Cuts to Food for Peace Program
U.S Wheat Associates (USW) and the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) joined 90 agriculture, humanitarian, shipping, and labor organizations in signing a letter opposing a proposed reduction of $619 million to the Food for Peace Program. The letter was addressed to the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, which released an initial funding bill for […]
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News and Information from Around the Wheat Industry Speaking of Wheat “Locks and dams on the Lower Snake River and the Columbia River provide essential infrastructure for moving U.S.-grown wheat to high-value markets around the world. We cannot overstate the positive value they create for U.S. farms, [the] economy of the Pacific Northwest and […]
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 […]
USW, NAWG Applaud Introduction of American Farmers Feed the World Act of 2023
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) joined the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) and other agricultural organizations at a June 22 press conference introducing the “American Farmers Feed the World Act of 2023,” a bipartisan effort to “keep food in America’s international food aid programs.” U.S. Representatives Tracey Mann (KS), John Garamendi (CA), Rick Crawford (AR), […]
World Food Prize Hall of Laureates is Fitting Legacy to Dr. Borlaug and Stellar Agricultural Scientists
On June 15, a U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) representative had the opportunity to visit the World Food Prize Foundation’s “Hall of Laureates” in Des Moines, Iowa. As part of an organization working on behalf of wheat farmers, this was a time to reflect on the amazing international food legacy of the late Dr. Norman Borlaug. […]
Video: USW Trade Policy Team, Partners Working to Secure U.S. Farmers’ Role in Feeding the World
U.S. wheat farmers have long played a major role in the fight against world hunger, which is why the U.S. Wheat Associates’ (USW) Trade Policy Team has been helping push for changes to the international food assistance programs under the 2023 Farm Bill. Among other things, proposed changes would reinstate the Food for Peace program’s […]
The Need for Food Aid Continues in the New Year
Last month, World Food Program USA reported that in 2022, for the third consecutive year, “the U.S. shipped over 1 million tons of wheat to global hunger relief efforts. The 1 millionth ton of wheat was loaded aboard the African Halycon cargo vessel and left Washington state on Saturday, November 26.” As that shipment of […]
A Timely Look at U.S. Wheat in Food Aid
The United States sends more international food aid to those in need than any other country. U.S. food aid programs are managed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) or the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and include either commodity, cash or food voucher donations. U.S. wheat is typically the commodity utilized […]
Export Market Development and International Food Assistance Grow in Importance, NAWG President Tells Congress
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) thanks National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) President Nicole Berg for highlighting the vital role of international food aid programs and export market development programs to the U.S. House Agriculture Committee’s Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee. Berg, a wheat farmer from Paterson, Wash., testified on April 6 at the subcommittee’s hearing […]
Farmer Group Addresses the Challenge of Keeping Food in Food Aid
The United States donates more wheat than any other agricultural commodity as direct food aid or to help fund assistance to the world’s neediest people. Yet a mix of government agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and regulations complicate the food aid donation process. To help navigate these waters, U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) established a Food Aid […]
