U.S. Wheat Customers in Latin America Voice Appreciation for 2023 Wheat Buyers’ Conference
The first U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) Latin American and Caribbean Wheat Buyers’ Conference since 2018 was a major success, with more than 150 buyers, traders and logistics professionals coming together in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to meet representatives of the U.S. wheat industry – including a handful of producers. In the short video below, customers from […]
Video: 2023 USW Latin American and Caribbean Wheat Buyers’ Conference
Customers of U.S. wheat and the U.S. wheat industry gathered in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for the 2023 U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) Latin American and Caribbean Wheat Buyers’ Conference. Organized and presented by four USW offices, it is the first buyers’ conference held in the region since 2018. Some scenes from the first day of the […]
Celebrating a Golden Anniversary of Wheat Promotion in South Korea
The U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) Seoul, South Korea, office commemorated its 50th year of service May 15, 2023, with honored guests from the flour milling, baking, and logistics industries, U.S. government officials, U.S. wheat farmer leaders and colleagues. Speakers during the event focused on the remarkable growth of the South Korean wheat foods supply system […]
USW Holds First South and Southeast Asian Marketing Conference Since 2012
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) in cooperation with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service welcomed close to 200 guests to a South and Southeast Asian Marketing Conference May 9 to 11 in Phuket, Thailand. This was the first such conference in that region since 2012 and comes at a challenging time for the milling and wheat foods […]
‘Building Prosperity Through Partnership’ Theme of Revitalized USW Conference for Trade in South, Southeast Asia
After more than a decade of absence, U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) is restarting an event that brings together customers and partners in an important region of the world. The 2023 South and Southeast Asian Marketing Conference will be held May 9-11 in Phuket, Thailand. “Building Prosperity Through Partnership” is the theme of the conference, which […]
‘Learn So We Can Teach’ Was One Goal of USW’s 2023 Core Competency Training in Santiago
Educators describe internal training sessions as “learning so we can teach.” The U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) version for its staff dives a few rungs deeper than that. “The goal is to learn and do so we can, in turn, teach our customers around the world,” is how Miguel Galdos, Regional Director of the USW South […]
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 […]
Rising Input Costs Are Challenging Many Wheat Farmers Across the U.S.
Wheat growers do not need a USDA report in one hand and a slide rule in the other to conclude that escalating production costs are outpacing increases in crop revenue. Nor do they need an economics degree to locate the heart of the matter. “The numbers we are putting in are racing past the numbers […]
U.S Wheat Reconnects with Brazilian Millers at Annual Industry Meeting
Building upon its long relationship with Brazilian flour millers while also learning about current market conditions across South America, U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) recently took part in the Abitrigo Congress in Foz de Iguazu, Brazil. Abitrigo, the association representing the Brazilian wheat milling industry, had not held an in-person annual meeting since 2019. USW President Vince […]