VIDEO: Latin American and Caribbean Buyers Conference Brings Farmers, Customers Together for Three Days of Engagement
Customers from more than a dozen countries traveled to New Mexico in late July for the 2026 Latin American and Caribbean Buyers Conference (LABC). U.S. wheat farmers and state wheat associations also came to Santa Fe to meet the millers and buyers who rely on U.S. wheat to produce quality products for consumers in their […]
Mexican Customers Survey U.S. Northern Wheat Crop on Wheat Quality Council Tour
Arantza Quintero, technical specialist in the USW Mexico City Office, and two Mexican customers joined 40 other wheat industry stakeholders in July for a close-up examination of the 2026 wheat crop in North Dakota as part of the annual Wheat Quality Council (WQC) Spring Wheat and Durum Tour. “We were fortunate to be welcomed by […]
2026 USW Latin American & Caribbean Buyers Conference Focuses on Building Regional Partnerships
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) has worked to build regional partnerships in Latin America and the Caribbean for more than 60 years. Part of those efforts include connecting farmers, exporters, importers, millers and others through buyers conferences, like the 2026 Latin American & Caribbean Buyers Conference (LABC), which took place in late July in Santa Fe, […]
IGP Institute Short Course Enhances Buyer Confidence in the U.S. Wheat Supply Chain
Professional development and technical assistance are two of the building blocks U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) uses in its global strategy to engage with customers, open and maintain markets, and establish a preference for U.S. wheat classes worldwide. One key component of this strategy is bringing international customers to the United States to participate in educational […]
USW Helps Celebrate 80th Anniversary of CANAINPPA in Mexico
The National Chamber of the Baking and Similar Industries of Mexico (CANAINPPA) celebrated its 80th anniversary in April, and U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) joined more than 140 industry stakeholders from across Latin America for the three-day celebration. USW helped sponsor the event to demonstrate and emphasize the long-standing relationship that U.S. wheat farmers have with […]
USTR Holds Public Hearing on USMCA
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) conducted a public hearing on December 3, 2025, regarding the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA). The hearing comes as part of the first six-year joint review of the agreement, set for July 1, 2026. Witnesses representing a wide […]
Morocco to Mexico: A Conversation with USW’s Mitch Skalicky on 48 Years of Developing Global Wheat Markets
For this edition of Wheat Letter, we sat down with Mitch Skalicky, USW’s regional vice president for Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and Venezuela. With a career spanning decades and continents, he is a cornerstone of USW’s international market development work. Skalicky opened the Mexico office in 1997 after arriving from Panama, where he was […]
Quality, Logistics and Trust Keep Mexico as Top U.S. Wheat Buyer
From treats like churros to daily staples like bolillo bread, Mexican consumers love wheat-based foods. High-quality U.S. wheat is the critical ingredient for these staples, but strong partnerships between U.S. wheat farmers and their Mexican customers are what truly keep Mexico as the top U.S. wheat market. U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) leaders explored the important […]
USW’s Mexico City Office Brings Milling Professionals from Latin America to Kansas for Wheat Quality Tour
U.S. Wheat Associates’ (USW) Mexico City Office brought six milling representatives from Latin America to learn about the U.S. hard red winter (HRW) crop and meet Kansas wheat farmers during the 2025 Wheat Quality Tour. Organized by the Wheat Quality Council, the annual tour covers all of Kansas and requires the work of many volunteers […]
Video: The Story of the Reliable System that Transports Wheat from the U.S. Plains to Customers Around the World
Kent Lorens and Derek Sawyer each consider themselves to be “mere links in the reliable wheat supply chain.” But without farmers like them, there is no chain. Thus, the two play major roles in a new U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) video project that tells the story of how a reliable system of trucks, trains and […]