Annual Crop Quality Report and Seminars Will Help Customers Make Purchasing and Milling Decisions
By Erica Oakley, USW Director of Programs As a key part of its commitment to transparency, each year U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) produces an annual Crop Quality Report that includes grade, flour and baking data for all six U.S. wheat classes. The report is compiled from sample testing and analysis conducted during and after harvest […]
A Good Day to Share the Good Quality of the 2018 U.S. Durum Crop
Happy World Pasta Day! What a perfect day for U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) to share an overview of the 2018 U.S. Northern Durum and Desert Durum® crop quality results. Analysis shows the Northern durum crop is sound with high protein and excellent kernel characteristics. Vitreous kernel count and average kernel size are high and quality […]
USDA Confirms Ample U.S. Wheat Supply in 2018/19, Reassures Customers About Availability
By Stephanie Bryant-Erdmann, USW Market Analyst On Sept. 28, USDA released its Small Grains Summary noting that 2018/19 U.S. wheat production increased to 51.3 MMT, up 8 percent from last year due to improvements in both average yield and harvested area. While this is still 8 percent below the 5-year average of 55.8 MMT, the […]
Annual Spring Wheat Tour Sees Improvement from 2017 Drought Impact
By Amanda J. Spoo, USW Assistant Director of Communications This week, the Wheat Quality Council hosted its annual hard red spring (HRS) and durum crop tour. Participants spent three days mainly in North Dakota surveying this year’s crop and estimating yield. The tour, which surveyed a total of 342 fields, estimated weighted average HRS yield […]
USW Harvest Reports Now Posting Every Friday
Generally cool spring conditions delayed the start of the 2018/19 U.S. winter wheat harvest, but the combines are now in the fields and U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) published a preliminary Harvest Report on May 25. USW Harvest Reports are published every Friday afternoon, Eastern Daylight Time, throughout the season with updates and comments on harvest […]
Even with Lower HRW Outlook, U.S. Wheat Production Called Up for 2018/19
By Stephanie Bryant-Erdmann, USW Market Analyst With the small, stressed hard red winter (HRW) wheat crop getting the lion’s share of attention, it was an initial surprise to read in USDA’s May World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) that U.S. wheat production is expected to increase to 49.6 million metric tons (MMT) in 2018/19. […]
As Always, Weather Is the Wildcard for U.S. Wheat Planting and Production
By Stephanie Bryant-Erdmann, USW Market Analyst According to the March 29 USDA Prospective Plantings report, U.S. total spring-planted area will jump to an estimated 14.1 million acres (5.71 million hectares), 12 percent above 2017/18, if realized. The estimate includes 12.1 million acres (4.90 million hectares) of hard red spring (HRS), up 17 percent from 2017, if realized. […]
2018/19 U.S. Wheat Planted Area Expected to Increase Despite Dry Conditions
By Stephanie Bryant-Erdmann, USW Market Analyst Total U.S. planted wheat area will rise 500,000 acres (202,000 hectares) in 2018/19 due to an expected increase in spring wheat area (including durum) according to Joanna Hitchner of the USDA World Agricultural Outlook Board. The USDA held its annual Agricultural Outlook Forum on Feb. 22 to 23, where […]
Sustained Demand for U.S. Wheat in a New Price Environment
By Stephanie Bryant-Erdmann, USW Market Analyst Six months into marketing year 2017/18 (June to May), total U.S. export sales of 19.5 million metric tons (MMT) are 8 percent behind last year’s pace according to USDA Export Sales data through Jan. 4. However, the estimated total value of U.S. wheat export sales is 4 percent greater […]
USW Reviews Crop Quality for the 2017/18 Hard Red Spring, Soft White and Durum Crops
USW and its partner organizations have completed the crop quality analysis of the 2017/18 U.S. hard red spring (HRS), soft white (SW) and durum crops. The final data is summarized below. The complete analyses will appear in class-specific reports and USW’s 2017 Crop Quality Booklet, and shared with hundreds of customers around the world as […]