Wheat Industry News From Around the World
Speaking of Wheat “As president … I talked to experienced producers facing the realities of this downturn in the ag economy, and they feared they would not be able to secure operating credit in 2025 without some form of economic assistance. This legislation provides farmers with a bridge heading into next year. However … enacting […]
Innovation to Meet Future Challenges – Ten Years Later
Editor’s Note: This article on wheat breeding innovation was originally published in the September 2014 issue of “Wheat Letter.” In the wake of the first deregulation of a biotechnology trait for wheat by USDA-APHIS, the article remains quite relevant ten years later. The article was written by then USW Vice President of Policy Shannon Schlecht. […]
Bioceres Affirms Commitment to U.S. Biotechnology Commercialization Principles
In its public statement following USDA’s deregulation of the HB4® drought-tolerance trait from Bioceres Crop Science on Aug. 29, U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) noted that it would continue monitoring how the company’s commercialization plans align with the “Wheat Industry Principles for Biotechnology Commercialization” developed jointly with the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG). USW was […]
Wheat’s Origin
Editor’s Note: Following are excerpts from the “Wheat Scoop” blog from U.S. Wheat Associates state commission member Kansas Wheat. Read the full article here. Photo above Copyright Kansas State University. Long, long ago in a land far, far away, bread wheat came into existence. Researchers are still unlocking the secrets of the wild relatives of […]
K-State Breaks Ground on Global Center for Grain and Food Innovation
Kansas State University has launched a project that will bring together two of its strongest agricultural programs under one roof. The university held a groundbreaking ceremony on May 17 for the Global Center for Grain and Food Innovation, to be located just off the corner of Claflin Road and Mid-Campus Drive. The new building is estimated […]
Farmer-Backed Heartland Plant Innovations Helps Unlock Wheat’s Genetic Potential
Six sets of seven chromosomes make the wheat genome five times larger than the human genome. This complexity makes wheat breeding even more difficult, but technology like double haploid breeding has helped public and private researchers unlock potential agronomic, quality and even nutritional traits. Key to this work is a farmer-backed, for-profit plant services company […]
Wheat Industry News
News and Information from Around the Wheat Industry Speaking of Wheat “The abrupt termination of the implementation of the Black Sea Grain Initiative is a matter of grave concern. Global food security should not become a casualty of war. People in poor countries struggling with food and energy price inflation stand to be hit hardest […]
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News and Information from Around the Wheat Industry Speaking of Wheat “The big news in wheat was the hard red winter number — shock-and-awe for USDA to increase it that much. The average trade guess was 532 million bushels, so the number was way above what anybody anticipated. We had a broad-based increase in yields, […]
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News and Information from Around the Wheat Industry Speaking of Wheat “The international [grain] price in Ukraine will be on the level of the cost of production. Harvested grains and oilseeds will be level of 62 million (tonnes), exports about 40 million. We have only three seaports operating at capacity and [under the ‘fragile agreement’ […]
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News and Information from Around the Wheat Industry Speaking of Wheat “Without a trade agenda that also advances U.S. economic interests by addressing barriers to U.S. exports through free trade agreements, the United States will lose influence globally. Other countries welcome U.S. products and benefit from the two-way relationship that free trade agreements promote. The […]
