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. […]
USW Policy Team Engages Australian Industry on Collaboration Opportunities
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) Director of Trade Policy Peter Laudeman recently returned from Australia, where he joined members of that country’s wheat and grain industries in discussions on plant breeding innovations and other issues ripe for collaboration. Laudeman attended an international conference in Canberra focused on the research and regulatory landscape of gene-edited crops and […]
Wheat Industry News
News and Information from Around the Wheat Industry Speaking of Wheat “In my view, [news that Cargill and Viterra will stop loading Russian grain] puts more questions around Russia’s ability to export. Russian state exporters claim that they’ll be able to keep grain moving out at the same pace, but major speculative funds holding […]
USW Welcomes Syngenta’s Hybrid Wheat Commitment
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) is encouraged that technology company Syngenta expects to have commercial-scale hard red spring (HRS) and hard red winter (HRW) hybrid wheat seed available for U.S. farmers within the next three years. Hybrid wheat’s primary value is demonstrated in a productive yield increase. This is needed by farmers around the world to […]
Biodiversity and Productivity Has Grown in Modern U.S. Wheat Varieties
Reprinted with Permission from the University of Minnesota. Agriculture is seen as both a key cause of the global biodiversity crisis and a principal means of addressing it. Though some advocates are calling for farmers to return to heirloom varieties of crops as a way for the agriculture industry to address the growing challenges posed […]
Farmers, Partnerships Credited on 10th Anniversary of Kansas Wheat Innovation Center
The 10-year anniversary of the Kansas Wheat Innovation Center (KWIC) was not celebrated as a typical milestone event. Farmers and partners who’ve invested time, effort and dollars into the research facility described the occasion more as a “using one eye to look back.” While keeping the other eye firmly on the future. “This place is […]
Gene Editing Innovations Present Many Benefits to Farmers and Their Customers
The world keeps changing rapidly through new technological advances such as gene editing. Agriculture, fortunately, benefits from many of these new technologies, helping feed more people on less land into the future. In addition, diets and consumer preferences are changing around the world. There is increased demand for animal protein (leading to more feed grain […]
Baenziger to Retire, Capping 35-year Wheat Breeding Career at Nebraska
Originally published by University Communication, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Reprinted with permission. Throughout 2021, the U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) Wheat Letter is featuring the many stories of the people, processes and passions that go into producing and delivering high-quality U.S. wheat to the world. Our focus will be on quality that starts with dedicated private and public […]
AgriPro and WestBred Apply Advanced Research in Wheat Breeding Programs
Recently, U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) has shared a lot of information about U.S. wheat breeding programs and the tireless effort to meet the highest standards for our customers’ end-use quality needs and help farm families thrive. So far, we have described the important work of public wheat breeding programs at U.S. land grant universities and the […]
Public Wheat Breeding Programs Serving West Coast Producers
Throughout 2021, the U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) Wheat Letter is featuring the many stories of the people, processes and passions that go into producing and delivering high-quality U.S. wheat to the world. Our focus will be on quality that starts with dedicated private and public wheat breeding programs, is fostered by hard-working farm families, is […]