U.S. Wheat Technician Spotlight: Andrés Saturno Got an Early Start
Above photo: USW Technical Manager Andres Saturno, right, with USW Vice President and West Coast Office Director Steve Wirsching. Had his father been a soccer player, there’s a good chance Andres Saturno would today be passing and kicking and defending, instead of milling and baking and teaching. Fortunately for customers of U.S. wheat, Saturno’s father […]
Video: Update on USW’s Work, Successes in South America
The six countries U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) works in across South America create a massive geographical region – a region with a growing population that roughly equals the population of the United States. Miguel Galdos, who leads USW staff from the Santiago office, sees it as opportunity. “We have been doing important work to demonstrate […]
VIDEO: Two Farmers Join USW Staff to Promote U.S. Wheat at 2025 ALIM
In this short video, U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) staff from its Portland office and a wheat farmer from Washington describe what they saw when they joined millers from several countries at the Latin American Association of Miller Industrialists (ALIM) conference in Cartagena, Colombia. That farmer, USW Secretary-Treasurer Mike Carstensen, joined North Dakota farmer and USW […]
Ecuadorian Team Gets Firsthand Look at U.S. Wheat In Idaho and Oklahoma
There’s just something special about watching a wheat field wave in the wind, no matter if you are an international grain buyer or the wheat farmer hosting them in your field. A team of four Ecuadorian wheat buyers and millers recently stepped foot in their first wheat fields in Idaho and Oklahoma as part of […]
Video: South American Buyers Credit USW Seminar with Helping them Learn More About the Benefits of U.S. Wheat
More than 50 wheat buyers from Colombia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru attended a Purchasing and Risk Management Seminar conducted by U.S. Wheat Associates (USW). The seminar was part of an ongoing effort by USW’s Santiago Office to provide buyers with better tools and knowledge to help make purchasing decisions. “We see it as an opportunity […]
A Legacy of Commitment – Great Plains Wheat Focused on Improving Quality and HRW Markets
As we did in 2020 to mark our 40th anniversary, in 2025, our 45th year, U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) is remembering and celebrating the people who produce the wheat and their enduring partnerships with their state commissions, the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), wheat buyers, and wheat food processors around the world. Wheat farmers in […]
Video: USW, Oklahoma Wheat Industry Play Host to Trade Delegation from Brazil
Led by U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) Market Analyst Tyllor Ledford, a Brazilian trade delegation spent three days in Oklahoma to meet with exporters in the area who ship wheat from the largest inland port in the U.S. down to New Orleans for shipment out to customers in South America and other international markets. The team […]
Inspired by Bread Made with U.S. Wheat, Ambassador to Chile Tours Major Flour Mill
Breads made with U.S. wheat caught the attention of the U.S. Ambassador to Chile during September’s Espacio Food and Service trade show in Santiago. It set in motion a series of discussions that led to Amb. Bernadette Meehan touring a top Chilean flour mill arranged by the U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) South American regional team. The […]
ALIM Meeting Provides U.S. Wheat a ‘Connection’ to Latin American Millers
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) Chairman Michael Peters and USW Board Member Dana Tuckness discovered there was plenty of interest in what they had to say during the annual Assembly of the Latin American Association of Miller Industrialists (ALIM), held Oct. 29 – Nov. 1 in Cordoba, Argentina. “When someone learned we were U.S. wheat farmers, […]
Images from USW Santiago Team’s Participation in USDA Trade Mission to Chile
During the week of Sept. 25-29, U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis Taylor is leading an agribusiness trade mission to Chile. U.S. agribusinesses, including U.S. Wheat Associates (USW), are participating in business-to-business meetings with importers from both Chile and Peru. The trade mission coincides with the USDA-endorsed Espacio […]