Ocean Freight Rates Follow Rising Bulk Commodity Demand
A spike in ocean freight rates is creating some heartburn for dry bulk commodity buyers who may be uncovered over the next few months as strong global demand for grain and coal stresses vessel supply. Fortunately, lower freight futures prices in the second half of 2021 could hold if commodity demand eases, as expected. “We […]
Sonia Muñoz Retires from U.S. Wheat Associates after 39 Years
After spending 2020 celebrating its 40th anniversary, U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) ended the year saying a fond farewell to a colleague who was with the organization almost from the beginning. Ms. Sonia Muñoz retired from her Regional Program Director position at the USW Santiago Office after 39 years. “Sonia has managed the South American regional […]
U.S. Wheat Commercial Sales Significantly Ahead of Last Year’s Pace
By Claire Hutchins, USW Market Analyst USDA currently estimates the United States will export 26.5 million metric tons (MMT) of wheat in 2020/21, 1 percent ahead of last year’s pace, if realized. Five months into marketing year (MY) 2020/21, total U.S. wheat commercial sales are 12 percent ahead of last year’s pace at 16.8 MMT […]
Dependable People: A Spotlight on the Wyoming Wheat Marketing Commission
For 40 years, U.S. wheat farmers have supported U.S. Wheat Associates’ (USW) efforts to work directly with buyers and promote their six classes of wheat. Their contributions to state wheat commissions, who in turn contribute a portion of those funds to USW, qualifies USW to apply for export market development funds managed by USDA’s Foreign […]
Trade Policy Opportunities and Competitive Prices Support U.S. Wheat Export Sales Early in the Marketing Year
By Claire Hutchins, USW Market Analyst USDA estimates the United States will export 25.9 million metric tons (MMT) of wheat in 2020/21, 2 percent behind last year’s pace if realized. However, two months into marketing year (MY) 2020/21, total U.S. wheat commercial sales are 8 percent ahead of last year’s pace at 9.62 MMT and […]
Meet the USW Technical Experts: Andrés Saturno – A Family Legacy of Milling Innovation
Name: Andrés Saturno Title: Technical Specialist Office: USW South American Regional Office, Santiago Providing Service to: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Though raised in Carialinda, Venezuela, located in the mountains of Naguanagua, U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) Technical Specialist Andrés Saturno and his two brothers grew up with Italian and Spanish influences from his parents and grandmother. Bread […]
Dependable People: A Spotlight on the Idaho Wheat Commission
For 40 years, U.S. wheat farmers have supported U.S. Wheat Associates’ (USW) efforts to work directly with buyers and promote their six classes of wheat. Their contributions to state wheat commissions, who in turn contribute a portion of those funds to USW, qualifies USW to apply for export market development funds managed by USDA’s Foreign […]
Wheat Export Market Development Goes Virtual – For Now
Despite the different roles or distances between us, all the people around the world in the story of U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) share an unspoken connection, not only through U.S. wheat, but also through our shared values of growth, hard work and family. Today, those connections may have been physically broken by concern for our […]
Dependable People: A Spotlight on Maryland Grain Producers Utilization Board
For 40 years, U.S. wheat farmers have supported U.S. Wheat Associates’ (USW) efforts to work directly with buyers and promote their six classes of wheat. Their contributions to state wheat commissions, who in turn contribute a portion of those funds to USW, qualifies USW to apply for export market development funds managed by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service. Currently, […]
Effects of 1980 Grain Embargo Echo Through the Years
By Vince Peterson, USW President As a new decade and a new future for wheat export market development dawned in January 1980, the urgency facing the wheat-producer boards of both Great Plains Wheat and Western Wheat Associates could not have been much greater. They were under the strain of discussions and negotiations for months in […]