Meet the USW Technical Experts: Tarik Gahi – ‘For a Piece of Bread, Son’
Name: Tarik Gahi Title: Milling and Baking Technologist Office: USW Middle Eastern, East and North African Region, Casablanca Office Providing Service to: North Africa and the Middle East U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) Milling and Baking Technologist Tarik Gahi has spent his entire career working with millers from around the world. But the first person to […]
Demonstrating Value in U.S. Wheat to Change Baking Preferences in Colombia
Colombia’s flour milling industry depends on imported wheat and is separated into regional clusters by the location of Colombian ports. Wheat arriving in Buenaventura on the Pacific coast is trucked to flour mills in Cali and Bogotá to serve the country’s largest regional baking industry. Much of the wheat unloaded at Buenaventura, however, is Canadian […]
First Bulk Grain Vessel Docked in Myanmar Carries U.S. Wheat
Many years of work conducting trade service and technical support in South Asian countries like Myanmar (Burma) showed U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) there was a growing opportunity to compete with nearby Australian wheat supplies. Knowing two deep-water ports were opening in Myanmar in 2019, USW intensified its activities. In mid-May 2019, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service […]
USW’s Experience in Many Countries Helps Introduce New Wheat Foods
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) with the support of several export market development programs administered by the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), has built a team of very effective end-product technical experts in Korea and Taiwan. These are very sophisticated markets with many different wheat foods. Now, USW is sharing that product and technical knowledge to […]
Promoting U.S. Wheat Around the World
As U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) President Vince Peterson often says, at any given hour of the day there is someone, somewhere, talking about the quality, reliability and value of U.S. wheat. Wheat Letter wants to share some of the ways USW was working in June to promote all six classes of U.S. wheat in an […]
Managing the New U.S. Wheat Crop: Wheat Blending for Consistency
By Mark Fowler, USW Vice President of Global Technical Services [Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles designed to help flour millers transition efficiently and effectively from old to new crop wheat.] Delivering a homogeneous mix of wheat to the mill is critical to optimize mill performance and assure consistently high-quality […]
The Science Behind Promoting U.S. Wheat
Originally printed in Dakota Gold, June 2019, Volume 35, No. 3; Reprinted with permission from the North Dakota Wheat Commission In May, Dr. Senay Simsek, Professor and Wheat Quality Specialist with North Dakota State University (NDSU), traveled to the Philippines and Indonesia with U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) to meet with millers and end-users of U.S. […]
Meet the USW Technical Experts: Gerry Mendoza – Born to Teach and Share His Love for Baking
Name: Gerardo “Gerry” S. Mendoza Title: Baking Consultant Office: USW South Asian Regional Office, Manila Providing Service to: Republic of the Philippines and Korea Regional Profile: Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines, has become one of the most important export markets in the world for U.S. wheat. The Philippines is the second-largest market for all classes […]
Managing the New U.S. Wheat Crop: A Natural Ingredient That Changes Each Year
By Mark Fowler, USW Vice President of Global Technical Services [Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles to help flour millers transition efficiently and effectively from old to new crop wheat.] As U.S. wheat farmers finally start harvesting their 2019 winter wheat crop, flour millers around the world turn their focus […]
Promoting Wheat Around the World
As U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) President Vince Peterson often says, at any given hour of the day there is someone, somewhere, talking about the quality, reliability and value of U.S. wheat. Wheat Letter wants to share some of the ways USW was working the past few months to promote all six classes of U.S. wheat […]