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 […]
A Legacy of Commitment – The USDA and U.S. Wheat Export Public-Private Partnership Today
In this article, originally published during U.S. Wheat Associates’ 40th anniversary in 2020, Wheat Letter describes the highly successful public-private partnership supporting U.S. wheat export market development that has endured since the 1950s. “The proper role of government…is that of partner with the farmer – never his master. By every possible means we must develop […]
USW’s 40th Year Celebration: A Foundation for the Future
By Steve Mercer, USW Vice President of Communications Throughout 2020, U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) marked its 40th year by recognizing and celebrating the people who produce the wheat and their enduring partnerships with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the world’s wheat buyers and wheat food processors. Our communications effort this year has focused on […]
U.S. Wheat Farmers and Former Staff Have Formed Strong Bonds with U.S. Wheat Customers
Behind the world’s most reliable supply of wheat are the world’s most dependable people. Those people, from U.S. Wheat Associates staff to the state wheat commissions and U.S. wheat farm families to the many hands along the U.S. supply chain, represent an industry that is always changing. But many of the overseas customers USW works […]
U.S. Wheat Customers Share History, Values and More with U.S. Wheat Farmers
Behind the world’s most reliable supply of wheat are the world’s most dependable people. Those people, from U.S. Wheat Associates staff to the state wheat commissions and U.S. wheat farm families to the many hands along the U.S. supply chain, represent an industry that is always changing. But many of the overseas customers USW works […]
Stories from the Wheat Farm – Embracing the Agricultural Lifestyle in Montana
U.S. wheat farm families grow six distinct classes of wheat across the diverse landscape of the United States. Those farmers take great care in producing the highest quality wheat in the most sustainable ways possible to honor their family legacies and to ensure greater value for their customers at home and abroad. Behind the world’s […]
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 […]
Stories from the Wheat Farm – Committed to Wheat Quality in Oregon
U.S. wheat farm families grow six distinct classes of wheat across the diverse landscape of the United States. Those farmers take great care in producing the highest quality wheat in the most sustainable ways possible to honor their family legacies and to ensure greater value for their customers at home and abroad. Behind the world’s […]
Dependable People: A Spotlight on the Texas Wheat Producers 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 […]
Stories from the Wheat Farm – A Passion for the Land in Oklahoma
U.S. wheat farm families grow six distinct classes of wheat across the diverse landscape of the United States. Those farmers take great care in producing the highest quality wheat in the most sustainable ways possible to honor their family legacies and to ensure greater value for their customers at home and abroad. Behind the world’s […]
