Video: USW Brings Together Wheat Buyers For ‘Unique’ North Asia Marketing Conference
Three different countries, three different languages, three different cultures and three different sets of consumers. Yet flour millers from Japan, South Korea and Taiwan actually have something in common: They have a strong interest in U.S. wheat. U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) invited wheat buyers from each country to Bali, Indonesia, August 28 and 29, 2023, […]
USW Board Welcomes North Dakota Farmer Jim Pellman to Officer Team
At their annual meeting the week of July 10 in Minneapolis, Minn., the Board of Directors of U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) will install North Dakota farmer Jim Pellman as 2023/24 Secretary-Treasurer. Pellman was elected to that position in February 2023. “After serving as a director on the U.S. Wheat Associates board representing North Dakota, I […]
Celebrating a Golden Anniversary of Wheat Promotion in South Korea
The U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) Seoul, South Korea, office commemorated its 50th year of service May 15, 2023, with honored guests from the flour milling, baking, and logistics industries, U.S. government officials, U.S. wheat farmer leaders and colleagues. Speakers during the event focused on the remarkable growth of the South Korean wheat foods supply system […]
USW Holds First South and Southeast Asian Marketing Conference Since 2012
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) in cooperation with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service welcomed close to 200 guests to a South and Southeast Asian Marketing Conference May 9 to 11 in Phuket, Thailand. This was the first such conference in that region since 2012 and comes at a challenging time for the milling and wheat foods […]
The Passing of Mark Fowler
Everyone at U.S. Wheat Associates (USW), Kansas Wheat, and the entire U.S. wheat industry are shocked and saddened by the sudden passing of our colleague Mark Fowler at his home in Manhattan, Kansas, on Feb. 20, 2023. Mark joined USW in 2017 and was Vice President of Global Technical Services. Mark was 52 years old […]
USW Celebrates 60th Anniversary in the Philippines
Appropriately, the celebration of the 60th anniversary of USW’s office in the Philippines included the U.S. Ambassador to the country, representatives from USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) and the Executive Director of the Philippine Association of Flour Miller’s (PAFMIL). It also featured a cake contest starring U.S. soft white wheat. The Nov. 18 event, which […]
USW, Other U.S. Export Organizations to Collaborate in South America on Nutrition and Food Security Activities
Latin America is facing great challenges, with extreme poverty and hunger being some of the most alarming. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), nearly 60 million people suffer from hunger in the region. This is a continuing opportunity for organizations to collaborate and coordinate approaches and resources to advance food and […]
Sincere Condolences on the Death of Shinzo Abe
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) President Vince Peterson shared this message of condolence following the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe: “Our colleagues and the wheat grower directors of U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) want to express our sorrow at the tragic loss of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. “His leadership focused in part on […]
U.S. Wheat Associates Wishes Janice Cooper Farewell
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) wishes all the best to our friend and colleague Janice Cooper as she retires as Managing Director of the Wheat Marketing Center (WMC) at the end of the month. A long-time friend of the U.S. wheat industry, Cooper has had various roles putting her in direct contact with U.S. wheat farmers […]
The Passing of Linda de Hoog
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) is sad to report that our former colleague Ms. Linda de Hoog (center, photo above) passed away May 9, 2022. She retired in 2019 from her position as Regional Program and Administrative Manager for USW’s European Region in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. “Linda loved her work, her family and her friends,” said […]