USW Office and Publications Schedule for the Holidays
During this season, all of us at U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) take time to reflect upon the good things we have … like our partnership with our friends at home and abroad. We appreciate working with you and hope that the holidays and the coming year will bring you happiness and success. USW Headquarters […]
Transitions for USW Colleagues
In the United States, the fourth Thursday in November is officially set aside as the country’s Thanksgiving holiday. As the holiday approaches, U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) wants to express its sincere thanks to several colleagues who are moving on to new life paths by the end of 2019. Three of our colleagues are retiring from […]
Best Wishes to Utsunomiya-San on His Retirement
In February 2019, U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) announced that Mr. Kazunori “Rick” Nakano was joining the organization as Associate Country Director in Tokyo. Rick will become Country Director on September 30, 2019, when our colleague and friend Mr. Wataru “Charlie” Utsinomiya begins a well-earned retirement. In that announcement, USW President Vince Peterson said Charlie’s sage […]
Scenes from the USW 2019 World Staff Conference
More than 90 U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) staff, stakeholders and customers recently came together in Barcelona, Spain, at what USW President Vince Peterson called the best World Staff Conference (WSC) the organization has held in many years. The conferences provide a rare but valuable opportunity for USW overseas and domestic staff to meet in person […]
Bakery Technician Joins U.S. Wheat Associates Team in South Asia
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW), which represents the interests of U.S. wheat farmers in export markets, is pleased to announce that Mr. Adrian “Ady” Redondo recently joined the organization as a Bakery Technician in its Manila, Philippines, office. USW Regional Vice President Joe Sowers said there is a strong connection between increased imports of U.S. wheat […]
A Message to Our Customers and Friends
The announcement from the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) on June 7 that genetically engineered (GE) wheat plants were discovered growing in an unplanted (fallow) field in Washington State came with many emotions for wheat farmers, their domestic and overseas customers and for those of us who work on behalf of U.S. […]
Keep Up with the Combines by Subscribing to USW Harvest Reports
As it did last year, a cool, wet spring has delayed the start of the 2019/20 U.S. winter wheat harvest. Progress may be slow, but the new crop harvest is coming. USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service reported on May 5 that wheat was maturing in South Texas while farmers in the state’s Coastal Bend area […]
The Passing of USW Colleague Muyiwa Talabi
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) is sad to share news that our former colleague Muyiwa Talabi passed away Feb. 5, 2019, in Lagos, Nigeria, after a prolonged illness. “Muyiwa Talabi was employed by USW as the Marketing Coordinator for Nigeria from 1994 until his early retirement for health reasons in 2016,” said Regional Director for Sub-Saharan […]
USW Colleagues Start Their Next Chapters as U.S. Citizens
“Immigrants: we get the job done.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda, from the hit Broadway musical “Hamilton!” Two U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) colleagues recently celebrated very special milestones: in December, Fiscal Officer Kurt Coppens and Administrative Assistant Nada Obaid became naturalized citizens of the United States. “Wheat Letter” asked Kurt, who was a Belgian citizen, […]
Alvaro de la Fuente: Celebrating His Career and Legacy
The highlights of Great Plains Wheat (GPW) activities promoting U.S. wheat in South America in marketing year 1976/77 included a baking seminar, equipment donations to the Chilean Milling School, translation of GPW’s “U.S. Wheat” bulletin into Spanish and the hiring of a new Grain Marketing Specialist named Alvaro de la Fuente by Regional Director Don […]