Wheat Industry News
News and Information from Around the Wheat Industry Speaking of Wheat “The Commodity Credit Corporation and USDA’s market development and aid programs are critically important at this time, and with this additional support we can strengthen U.S agriculture’s presence in existing markets, open up new market opportunities, and build on our relationships and connections to […]
McGarry Putting Away His Ledger After 40 Years at USW
In late summer of 1983, Kevin McGarry left Ohio for the Nation’s Capital, where he would soon have two separate job offers to consider. One was with U.S. Wheat Associates (USW). The other was with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Baily Circus. Wheat farmers and flour millers, or clowns and elephants? McGarry didn’t have much […]
Wheat Industry News
News and Information from Around the Wheat Industry Speaking of Wheat “I send my personal regards to all our Kansas Wheat Farmers here from South America. We will continue doing our best. I want them to know hard red winter is the most important class exported to our region. Today almost 10% of total U.S. […]
Wheat Industry News
News and Information from Around the Wheat Industry “Some will say that’s just how markets work. Russia is being rewarded because it’s the low-cost [wheat] producer, and U.S. farmers aren’t keeping up. I would argue Russia is not a market-based producer, but is politically using cheap wheat as a tool for advancing military goals that […]
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, […]
Japan Flour Millers Express Appreciation for Wheat Farmers While on First Visit to U.S. Since 2019
Eight executives from top Japanese flour mills arrived in the U.S. this week, bringing with them an astute observation about the global wheat market: Supply and demand have had an odd relationship over the past three years. Through it all, Toshiaki Yokoyama emphasized, “the relationship between U.S. wheat and Japan has not wavered.” During a […]
Russian Intervention Has Fueled Every Wheat Price Spike Since 2007
Editor’s Note: On March 11, 2022, U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) President Vince Peterson commented on the Russian government’s role as a source of great uncertainty for the world’s wheat producers, sellers and buyers. One year later, the price disruption of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine continues. While prices have settled since the invasion started, the […]
U.S Wheat Reconnects with Brazilian Millers at Annual Industry Meeting
Building upon its long relationship with Brazilian flour millers while also learning about current market conditions across South America, U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) recently took part in the Abitrigo Congress in Foz de Iguazu, Brazil. Abitrigo, the association representing the Brazilian wheat milling industry, had not held an in-person annual meeting since 2019. USW President Vince […]
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 […]
An Invitation to a Stronger Relationship with Mexico’s Milling and Wheat Foods Industries
By Vince Peterson, USW President Today, I had the unique privilege to accept an invitation to the White House to represent U.S. wheat farmers, our state wheat commission members and U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) as President Donald Trump signs implementing legislation for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) into U.S. law (that’s my viewpoint at the ceremony […]
