Global Winter Wheat Condition a Mixed Bag
By Stephanie Bryant-Erdmann, USW Market Analyst The end of March heralds not only the beginning of spring — a crucial time for both winter and spring wheat production — but also the first round of winter wheat condition reports. Black Sea — Snow across Russia and Ukraine is providing much needed protection from the recent […]
Global Supplies of High Protein Wheat Keep Tightening
By Stephanie Bryant-Erdmann, USW Market Analyst In the Nov. 2, 2017, issue of “Wheat Letter,” we analyzed the tight supply of high protein U.S. wheat (minimum of 13.0 percent protein at 12 percent moisture basis (mb)) and its effects on pricing. The latest production and quality analysis suggests that global high protein wheat production in […]
Annual Crop Quality Seminars Help Customers Make Purchasing and Milling Decisions
By Amanda J. Spoo, USW Assistant Director of Communications Each year, after thousands of wheat crop samples are analyzed and the results are published in the USW Crop Quality Report, USW invites its overseas customers, including buyers, millers and processors, to seminars led by USW staff, U.S. wheat farmers, state wheat commission staff and educational […]
U.S. High-Protein Wheat Supplies Tightening
By Stephanie Bryant-Erdmann, USW Market Analyst The common refrain right now is “the world is awash with wheat.” While that is true in the aggregate, in terms of milling wheat and, more specifically, high-protein milling wheat, supply is very tight. The impact of the small supply of high-protein milling wheat can be seen in the […]
USW Reviews Crop Quality for the 2017/18 Hard Red Spring, Soft White and Durum Crops
USW and its partner organizations have completed the crop quality analysis of the 2017/18 U.S. hard red spring (HRS), soft white (SW) and durum crops. The final data is summarized below. The complete analyses will appear in class-specific reports and USW’s 2017 Crop Quality Booklet, and shared with hundreds of customers around the world as […]
Good Functional Characteristics, Lower Average Protein Mark New HRW Crop
USW and its partner organizations have completed the crop quality analysis of the 2017/18 U.S. hard red winter (HRW) crop. The final data is summarized below. The complete analysis will appear in both a class-specific report and USW’s 2017 Crop Quality Booklet, and shared with hundreds of customers around the world as part of USW’s […]
Millers and Processors Should Like the 2017/18 Soft Red Winter Crop
U.S. farmers produced lower volumes of a very good SRW crop for marketing year 2017/18. This SRW crop has uniformly low dockage, good test weight, somewhat lower protein, very good kernel size and weight, low DON values and no notable pockets of low falling number. Flour extraction rate is somewhat lower than last year. That […]
Essential Wheat Crop Quality Analysis is Underway
Because no two crops are alike, the world’s flour millers, bakers and wheat food processors must have some assurance that the wheat they buy will meet their needs. That is why U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and its partner organizations collect and analyze samples of all six classes of U.S. wheat, compile results and share that […]
Assessing the Wheat Quality Council Tour 2017 Yield Estimate
Reprinted with Permission from “Agweek,” August 2, 2017 [Editor’s Note: The original source for this article is the North Dakota Wheat Commission.] The annual Wheat Quality Council (WQC) tour of the spring and durum wheat region took place the week of July 24, with the final yield result sparking questions and sharp criticism, especially in […]
Annual Spring Wheat Tour Sees Drought Taking Toll on Yield Potential
By Erica Oakley, USW Director of Programs This week, the Wheat Quality Council hosted its annual hard red spring (HRS) and durum crop tour. Participants spent three days in North Dakota surveying this year’s crop and estimating yield. The tour, which surveyed a total of 496 fields, estimated weighted average HRS yield at 38.1 bushels […]