U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) today praised the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) for submitting a counter-notification on India’s wheat and rice subsidies to the WTO April 6, 2023. The filing on the WTO website can be seen here. Like another filing on the same commodities in 2018, this U.S. ... Read More »
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Editorial: Vilsack needs to defend lower Snake River dams
From the Capital Press There’s something fishy about the “mediation” taking place at the White House. This mediation, which is held in secret, is an effort by the White House Council on Environmental Quality and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to come up with a plan for the four lower Snake River dams. Read the rest of the article ... Read More »
PNW stakeholders send letter supporting dams to ag secretary
The Washington Association of Wheat Growers (WAWG) joined with other Pacific Northwest agricultural stakeholders in sending a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, outlining concerns over increasing rhetoric at the federal level on breaching the lower Snake River dams and highlighting the importance of the entire Columbia-Snake River System to the U.S. “… We are increasingly concerned that the USG ... Read More »
Aggies in Congress lay out farm bill priorities ahead of National Ag Day
From Progressive Farmer As the country celebrates the 50th anniversary of National Ag Day, President Joe Biden signed a proclamation on Monday, while lawmakers in charge of drafting the next farm bill laid out some funding priorities and hard lines when it comes to spending. Read the rest of the article here. Read More »
US share of South Korea’s wheat market dipped in 2022
From the Capital Press South Korean flour millers last year purchased more wheat from Australia than they did from America because of higher U.S. prices that were a result of drought in 2021-2022. “Hopefully, U.S. wheat will regain the top position this year,” said Dong-Chan Bae, director of the U.S. Wheat Associates South Korea office in Seoul. Bae spoke to ... Read More »
CP-KCS Merger Approval Disappoints National Wheat
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) are disappointed that the Surface Transportation Board (STB) has approved Canadian Pacific Railway’s merger with Kansas City Southern Railroad. In public comments submitted to the STB on the proposed sale in February 2022, USW said the market power held by the Class I railroads has serious implications for ... Read More »
NAWG elects new officers with Brent Cheyne as president
From the National Association of Wheat Growers On March 9, Brent Cheyne was elected president of the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG). Cheyne farms with his son, Rodney, near Klamath Falls, Ore., where they raise wheat, barley, oats, alfalfa and Angus cattle. In 2011, Brent began his time with the Oregon Wheat Growers League as the Oregon president before ... Read More »
Yield contest accepting entries
The National Wheat Yield Contest (NWYC) is now accepting entries for 2023 for winter, spring, irrigated and dryland wheat. There are a couple of changes to this year’s contest rules. There is now only one deadline and one price for entries per growing season. Winter wheat entries are due May 15, 2023, and spring wheat entries are due Aug. 1, ... Read More »
U.S. Farmers Respond To Higher Wheat Prices By Planting More
From U.S. Wheat Associates Since Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine sent them soaring one year ago, global and U.S. wheat prices have decreased significantly. Continued Black Sea Grain Corridor exports and improved production outlook in major exporters such as Russia and Australia have helped relieve the market of some supply pressure. Bulk ocean freight rates have also broken in favor ... Read More »
Wheat Growers Encourage Additional MAP and FMD Funding
As Congress gears up for farm bill reauthorization, the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) and U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) are announcing advocacy tools and resources to engage with their legislators on the Expanding Agricultural Exports Act (S. 176) and Agriculture Export Promotion Act (H.R. 648), which the wheat industry welcomed. Because half of the wheat grown in the U.S. ... Read More »