WAWG
From the National Association of Wheat Growers
On July 25, the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on the Request for Information on Climate Smart Biofuel feedstocks. The comments focused on the environmental benefits of winter wheat and the need to recognize crop rotations and winter crops that function as cover crops in the climate smart biofuel feedstock production systems. As USDA, the Department of Treasury, and other government agencies look to biofuel production and sustainable aviation fuel, they must look at entire cropping systems and consider food crops such as wheat in diverse crop rotations across the U.S.
NAWG also worked with other commodities on a joint letter focusing specifically on the addition of crop rotations in the list of climate smart practices for biofuel cropping systems.