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After Two Year Hiatus, Idaho Wheat Hosts Trade Teams
After Two Year Hiatus, Idaho Wheat Hosts Trade Teams
After Two Year Hiatus, Idaho Wheat Hosts Trade Teams
For the first time since 2019, the Idaho Wheat Commission hosted trade teams this summer.  Idaho Wheat Executive Director Casey Chumrau said they were very fortunate to welcome back the two teams, one from the Middle East and north Africa, with the 2nd from Peru and Ecuador.  Chumrau...
Expert Says World Has Enough Wheat
Expert Says World Has Enough Wheat
Expert Says World Has Enough Wheat
Are we going to run out of wheat over the next year? One expert says, "no". Even though shipments of wheat from Ukraine are nearly non-existent right now, and the U.S. winter wheat crop is struggling. "We're not gonna run out of wheat, people will be able to buy wheat, but it's gonna come at a pretty high price." ...
Vilsack: Ukraine War Makes Addressing Hunger More Challenging
Vilsack: Ukraine War Makes Addressing Hunger More Challenging
Vilsack: Ukraine War Makes Addressing Hunger More Challenging
Efforts to feed the world's growing populations is under more strain than normal right now, partly because of disruptions in food supplies coming out of Ukraine. "We have a twin challenge here," noted USDA head Tom Vilsack. "We've got an immediate global food security challenge by virtue of the disruption that the invasion has caused and the impact it's going to have on unstable, p
U.N.: Ukraine War Impacting World’s Food Security
U.N.: Ukraine War Impacting World’s Food Security
U.N.: Ukraine War Impacting World’s Food Security
The United Nations says the war in Ukraine is already resulting in higher food prices and a shortage of staple crops in central Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has severely cut down on shipments from the two countries, which combine to ship 25% of the world’s wheat exports and 16% of global corn exports. ...
Vilsack Happy With 2021 Exports And Year Ahead
Vilsack Happy With 2021 Exports And Year Ahead
Vilsack Happy With 2021 Exports And Year Ahead
Speaking recently at the annual Agricultural Outlook Forum, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says 2021 farm and food exports were very strong. "We were able to enjoy a record year in exports; a significant increase over the 2014 record.  But the good news is, that you're going to learn at this Outlook Forum, that we anticipate and expect 2022 to be even better; to break that record.  An ...
DMI: Growth Opportunities For U.S. Dairy Exists Overseas
DMI: Growth Opportunities For U.S. Dairy Exists Overseas
DMI: Growth Opportunities For U.S. Dairy Exists Overseas
As farm country marks June as Dairy Month, Dairy Management Inc. takes a look at dairy export opportunities and area of growth. DMI’s Amy Wagner says the organization started working with the food service industry across the U.S. around a decade ago, and then took that work abroad. ...
Vilsack U.S. Dairy Farmers Have A  Lot Of Potential
Vilsack U.S. Dairy Farmers Have A Lot Of Potential
Vilsack U.S. Dairy Farmers Have A Lot Of Potential
Ask Tom Vilsack, President and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Federation, and he’ll tell you that the U.S. has an opportunity to increase already record high U.S. dairy exports, by expanding into the Middle East market.   “The Middle East is a place where there are very few barriers, very few trade barriers and very few sanitary and phytosanitary barriers, that you would find in other countries.  Th