U.S. Wheat Associates

Brazil is set to open a tariff-rate quota on wheat imports, a potential opportunity for U.S. wheat producers. The quota will allow 750,000 metric tons of wheat to enter Brazil duty-free from outside of South America. The agreement comes 24 years after Brazil joined the World Trade Organization in 1995...

On Sunday, President Trump announced a trade agreement in principle with Japan, keeping exports of American products, such as wheat, moving into a very large market.  While few details have been released, and it still needs to be approved by Japan’s Legislature, U.S. Wheat A...

The USDA is investigating the discovery of Genetically Engineered wheat growing in an unplanted field in Washington.  APHIS officials said the wheat in question is resistant to glyphosate, but there is no evidence the wheat in question entered the food supply.  US...

The American wheat industry is in the spotlight this week in Cancun, Mexico as the U.S. Wheat Associates hosts its Mexican Wheat Trade Conference.  U.S. Wheat chairman Chris Kolstad, said Mexico continues to be a priority.   “Mexico has been a good friend of ours, for a lot of years, and they are our southern border friend and they are one of our top five importers of U.S. wheat, so a ... Read Mor

U.S. wheat growers are thrilled about a joint announcement from Washington and Brazil that says the South American country will establish a 750,000-ton quota for tariff-free wheat imports.  Steve Mercer with U.S. Wheat Associates said this gives American growers a great opportunity.  ...

As part of restructuring overseas offices, U.S. Wheat Associates will close its office in Moscow, Russia, at the end of this month.  The organization says the reorganization reflects an effort to refocus resources toward markets with the best potential to grow U.S. wheat ...

With the United States in a trade war with China, and others potentially coming down the road, what does this mean for American producers.  Vince Peterson, President of U.S. Wheat Associates said growers were feeling the pinch well before tariffs on American products were enacted.  ...

U.S. wheat farmers are concerned with the recent move by Japan to ratify the updated Trans-Pacific Partnership last week. U.S. Wheat Associates says implementation of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership without the United States is “a time bomb” set to demolish more than 60 years of work to develop a “large and loyal market” for U.S. wheat in Japan.  ...

Over the weekend, the U.S. Wheat Associates board of directors elected new officers for the 2018/19 growing year.  The board elected Darren Padget of Grass Valley, OR, as Secretary-Treasurer, Doug Goyings of Paulding, OH, as Vice Chairman, Chris Kolstad of Ledger, MT, as Chairman.  Th...

U.S. Wheat Associates publicly thanked U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer for his work defending U.S. agriculture against attempts to weaken the World Trade Organization rules on domestic support in agriculture.  The Wheat Associates organization says the Buenos Aires WTO Ministerial Conference would be a failure and the mission of the WTO to advance trade would be negatively affected thr