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In The Current Issue:
1. USW President Speaks at Australian Wheat Industry Meetings
2. Comments on U.S. Wheat Standards
3. Is the Tide Turning on Global Trade?
4. Welcome New Hope for U.S./Cuba Trade
5. Give and Take
6. U.S. Wheat Production to Fall
7. IGC Calls for Lower Global Production, Ample Stocks
8. Decision in Brazil WTO Case Could Have Serious Implications
9. Grant to Fund Varietal Solutions to Celiac Disease Challenge
10. Nurturing Stem Rust Resistant Varieties
11. NAMA Names New President
12. Wheat Industry News

Wheat Letters

Tracy Speaks to Australian Wheat Producers

USW Pres. Alan Tracy was a guest speaker at two grain industry meetings in Western Australia today. Tracy’s remarks centered on the fact that wheat producers everywhere benefit when export competition is based on specific value for specific uses rather than simply on price. "When the market works effectively to get our products to their best possible uses, both our countries' producers will see better returns," he said.

INDUSTRY NEWS

SD Grower Elected Secretary-Treasurer

The USW board elected wheat grower Darrell Davis, Ipswich, SD, as Secretary-Treasurer at its winter board meeting Jan. 24, 2010. The board elected Davis in a slate including Don Schieber, Ponca City, OK, Randy Suess, Colfax, WA, and Janice Mattson of Chester, MT. New USW officers begin one-year terms in July