Opportunity Knocked. U.S. Wheat Answered.
Overseas demand for U.S. wheat started sluggishly in 2010/11. With abundant supplies of lower-priced Black Sea wheat predicted, expectations for U.S. wheat exports were low. Then, news about drought in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan grew more ominous. Just as importers were absorbing the potential impact of reduced supply, Russia’s government shocked the markets by halting wheat and feed grain exports on August 15, 2010.
Yet, armed with information from USW, importers knew they could rely on U.S. wheat producers to meet their needs immediately and for the rest of the year. U.S. wheat exports jumped quickly and continued growing as weather problems hurt the Canadian, German and Australian crops.
Japan and Nigeria usually vie for top U.S. wheat importer status and both customers significantly increased purchases in 2010/11. In fact, because they know U.S. wheat is “the world’s most reliable choice,” all 10 of the largest U.S. wheat buyers and buyers in each region USW serves, except North Africa, increased U.S. wheat imports in 2010/11.
As the industry’s export market development organization, USW promotes all six U.S. wheat classes: hard red winter (HRW), hard red spring (HRS), hard white (HW), soft red winter (SRW), soft white (SW) and durum. Funding is made possible through checkoff dollars, goods and services from 19 state wheat commissions and cost-share grants from the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service.
Thank you for your continued commitment to expanding overseas opportunities through support for U.S. Wheat Associates. For more information about USW activities and/or detailed financial information, e-mail us at info@uswheat.org or call (202) 463-0999, Ext. 330. |
 | USW took advantage of several opportunities to increase U.S. wheat exports in 2010/11 (June – May) by seizing the moment and leveraging years of work with overseas customers. The results: U.S. commercial export sales reached 35.1 million metric tons (MMT) (1 metric ton = 36.74 bushels) in 2010/11. That is 59 percent of total U.S. wheat production for the year, 56 percent more than in 2009/10 and the most exports since 1992/93.
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2010/11 Officers & Directors
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 | President - Alan Tracy (USW)
Chairman - Don Schieber (OK)
Vice Chairman - Randy Suess (WA)
Secretary/Treasurer - Darrell Davis (SD)
Past Chair - Janice Mattson (MT)
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 | In a joint cooperative effort, USW works with USDA’s Foreign Agriculture Service to create, expand and maintain overseas markets for U.S. wheat. This year, USDA committed $2.80 for every $1 from producer funds. This allowed wheat growers to invest only ¼ penny per bushel to fund over $17 million in foreign market development.
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