November 11 Welcome to the new U.S. Wheat Associates Web site. With an attractive design featuring U.S. wheat producers, this site provides a wider variety of valuable business information in a format that makes it more accessible than ever to overseas wheat buyers, U.S. wheat producers, other industry stakeholders, and media outlets.
November 13 The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced availability of credit guarantees for sales of U.S. agricultural commodities under the Commodity Credit Corporation's Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102) for fiscal year 2010. changes to the program were also announced.
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November 12 The European Union removed a $25/ton tariff placed on high quality durum wheat last week. The tariff had been in place since Oct. 2 but was removed after U.S. Wheat Associates and USDA, along with others in the grain industry, voiced concerns over information used to calculate the tariff.
November 18 Members of a food and agricultural coalition today issued “Importance of Trade for U.S. Agriculture,” a document underscoring the positive contributions from trade and its importance to the economic recovery and food security of the nation.
November 18 USW invited our friends to submit photos for our 2010 calendar that helps educate wheat buyers around the world. This year's calendar is built around our promise to provide "The Wheat You Want from Producers You Can Depend On." Selected photos are not posted on Flickr.
October 1 USW has released its 2008-2009 Annual Report covering global marketing activities for all six U.S. wheat classes. Funding from wheat producers and FAS helped return nearly $7 billion in U.S. wheat sales in 2008/09.