USW proudly represents the hard-working farm families that produce enough wheat every year to fill American tables, while still supplying a substantial share of world wheat trade.
USW promotes the reliability, quality and value of all six U.S. wheat classes to wheat buyers, millers, bakers, food processors and government officials in more than 100 countries around the world.
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Wheat Letter, the official blog of U.S. Wheat Associates, covers world supply and demand, trade policy, crop quality and other wheat industry news.
Weekly Harvest Report
Every Friday through the U.S. harvest season (May to October), U.S. Wheat Associates and its partner organizations compile a Harvest Report. It includes updates on crop quality, harvest progress and crop conditions for hard red winter, soft red winter, hard red spring, soft white and durum wheat.
Weekly Price Report
Every Friday, U.S. Wheat Associates compiles information from market sources, including U.S. wheat exporters of all classes from various U.S. ports. The prices represent the value of number two grade and the proteins indicated.
USW develops, maintains and expands international markets to enhance wheat’s profitability for U.S. wheat producers and its value for their customers.
U.S. farmers
produce about
2.1 Billion bushels of wheat every year.
The United States exports enough wheat
every year to fill a train
2,320
miles long from Houston, Texas, to Portland, Oregon.
Every year
it takes about
500
Panamax size cargo ships to deliver U.S. wheat around the world.
The world uses U.S. wheat
as an essential ingredient in more than
200
different types of food.
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