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NAWG/U.S. Wheat Joint Statement: Vietnam to Eliminate U.S. Wheat Import Tariff
November 16, 2021
ARLINGTON, Virginia — Today’s announcement that Vietnam’s government will eliminate a 3 percent tariff on U.S. wheat imports effective December 30, 2021, is welcome news to producers at home and their customers and wheat food processors in Vietnam. As we reported … Continue reading
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NAWG Statement on President Biden Signing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into Law
November 15, 2021
Washington, D.C. – Today, President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) into law. The $1.2 trillion package not only reauthorizes the surface transportation programs for five years, but also makes a $550 billion investment on top … Continue reading
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The National Wheat Foundation Begins Accepting Applications for Scholarship Honoring Ag Students
November 1, 2021
Washington, D.C. – The National Wheat Foundation officially began accepting applications for the Jerry Minore Scholarship, honoring students pursuing a career in agriculture. The scholarship is available to both high school and college students for the 2022 academic year, with … Continue reading
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NAWG Welcomes EPA’s Appointment of Rod Snyder
October 7, 2021
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan announced the appointment of Rod Snyder to serve as the Agriculture Advisor. The National Association of Wheat Growers welcomes the EPA’s appointment of Rod Synder. “We are pleased with the … Continue reading
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Continuing Resolution Provides Disaster Aid Funding
September 30, 2021
Today, Congress passed a continuing resolution to fund the federal government through December 3, 2021. The stopgap spending bill includes a disaster aid component, which provides $10 billion in agricultural disaster aid through the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus … Continue reading
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NAWG Testifies on Carbon Markets before the House Agriculture Committee
September 23, 2021
Washington, D.C. – National Association of Wheat Growers President and Cass City, MI wheat farmer, Dave Milligan, testified in front of the House of Agriculture Committee. This morning, the full committee held a hearing on Voluntary Carbon Markets in Agriculture … Continue reading
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NAWG Responds to Ways and Means Advancing Reconciliation Tax Changes
September 16, 2021
Washington, D.C. (September 16, 2021) – Yesterday, the House Ways and Means Committees advanced its contributions to the proposed $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package, which included provisions to offset components of the bill. The National Association of Wheat Growers is … Continue reading
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NAWG Opposes Changes to NWPR
September 2, 2021
Washington, D.C. – On July 9, 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced their intent to initiate a new rulemaking process that replaces the Navigable Waters Protection Rule and announced a request for stakeholder input. … Continue reading
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U.S. Wheat Associates Welcomes Suspension of Vietnam Wheat Import Tariff
August 25, 2021
ARLINGTON, Virginia — U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) is grateful to the Biden Administration and USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) for their work alongside Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance to reduce the cost of wheat for Vietnam’s millers and consumers. As part … Continue reading
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USDA Accepts 2.8 Million Acres for the Conservation Reserve Program
August 23, 2021
From USDA-FSA Expects to reverse the trend of declining enrollment The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has accepted 2.8 million acres in offers from agricultural producers and private landowners for enrollment into the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in 2021. This … Continue reading
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Colorado and Kansas Lead Effort to Promote Hard White Wheat
August 23, 2021
By Brad Erker – Executive Director, Colorado Wheat I remember looking at my first field of hard white winter (HWW) wheat many years ago, it was probably about 1994. I honestly can’t remember the variety, but I do remember thinking … Continue reading
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PlainsGold to Market New Semi-Solid Wheat Variety
August 18, 2021
PlainsGold® will market Amplify SF in 2021, a new hard red winter wheat variety that was developed to help wheat growers combat the wheat stem sawfly. Amplify SF carries a stem-solidness trait that helps defend against the wheat stem sawfly, … Continue reading
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Senate Passes Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
August 10, 2021
From NAWG Earlier today, the United States Senate passed a historic infrastructure bill after several months of negotiations. The roughly $1 trillion bipartisan bill was passed by a vote of 69 to 30, receiving strong bipartisan support and includes $550 … Continue reading
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CSU Wheat Planting Decisions Webinar
August 10, 2021
Colorado State University (CSU), the Crop Testing Program, and CSU Extension are inviting wheat growers to the Annual Wheat Planting Decision Webinar. The meeting will be live-online on August 18th at 8:30 am via Zoom, and will be recorded and … Continue reading
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2021 Colorado Wheat Harvest Update
July 30, 2021
July 30, 2021 Wheat harvest in Colorado is coming to a close and this will be the last harvest report of 2021. According to the July 30th Plains Grains, Inc. Harvest Report, Colorado’s wheat harvest is 99% complete. There is … Continue reading
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Colorado Wheat Outlook Report – June 25, 2021
June 25, 2021
This week the overall crop condition improved slightly according to the NASS Crop Condition Report. Last weekend a good portion of Eastern Colorado saw moisture, although some of it unfortunately came with hail. More rain and severe weather are in … Continue reading
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Colorado Wheat Disease Newsletter
June 21, 2021
Dr. Robyn Roberts Field Crops Pathologist and CSU Assistant Professor Robyn.Roberts@colostate.edu* 970-491-8239; @RobynRobertsPhD (Twitter) *Email is the best way to reach me Colorado Wheat Field Days Summary It was great meeting many of you at the Colorado Wheat Field Days … Continue reading
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Wheat Organizations Welcome End to U.S.-EU Aircraft Trade Dispute
June 15, 2021
Washington D.C. (June 15, 2021) – U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) congratulate the Biden Administration and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai for resolving the long-running World Trade Organization dispute over aircraft subsidies and suspending retaliatory … Continue reading
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Colorado Wheat Disease Newsletter
June 7, 2021
Dr. Robyn Roberts Field Crops Pathologist and Assistant Professor Robyn.Roberts@colostate.edu* 970-491-8239; @RobynRobertsPhD (Twitter) *Email is the best way to reach me I hope to see many of you at the Colorado Wheat Field Days June 10-15! Please email me if … Continue reading
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2021 Colorado Wheat Field Days Schedule
June 1, 2021
The 2021 Colorado Wheat Field Days will be held June 10-15 at ten different variety trial sites throughout Eastern Colorado (schedule below). The field days are jointly hosted by the Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee (CWAC), the Colorado Association of Wheat … Continue reading
