Shines new light on conflicting dietary recommendations Wheat Foods Council An important article has just been published in a highly impactful nutrition journal, Advances in Nutrition. The study, Perspective: Refined Grains and Health: Genuine Risk, or Guilt by Association? shows that current U.S. … Continued
Ag Forum discusses agricultural policy, trade in 2019 and beyond AgriLife Today Contact: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu It’s not as dire as the farm crisis seen in the 1980s, but ongoing trade uncertainty coupled with low commodity prices and rising interest … Continued
National Association of Wheat Growers and U.S. Wheat Associates Contact:Caitlin Eanello, Director of Communications, National Association of Wheat Growers ceanello@wheatworld.org, (202) 547-7800 Steve Mercer, Vice President of Communications, U.S. Wheat Associates smercer@uswheat.org, (703) 650-0251 U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and the … Continued
USDA NRCS USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced today it is seeking public input on its existing national conservation practice standards as part of implementing the 2018 Farm Bill. NRCS offers 150-plus conservation practices to America’s farmers, ranchers and forest … Continued
National Association of Wheat Growers Contact: Caitlin Eannello 240-423-4345 (Cell) Today, the White House Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Russ Vought released the President’s Fiscal Year 2020 Budget of the United States Government: “A Budget for a Better America: … Continued
Southeast Ag Net Every five years, Congress sets the course for our nation’s agricultural policy with the passage of a Farm Bill. When farm policy critics predictably suggested that Congress use the 2018 Farm Bill to undermine the critical safety … Continued
Texas Row Crops Newsletter By Dr. Clark Neely, Small Grains Extension Specialist, College Station | 979-862-1412 | cbneely@tamu.edu Dr. Reagan Noland, Regional Extension Agronomist. San Angelo | 325-657-7330 | Reagan.Noland@ag.tamu.edu Recent cold temperatures experienced across the state are causing some alarm for … Continued
Ben Scholz, a wheat producer from Lavon, Texas, was recently selected as the president of National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) during their annual meeting at Commodity Classic on March 1. Scholz has been farming since his graduation from Texas … Continued
National Corn Growers Association, American Soybean Association, National Association of Wheat Growers, National Sorghum Producers Contact: Liz Friedlander, NCGA, friedlander@ncga.com 202-362-0644 Wendy Brannen, ASA, wbrannen@soy.org 202-969-7040 Caitlin Eannello, NAWG, ceannello@wheatworld.org 202-547-7800 Jennifer Blackburn, NSP, jennifer@sorghumgrowers.com 806-749-3478 The National Corn Growers Association, American Soybean Association, National Association of Wheat … Continued
U.S. Wheat Associates Contact: Steve Mercer, USW Vice President of Communications, smercer@uswheat.org, (703) 650-0251 U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) welcomes the ruling today by a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute panel that Chinese government payments to farmers for wheat exceed China’s aggregate measure … Continued