Visitors to the Wheat Industry Booth at the 2013 Commodity Classic are getting the opportunity to learn about the important role wheat plays in human lives and to express their opinions to their legislators.

Kissimmee, Fla. – Montana wheat and barley farmer Bing Von Bergen was elected and installed as the new president of the National Association of Wheat Growers at the Association’s Board of Directors meeting Thursday.

U.S. wheat growers have left their cold, snowy farms for the warmer – if not windier – climes of Kissimmee, Fla., and the 2013 Commodity Classic.

The National Association of Wheat Growers presented its highest Congressional award to Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) on Tuesday, as wheat growers in her home state confirmed their affiliation with the national association.

A statement from National Association of Wheat Growers President Erik Younggren, a wheat, soybean and sugar beet farmer from Hallock, Minn.

The 2008 law governing many of our nation’s farm policies expired on Sunday, September 30th, and the 2012 Farm Bill needed to replace it is bottled up in Congress. While the Senate and the House Agriculture Committees were both able to pass their versions of the new farm bill, the full House was unable to [...]

A statement from National Association of Wheat Growers President Erik Younggren, a wheat and sugar beet farmer from Hallock, Minn.

Farmers from around the country put on business suits and headed to the Capitol lawn Wednesday, united with nutrition, energy and conservation advocates in a clear message: pass a farm bill, now.

The following is National Assoication of Wheat Growers’s (NAWG’s) statement to The View regarding Wheat Belly claims discussed during the Sept. 11, 2012, episode:

The National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) and 38 other national agricultural organizations issued a statement Wednesday regarding the need for Congress to pass a new, comprehensive, five-year farm bill before current farm programs expire in September.