U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) have been made aware that the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries or MAFF has temporarily suspended tenders for soft white wheat from the United States because of the recent announcement from USDA that an unauthorized Roundup Ready GM trait was detected in volunteer wheat on a single farm in Oregon.

U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) have been made aware of unconfirmed reports that the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, or MAFF, has imposed an “import restriction” on soft white wheat from the United States. In fact, U.S. Wheat Associates has received no official word of such [...]

The National Association of Wheat Growers and U.S. Wheat Associates were notified Wednesday that USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed that a genetically-modified, glyphosate-resistant wheat variety that Monsanto field tested from 1998 to 2005 was present in volunteer wheat on one farm in Oregon.

A statement from National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) President Bing Von Bergen, a wheat farmer from Moccasin, Mont.

A statement from National Association of Wheat Growers President Bing Von Bergen, a wheat farmer from Moccasin, Mont.

A statement from National Association of Wheat Growers President Bing Von Bergen, a wheat farmer from Moccasin, Mont..

Longtime soybean industry executive Jim Palmer has been named chief executive officer of the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG).

As policymakers struggle to set federal funding priorities for the coming years and craft a new, five-year farm bill, wheat researchers, farmers, millers and bakers are on Capitol Hill together, pressing the importance of long-term and stable agriculture research funding.

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.