Brooke Shupe has joined the National Association of Wheat Growers’ (NAWG’s) Washington, D.C.-based staff to focus on risk management programs.

The following is a statement from Erik Younggren, National Association of Wheat Growers president and a wheat farmer from Hallock, Minn., on the pending Senate Agriculture Committee mark-up of the 2012 Farm Bill.

In a letter to Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Ranking Member Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) this morning, a group of eight prominent agricultural associations voiced its support for the Senate’s approach to the 2012 Farm Bill, and raised several issues related to commodity and risk management programs. Co-signed by the American Farm Bureau [...]

The U.S. wheat industry welcomes the announcement by U.S. President Barack Obama and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos that the countries will implement the U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement (FTA) on May 15. The U.S.-Colombia FTA is vital to the wheat industry’s efforts to rebuild market share in one of the largest markets for U.S. wheat in South America.