US Hard Red Winter (HRW) wheat exports are forecast to fall to their lowest level since the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) began tracking such data in 1973, according to a recent report from the Economic Research Service (ERS). The ERS projected HRW exports to decline to 155 million tonnes, revised downward by 10 million tonnes from its August projection. HRW supplies have seen a long-term downturn in US acreage as corn and soy have gained acreage in many locations,” the ERS said. “At the same time, international wheat competition has surged, resulting in exports of this class being less competitive on the global market.”

The U.N. World Food Program (WFP), the largest anti-hunger initiative around the globe, is grappling with the worst funding shortage in its 60-year history and "we are in a desperate situation," Executive Director Cindy McCain said on Sunday. "It's a combination of things -- it's COVID, it's climate change, it's conflict and also the cost of being able to do business," McCain told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl about the reasons behind the lack of money. "Those things combined and, of course, a world that has kind of grown tired of all this. There's a great malaise right now within countries about foreign aid and giving.

Join NAWG’s advocacy campaign to engage with legislators on increasing Market Access Program (MAP) and Foreign Market Development (FMD) programs authorized in the Farm Bill. MAP’s authorized funding has not changed since 2006 and FMD funding has remained the same since 2002. Inflation and sequestration have significantly eroded our ability to compete with other countries who are steadily investing more in their agricultural export promotion efforts. Please visit NAWG’s website to participate in the grassroots efforts to make your voice heard.

Global trade has gotten more complicated over the past few years, and the events taking place in the Black Sea region have escalated concerns, according to a top economist who says the world's economies are entering a new era of "slowbalization." Unfortunately, it’s an ongoing trend analysts fear is going to escalate due to all the geopolitical issues throughout the world, said Tanner Ehmke, lead economist for grains and oilseeds with CoBank.

U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) today thank Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN), Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE) for introduction of the American Farmers Feed the World Act of 2023 in the U.S. Senate. The bi-partisan legislation would restore the original intent of the Food for Peace program without spending additional Farm Bill resources, while also safeguarding the interests of hard-working American farmers in providing food to those in need around the world.

The Department of Agriculture has agreed to use Commodity Credit Corporation funds to spend nearly $1.4 billion on a program to help farm groups market their commodities overseas, and another $1.1 billion to pay for commodity-based international food aid, according to sources. The market promotion funding would establish a Regional Agricultural Trade Promotion program that would be similar to an effort launched by the Trump administration during the trade war with China.

The farms of Neil Durrant and Adam Young are separated by 260 miles of southern Idaho, and while they both depend on irrigation water for their crops, the challenges they face in securing it are different. Durrant’s family farms about 1,500 acres in the Meridian-Kuna area in the high-growth southwest region of Idaho, the second-fastest growing state in the U.S. “Everything we farm right now is surrounded by development,” he said, adding that with development comes more demand for water.