NAWG Press Releases

  Wheat Industry Welcomes U.S.-Japan Trade Deal Washington, D.C. (August 26, 2019) – Yesterday, President Trump announced a trade agreement in principle between the United States and Japan that will keep exports of U.S. wheat flowing to a very large and crucial market for U.S. farmers. “We are very happy that this agreement will end […]

Washington, D.C. (August 06, 2019) – Yesterday, marked the closing of comment period for the U.S Department of Agriculture’s proposed rule changes to regulations in 7 CFR part 340, “Introductions of Organisms and Products Altered or Produced Through Genetic Engineering Which are Plant Pests or Which There is Reason to Believe are Plant Pests”. NAWG submitted comments […]

Media Contact: Caitlin Eannello, 240-423-4345 (Cell) Washington, D.C. (July 31, 2019) – Today, the Senate Committee on Agriculture held a hearing looking at perspectives around reauthorizing the Grain Standards Act. Brian Linin, a wheat farmer from Goodland, Kansas, testified on behalf of the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) on the importance of reauthorizing the Grain Standards Act. […]

Media Contact: Caitlin Eannello, 240-423-4345 (Cell) Washington, D.C. (July 25, 2019) – On July 25, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced details of its latest $16 billion in aid to offset trade damages, including another round of market facilitation program (MFP) payments of $14.5 billion for farmers who are being impacted by the current trade war with […]

For Immediate Release Contact:    Caitlin Eannello, NAWG Director of Communications, 240-423-4345 (Cell)  Washington, D.C. (June 13, 2019) – Nearly 1,000 groups representing the U.S. food and agriculture value chain at the national, state and local levels have called on Congress to support the ratification of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). In a letter sent to Congress, […]

  For Immediate Release: June 7, 2019 Contact: Caitlin Eannello, Director of Communications, National Association of Wheat Growers ceannello@wheatworld.org, (202) 547-7800 Steve Mercer, Vice President of Communications, U.S. Wheat Associates smercer@uswheat.org, (703) 650-0251     Joint Statement from USW and NAWG on New Discovery of GE Wheat Plants U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and the National Association of […]

Washington, D.C. (June 06, 2019) – On June 05, 2019, the National Association of Wheat Growers submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s request for comments on a petition filed by several special interest groups to reduce the tolerance of glyphosate in or on oats and requiring glyphosate-containing product labels to explicitly prohibit preharvest […]

For Immediate Release: May 31, 2019 Contact: Caitlin Eannello, Director of Communications, National Association of Wheat Growers ceannello@wheatworld.org, (202) 547-7800 Steve Mercer, Vice President of Communications, U.S. Wheat Associates smercer@uswheat.org, (703) 650-0251   Washington, D.C. – U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) are shocked and dismayed by President Donald Trump’s unilateral […]

For Immediate Release                     Contact:    Caitlin Eannello, 240-423-4345 (Cell)  Washington, D.C. (May 23, 2019) – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that the White House has authorized the Agency to provide up to $16 billion dollars in assistance to farmers who are being impacted by the U.S. trade war with China and other trade […]

For Immediate Release: May 17, 2019 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   Washington, D.C. – The announcement today that Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Mexico and Canada will be removed is an […]

Washington, D.C. (May 15, 2019) – Today, the USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced that it will hold a continuous signup period for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) beginning June 3, 2019 and offer extensions for expiring CRP contracts. NAWG commends the Agency for recognizing the need to provide producers an option to extend contracts […]

  For Immediate Release Contact: Caitlin Eannello, NAWG, ceannello@wheatworld.org 202-547-7800 Wendy Brannen, ASA, wbrannen@soy.org 202-969-7040 Liz Friedlander, NCGA, friedlander@ncga.com 202-362-0644   Washington, D.C. (May 10, 2019) –Today, the U.S. Trade Representative moved forward with increasing the tariff rate from 10 to 25 percent on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. Farmers across the country are […]