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For Immediate Release
Contact: Mariah Wollweber, 202.975.1249, mwollweber@wheatworld.org
Field to Market Releases National Indicators Report
Washington, D.C. (December 8, 2021) – Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, released their “Environmental Indicators for Measuring Outcomes of On Farm Agricultural Production in the United States” also known as the National Indicators Report, which analyzes trends over time in sustainability performance for U.S. commodity crop systems, providing a critical assessment of where U.S. agriculture has made progress in driving improved environmental outcomes.
The main areas of observation are land use, soil erosion, irrigation water use, energy use, and greenhouse gas emissions. Key findings for wheat were indicative of improved sustainability practices. In almost every category wheat saw an improvement in its sustainability efforts. Over the last decade we have seen strong advances in the environmental indicators for land use, energy use, and irrigation water use. View the full report here.
“The increasing sustainability efforts of wheat is great news and highlighted the environmentally friendly practices wheat growers are implementing,” said NAWG CEO, Chandler Goule. “However, if we want to keep seeing these improvements, new technology and advancement is necessary. To further these improved environmental outcomes, there needs to be ongoing investments in research and development in technology, crop protection tools, and wheat seed varieties.
Wheat growers must be economically sustainable to make ongoing investments and improvements in their operations to become more efficient and lead to continued advancements in environmental outcomes. We appreciate Field to Market’s work in developing this report and providing the science behind wheat’s sustainability story.
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About NAWG
NAWG is the primary policy representative in Washington D.C. for wheat growers, working to ensure a better future for America’s growers, the industry and the general public. NAWG works with a team of 20 state wheat grower organizations to benefit the wheat industry at the national level. From their offices on Capitol Hill, NAWG’s staff members are in constant contact with state association representatives, NAWG grower leaders, Members of Congress, Congressional staff members, Administration officials and the public.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]