The Idaho Wheat Commission (IWC) commissioners nominated and unanimously elected commissioner Wayne Hurst, Declo, to serve as the Commission Chairman for the 2024 fiscal year. At the same time, commissioner Bill Flory, Culdesac, was nominated and elected to serve as Vice-Chairman for the same period. Clark Hamilton and Wayne Hurst previously held the positions of Chair and Vice-Chair, respectively.

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India has imposed a limit on the amount of wheat stocks traders can hold in an effort to bring down prices, food secretary Sanjeev Chopra told reporters on Monday. The world's second biggest wheat producer will also provide 1.5 million tonnes of wheat to bulk consumers such as flour millers, as part of efforts to bring down prices, which have risen 8% in a month, Chopra said. "Unscrupulous elements are hoarding wheat stocks and that's why prices are rising," he said.

The news that U.S. flour milling companies have imported European wheat has raised concerns and frustrations for U.S. wheat stakeholders. To an organization like U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) that with our state wheat commission members promotes exports on behalf of U.S. wheat farmers, such news is particularly disappointing. After all, U.S. farmers produce enough wheat each year to meet domestic demand and still offer about half the crop to export markets.

The cost of exporting wheat from inland elevators would increase "dramatically" if the lower Snake River dams are breached, preventing the use of barges, industry leaders say. The impact of removing the dams would be "significant" for overseas customers, said Britany Hurst Marchant, executive director of the Idaho Wheat Commission. "The price of wheat would increase because the price of freight would increase and those costs have to be offset somehow," she said.

In its monthly Wheat Outlook report this week, the USDA’s Economic Research Service indicated that, “Global wheat production is forecast at a record 800.2 million metric tons (MMT), up 10.4 MMT from the May forecast. The European Union is currently forecast as the top wheat producer at 140.5 MMT, up 1.5 MMT on favorable growing conditions in France, Hungary, and Italy. While China and India are the second and third leading producers, production in those countries is largely unavailable to the global market.

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