Blog: Wheat Farmers Celebrate Earth Day Every Day!

By NAWG’s 2019 Spring Intern Megan Myers On this day, Monday, April 22, 2019, we officially celebrate the 49th Earth Day! The first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970 and launched what we see currently as the modern-day environmental movement. It was “the brainchild” of Senator Gaylord Nelson and inspired by an oil […]

Media Advisory: NWF to Host Wheat Value Chain Educational Event on Capitol Hill

Washington, D.C. (February 8, 2019) – Wheat growers across the country have experienced a multitude of challenges the past couple of years, with record low commodity prices, unfair trade practices in the global market, and a bigger than expected crop yield. To educate the Administration, Members of Congress, and their staff on just how expansive […]

PRESS RELEASE: NWF Officially Opens 2019 National Wheat Yield Contest

Washington D.C. (January 17, 2019) – The National Wheat Foundation (NWF) is pleased to announce that it is accepting grower enrollment for the 2019 National Wheat Yield Contest! The Contest is divided into two primary competition categories: winter wheat and spring wheat, and two subcategories: dryland and irrigated. The Foundation is accepting entries for Winter […]