Key Programs and Services
The Wheat Marketing Center (WMC) is one of the technical crossroads of the international wheat industry, providing technical training and grower workshops, innovative research, product development, and crop quality testing services. WMC focuses on promoting U.S. wheat by demonstrating its quality and functionality in Asian noodles, crackers and biscuits, tortillas and flatbread, and other baked products. Pilot scale production lines (pictured above), state-of-the-art quality testing equipment, and rich technical expertise provide great value to our state wheat commission partners, wheat industry stakeholders, and millers and food manufacturers around the world.
This Week: September 20-26
This week the CQ team is focused on flour analysis. The milling of PNW composite samples is complete and the lab team is performing the range of flour tests including protein, ash, wet gluten, falling number and SRC. Bon and Kin may also start on cookie baking if time allows. Janice will provide an update to the Oregon Wheat Commission, and we say goodbye to CQ intern Michelle Wong. Michelle was a great asset this season and we wish her the best as she returns to her studies at Portland State University.
Wheat Innovation Lab Videos
Learn more about the pilot production lines in the Wheat Innovation Lab by clicking here.
News and Updates
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Partners of the Month: Sept 2021
This month we welcome four new faces to the wheat industry in the Pacific Northwest:
- Garrett Dudley (top left), Manager of Research and Collaboration, Idaho Wheat Commission
- Corey Shrader (bottom left), Program and Office Coordinator, Oregon Wheat Commission
- Lori Maricle (bottom right), Communications Director, Washington Grain Commission
- Tyllor Ledford (top right), Assistant Director, USW West Coast Office
All except Garrett have had the opportunity to tour the Wheat Marketing Center and learn about the annual Crop Quality testing project. We look forward to welcoming Garrett when his schedule allows. WMC works closely with the PNW commissions and USW to gather and analyze hundreds of harvest samples and to provide results to customers around the world. Welcome to the new PNW-based staff!
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2021 YTD Activity at Wheat Marketing Center
AS OF AUGUST 2021