ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, US — US Wheat Associates (USW), the market development organization for the US wheat industry, will move its West Coast office to the World Trade Center in Portland, Oregon, US, effective Aug. 1.
Five full-time employees in the West Coast office provide market development support for USW’s 13 overseas offices, hosting overseas and domestic visitors, liaison with West Coast grain trade, market analysis, and other activities. The address will be World Trade Center, Suite 1125, 121 SW Salmon Street, Portland, OR 97204.
“Moving after more than 30 years at the Albers Mill Building on Naito Parkway was difficult but given the changes around that location it was the right decision,” said Steve Wirsching, vice president and West Coast office director for USW. “We remain fully supportive of our technical training partnership with the Wheat Marketing Center that will be just five minutes away. I know that our staff and visiting wheat buyers will appreciate being just a short walk away from hotels, grain trade offices, and several trade-related organizations.”
USW, based in Arlington, Virginia, US, promotes all six US wheat classes to wheat buyers, millers, bakers, food processors and government officials in more than 100 countries around the world. Funding is through checkoff dollars, goods and services from 17 state wheat commissions, and cost-share grants from the Foreign Agricultural Service of the US Department of Agriculture.
