Growers ask for no changes in grain inspection procedures
Wheat growers have expressed concern to Congress that potential changes to grain inspection procedures threatens to disrupt exports. In a letter to the House Agriculture Committee, the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) asked that the Grains Standards Act, which is up for reauthorization at the end of September, not include provisions that would “undermine the current system of inspections.” The group points to last year’s disruption at a United Grain facility in the Pacific Northwest as a potential threat to American exports.
“Our overseas customers have come to trust the current system. It is vital that we remain the world’s reliable supplier of wheat,” says NAWG President Brett Blankenship.