Wheat groups welcome new funding for food assistance

U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) are pleased that U.S. wheat farmers will be able to help increase global food assistance under a new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funding program. USDA and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will invest $1 billion in Commodity Credit Corporation funding to provide for the purchase,…