Part 2: Wheat as Fish Food

Today is part two of our series on wheat in agriculture. Us. Wheat Associates says the South American salmon market is just the beginning. Director of Communications with US Wheat, Julia Debes, says the organization is now working to grow its footprint in fish farming markets around the world.

“South America is kind of our Pioneer market that we're working with on these but there are other aquaculture market in other parts of the world. So Southeast Asia obviously has a lot of aquaculture production. Some opportunities there, obviously very competitive on the supplies that they can get. But aquaculture is a growing industry around the world. And so as we kind of get this foothold and this really good technical understanding of what exactly, what kind of wheat, what varieties of wheat, really best perform for this market, we'll be able to apply that to other markets in other parts of the world.”

For American wheat farmers, the best says international market expansion like this means a long-term opportunity for growers.

“Where are the places where we can find new areas of growth and new areas of demand on behalf of us wheat farmers, and how do we position us wheat farmers and showcase all of the great aspects of the reliability, the quality, the value of the US wheat supply system?”

Julia Debes with US Wheat Associates.