Plains Grains Inc
About Plains Grains Inc
Plains Grains Inc. gives hard red winter wheat producers, grain companies, and flour millers something practical to work with: timely quality and production data. It tests annual samples, publishes the results, and helps the people buying and handling wheat make smarter market decisions. For donors, the appeal is simple, this is the kind of behind-the-scenes work that helps a regional wheat market function with clearer information and stronger buyer relationships.
Plains Grains Inc. stays tightly focused on hard red winter wheat, and that specificity is the point. Its annual sampling, lab testing, public reporting, and relationship-building all stay aimed at one thing, helping the HRW wheat market understand what this crop is and how it performs.
Programs
The concrete work this nonprofit runs. Each program may later become a fundable project.
Hard red winter wheat quality survey
Conducts an annual quality survey of hard red winter wheat, taking samples, sending them to wheat quality labs, and sharing the results publicly.
Quality testing and reporting
Provides timely quality and production data, including wheat grading, kernel quality, flour data, dough data, and baking data.
Buyer relationship development and marketing support
Connects producers, elevators, grain handlers, and domestic and foreign flour millers and helps market the quality characteristics of HRW wheat.
Public education on U.S. wheat and agriculture
Educates the public through a newsletter, exhibits, lectures, films, demonstrations, and research.
About this work
Mission
Plains Grains Inc. serves hard red winter wheat producers through quality testing, timely reporting, enhanced marketing, and the development of buyer relationships. It gathers and delivers timely quality and production data, cultivates relationships among producers, grain handlers, and domestic and foreign millers, and markets the quality characteristics of annual HRW wheat to interested buyers.
Who they serve
Hard red winter wheat producers, grain companies, domestic and foreign flour millers, and wheat buyers
In their words
I am most excited to get all the states to work together and show how beneficial hard winter wheat is to the world.
I want to ensure we are providing reliable, accurate information for overseas buyers and maintain strong connections with U.S. Wheat.
Events
Annual meeting
annualBrings together representatives from across the hard red winter wheat region to discuss crop conditions, officer elections, market issues, priorities for the year ahead, and survey improvements.
Recognition & press
Partners & funders
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this nonprofit and how its work happens.
What happens to the hard red winter wheat samples Plains Grains collects?
They are collected from the HRW wheat region, sent to wheat quality labs for testing, and then the results are shared publicly and with industry and state partners.
Who uses the quality information Plains Grains provides?
Producers, elevators, grain handlers, domestic and foreign flour millers, and buyers use the data when making purchasing decisions.
What kinds of information are included in the regional report?
The report includes crop production review and analysis, wheat grading data, kernel quality data, flour data, dough data, and baking data.
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