As part of a $33 billion request for Ukrainian aid, the White House would like to see wheat and oilseed production increase in the United States to help address global food shortages. President Biden is asking Congress for $500 million to fund two proposals. The first would increase the marketing assistance loan rates for food crops. The other proposal incentivizes double-cropping wheat. National Association of Wheat Growers CEO Chandler Goule says the marketing loan rate increase won’t be enough to do the job. NAWG would also like the proposal to expand beyond winter wheat to spring wheat. “The only states with winter wheat that aren’t in a drought situation right now are Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Alabama. Our analysis says if every soybean acre in those four states were double cropped to wheat, you’d only be able to make up 25 percent of the Ukraine export market. I know the White House’s goal was to make up for 50 percent.”
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