This expands the overall market size for Kansas wheat. As HDWH becomes a larger portion of Kansas wheat production, the reduced HRW production will be available to meet continuing domestic demand. This scenario will be beneficial to the market for HRW, if nothing else changes. Release to a multi-national company without a grower partnership would not meet the CFP criteria. The CFP strongly encourages development of partnerships from several segments of the wheat industry in order to develop a successful proposal.
Growers are obviously a critical part of the industry.
They must be an active player in any successful proposal. Groups with expertise in grain marketing need to be linked into the partnership, as well. The concept behind the proposal is simply that white wheat needs to be treated as a class separate from red wheat. Since that may initially add costs, this process needs to be accelerated for white wheat in order to minimize extra costs, and help white wheat become a significant portion of the wheat production stream with added market demand. Assistance is available from K-State, as outlined in the Call for Proposals, to clarify any points of confusion for any group or partnership interested in developing a proposal.