Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers
Invest in Your Industry
MAWG membership support brings you information and insight to help manage today's farming challenges. Your membership supports one of the finest information systems any association can boast of. Please consider becoming a MAWG member today by printing out our membership form [membership form] and returning it along with your check to the MAWG office. Or, you can now register online at
www.smallgrains.org/secure/memform.asp.
For more information or if you have questions, please give us a call at 800-242-6118 or 218-253-4311, extension 13.
Remember, our strength is in our membership. It is our members who give us the political and economic strength that allows us to represent Minnesota wheat growers.
Membership Matters
For 33 years, the Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers has been working to represent YOU, the producer, at the state and national level. MAWG funds a lobbyist to voice your concerns in St. Paul and Washington DC.
As a member of MAWG you are also a member of the National Association of Wheat Growers. A portion of your MAWG dues goes to the National Association of Wheat Growers. NAWG funds lobbyists to represent the wheat industry in Washington DC.
Membership dues in the MAWG fund lobbying efforts on issues that improve profits for Minnesota wheat producers and support educational programs. Many important projects and policies have become reality because of the efforts of MAWG.
Everyone pays the wheat check-off, however that does not make you a member of MAWG. Checkoff dollars and MAWG membership dues support different activities.
Check-off dollars fund the Minnesota Wheat Research and Promotion Council (MWRPC). The MWRPC directs those funds to develop new wheat varieties, improve production, find new uses and help promote wheat exports and domestic uses of wheat.
The MAWG and MWRPC work together on grower education and promotion of the wheat industry.
Legislative Priorities
Agricultural Disaster Assistance:
The Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers, along with neighboring state wheat associations and the National Association of Wheat Growers worked to convince the U.S. Congress and the White House that agriculture disaster assistance is needed throughout the country.
Technology and Research:
MAWG understands the pressing need to find ways to keep wheat production viable in Minnesota. We have prioritized the investment and adoption of new technology and research that can increase our yields and/or reduce our cost of production. We will lobby for additional research funding for high yielding spring and winter wheat adapted to our area. In addition, we will encourage the commercialization of biotechnology in wheat that can help reduce yield and quality losses due to wheat scab.
Conservation Programs:
MAWG places a high priority on developing conservation programs that can work for growers in Minnesota’s unique growing regions and environment. It is a priority to make sure funding for conservation programs do not come at the expense of commodity programs.
We have prioritized programs that help growers implement conservation programs, over the programs that reward only the conservation programs that have already been implemented. Incentives are needed, such as EQIP, to help implement and experiment with new conservation practices that may be unproven on individual farms.
Communications and Information:
MAWG places a high priority on developing and offering wheat related educational/informational programs that can help improve the bottom line of your wheat enterprise. We also place a high priority on cooperative efforts that makes the programming more valuable and access able to our members.
Membership Benefits
- Wheat Grower focused lobbying efforts at the state and federal level
Free Registration to the Prairie Grains Conference held annually in December (Banquet and Informational Meetings included)
Free registration to educational and informational meetings held throughout the year.
Membership in the National Association of Wheat Growers
Membership recognition in the Prairie Grains Magazine
Small Grains Update Newsletter
MAWG on Ice, annually, February of each year (reduced registration fee for members)
Wheat Open Golf Tournament, annually, July of each year (reduced registration fee for members)
Mymobilefarm.com - market text messaging service where you will get the markets of your choice text messaged right to your phone when you choose.
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For membership questions and other details, call 800-242-6118 ext. 13.