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Few people on Earth have reached closer to its center than Buzz Speyrer, a drilling engineer with a long career in oil and gas. It’s about 1,800 miles down to the core, smoldering from celestial impacts that date back billions of years and stoked to this day by friction and radioactivity. That heat percolating upwards turns the rock above into a viscous liquid and beyond that into a gelatinous state that geologists call plastic. It’s only within about 100 miles of the surface that rock becomes familiar and hard and drillable.

Right now, Speyrer’s equipment is about 8,500 feet below us, or about 2 percent of the way through that layer, where the heat is already so great that every extra foot, every extra inch, is a hard-won victory. Down there, any liquid you pumped in would become, as Speyrer puts it, hot enough to deep fry a turkey. “Imagine that splashing you,” he says. At that temperature, about 450 degrees Fahrenheit (228 degrees Celsius) his gear can start having problems. Electronics fail. Bearings warp. Hundreds of thousands dollars worth of equipment might go down a borehole, and if it breaks down there, make sure it doesn’t get stuck. In that case, best to just plug that hole, which probably cost millions to drill, tally up your losses, and move on.

Even when things are going well down there, it’s hard to know from up here on the Earth’s surface. “It’s frustrating as hell,” says Joseph Moore, a geologist at the University of Utah, as he watches the halting movements of a 160-foot-tall rig through a trailer window. It’s a cool day in 2022, in a remote western Utah county named Beaver, a breeze whipping off the Mineral Mountains toward hog farms and wind turbines on the valley floor below. The rig looks much like any oil and gas installation dotting the American West. But there are no hydrocarbons in the granite below us, only heat.

Since 2018, Moore has led a $220 million bet by the US Department of Energy (DOE), called FORGE, or the Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy, that this heat can be harnessed to produce electricity in most parts of the world. Geothermal energy is today a rare resource, tapped only in places where the crust has cracked a little and heat mingles with groundwater, producing hot springs or geysers that can power electricity-generating turbines. But such watery hot spots are rare. Iceland, straddling two diverging tectonic plates, hits a geological jackpot and produces about a quarter of its electricity that way; in Kenya, volcanism in the Great Rift Valley helps push that figure to more than 40 percent. In the US, it’s just 0.4 percent, almost all of it coming from California and Nevada.

Yet there’s hot rock everywhere, if you drill deep enough. Moore’s project is trying to create an “enhanced” geothermal system, or EGS, by reaching hot, dense rock like granite, cracking it open to form a reservoir, and then pumping in water to soak up heat. The water is then drawn up through a second well, emerging a few hundred degrees hotter than it was before: an artificial hot spring that can drive steam turbines. That design can sound straightforward, plumbing water from point A to point B, but despite a half-century of work, the complexities of engineering and geology have meant no one has managed to make EGS work at practical scale—yet.

Moore is trying to demonstrate it can be done. And in the process, maybe he can get more entrepreneurs and investors as hyped about geothermal as he is. Renewable electricity generation, whether from sun or wind or hot ground, typically offers steady but unremarkable returns once the power starts flowing. That’s fine if your upfront costs are cheap—a requirement wind turbines and solar panels now generally meet. Geothermal happens to require a risky multimillion-dollar drilling project to get started. While clean, dependable power derived from the Earth’s core can complement the on-again, off-again juice from wind and solar, there are safer underground bets for those with the expertise and financing to drill: A geothermal well might take 15 years to pay for itself; a natural gas rig does it in two.

No surprise, then, that there are 2 million active oil and gas wells worldwide, but only 15,000 for geothermal, according to Norwegian energy consultancy Rystad Energy. Nearly all are hydrothermal, relying on those natural sources of hot water. Only a few are EGS. A trio of operating plants in eastern France produce only a trickle of power, having drilled into relatively cool rock. Then there are hotter experiments, like here in Utah and across the border in Nevada, where a Houston startup called Fervo is working to connect two wells of its own, a project that is meant to provide clean power to a Google data center.

Moore believes FORGE can make EGS more attractive by showing it’s possible to go hotter. Every extra degree should mean more energy zapped into the grid and more profit. But drilling hot and hard granite, rather than cooler and softer shale that gas frackers like Speyrer typically split apart, isn’t trivial. Nor is drilling the wide wells required to move large volumes of water for a geothermal plant. Thus, a chicken-and-egg problem: The geothermal industry needs tools and techniques adapted from oil and gas—and in some cases, entirely new ones—but because nobody knows whether EGS will work, they don’t exist yet. Which is where FORGE comes in, playing a role Moore describes as “de-risking” the tools and methods. “Nobody is going to spend that money unless I spend that money,” he says.

In Beaver County, his team is testing a bridge plug—a cap, essentially—that will seal off a section of pipe so that water can be forced into surrounding rock with enough force to crack granite. It’s late morning and a dozen water tankers are parked in imposing formation next to the rig. Around lunchtime, they’ll test whether the plug can hold the pressure, and before dinner should fire “the guns”—small explosive charges—to perforate the pipe. Then they’ll push in the water to split the rock in time for a midnight snack—“if everything goes smoothly,” Moore says.

In other words, a pretty standard frack, the technique that has flooded the US with a bounty of natural gas over the past 15 years. But don’t use the f-word too liberally, please—it’s rather taboo in geothermal, even though the industry’s future may depend on the technology. The sensitivity is not just about the association with fossil fuels. Frack in the wrong place, over some hidden fault, and the earth can tremble with damaging intensity.

The team is closely watching data recorded by eight geophones—acoustic detectors that pick up seismic waves—hanging in nearby boreholes. So far, the only clear signal is that it’s really hot down there. A few minutes before the start of the pressure test, John McLennan, a chemical engineer co-managing the frack, arrives in the trailer with bad news about a pair of geophones.

“Both of them have failed,” he says. “Just can’t handle the temperature.”

“I’m too old for this,” Moore replies.

It had been a long few days. It wasn’t supposed to be a 24-hour operation, but here they were, delayed by high winds and malfunctioning equipment, another long day and night ahead. Now he’d lost a pair of crucial ears telling him what was going on beneath the surface.

While the FORGE team preps for the frack, Moore and I drive into the Mineral Mountains to see why geothermal energy has thus far fallen short of its potential. We stop at the perimeter fence of the Blundell Geothermal Plant, which sits a few miles from FORGE, on the eastern edge of a hot zone stretching hundreds of miles west to the Pacific. The appeal of the location is obvious. Near the site, fissures in the rock reveal places where hot water has burbled to the surface, carrying minerals that hardened into rivulets of crystal. A few hundred feet away, sulfurous clouds rise from the soil around a 19th-century shed where cowboys and miners once took hot soaks.

The plant, which is owned by Portland-based electric utility PacifiCorp, was built during a geothermal boom during the 1970s oil crisis. But by the time its turbines began spinning in 1984, energy prices had fallen and the boom was already fading. The vast majority of US plants operating today still date back to the 1980s—a painful fact for a geothermal enthusiast like Moore. His own journey in the industry began around that time, as he transitioned away from an earlier career prospecting for uranium deposits—itself then a waning industry—that had initially brought him to Utah from his native New York City.

He considers Blundell especially underutilized, pointing to turbines that could be upgraded to produce more energy and spots where PacifiCorp could drill more hydrothermal wells. “It’s just risk aversion,” he says. “They say, ‘I can’t see what’s underground, so I’m skeptical about drilling.’” (PacifiCorp did not respond to requests for comment.)

Only a few companies are exploring new hydrothermal locations. One of them is Reno-based Ormat Technologies, which owns and operates more than 20 geothermal plants worldwide. Paul Thomsen, the company’s vice president for business development, tells me how Ormat established its business by purchasing existing plants and updating their turbines to draw more power from the same hot water. More recently, drawing on its experience with everything from drilling to plant operations, it started building new plants.

But it’s tricky to pick winners, even when there’s an obvious hydrothermal resource to exploit. Desert towns in the American West have rebelled against proposals out of concern groundwater will be drained away. And wherever biologists look in hot springs, they have found unique species deserving of protection. Stack that on top of lengthy permitting processes and challenges with connecting new plants to the grid, and options dwindle. Ormat has had recent setbacks at two of its proposed sites, over groundwater near the Nevada site of Burning Man and over the tiny Dixie Valley toad, a species recently listed as endangered.

The challenges of natural hot springs have made creating artificial ones all the more appealing. In 2006, the DOE, along with researchers at MIT, issued a report describing a plan for making geothermal a major contributor to the US grid to help meet climate goals. The flexibility offered by EGS was at the heart of it. Although the depth at which rock gets hot enough varies—shallower out in the American West than on the East Coast, for example—the scientists reckoned it could be reasonable to drill for heat in most places, either to produce electricity or, at lower temperatures, hot water to warm buildings.

In 2014, the DOE started looking for a place to serve as a testing ground for repurposing tools from oil and gas, and, four years later, picked Beaver County as the experiment’s home. Soon afterward, the agency calculated that geothermal could satisfy 8.5 percent of US electricity demand by 2050—a 26-fold increase from today. All that was missing was proof that EGS worked.

The Forge well descends straight down for about 6,000 feet (1.8 kilometers), reaching granite about two-thirds of the way there before making a 65 degree turn and going nearly 5,000 feet (1.5 kilometers) farther. Among Moore’s passions, enthusiastically demonstrated with hand motions and napkin diagrams, is the internal “stress field” of the granite that determines how it will crack under pressure.

Understanding that stress field is essential. For an efficient power plant, the cracks must extend far enough for water to move efficiently between the two wells—but not too fast, says Teresa Jordan, a geothermal scientist at Cornell University in New York, where she is leading an EGS project aimed at heating campus buildings with geothermal water. “You want it to take its time, spending a lot of time in contact with rocks that will heat it up,” she says. The cracks must also deliver as much water as possible to the second well—and not into hidden fissures along the way—and also stay hot for years of use. Hot rocks can cool to tepid if cold water pumped in soaks up heat faster than the core’s heat can replenish it. Vanishing water and dwindling heat have played a role in past EGS failures, including in New Mexico in the 1980s and in southern Australia in 2015.

Those risks have sent others looking for different approaches, each with their own tradeoffs. One, a “closed-loop” system, involves running sealed pipes down into the hot rock and then back to the surface, preventing any water from draining away underground. But it has proved tricky to get enough heat into liquid that doesn’t touch hot rocks directly. Or maybe you drill really deep—say, 12 miles down—where temperatures can exceed 1,650 Fahrenheit (900 degrees Celsius), enough for the heat to rise straight to the surface up a single well. But the tools to drill at such depths are still experimental. Others think existing oil and gas wells are the answer, saving on drilling costs and unlocking the industry’s abundant tools for its own wells. But the narrower wells used for extracting fossil fuels aren’t built for pushing the vast volumes of water necessary for a power plant.

EGS proponents argue designs like FORGE strike the right balance, adding enough heat and flexibility over traditional geothermal, while being able to take advantage of oil and gas methods, The newest EGS experiments are enabled by advances in horizontal drilling and better fracking models, says Tim Latimer, CEO of Fervo, which is working with FORGE as it develops its own EGS project in Nevada. He tells me he thinks that the projections energy investors use to estimate geothermal drilling costs—ones that make them hesitant—are 15 years out of date. During the drilling of the first FORGE well, he points out, the team demonstrated it could halve the time using a new, diamond-tipped bit, cutting overall costs by 20 percent.

Around 3 pm, after our walk around the Blundell plant, Moore returns to the drill site and sees McLennan jogging over to greet him. He has good news. First up: The plug has held under pressure. Moore lets out a big breath, hands on hips. “I’m glad that’s over with,” he says. Later, after the guns are fired and water pumped in, a “seismic cloud” of tiny quakes picked up by the remaining geophones, suspended at lesser heat and depth, indicates that the cracks extend about 400 feet from the well—the right distance to connect with the second, future well that will draw newly heated water up to the surface. A third piece of good news is that the seismic cloud couldn’t be felt on the surface.

That’s especially good news to Peter Meier, the CEO of Geo-Energie Suisse, a geothermal energy consortium. He traveled to Utah from Switzerland mostly to listen to the geophones. In 2006, a 3.1 magnitude quake occurred after engineers on a Swiss EGS project attempted to create a water reservoir that was too large and disturbed an unmapped fault, damaging homes nearby in Basel. (A geologist faced criminal negligence charges for his role in the quake, but was later acquitted.) Local governments in Switzerland have been wary of EGS operations since.

In 2017, an even bigger quake triggered by an EGS project in South Korea, which injured 82 people, dimmed the concept’s prospects even further. But Meier believes those earthquakes were due to poor planning on the part of engineers—avoidable, with more careful study of the rocks. He sees FORGE as a chance to rescue the reputation of EGS by demonstrating it working safely. “Until we have a success story it’s a discussion about fracking, because basically, it is fracking,” he says.

This spring, Moore returned to Beaver County to drill well number two. After nearly a year of reviewing the data from the initial frack, he felt confident that the production well, drilled straight through the cloud of cracks from the frack, would succeed in getting water back out. Earlier this month, he was proved right: Nearly 76,000 gallons went down the first hole at a rate of about 210 gallons per minute, and came back out the other end hotter. A full-scale test in 2024 will get the flow rates closer to those required for commercial EGS plants, which should cycle more than a thousand gallons per minute.

Part of Moore’s confidence was that he knew he was playing on easy mode. By design, the two wells are too close together to draw up substantial heat for a power plant—the point at this stage was mostly the tools and techniques financed and tested along the way. Prior to the test, Moore was excited to tell me about the new gadgets available for creating the production well, including particle drilling, in which rock is eaten away by shooting small, high-velocity metal balls; a rotary drilling system that they could steer from the surface; and upgraded, more heat resistant geophones.

In the end, all three were less useful than Moore had hoped. The particle drilling and steerable system turned out to be more trouble than they were worth, especially compared with the earlier success of the diamond-tipped bits. The modified geophones still fritzed beyond about 300 degrees Fahrenheit (150 degrees Celsius); Moore says they’ll eventually switch over to heat-proof, fiber optic-based devices. But that’s the point, he says, of “de-risking.” Sometimes it’s helpful to see what breaks.

There are other reasons to feel hopeful. A few days after the FORGE connection, Fervo released results from its own 30-day connection test in Nevada. The result, according to Latimer, is “the most productive enhanced geothermal project ever completed,” producing enough hot water to generate about 3.5 megawatts of electricity. The boreholes were drilled near an existing hydrothermal plant that has room for more capacity, and will produce power by the end of the summer, he says.

“We’ve shown that it works,” Latimer says. “Now the question is how quickly can we bring it down the cost curve.” That includes getting hotter. Fervo’s Nevada wells peaked at 370 degrees Fahrenheit (190 degrees Celsius)—hotter, he points out, than any other horizontal oil and gas well in the US—and hot enough to prove that its own tools can go a bit hotter next time. There are also crucial questions about drilling, he adds: the optimal distance between the wells, the angles, the depth. “It’s not like software where you can iterate quickly,” he says. The industry needs more experiments, more projects, to figure out the most productive combination—each of them bound to be expensive and difficult.

More opportunities to iterate are likely coming. The US Inflation Reduction Act has poured money into green energy infrastructure, adding incentives to geothermal development that put it closer to existing ones available to wind and solar. Meanwhile, the DOE upped its goal for geothermal electricity generation in 2050 by 50 percent, to 90 MW, based in part on improved prospects for EGS technology, and in February announced that it would spend an additional $74 million on pilot EGS demonstrations. None of them are likely to go as hot as FORGE just yet, Moore suspects. “I think we’re going to be looking at temperatures where we know the tools work,” he says. But it’s a start.

Some might try to use that warmth for direct heating, like Jordan’s project at Cornell. Others might drill at the edge of proven hydrothermal areas, where the heat is more accessible. And there are other, creative approaches to maximize revenue. Fervo and others have proposed using their wells as batteries—pumping down water when the grid has excess energy and then bringing it back hot at leaner times to generate power—or building plants alongside power-hungry facilities like data centers or future carbon removal plants, avoiding the challenges of connecting to an overloaded power grid.

Scaling up from there will require much more investment. And the degree to which investors—especially in oil and gas—will pick up the baton remains to be seen. This year, Fervo picked up a $10 million investment from oil and gas company Devon Energy, a pioneer of fracking. Last month, Eavor, a closed-loop geothermal startup, announced BP Ventures had led its latest funding round. “It’s gone from zero to something,” says Henning Bjørvik, who tracks the geothermal industry at Rystad, the energy consultancy. But oil and gas is still as much a competitor—for equipment, expertise, and land—as it is a friend to geothermal, and commitments to clean energy can prove fickle when fossil fuel prices start booming. What investors need to see, Bjørvik says, is that this embryonic industry can scale to hundreds or thousands of plants—with enough potential profit to outweigh the risks of any individual project going south.

The way to do that, Moore believes, is to keep showing how things can get just a little bit hotter. Completing the research at the second FORGE borehole will exhaust its current DOE grant in 2025, but he has applied for new funding to drill wells that are further apart—and, of course, test new tools at ever higher temperatures. By then, he’ll have a new neighbor. The rig for Fervo’s next project is already visible from the FORGE well pad—the start of what’s planned to be a full-scale power plant.

If all goes to plan, it will produce 400 megawatts of energy, Latimer says, enough to power 300,000 homes. It was logical, he says, to drill in the shadow of both FORGE and Blundell. The site has been extensively surveyed and has the grid interconnections to move electricity to Fervo’s initial customers in California. The goal is geothermal energy anywhere. For now, it makes sense to start here.

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And the Season Feels New to Me Because You're Here - Part 5

Written for the 12 Days of Rowaelin: First Holiday Season Together (@rowaelinscourt)

Summary: A month before Christmas, rich hotel heiress Aelin Ashryver Galathynius is running away from her future after a fight with her father and hides at a resort in the Staghorn Mountains. When she has a ski accident and hits her head, she loses her memory and nobody knows who she is. Rowan Whitethorn is a widower who owns a small inn in town and father to 6-year-old Thalia. When, after much insistence from his daughter, Rowan offers Aelin a place to stay, the two have to spend time together against their will. Rowan cannot stand spoiled and self-centered Aelin, and Aelin hates how cold and guarded Rowan is. Thalia thinks it would take a Christmas miracle for them to finally get along.

Inspired by Falling for Christmas (2022)

Word Count: 2.5k

Warnings: EXPLICIT SEXUAL CONTENT and drinking

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It was already the last week before Christmas. Thalia would be done with school in three days. She was so excited about the holidays. It was sweet, but also a little exhausting trying to keep up with her.

One evening, Rowan took them to pick a Christmas tree. The tree farm was crowded with people buzzing about. It seemed everyone in town had decided to come get their tree that day. They had agreed before coming that Thalia would choose the tree, but Rowan would have the final say. They went through the rows of trees, Thalia analyzing each of them. None was right she said. She finally stopped in front of a large Christmas tree, one of the biggest.

"This one," she said with confidence.

Rowan looked at it and sighed.

"Don’t you think it’s a bit big?" he asked her.

"No," she replied, adamant about her choice.

Aelin knew Rowan could hardly refuse anything to his daughter. She saw resignation on his face.

"Alright. Let me pay for it and then we’ll take it home," he said.

When they got to the lodge, Aelin helped Rowan take it out of the pickup truck and bring it into the lounge. They struggled with the doorway, but they managed to get it through and then they put it down in the corner by the window.

They started decorating it right away. Rowan put the lights on it skilfully. Then, they all hung Christmas ornaments together. Thalia found one with her name written on it and Rowan picked her up to put it high in the tree. When they were done, Rowan turned around and looked at Aelin.

"Would you like to put the star on top of the tree?" he asked her.

She smiled and nodded. Rowan watched her carefully as she climbed on the stepladder. He handed her the golden shining star and she put it on top of the tree. Thalia clapped her hands excitedly. Rowan held Aelin’s hand to help her get down, only letting go when both of her feet were on the floor. Then they all sat on the couch, admiring their handy work. The tree looked beautiful in the warm light of the fireplace.

…

Christmas Eve was finally here. Elide, Lorcan and Fenrys were coming over for dinner that night. Rowan had been making food all day, Aelin helping him the best she could. The turkey had been cooking in the oven since the morning and they had made enough desserts to feed an army: pecan pie, donuts, gingerbread cookies, apple pie, fudge, peppermint bark and sugar cookies. Even Thalia had contributed by decorating the cookies.

When the food was ready and the table set, Aelin went upstairs to her bedroom. She had no idea what to wear tonight. Rowan had bought her nice clothes when he went shopping for her, but they were practical and simple ones. Tonight was a special occasion. She was looking through her clothes and had settled on a nice sweater with a pair of jeans when she heard a knock at her door.

"Are you ready?" she heard Elide ask through the door.

"Yeah, in a minute. I’m just trying to find something to wear," Aelin replied as she opened the door.

The petite woman was wearing a beautiful long-sleeved velvet burgundy dress that showed off her curves, and her dark hair was pulled away from her face and fell in waves down her back. She looked lovely.

"I have a gift for you," Elide said, holding out two boxes.

She walked into the room and put them on Aelin’s bed. She gave Aelin an expectant look, so Aelin opened the biggest one. Wrapped in silk paper was a beautiful satin golden dress. Aelin took it out of the box, admiring it.

"Elide, you didn’t have to," she started, but her new friend cut her off.

"There are shoes too," she said, gesturing to the other box.

Aelin opened it and looked at the sparkling stilettos inside. They were gold as well.

"They are beautiful," she said.

She gave Elide a big hug, thanking her a dozen times.

"Thank you for making Rowan smile so much lately. He hasn’t been smiling like that in a long time," the dark-haired woman said.

Aelin blushed at that. She took the dress and headed to the bathroom to put it on. Once she was dressed, she looked at herself in the mirror. The sleeveless dress was ruched at the top and the cowl neckline dropped to her breastbone, showing off her cleavage. It fell under her knees and hugged all of her curves in the right places.

"It’s beautiful. Thank you so much," she said to Elide as she came out of the bathroom.

The other woman just smiled when she saw her in the dress. She helped Aelin curl her hair in loose waves and do a simple make up look. Aelin hadn’t styled her hair or done her make up since her accident. She had missed those simple things.

When Aelin was ready, she put on her shoes and followed Elide out of her room. The men and Thalia were waiting in the lobby at the bottom of the stairs. Rowan was talking with Lorcan, and when he turned around, he gasped when he saw Aelin. She gave him a shy smile.

"Wow! I love your dress, Celaena! You look like a princess" Thalia said in awe.

Lorcan took Elide’s hand and they headed towards the dining room.

"Why don’t we go check on the turkey, Thalia?" Fenrys asked.

She nodded enthusiastically and followed him to the kitchen, leaving Aelin and Rowan alone.

"You look… amazing," Rowan said, struggling to find the right words.

"Thank you, you clean up nicely too," Aelin replied with a smirk.

Rowan was wearing a white shirt, a much nicer one than what he usually wore, and black pants. He looked handsome.

They joined everyone in the dining room. The table had been decorated for the occasion, with boughs of holly and candles in the centre. When everyone was sat down, Aelin helped Rowan bring out the meal. Lorcan cut the turkey and everyone started serving themselves. Fenrys poured champagne in everyone’s glasses.

"Let’s toast to the North Star!" he exclaimed.

Everyone cheered and raised their glasses, even Thalia with her small glass of apple juice. Then they all began eating while chatting and joking. Aelin was having so much fun, even Lorcan seemed friendlier tonight. Maybe she had a bit too much champagne.

When they were done with the main course, they went to the lounge to play games. Fenrys was having fun and joking with Thalia, but everyone else was competitive and taking the games very seriously. Elide won most of them.

Later, they headed back to the dining room for dessert. Aelin was already full, but she couldn’t resist sugar. She tried a little bit of everything. Thalia made everyone laughed when she said that a gingerbread man with a frown looked like Uncle Lorcan.

It was late by the time everyone left. Thalia had almost fallen asleep on her father’s chest. Rowan took her to her bedroom where she requested a Christmas bedtime story. She was asleep by the time Rowan had finished.

When he came back down the stairs, he found Aelin standing in the lobby.

"She’s fast asleep, I think she was exhausted," he told her. Aelin gave him a gentle smile, her turquoise eyes glimmering in the soft light of the room.

They stared at each other in silence until Rowan spotted something.

"We’re standing under the mistletoe," Rowan said quietly. Aelin looked up and noticed the decoration hanging from the ceiling.

She looked back at him, taking in how his green eyes were looking at her with softness and sincerity. He slowly came closer and caressed her cheek with his thumb. She could feel his warm breath against her face. He leaned in and kissed her gently.

"Was that okay?" he asked her, looking into her eyes.

"More than okay," she replied, putting her arms around his neck and kissing him again.

He put his hands on her waist and pulled her in, deepening the kiss. He licked the seam of her lips and she opened to let him in. Their tongues met and Aelin moaned softly at the feeling. She grabbed his hair, urging him for more.

The kiss turned hungrier, their lips clashing against each other’s. He ran his hands up her sides, stopping at the underside of her breast. He started trailing kisses down her neck, nibbling at her pulse point. He made his way to her collarbones and then down her cleavage, between her breasts. He groaned when he smelled her perfume.

She pulled him back up and kissed him fiercely, biting his bottom lip. Then she broke the kiss and took his hand in hers, leading him up the stairs.

"We don’t have to do this," he whispered.

"I want to," she simply replied.

When they got to Rowan’s bedroom, he closed the door and had her caged against it in a second. He put his hands under her knees and picked her up, her dress bunching up at her hips. She kissed him ardently, yet it wasn’t enough. She moved her hips against his, searching for more contact. He growled and she repeated the motion.

He took her to the bed, laying her down on it softly. He climbed on top of her, holding himself on his forearms. As soon as he was on top of her, she claimed his mouth again. Her hands roamed his chest under his shirt, feeling the hard planes of his body.

He kissed down her neck until he was at her chest. He pulled the straps of her dress down to reveal her breasts. He put his mouth around one of her hardened nipples, sucking it, while palming the other breast. Aelin moaned loudly and put her hands in his hair, holding his face close to her body.

He pulled her dress down even more, trailing kisses down her stomach. When he got close to where she needed him the most, he looked up at her. She nodded and urged him to continue so he removed her dress completely, leaving her only in her panties.

She needed to feel his skin against hers. She quickly undid the buttons of his shirt and removed it. Then she was unbuttoning and unzipping his pants. Rowan kicked them off his legs. When he pressed himself against her, she gasped at how good his warm body felt against hers. She touched his hard chest, his flat stomach, his strong arms. She wanted to memorize his body and never forget it.

Rowan felt the same. He was kneading and massaging every part of her body he could reach as he made his way back down and kissed her stomach just above her panties. He pulled them down slowly and then he pressed kisses on the inside of her thigh, sucking and biting. She whined and he chuckled lowly.

He parted her thighs with his arms and finally kissed down her centre, never breaking eye contact. He licked her clit with the flat of his tongue, then sucked on the bundle of nerves. Aelin moaned loudly, quickly putting her hand over her mouth to quiet herself. He buried himself between her thighs, eating her out like she was the best thing he had ever tasted.

When he entered her with a finger, she had to bite down on her hand. Rowan pumped his finger slowly at first, but then picked up a rhythm, curling his finger to hit that spot that made her see stars. He added another one and she clenched around him. She was so close; she could feel her climax building up and her legs shaking. Rowan sucked hard on her clit, still working her with his fingers, and she came hard, mumbling his name in her hand.

When she came down from her high, she found Rowan staring at her with lust. She crushed her mouth on his, tasting herself on his tongue. She needed him inside her now. She quickly removed his underwear and wrapped a hand around his length, stroking him.

He removed her hands from his cock and leaned toward his bedside table, grabbing a condom and putting it on quickly. He put Aelin’s legs around his waist and lined himself up with her entrance. He entered her slowly, letting her adjust to his size. She felt so full she could cry. There were no words to describe how she felt. It was like his body had been made for hers.

She urged him to start moving and he pulled out before pushing back in. He set a lazy and slow rhythm with his hips, taking his time to enjoy every second of it. He peppered her face with small kisses and whispered how beautiful she looked like this.

When he hit that spot inside her again, she bit her lips almost to the blood. He noticed her reaction and his thrusts got harder and faster. She grabbed his hands, needing to hold onto something, anything.

She was feeling her pleasure build up again. She was mumbling incoherent things, trying to keep as quiet as she could. Rowan let go of one of her hands and snuck it between their bodies, finding that bundle of nerves.

He started rubbing her clit with his fingers. His movement was timed with his thrusts. He was hitting that spot inside her over and over again. She squeezed his hand strongly, and suddenly her orgasm hit her, her whole body shaking and her back arching off the bed. She bit Rowan’s shoulder to keep herself from screaming. He pushed into her a few more times and then he was coming too with a loud groan.

They laid like this for a while, catching their breath. Rowan smiled at her softly and gave her a small kiss before pulling out of her and throwing the condom in the trash. He put his underwear back on and grabbed two T-shirts in his dresser.

"Here, put this on," he told her as he handed her one of the T-shirts. "Thalia is gonna burst into this room tomorrow morning to get her Christmas presents; it’s better if we’re dressed."

He put his on and Aelin did the same, the T-shirt so big she was floating in it. She also grabbed her panties from the floor. Once they were dressed, they immediately went back to bed and Rowan pulled Aelin in his arms, rubbing her shoulder slowly. Aelin was tired, but she didn’t want to fall asleep. She didn’t want this moment to end. She yawned loudly and Rowan laughed.

"We should sleep. It’s really late," said Rowan.

"But I don’t wanna sleep. I just wanna stay like this with you," replied Aelin, putting her head on his chest and tracing patterns on his bicep.

"I’ll still be there when you wake up tomorrow. I’m not going anywhere," assured Rowan.

He kissed the top of her head and pulled her even closer. Aelin fell asleep in his arms feeling safe and happy. Like she was finally home.

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Hey love!! It’s me I feel like my wierd waffle slightly neurodivergent thoughts are going to become a fixture in some ask boxes 😂

But here are a couple:

Thoughts on turkey dinosaurs and what’s your comfort food because it can’t just be me who has different comfort food for different moods.

Also since your from Canada what’s your favourite like Canadian snack that you think is like nowhere else.

Also please don’t tell me it’s just me that has many emotional support water bottles

Also you’re an amazing human I love you :)

Aw hunny! I always love your slightly neurodivergent thoughts! Please leave this as a fixture in mine lmao.

Okay:

Dino chicken nuggets are amazing, but in my house we actually get most of our meat straight from a farm and while not dino shaped, they're the best nuggets I've ever had. But yeah, different moods get different foods. Most of them being varying chocolate for me, for some reason.

I immediately thought of classic Canadian snacks like poutine and ketchup chips and then remembered that I hate practically them all bc I'm a really picky eater. So, we have this thing called "Beaver Tails" and they're long, flat, fried dough (like a smushed churro), and they don't have to be just cinnamon-sugar covered, there's so many toppings you can get.

Well, I don't have an emotional support water bottle, unfortunately. (I do have a favourite in the house though), but I do have like an emotional support pencil. And I had to get a new one, because some fuckhead in my physics class stole my emotional support mechanical pencil after a lab. Let me tell you, I was pissed.

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Arnikav started with our founder - Johnny Gindwani , was born and raised in Indonesia before moving to Brazil to work for a multinational corporation.

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Fishing: Commercial fishing involves capturing fish and other seafood from oceans, seas, lakes, and rivers. It can be done by large-scale industrial fishing vessels or small-scale artisanal fishing operations. Various methods, such as trawling, longlining, and netting, are used to catch different species.

Aquaculture: Aquaculture, also known as fish or seafood farming, involves the cultivation of aquatic organisms in controlled environments. This method helps meet the increasing global demand for seafood and reduces pressure on wild fish stocks. Aquaculture can include the farming of fish, shrimp, mollusks (e.g., oysters, mussels), and other aquatic species.

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Determining the "best" seafood industry can be subjective, as it depends on various factors such as quality, sustainability practices, market presence, and customer satisfaction. However, some countries are renowned for their strong seafood industries. Here are a few examples:

Norway: Norway is globally recognized for its seafood industry, particularly its salmon and trout production. It has a well-established aquaculture sector and stringent regulations for maintaining sustainable practices and ensuring product quality.

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Thai Union Group: Based in Thailand, Thai Union Group is one of the world's largest seafood companies. It exports a wide range of seafood products, including canned tuna, shrimp, and other frozen seafood items. The company owns well-known brands such as Chicken of the Sea, John West, and Petit Navire.

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The Impact of Production Jobs in Mercer County: Breaking Things Down

At Mercer Farms, we've always believed that we have a deeply-rooted responsibility to the communities we operate in. That is not only true in terms of the procedures we follow when hiring in Mercer County, but with regard to how we operate on a daily basis as well.

Some people think that production jobs in this context in particular are relatively straightforward. In reality, they have a much bigger impact than most realize. This is true for a wide range of different ways, all of which are worth a closer look.

Going Above and Beyond With Animal Care

One of the biggest ways that we adhere to our firm commitment at Mercer Farms comes by way of our animal care program. Our animals are critically important, which is why we emphasize prevention first and foremost.

We have a team of experienced, passionate veterinarians that helped put together this program and any sick animal is serviced by a specialist to make them well again.

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Another shining example of our commitment - and of the major impact that production jobs can make - has to do with the steps we go to in order to help preserve our fragile environment. Note that this wasn't something that we simply "did once and forgot about." On a regular basis we re-evaluate all the steps that we're taking and whenever we find room for improvement, that is an opportunity that we happily capitalize on.

In 2017, for example, we can measure how many pounds of recycled materials we were using on a daily basis to make sure that we could do as much as possible. This has also led us to being totally landfill free, regardless of how large we continue to grow.

At this point, more than 20% of our entire company's electricity is recyclable - a number that we pledge to increase in the future. We've already installed solar panels at one of our turkey breeder farms, which are on the horizon. We use wind turbines and produce more than 13 million kilowatt-hours to enable energy in 2022 alone.

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Finally, production jobs in Mercer County are a big part of our commitment to food safety. All of our meat plans have quality teams that constantly test to make sure that our food safety levels are among the highest in the industry. We also work regularly with the USDA and have personnel from that fine organization at each plant. We also prioritize ongoing education to make sure that all team members are aware of current best practices regarding food safety and that they have the most complete and accurate knowledge to work from at all times.

If you'd like to find out more information about the impact of production jobs in Mercer County, or if you have any additional questions that you'd like to go over with someone in a bit more detail, please don't hesitate to contact the team at Cooper Farms today.

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Get Fresh, High-Quality Chicken Delivered to Your Door in Ipswich: A Guide to Buying Chicken Online

Purchasing chicken online in Ipswich is convenient and hassle-free to get fresh, high-quality poultry delivered right to your door. Whether you're a busy home cook looking for an easy way to stock your kitchen or a professional chef looking to source the best ingredients for your restaurant, several options are available.

Options for buying chicken online:

Purchasing from a local farm

One option for buying chicken online in Ipswich is to purchase from a local farm or ranch that raises chickens using sustainable, humane practices. Many of these farms offer various options, including whole chickens, chicken breasts, and chicken thighs, as well as a variety of other poultry products such as eggs and turkey. By purchasing from a local farm, you can be sure that you are supporting the local economy and helping to reduce your carbon footprint, as the chicken has not had to travel far to reach you. Many of these farms also offer home delivery or pickup options, making it easy to get the chicken you need without leaving the house.

Buy chicken online Ipswich from retailers.

Another option to buy chicken online Ipswich is to purchase from an online retailer specializing in high-quality poultry products. These retailers often offer a wide selection of chicken products, including organic and free-range options, as well as a variety of other poultry products, such as duck, quail, and turkey. Many of these retailers also offer convenient home delivery, making it easy to get the chicken you need without leaving the house. In addition, many of these retailers offer a wide range of other products, such as meat, seafood, and produce, allowing you to do all of your grocery shopping in one place.

Guide on how to buy chicken online Ipswich

When shopping for chicken online in Ipswich, it's important to research and ensure you are getting the best quality chicken possible. Look for farms and retailers that use sustainable, humane practices and offer various options to suit your needs and preferences. It would help if you also considered factors such as the price, convenience, and delivery options provided by each retailer or farm to ensure you get the best deal possible.

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Overall, buying chicken online in Ipswich is convenient and hassle-free to get high-quality poultry products delivered right to your door. Whether you're looking for whole chickens, chicken breasts, or a variety of other poultry products, you'll be able to find something to meet your needs and preferences by shopping online. If you're ready to enjoy the taste of fresh, high-quality chicken, check out the local farms and online retailers in Ipswich.

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Hydroponics Market by Application and Distribution Channel: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2022-2028

The Global Hydroponics market was estimated at USD 26.56 billion in 2021 and is projected to reach USD 38.38 billion by 2028, growing at a CAGR of 5.4% over the analysis period.

Hydroponics is a technique of growing plants in a water-based and nutrient-rich solution. The plant root system is supported by using an inert medium such as rockwool, perlite, clay pellets, vermiculite or peat moss, rather than soil. Plant roots are directly in contact with the nutrient solution with access to oxygen which enhances proper growth of the plant. This method of growing plants is used widely by commercial growers as it is easy to set up, has a high return on investment and costs less than other techniques. Hydroponics recycles large amount of water with minimal wastage and thus makes it the most water-efficient farming method. Additionally, the hydroponically grown crops produce better quality crop and high yield than the crops grown in soil due to the proper control over essential nutrients. Hydroponics is looked upon as a substantial solution for the rising concern about food security and supplying nutritious and safe food over the projected period.

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· Aero Farm Systems (USA)

· Lettus Grow (United Kingdom)

· Hydrofarm(USA)

· CityCrop (Greece)

· Circulus Agtech (Canada)

· Rivasha Eco Design (India)

· Phytoponics (United Kingdom)

· Sky Greens (Singapore)

· Spread (Japan)

· Infarm (Berlin)

· AgriCool (France)

· Crop One (Dubai, UAE)

· Surna (Boulder, Colorado)

· Freight Farms (Boston)

· SweGreen (Sweden) and other major players.

Experts looked at regulatory situations, market entry tactics, best industry practices, pricing strategies, technology environment, and consumption, as well as sales and demand projections, to gain complete insight. In order to offer users accurate statistics and information, Y-o-Y growth estimations have also been added. Readers will have a clearer, more comprehensive view of the entire situation from the study.

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· Liquid systems

By Crop Type:

· Vegetables

· Fruits

· Flowers

By Equipment:

· HVAC

· LED grow lights

· Irrigation systems

· Material handling equipment

· Control systems

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· North America (U.S., Canada, Mexico)

· Europe (Germany, U.K., France, Italy, Russia, Spain, Rest of Europe)

· Asia-Pacific (China, India, Japan, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Rest of APAC)

· Middle East & Africa (Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran, UAE, Africa, Rest of MEA)

· South America (Brazil, Argentina, Rest of SA)

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· Which segment accounted for the largest hydroponics market share?

While many industries are contracting as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for hydroponic farming has increased over the past few years. Even before the pandemic, this type of farming was gaining traction in urban areas. Because vertical farms control everything from seeds to stores, it is now experiencing rapid growth.

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Farmlands in Turkey - Aim Farmlands

In order to produce the best yield, productivity, and product quality, we cultivate using current farming techniques and technologies. Our skilled agricultural engineers adhere to farming practices outlined in accordance with current farming studies for our walnut Farmlands in Turkey. This increases the crop yield and doubles the income.

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Vertical Farming

Global Vertical Farming Market was valued at USD 2.81 billion in 2021 and is expected to reach USD 7.03 billion by the year 2028, at a CAGR of 14%.

Vertical farming

is the practice of growing crops in vertically stacked layers. This modern concept of vertical farming was developed by Dixon Despommer in 1999. The main advantage of using vertical farming techniques is the increased production of crops that come with a unit area smaller than the land requirement. In 2020, there will be approximately 30 hectares of operational vertical farming in the world.

Global Vertical Farming 2022 report provides key analysis of the market status of vertical farming manufacturers with best facts, figures, meaning, definition, SWOT analysis, expert opinions, and the latest developments across the globe. The report also calculates the market size, vertical farming sales, price, revenue, gross margin, market share, cost structure and growth rate.

The Major players in the Global Vertical Farming include:

FarmVisionAI (US)

AmHydro (US)

Mirai Co. Ltd (Japan)

Osram Licht AG (Germany)

Freight Farms (US)

AeroFarms LLC (US)

Bright Farms (US)

Sky Greens (Singapore)

Spread Co. Ltd.; (Japan)

Plenty Unlimited Inc. (the US)

Future Crops (Netherlands)

Vertical Farm Systems (Australia)

Valoya (Finland)

Everlight Electronics Co. ltd. (Taiwan)

Heliospectra AB (Sweden)

Intelligent Growth Solutions (Scotland)

Green Sense Farms (US)

Agrilution Systems GmbH (Germany)

Vertical Future Ltd (UK)

Urban Crop solutions (Belgium)

Bowery Farming (US)

Agricool (France)

Swegreen (Sweden)

Sananbio (US)

Growpod Solutions (US)

Infarm (Germany)

Altius Farms (US)

Signify Holding (Netherlands)

4D BIOS INC (US)

General Hydroponics Inc. (US) and other major players.

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Market has segmented the global Vertical Farming market on the basis of type, growth mechanism, structure, crop type and region:

The Vertical Farming market has been segmented on the basis of type, product, distribution channel, application and on the basis of region. Inter-segment growth over the period from 2022 to 2028 provides valid calculations and forecasts of revenue by type and application in terms of volume and value. In the ideas of this division, you can expand your concepts and business by targeting all specific niches.

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Lighting

Hydroponic Components

Climate Control

Sensors

Software & Services

By Growth Mechanism:

Hydroponics

Aeroponics

Aquaponics

By Structure:

Shipping Container

Building-based

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Fruits & Vegetables

Other Crop Types

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Europe (Germany, U.K., France, Italy, Russia, Spain, Rest of Europe)

Asia-Pacific (China, India, Japan, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Rest of APAC)

Middle East & Africa (Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran, UAE, Africa, Rest of MEA)

South America (Brazil, Argentina, Rest of SA)

Covid-19 Impact and Recovery Analysis on Industry:

All types of agricultural systems have been affected, in one way or another, by the various measures implemented by governments, such as limiting movement, closing public and private spaces, and border restrictions, ranging from agricultural production systems for businesses to small and medium-sized businesses. - Owners of large enterprises and farming families of smallholders. To deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, all types of farming communicate and maintain the viability of various farming systems.

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• A comprehensive analysis of the vertical farming market is carried out by following the position of the main product and monitoring the main competitors in the framework of the market.

• Vertical farming techniques reduce dependence on current climatic conditions and maximize utilization of fertile land.

• Vertical farming is less harmful to local flora and fauna, which leads to more conservation of local flora and fauna.

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What are some interesting facts about wheat? Who introduced it first?

Wheat has been central to civilizations both past and present, providing sustenance necessary for human development.

Overview

Wheat is one of the crops most central to the development of human civilization. It has been consumed since before formal civilization, while humans were still hunter-gatherers. Once wheat had been domesticated and farming was commonplace, populations grew and expanded.

As nations developed economies, agriculture, specifically wheat production, generated jobs and profits for countries. This project looks at the origin of wheat in the Fertile Crescent, then its expansion to Greece and Germany. We take a look at Ancient Egypt, and specifically the Nafutian tribe in Levant. After, we move to the United Kingdom, before looking at the United States of America, where we detail how wheat impacts four different states. Then, we look at the impact of wheat in Russia, Turkey, and China.

The Early Cultivation of Wheat

The beginning of our journey takes us to the Fertile Crescent, a geographical area situated between the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf once known as "Mesopotamia". The earliest cultivated wheat is emmer wheat. Emmer wheat was first cultivated in 8500 B.C.

In What Climate Does Wheat Best Grow?

Wheat does not require a lot of water to grow, it only needs about 31-38 cm of water. Wheat grows best in a warm climate with temperatures around 21° to 24° C. Climates with low humidity result in better wheat yields. The semi-aired and slightly dry climate of the Fertile Crescent, paired with the rich soil from the nearby rivers and seas made for a wonderful wheat-growing environment.

Civilization Beginnings

Food stability is central to civilization growth. Hunting-gathering was replaced by farming as populations grew, because a more predictable and large-scale food production was necessary for a growing population. Grains, wheat included, are an easy-to-grow, energy-dense food that was central to many early civilizations.

The end of the last ice age gave way to a period of global warming and heavy rainfall, making the overall climate better suited for wheat cultivation. The rising consumption of wheat resulted in more overall wheat growth. Wheat cultivation resulted in more food per acre, which fed larger amounts of people, thereby prompting larger populations, resulting in an exponential cycle of population growth .

Wheat has the highest protein percent out of all grains, and third highest energy content, after rice and corn . Wheat is an incredibly versatile and adaptable grain, and is able to grow in most climates, making it a staple item in many culture's diets .

Wheat Moves Northwest

As previously stated, wheat is a very adaptable grain and can be grown in many climates. Wheat started to make its way beyond the Middle East, going northwest, towards Greece. Wheat reached Greece around 6500 B.C. 1,500 years later, around 5000 B.C., wheat was in Germany

Wheat Cultivation

Wheat harvest was a multi-step process. First you must cut the stalks. A common technique was cutting the straw "high above the ground, some- times just below the heads. This practice, also common in medieval Europe, made for easy harvesting, easier transport of the crop to the threshing floor, and cleaner threshing"

Then, the wheat must be dried. After it is dry, which can take up to two weeks. After the stalks are sufficiently dried, the threshing begins. Wheat stalks are 'threshed', to remove the outer shell and retrieve the grains inside, which is what we eat. Then, wheat is 'milled'. Milling is a process that turns the whole grains into flour, which can be used for cooking and baking. Mills have been ran with water, wind, and animal energy. But in some Roman mills, slave labor was used. Milling by hand is a grueling and torturous task.

Wheat goes Global

Wheat continued to spread across the world as civilizations expanded and trade grew. Wheat has made such a large impact on the world's agriculture because it does not require a lot of water to grow. It's easy to grow and has many uses, making it a cornerstone of the world's agriculture. Wheat is currently grown on every continent except for Antartica. Worldwide, wheat covers about 870,000 square miles of the globe's surface, almost ten times the size of Britain (Harari 80).

Wheat is the most harvested crop in the world. Global wheat production generates about $168 million annually, making it one of the highest earning crops (Wikipedia, from United Nations Food and Agriculture). We can thank wheat for sustaining our population through its easy grow cycle and favorable energy ratio. The large-scale production of wheat is undeniably critical to the state of humanity today.

U.S. Wheat Associates - Dependable People, Reliable Wheat

U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) is the export market development organization for the U.S. wheat industry. USW promotes the reliability, quality and value of all six U.S. wheat classes to wheat buyers, millers, bakers, food processors and government officials in more than 100 countries around the world.

Its mission is to “Develop, maintain, and expand international markets to enhance wheat’s profitability for U.S. wheat producers and its value for their customers.”

Funding is made possible through checkoff dollars, goods and services from 17 state wheat commissions and cost-share grants from the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service.

USW does not buy, sell, or process wheat; we do help make it easier for everyone else who does.

Wheat farmers in post-World War II United States were producing more wheat than ever before. So, to improve marketing opportunities, they organized and reached out to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for help. These visionary state wheat leaders ultimately formed two regional organizations to coordinate export market development: Western Wheat Associates and Great Plains Wheat Market Development Association.

To know more visit: https://www.uswheat.org/about-usw/#toggle-id-2

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