• Project No. and Title: WERA1009 - Systems to Improve End-use Quality of Wheat
• Dates: 01/25/2017 to 01/27/2017
• Contacts: [Jay Noller] [Doug Engle]

This authorizes the annual meeting: .
The meeting will be held on 01/25/2017 at San Antonio, TX. :

Admin Advisor: Russ Karow (russell.s.karow@oregonstate.edu)

Samples have been sent and we are gearing up to have another great Pacific Northwest Wheat Quality Council meeting. This year we will be reviewing 34 samples representing 12 breeding programs that produce wheat varieties to be grown in the Northwest.<br /> <br /> Please find attached and below the meeting registration form. It was suggested at our recent board meeting that it would work better for sponsorship and registration to be included as one line item. This has been changed so that sponsor registration is now $1400.<br /> <br /> The program is coming together nicely. With the help of US Wheat and the wheat commissions of Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington we will again enjoy the participation of two overseas mills as cooperators in analyzing the flour sample set. Mr. Yong Seok Choi of Sajo Dong Aone in Korea and Mr. Koji Ishizuka of Nisshin in Japan will also present their perspectives of wheat quality as overseas customers.<br /> <br /> Also as part of our American Association of Cereal Chemists International program we will have a panel presentation and discussion on issues surrounding the falling number test. <br /> <br /> Our tour program on Wednesday, January 25th is still being formulated. I will keep you posted on developments.<br /> <br /> Thank you and hope to see you in San Antonio at the Hotel Contessa!<br /> <br /> Doug Engle<br /> PNW WQC Program Coordinator<br /> <br /> Pacific Northwest Wheat Quality Council<br /> <br /> Serving the Needs of the Wheat Industry<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT<br /> <br /> <br /> Pacific Northwest Wheat Quality Council<br /> <br /> Western Extension Research Activity 1009 <br /> <br /> AACC International PNW Section<br /> <br /> The Pacific Northwest Wheat Quality Council (PNW-WQC) will hold its annual Collaborative Testing Program meeting in conjunction with the Pacific Northwest Section of the AACCI and the Western Extension Research Activity 1009 committee - “Systems to Improve End-use Quality of Wheat”. The meeting time and place is Wednesday, January 25th through Friday, January 27th 2017 at the Hotel Contessa, San Antonio, Texas. The Hotel Contessa is located in the historic Riverwalk area of San Antonio. Their address is 306 W Market Street, San Antonio, Texas 78205-2971.<br /> <br /> Holding a combined meeting of these three organizations has proven to produce a valuable forum for wheat quality issues in the Pacific Northwest. With many facets of the wheat industry represented, from wheat variety development through final product production, interesting discussions have resulted from the synergy of viewpoints present. Indeed, this meeting has helped shape the model of wheat quality in the Pacific Northwest. <br /> <br /> On Wednesday afternoon, January 25th, tours of wheat & flour processing facilities in the area and points of local interest are being planned. PLEASE indicate on the registration form if you are interested in participating in the tour. Knowing how many people will attend helps immensely in planning. The cost of the tour will be $50. Tour destinations are being planned. Two stops are being planned then ending with dinner. For questions or tour suggestions, please contact Doug Engle, doug_engle@wsu.edu.<br /> <br /> On Thursday, the Western Extension Research Activity committee (WERA-1009) meets in the morning to share information on projects and issues of wheat research in the Western United States. AACCI-PNW section will host a half day of technical presentations on wheat quality in the afternoon. On Friday, the PNW-WQC will review quality characteristics of new wheat varieties. Everyone is encouraged to attend all three sessions to broaden the scope of experience and ideas available for discussion. <br /> <br /> On Saturday, January 28th we are planning a golf outing. Please indicate if you are interested in participating on the registration form; details to follow.<br /> <br /> Room reservations are to be made individually by the registrants. Please identify yourself as a Pacific Northwest Wheat Quality Council registrant to receive special room pricing of single/double @ $189/night. A limited number of rooms are available to Federal and State government participants at the prevailing government rate, currently $120 per night with government ID. This rate will be finalized October 1st. Please reserve your rooms as early as possible so we can adjust our room block if necessary. The Hotel room cancellation policy is 48 hours in advance. <br /> <br /> The more we know about how many people are attending the more responsive we can be in enlarging the room block. The room block will come off for our event on Monday, December 26th, 2016. This is earlier than in most years. PLEASE BOOK EARLY. If you wish to extend your stay, our conference rate room pricing will be offered, based on availability of rooms at the discount price, three days before and three days after the block nights of Tuesday January 24th through Friday, January 27th. <br /> <br /> <br /> Direct reservation line number is (210) 298-8058. Please make reservations as early as possible as to make adjustments to the room block more effective. The room block will be removed Monday, December 26th.<br /> <br /> Note: Do not let the web addresses show up as a hyperlink association (turns another color) if working out of MS Word. If it does, put it into notepad and paste out of there to get back to just having text. The Hotel Contessa web page is sensitive to taking hypertext out of Word for some reason. <br /> <br /> For primary rate rooms our group code is 466285. Group page:<br /> <br /> Cut and paste into browser address bar:<br /> <br /> https://bookings.ihotelier.com/Hotel-Contessa---Luxury-Suites-/bookings.jsp?hotelID=15294&groupID=1630319<br /> <br /> For government rate rooms our group code is 467609. Government ID required at check in. Group page:<br /> <br /> Cut and paste into browser address bar:<br /> <br /> https://bookings.ihotelier.com/Hotel-Contessa---Luxury-Suites-/bookings.jsp?hotelID=15294&groupID=1634028<br /> <br /> Ground Transportation Options:<br /> <br /> The San Antonio International Airport is located 8 miles or approximately 15 minutes from downtown San<br /> Antonio. Airport Transfers are available through Go Airport Shuttle. Go Airport Shuttle provides airport shuttle service from 7 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. daily. Shuttles depart the airport for the downtown hotels approximately every 15 minutes. Buy tickets online at http://goairportshuttle.com/san_antonio_international_sat_airport_shuttle or at the baggage claim areas of Terminals A and B. The fare is $18 one way, $32 round trip.<br /> <br /> Taxi service is readily available at the San Antonio Airport. The average taxi fare from the airport to downtown is $25.00, one way.<br /> <br /> Cooperators, the deadline for data submission this year will be Friday December 23rd. Data submitted before then will of course be greatly appreciated.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Pacific Northwest Wheat Quality Council<br /> <br /> Acknowledgments<br /> <br /> These collaborative flour tests are supported by the wheat commissions of Washington, Oregon and Idaho in cooperation with the USDA-ARS Western Wheat Quality Laboratory. In addition participating companies provide sponsor support for operating the council and annual meeting. Our purpose is to maintain and improve the milling and baking quality of wheat in the Western region. It is an attempt to keep current with the needs of wheat processors and flour users. The information gained from the data and opinions of the collaborators is of significant value to the wheat breeding programs of the region. The project aims to provide each collaborator an opportunity to express their opinion as to whether or not the tested selections would satisfy the end-use demands of their industry.<br /> <br /> We would like to thank each of the collaborators for their participation in this annual project.