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EnglishSource: Country World19/08/2010 – The climate and soils in certain parts of Texas have always been conducive to the growing of rice, which is why it has been grown in the state since the 1850s and commercially since the 1880s. Texas, along with Arkansas, California and Louisiana, produce about 90 percent of the rice grown in…
Source: Arkansas News19/08/2010 – There are a lot of unknowns in the 2010 Arkansas rice crop, and one of them is quality, said Chuck Wilson, director of field services in Arkansas for the USA Rice Federation. “The crop appears to be good, but what we don’t know at this stage is what growth state some of…
Source: Vietnam Business News17/08/2010 – More than a dozen countries across Asia are preparing to create a massive emergency rice reserve. The plan is designed to protect the region’s two billion people from environmental disaster and runaway inflation.
Source: Science Codex19/08/2010 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have developed a new tool for improving the expression of desirable genes in rice in parts of the plant where the results will do the most good.
Source: Bangkok Post17/08/2010 – The government expects Thailand to export nine million tonnes of rice this year due mainly to lower rice yield in Vietnam, a major competitor in the rice market.
Source: Bloomberg17/08/2010 – China’s mid-season and late-season rice crops face increasing threats from pests after widespread floods this summer made conditions ideal for insects to breed, the Ministry of Agriculture said today.
Source: Bloomberg17/08/2010 – India, the world’s second-biggest rice grower, may have a record harvest this year as increased planting offset drought in the east of the country. Production may total 100 million metric tons in the year ending June 2011, compared with 89.3 million tons a year ago, said Vijay Setia, president of All India Rice Exporters’…