Monthly Archives: September 2011

USA – Water proposal could devastate Texas rice industry

Source: The Eagle.com21/09/2011 – Barbara Corporon and her husband Victor depend on water from the Colorado River to grow rice, a staple of their farm near the Texas coast. But as the Lower Colorado River Authority contemplates cutting off that water because of one of the worst droughts the state has ever seen, the Corporons and…

Thailand – Experts worry over fiscal impact of rice-subsidy

Source: The Nation22/09/2011 – The cost of populist policies such as tax breaks for first-time buyers of vehicles and homes, and a guaranteed monthly income of Bt15,000 for newly graduated civil servants, will not be very high, said Narongchai Akrasanee, economist and former commerce minister.

USA – Louisiana’s 2010 rice crop marked with drought conditions; saltwater seeping into some fields

Source: The Republic20/09/2011 – A rice season with possibly record yields was a mixed bag for farmers who wrestled with drought conditions and saltwater seeping into fields down south.

Guyana – Rice industry grows almost 24% this year – Agriculture Minister

Source: Kaieteur News20/09/2011 – Guyana is heading for its highest crop in the rice industry for 2011, Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud revealed yesterday.

Thailand – Thailand rice pricing plan creates global uncertainty

Source: Voice of America19/09/2011 – The Thailand government is expected to begin soon a major new pricing scheme for rice that could have a big impact on the world’s biggest rice exporter. Analysts say the higher prices paid to farmers will mean a decline in Thai rice exports, opening opportunities to rival exporters, such as…

China – China sets new world record with hybrid rice yield

Source: Sina19/09/2011 –  The yield of China’s hybrid rice breed, which is known as super rice, has exceeded 900 kg per mu (0.067 hectare), setting a new world record in rice output.

Bangladesh – Rice imports by Bangladesh may be less than forecast as harvest increases

Source: Bloomberg16/09/2011 – Rice imports by Bangladesh, South Asia’s biggest buyer, may be half the amount forecast earlier by the government as local production increases and domestic prices decline, according an executive at the state food buyer.

Australia – Nutrition boost for GM rice

Source: Weekly Times Now15/09/2011 – A genetically modified rice with abnormally high levels of iron and zinc has been developed.

India – Rice production in 2011-12 kharif season likely to be 87.10 mt

Source: The Economic Times14/09/2011 – Rice production in 2011-12 kharif season is likely to be 87.10mt compared to 80.65mt last year, the first advance crop production estimates for the country say, holding out promise of ample foodgrains and lower food inflation, Total food grain output has been pegged at 123.88 mt compare dto 120.20mt in the…

Madagascar – Rice production slips again

Source: IRIN09/09/2011 – Production of Madagascar’s staple, rice, is expected to be down 10 percent on last year and slip by 400,000 tons, according to preliminary findings by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP).