USA – USDA: Rice & cotton yields approach state records
Source: Chron.com13/09/2011 – Louisiana’s rice harvest may have a record yield, and cotton farmers will have a near-record, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Source: Chron.com13/09/2011 – Louisiana’s rice harvest may have a record yield, and cotton farmers will have a near-record, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek12/09/2011 – Thailand is willing to relinquish its role as the world’s biggest rice exporter as the government prepares to buy grain directly from farmers to boost prices and rural incomes, Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong said.
Source: Africa News13/09/2011 – As Kenya’s government grapple with the problem of feeding its citizens there is a sleeping giant in the Mwea irrigation scheme that has the capacity of feeding thousands of Kenyans but it has hardly been exploited. The scheme was introduced before independence but nothing has been improved to make it match…
Source: AG Web12/09/2011 – U.S. rice production in 2011/12 is forecast at 190.9 million cwt, up 2.8 million from last month due entirely to an increase in yield. Harvested area is estimated at 2.62 million acres, down 20,000 acres. The average yield is estimated at a record 7,273 pounds per acre, up 159 pounds per acre…
Source: News One12/09/2011 – White rice is unable to meet daily nutritional requirements because it has lower levels of iron, zinc and pro-vitamin A. Scientists have now engineered iron-rich rice to overcome this deficit.
Source: The Examiner09/09/2011 – Thailand’s plan to pay its rice growers far above market rates is expected to push up prices for the staple that feeds almost half the world’s people as rice importing nations look to other countries for tightened supplies.
Source: Reuters08/09/2011 – India will allow unrestricted exports of two million tonnes each of wheat and common rice, as bulging stocks offer political room for overseas sales which could depress global rice prices but make little dent in wheat supplies.
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek05/09/2011 – Guyana’s central bank says the country’s economy grew by nearly 6 percent for the first half of 2011 because of improved production of gold, rice and sugar.
Source: ChicoER.com05/09/2011 – Central Valley farmers grow a lot of rice and Chinese consumers eat rice with every meal. But finding the connection from U.S. ports to the Chinese dinner plate hasn’t happened so far.
Fuente: Asian Trends Monitoring05/09/2011 – “Rice is life” in Asia and particularly Southeast Asia, where it has long been a staple crop that countries have relied on to feed booming populations. The region is a key rice producer, with 169 million tons, which is about 26% of global rice production, being produced in 2008. Rice…