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EnglishSource: StuttgartDailyLeader.com05/08/2011 – Turning the wheel, Caden Davis navigates his way around a rice field. The son of an Almyra farmer was one of the many who attended the 2011 Arkansas Rice Expo and, along with his brother Case, tried out a tractor-driving simulator.
Source: PhilStar.com04/08/2011 – The Philippine government has released P1.44 billion ($34 million) for its rice subsidy program benefiting 678,621 small-scale farmers and fishermen in the country, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said today.
Source: The Nation01/08/2011 – To strengthen Thailand’s competitiveness in the short run, the country should focus on doubling yield from 460 kilograms per rai (2,875kg per hectare) to 800-900kg per rai. The next step would be to use high-quality seeds that can triple yield to a minimum of 1,000kg per rai from 460kg, said Anek Silapapun,…
Source: smartplanet01/08/2011 – Local authorities in Japan are working to determine whether the country’s traditional staple crop is contaminated with unsafe levels of radioactive cesium.
Source: Reuters01/08/2011 – More than a dozen regional governments in Japan will conduct tests to determine whether locally grown rice contains too much radioactive cesium, farm ministry officials said on Monday, as food safety worries spill into the country’s traditional staple.
Source: PR Newswire29/07/2011 – Sacramento Valley rice producers now have the opportunity to make more of a conservation investment on their working lands this year. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has received an additional $2 million for wildlife habitat conservation improvements.
Source: The Daily Star31/07/2011 – The government has cut its food grain imports target by 22 percent for the current fiscal year due to better stock and internal procurement, a food department official said.
Source: Health News Digest.com29/07/2011 – Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists at the Port of New York/Newark found a pest that was confirmed by the USDA as Khapra Beetle Trogoderma granarium Everts (Dermestidae).
Source: Bloomberg28/07/2011 – Brazil has begun shipping rice to South Africa, competing withThailand, the largest source of the grain for Africa’s biggest economy.
Source: Bloomberg27/07/2011 – European Union rice production is forecast to climb 0.7 percent this year as higher temperatures boosted plant growth in Italy, the region’s largest grower of the grain, the bloc’s crop-monitoring unit said.
