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EnglishSource: The Hindu Business Line02/07/2011 – Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET) has developed an ohmic heater for stabilisation of rice bran oil, which would help in scale up the production of oil and increase its shelf life.
Source: Delta Farm Press01/07/2011 – Bayer settles GM rice litigation for $750 million in damages, plus all administrative costs. Settlement stems from 2006, when trace amounts of GM material were found in U.S. rice supply. Acreage threshold must be met for settlement to be viable.
Source: Bloomberg01/07/2011 – Tokyo Grain Exchange Inc., operator of Japan’s largest agricultural commodity bourse, has been approved to list rice futures, resuming trade after a seven- decade suspension.
Source: Delta Farm Press30/06/2011 – The field day at the LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station at Crowley, La., was a follow-up to a planning meeting held in February for a Master Rice Grower program in collaboration with the Louisiana Master Farmer program, Kellogg and Louisiana Rice Mill. The event allowed farmers to demonstrate how they are…
Source: Bloomberg30/06/2011 – Rice supply in China, the world’s biggest grower and consumer, may decline after drought and floods damaged crops, potentially boosting inflation and increasing imports.
Source: GNA29/06/2011 – Government is poised to produce 20,000 metric tonnes of “highest grade” quality rice by 2012 to reduce rice importation.
Source: Money Control29/06/2011 – Food minister KV Thomas gave a nod to possible exports of grains because of bumper crops and overflowing storage on Wednesday, after government sources told Reuters there could be one million tonnes of both wheat and rice offered.
Source: Clean Technica26/06/2011 – The U.S. agricultural sector is beginning to take on a leadership role in the transition to renewable energy, and the latest example is the California rice industry’s adoption of solar power. In a first of its kind partnership, several California rice companies pooled their stock to put together an entire shipment of rice…
Source: The Baltimore Sun23/06/2011 – Baltimore Customs and Border Protection agents have ordered a shipping container of rice from Pakistan to be sent back or destroyed in an effort to block a destructive, invasive beetle from entering the United States.
Source: The Hindu24/06/2011 – Global rice production is expected to touch 476 million tonnes in 2011, on the back of improved weather conditions, as the influence of La Nina is expected to neutralise by June, United Nation’s body FAO said.
