Philippines – Modern rice processing site to be completed this year
Source: Business World13/02/2012 – A rice processing complex in Davao del Sur that is expected to modernize processing is expected to be completed this year, an official said.
USA – Rain flushes rice-threatening salt water from canal in southwest LA
Source: The Republic12/02/2012 – Recent heavy rain has helped push out salt water that had been creeping north from the Gulf of Mexico and threatened the salt-sensitive rice crop in southwest Louisiana, where many farmers depend on surface water from canals to irrigate their fields.