Thailand – Next rice crop moved up to Aug 1
Source: Bangkok Post25/06/2012 – The government plans to reschedule its rice price-intervention period for the next crop by moving it up two months.
Philippines – The rice expert
Source: Asian Journal22/06/2012 – What started out as a possible excuse to go back to the Philippines brought international recognition and honor for a Filipino-American instead.
USA – California rice farmers helping migratory birds
Source: Fox News23/06/2012 – The rust-orange head of an American avocet darted back and forth watching for predators, its black-and-white feathered body plopped atop a nest of four speckled eggs that lay on an earthen levee in a California rice paddy.
USA – Rice farmers get advice at Acadia Parish field day
Source: Delta Farm Press22/06/2012 – Currently midway through their rice-growing season, farmers heard advice from LSU AgCenter experts at the June 13 Acadia Parish field day on precautions to consider to protect this year’s crop.
India – ‘India can soon export rice to China’
Source: Daily News21/06/2012 – India’s rice exports to China have been virtually cleared. The assurance from Beijing came when Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met with his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao in this Brazilian port city Wednesday on the margins of the Rio+20 Summit.
GRiSP announces new director
Source: IRRI News20/06/2012 – Bas Bouman, currently head of IRRI’s Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, has been named director of the Global Rice Science Partnership (GRiSP)—the CGIAR research program for rice—effective 1 September 2012.
Sri Lanka – Rice shortage predicted in Sri Lanka if Yala season harvest fails due to drought
Source: Colombo Page20/06/2012 – The Agriculture Ministry of Sri Lanka predicts a shortage of rice in country in the event of a failure of the Yala harvest due to the drought.
USA – Master Rice Grower incentives offered to farmers
Source: Wester Farm Press21/06/2012 – Representatives of the Kellogg Co., Louisiana Rice Mill and the LSU AgCenter unveiled on July 18 the Master Rice Grower Program, which provides incentives to qualified farmers for following sustainable production practices.
Rasi Seeds, Evogene to collaborate on improving traits in rice
Source: AG Professional19/06/2012 – Rasi Seeds and Evogene Ltd. announced a collaboration, focused on increasing yield and drought tolerance in rice. Pursuant to the collaboration agreement, candidate genes discovered by Evogene for these key traits will be introduced into Rasi Seeds pipeline for the development of improved hybrid rice. Financial terms of the agreement were…
USA – Rice growers fear aid is drying up
Source: Chron.com17/06/2012 – It is not the searing Texas heat, stink bugs or threat of sheath blight worrying rice growers Linda and L.G. Raun.