India – Rice basmati strengthens on fresh buying
Source: Business Line31/12/2011 – In restricted activity, rice basmati Pusa-1121 traded Rs 50 per quintal higher on the wholesale grains market on Saturday on fresh buying support.
USA – US rice industry looking at acreage reduction in 2012
Source: Western Farm Press29/12/2011 – Next season could bring significant reductions in acreage for some rice producing states, according to rice specialists addressing the USA Rice Outlook Conference in Austin, Texas. Here’s a state by state look.
Nigeria – FG moves to boost rice production
Source: PM News29/12/2011 – The Federal Government has expanded the capacities of three rice mills in the country to 90,000 tonnes each to facilitate rice processing and ensure competitiveness.
USA – Rice crop yields disappoint, but could have been worse
Source: Delta Farm Press29/12/2011 – In early September of 2011, Arkansas rice producer Jared Holzhauer thought his crop had made it through early- and mid-season weather woes with flying colors. But by the time he started harvesting the crop later that month, it turned out that the crop looked better from the road than in the…
Indonesia – State targets new rice production in East Kalimantan
Source: Jakarta Globe27/12/2011 – Three state companies will team up to open 100,000 hectares of new rice fields in a bid to achieve the government’s target of a 10 million-ton rice surplus by 2014, a minister said on Tuesday.
Japan – Fukushima rice farmers asking ‘until when
Source: The Mainichi Daily News27/12/2011 – With the government announcing a possible ban on future rice planting in areas where contaminated rice was detected, farmers in Fukushima Prefecture are on the verge of losing the little hope that has kept them going amidst months of torture.
Taiwan – Second rice shipment to Japan leaves central Taiwan
Source: Taipei Times28/12/2011 – A shipment of Taiwanese rice bound for Tokyo departed central Taiwan yesterday, the second in a series of three deliveries of the biggest rice order received from Japan in eight years.
Thailand – Shorter growing period, seed shortage challenge rice
Source: Nation Multimedia27/12/2011 – The flood has forced farmers to shorten their rice-growing period, while at the same time they will find it hard to access high-quality rice seed, says an expert at Bayer CropScience, the agricultural-chemical arm of German chemical and pharmaceutical giant Bayer.
Cambodia – Cambodian rice output grows in 2011 despite floods
Source: The Phnom Penh Post26/12/2011 – Cambodia’s total paddy rice output reached 8.4 million tonnes in 2011, up from 8.25 million tonnes last year, according an initial assessment by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
India – Low offtake keeps rice varieties flat
Source: Business Line26/12/2011 – With trading being lukewarm, except for duplicate basmati, prices of all other aromatic and non-basmati varieties on Monday ruled flat.