Daily Archives: February 21, 2013

Nigeria – American farmer sets for rice farming in Taraba

Source: All Africa20/02/2013 – An American farmer, Calvin Burgess of Guthrie, Oklahoma, owner of Dominion Rice and Integrated Farms Limited, is set to begin a large scale mechanised rice farming in Taraba State beginning this year’s farming season.

USA – Flooded rice field is tested as salmon nursery in Yolo Bypass

Source: The Tribune20/02/2013 – Decades of experience have proved that Sacramento Valley rice farmers can use their fields to grow healthy ducks. Now, research under way in the Yolo Bypass aims to find out if they can grow salmon, too.

U.S. says Japan must negotiate on rice to join trade talks

Source: Reuters20/02/2013 – Japan must be willing to negotiate in all trade sectors, including politically sensitive ones like rice, if it wants to join the United States and 10 other countries in talks on a regional free-trade pact, the top U.S. trade official said on Wednesday.