Thailand – Exporters guarantee rice quality
Source: Bangkok Post01/07/2013 – The Rice Exporters Association has given a public assurance of the quality of rice exported from Thailand to the United States in a statement issued on Monday.
Australia – Dryland rice trial proves potential
Source: The Land02/07/2013 – A project looking into the potential to develop a dryland rice-growing industry in the wet tropics of northern Australia has moved into the field test stage at the Central Queensland University at Rockhampton.
Thailand – Thai rice free of chemical residues
Source: Bernama01/07/2013 – The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives insists that Thai rice is free of chemical residue and the United States does not quarantine Thai grains, Thai News Agency (TNA) reported.
Thailand – Rice policy reversed to please farmers
Source: Bangkok Post01/07/2013 – While the National Rice Policy Committee (NRPC) on Monday reversed its decision to cut the pledging price for ordinary paddy and maintain it at 15,000 baht per tonne until Sept 15, the Commerce Ministry will try to speed up rice sales and try to sell up to five million tonnes in…
USA – Wild Rice Festival celebrates 65 years
Source: Grand Rapids MN30/06/2013 – Sixty-five years ago it was 1949. It was 1949 in northern Minnesota and Deer River was ramping up for its first youth recreation fund raising event. Through the years, all 65 of them, the fund raising event blossomed and evolved into the Wild Rice Festival, known today to locals as the…
USA – Weather hurt La. rice plantings, researcher says
Source: Go Erie29/06/2013 – The future of Louisiana’s rice industry depends on research into new varieties that can provide bigger crop yields and plants that thrive in changing weather conditions, an LSU researcher says.
Pakistan – Export of Pakistani rice: American, Mexican lobbies trying to create hurdles: REAP
Source: Daily Times29/06/2013 – The Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) has expressed serious apprehension over the propaganda against Pakistani rice from American and Mexican lobbies who are trying to create hurdles in the export of Pakistan rice to Mexico.
Thailand – US rice alert ‘routine’
Source: Bangkok Post29/06/2013 – Reports that the United States might quarantine Thai rice because of concern over pesticide residue stemmed from misreadings of a routine bureaucratic announcement, according to the US Embassy.
Pakistan – Rice production declined by 20pc in five years
Source: The News28/06/2013 – The country’s rice production has declined by around 20 percent during the last five years to 5.54 million tons in the year ending June 30, Agri Forum of Pakistan reported on Thursday.
Thailand – Irregularities at 26 rice warehouses
Source: Bangkok Post28/06/2013 – The government has completed its blanket inspection of rice stored in warehouses across the country and found only 26 cases where the rice in storage does not match the documentation, Pol Gen Worapong Chewprecha, a deputy commissioner of Royal Thai Police, said on Friday.