India – Rice seen tumbling on ample stocks
Source: The Hindu Business Line04/07/2013 – The rice market may continue to witness a downtrend in the coming days, said market sources.
USA – Rice farmers growing waterfowl, too
Source: Sun.Herald02/07/2013 – When Joe Kalfsbeek and his farming partners were in a tight spot some years ago, they relinquished the farming rights to 920 acres of rice fields for an easement to create wetland habitat.
Philippines – More rice exports planned
Source: Business World02/07/2013 – THE DEPARTMENT of Agriculture (DA) is planning to export another batch of long-grain, aromatic rice this month to Indonesia and Malaysia as the agency targets a trial shipment of 100 metric tons (MT) in 2013.
USA – FDA slow to issue guidelines on arsenic in rice
Source: Chicago Tribune03/07/2013 – After tests found worrisome levels of arsenic in American rice last fall, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it would test 1,000 additional samples by the end of the year and issue recommendations “promptly.”
Thailand – Rice price to be cut
Source: The Nation03/07/2013 – Despite deciding to raise the minimum price for rice back to Bt15,000 a tonne under its price-pledging scheme, the government plans to cut the pledging amount to Bt13,000 a tonne for the next harvest season, due to begin by November, a Commerce Ministry source says.
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…