Thailand – International Rice Congress (IRC) 2014 hosted in Bangkok
Source: E Turbo News13/04/2014 – Thailand is to play host to the International Rice Congress (IRC) 2014 in Bangkok during October 27-November 1.
Pakistan – Rice issues: Research crucial to improving per acre yield, says Khan
Source: Tribune13/04/2014 – Pakistan’s per acre rice yield is improving but at a very slow pace. The country can only bring noticeable change if the government restarts research on new seeds or allows the private sector to take that initiative, said Engro Eximp Chief Executive Abdul Samad Khan.
Thailand – Thai rice farmers face double whammy
Source: Channel News Asia11/04/2014 – A severe drought sweeping Thailand, combined with the political impasse over a troubled government rice subsidy scheme, is set to cripple rice farmers’ incomes.
USA – Clock is ticking on 2014 rice crop
Source: Delta Farm Press10/04/2014 – Will 2014 be a repeat of the late-planted, lower-yielding, lower-quality crops of 2010 or 2011 or will it be more similar to last year’s record production and higher grain quality?
USA – Rice planting int he Mid-South moving ‘in slow motion’
Source: Delta Farm Press11/04/2014 – Rice planting was off to a roaring standstill for much of the Mid-South in early April as wet weather and cold temperatures slowed progress considerably. Here’s more from state rice specialists and agronomists:
Thailand – Rice exports up 40% year on year
Source: Bangkok Post08/04/2014 – Thai rice exports rose to 1.4 million tonnes in the first two months of 2014, up 40% from the same period in 2013, Oryza.com reported on Tuesday.
Australia – Rice Growers slam Japan FTA
Source: The Sidnwy Morning Herald08/04/2014 – Ricegrowers’ Association of Australia President Les Gordon has slammed Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s landmark free trade agreement with Japan as a deal that punishes and ignores ricegrowers.
Philippines – PHL misses 2013 rice self-sufficiency target
Source: GMA News05/04/2014 – The Department of Agriculture said the country failed to meet its target of 100-percent rice self-sufficiency in 2013 despite earlier projections that the goal would be met before 2014.
Ghana – Rice farmers to sue MoFA over stalled rice project
Source: GhanaWeb05/04/2014 – Three-hundred-and-fifty rice farmers at Ohiamadwene and its environs in the Shama District of the Western Region have threatened to take legal action against the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) for its inability to carry out a rice project for them.
USA – Drought Threatens Texas Rice Farmers’ Future
Source: NBCDFW04/04/2014 – Brothers Stewart and Kirby Savage should be out right now, planting rice, a crop that their family has grown in Matagorda County for nearly a century. But here they sit, in their low-slung office along Texas 60, talking water, or the lack of it.