USA – Butte county rice growers do it again, topping charts on production
If you’re rooting for your home team in the race for agricultural production, it’s easy to be a fair weather fan of Butte County Rice.
Japan – All 2014 Fukushima rice cleared radiation tests, thanks to fertilizer
For the first time since the triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 plant throttled the agriculture-reliant prefecture, all rice produced there last year cleared the required radiation tests.
Play as a balinese farmer in spirits of the rice paddy
A tabletop game about agriculture has met full Kickstarter funding with plenty of time to go in the crowdfunding campaign.
USA – Rice coalition eyes Cuba
The USA Rice Federation has joined with more than 25 prominent U.S. food and agriculture associations and companies to form a coalition that seeks to advance trade relations between the United States and Cuba.
India – Scientists to help Ganges rice farmers handle climate threat
Research scientists are coming to the aid of 300 million people along the River Ganges who face a hungry future because their staple rice crop is threatened by climate change.