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EnglishSource: The Australian12/07/2010 – TWO years ago, when the rice crop plunged to a record low, the mill towns in the Riverina region in southern NSW were facing a bleak future. Rice mills in Deniliquin and Coleambally were mothballed, while Leeton’s SunRice mill – the biggest employer in town – was forced to cut the…
Source: Business World11/07/2010 – Hybrid rice producer SL Agritech Corp. expects to record about P2 billion in sales for its 2010-2011 fiscal year, double the latest figure as it intensifies marketing activities for its rice variants. SL Agritech President Henry Lim Bon Liong told BusinessWorld his firm logged in about P1 billion from sales for…
Source: NDTV11/07/2010 – Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar came together in Kolkata to initiate a green revolution in the eastern states of Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and eastern UP. Their initial budget is Rs 400 core and their model: China. In China, one hectare of land yields 6.6 tonnes of…
Source: Stock & Land11/07/2010 – Unlimited water supplies in Australia’s far north west were too great a temptation for two drought-weary farmers from the NSW Murray Valley who embraced their inner-frontier and will this week harvest the first commercial rice crop grown in the Ord River Valley for more than 30 years – taking the future…
Source: Business Standard11/07/2010 – The Union agriculture ministry plans to invite private investment in its project to promote hybrid rice to increase output, particularly in eastern states. Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today announced the formation of a central-level task force to push the hybrid rice variety in the country. The task force will specifically the…
Source: Spy Ghana31/03/2013 – Rice production rose 30% on average in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in two years at end of 2012, according to analysis by the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice).
Source: AG Professional01/04/2013 – 2006 and 2012 were very similar disease years in southwest Louisiana rice. Both years were preceded by warm winters that allowed rice, planted the previous year, to overwinter and several rice diseases to survive and multiply on these plants. These lesions produce spores earlier and in higher amounts than normal. This…
Source: Delta Farm Press09/07/2010 – Texas rice farmers are poised to make another good crop on increased acreage, but heavy rains for the last two weeks have growers concerned about disease pressure and the cost of treatments. “The crop looked good two to three weeks ago,” said Garry McCauley, Texas AgriLife Extension water and weed…
Source: PIA Daily News Reader09/07/2010 – Farmers in the “texting capital” of the world, the Philippines, will soon have nutrient management advice tailored specifically to their rice crops delivered to their mobile phones. Dr. Roland Buresh, part of the International Rice Research (IRRI) team that has joined the Philippine Department of Agriculture to establish the…
Source: ABC Rural09/07/2010 – Farmers and investors will be looking on with interest today as the first rice crop to be grown in Western Australia in almost 30 years is harvested in the Kimberley. Rice was abandoned there in 1983 due to problems with native birds and difficulty in finding suitable varieties for the Ord’s…