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EnglishSource: Business Inquirer11/02/2013 – A hybrid rice variety developed in the Philippines has captured 20 percent of Bangladesh’s hybrid rice market, thus helping the developing country in South Asia meet its goal to become self sufficient in rice, an exporting Filipino firm said Monday.
Source: The Economic Times11/02/2013 – West Bengal and Assam, the two major rice producing states, have kicked off rabi paddy sowing. Bengal is targeting a production of 40 lakh tonne rice during the rabi season while Assam is expected to produce 55 lakh tonne.
Source: Bangkok Post11/02/2013 – The Commerce Ministry says the Democrat Party’s allegations over poor quality control of rice under the government’s rice pledging scheme are not true.
Source: Yahoo News07/02/2013 – A famine in a key North Korean grain-growing region in 2012 may have killed thousands of people at the same time as the country was staging mass celebrations to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the state’s founder, according to a news agency based in Japan.
Source: Bloomberg07/02/2013 – Rice stockpiles in Thailand will surge to a record this year driven by a government-price support program, according to the Food & Agriculture Organization, which said the country may be running out of room to store the staple.
Source: The New York Times07/02/2013 – Thailand’s generous rice subsidy program has run into funding problems, a new threat to a policy that wins millions of rural votes for the government but that has generated huge stockpiles, set off allegations of graft and unnerved markets.
Source: AG Professional05/02/2013 – USA Rice Federation calls it a groundbreaking new partnership between the federation and Ducks Unlimited (DU) as the two organizations have forged a model of cooperation and communication for mutual benefit. The USA Rice-DU Stewardship Partnership will address rice production, waterfowl and water conservation projects, programs and policies that are beneficial…
Source: thenewsstar.com05/02/2013 – Rice prices, which have lagged other commodities, are on the rise, which could be a boost for northeastern Louisiana farmers and the Kennedy Rice Mill in Mer Rouge.
Source: Bloomberg05/02/2013 – Rice futures surged to the highest in almost 15 months on mounting concern that inventories are dwindling in the U.S., the world’s fifth-biggest exporter.
Source: The Advocate05/02/2013 – Louisiana rice farmers can expect to see better prices this year because of demand from China and a smaller crop from Brazil, according to the LSU AgCenter.