Category Archives: News @en

Vietnam – Vietnam 2012 rice output seen steady -Ag Min

Source: Reuters16/12/2011 – Vietnam’s rice output in 2012 is expected to remain steady at this year’s record levels of around 42 million tonnes of unhusked grain, a government minister said on Friday, which could help ensure supply in Asia and soften food prices.

Bayer’s $750 million modified-rice settlement now binding

Source: Bloomberg Businessweek15/12/2011 – A Bayer AG unit said a $750 million settlement with U.S. rice farmers who sued after their crops became tainted by a genetically modified strain is binding now that the requisite number of growers has accepted the deal.

Philippines – Record wheat, corn, rice production

Source: Malaya16/12/2011 – At a projected 208.5 million tons, global wheat stocks this year would be the largest in 12 years.

Philippines – Over a third of N. Samar rice fields found to be infested

Source: Business World14/12/2011 – An inventory conducted for the first time by the Regional Crop Protection Center (RCPC) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) last month showed that 11,000 hectares (37%) of the 29,434 hectares total area planted with rice this year, have been infested.

USA – Rice farmers win big against crop contamination

Source: Carroll County News14/12/2011 – Provisions in the Arkansas tort reform law limiting punitive damages that can be awarded in a civil suit were ruled unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court.

China – China’s wheat, rice import demand to ebb

Source: Markets Pulse06/06/2013 – China’s appetite for the world’s supplies of wheat and rice may be ebbing, according to a new forecast, as its growing ability to feed its people reduces its dependence on imports.

Singapore – Rice prices head higher

Source: The Wall Street Journal14/12/2011 – Aggressive buying by Asian governments is pushing up rice prices, even as the world heads for a second straight year of record harvests.

Pakistan – Market for rice flour identified

Source: The News04/06/2013 – Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) has identified a reasonable export potential of rice flour and advised exporters to opt for value-addition.

Bangladesh – Prawns net profit for flood-hit Bangladesh rice farmers

Source: AlertNet12/12/2011 – The world may have agreed to start work on a new accord to cut planet-warming emissions due to come into force by 2020, but for many poor people in developing countries, that is an age away. Rice farmers in flood-prone Bangladesh need solutions to their climate woes now, and are finding that prawns…

India – India’s rice exports may touch 7mn tonnes in 2011-12

Source: Moneycontrol.com12/12/2011 – CRISIL Ratings has come out with its report on Indian rice. As per the rating agency India’s rice exports is expected to reach around 7 million tonnes in 2011-12, up from 2.2 million tonnes in 2010-11.