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FPCCI advises rice exporters to seek zero-rated tax
status
Addressing problems: FPCCI advises rice exporters
to prepare proposal
Rice millers, growers express concern on low paddy
price
China reveals magic land treatment success.
Indonesia's new president targets food selfsustainability
Surprise Rice Price Fall on Harvest News
Agri experts raise alarm as Basmati rice prices
crash in MP
MoU signed on rice, ecosystem
MMTC, STC float tenders for import of 40k tonne
rice.
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FPCCI advises rice exporters
to seek zero-rated tax status
our correspondent
Friday, November 07, 2014
From Print Edition
KARACHI: The Federation of Pakistan
Chambers of Commerce and Industry
(FPCCI) on Thursday advised the rice
exporters to prepare proposals for the
government to clinch zero-rated tax
status.
President FPCCI Zakaria Usman, in a
meeting with a delegation of Rice Exporters
Association of Pakistan (Reap), discussed
various problems, which are causing high
cost to rice exports, eroding the competitive
edge in the global market. Usman suggested
the exporters to submit proposals for the
government to include rice in the list of
sectors operating under zero-rated sales tax
regime, such as textile, leather, surgical
goods, exportable goods and carpet
industries.
He further advised the delegation to prepare
proposals to seek export development fund
(EDF) for the installation of a dedicated line
from K-Electric feeder to their cluster area
to ensure smooth supply of power. Reap
members, led by its Chairman Rafique
Suleman, were asked to get land from its
own resources and then apply for EDF for
the
construction
of
building
and
procurement of equipment and machinery
for the development of rice research
institutes.Exporters highlighted issues, such
as non-availability of containers especially
for rice, ever-increasing container terminal
charges, inordinate delay in refund claims

on sale tax paid by the rice exporters on
their electricity bills, transfer of fuel
adjustment charges to the industry, etc.The
Federation of Pakistan Chambers of
Commerce and Industry chief deplored the
poor services of container terminal operators
(CTOs) during the examination of goods by
anti narcotic force at ports. He told the
delegation that a meeting with government
officials and other stakeholders had decided
CTOs would either hire skilled manpower to
improve services or take assistance of a third
party with professional expertise in repacking of goods and re-stuffing containers.
The Reap members also pointed out
problems related to export proceeds and
charges of different freight rates at variable
rupee-dollar parity rates by shipping
companies.They blamed non-monitoring of
foreign exchange policy by the State Bank
of Pakistan for this disparity.Usman urged
the shipping companies to reduce the
charges for rice as it is a low value and high
volume item as compared to other valueadded goods like textile etc. He said that he
would take up the foreign exchange issue
with the SBPs governor.Khurram Sayeed
and Ismail Suttar, vice presidents of
Federation of Pakistan Chambers of
Commerce and Industry, Saquib Fayyaz
Magoon, chairman of FPCCI Standing
Committee on Customs and others were also
present.
Addressing problems: FPCCI

advises rice exporters to
prepare proposal
By Our Correspondent
Published: November 7, 2014
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The proposal will discuss problems related
to export proceeds and charging of different
freight rates at different rupee-dollar parity
by shipping companies. STOCK IMAGE
KARACHI:
Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce
and Industry (FPCCI) President Zakaria Usman
has advised Rice Exporters Association of
Pakistan (REAP) to prepare a comprehensive
proposal to prepare its case to present to the
government.
The
will
proposal
discuss
problems
related
to
export
proceeds and
charging
of
different
freight rates at different rupee-dollar parity by
shipping companies due to non-monitoring of
Foreign Exchange Policy by the central
bank.He discussed the issue while talking to a
REAP delegation that met him on Thursday
and discussed different issues of the rice
industry.
For the document, Usman asked REAP to
include rice as a traditional item in zero-rated
sales tax regime like textile, leather, surgical
goods, sports goods and carpet industrial subsectors.He asked the association members to
prepare the proposal ahead of State Bank of
Pakistan governors scheduled visit to FPCCI
shortly.He also urged the shipping companies
to reduce container charges for rice as it is a
low-value and high volume item compared to
other value-added goods like textile.Usman,
responding to the poor services extended by
the container terminal operators (CTOs)
during examination of goods by Anti Narcotic
Force (ANF) at ports, informed that the
FPCCI had recently organised two joint
meetings of all the stakeholders involved in
these processes at ports.During the meeting,
traders, regional directorate of ANF; port
operating companies (KICT, PICT and QICT),
KPT; PQA, SBP mutually decided that CTOs

would either hire sufficient trained and skilled
manpower for the improvement in their
services or outsource it to a third party with
professional expertise in re-packing of goods
and re-stuffing in containers, he said.The
FPCCI president also asked the delegation to
prepare its proposal seeking financial
assistance from the Export Development Fund
(EDF) for the development of a steady line
from K-Electric feeders to their cluster area to
ensure smooth supply of power.
Published in The Express Tribune, November
7th, 2014.
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Rice millers, growers express

concern on low paddy price
Staff Report
November 07, 2014
ISLAMABAD: Rice millers asked Ministry

for Food Security and Research ((MFS&R) to
intervene in the market to stabilise low price
of paddy.A delegation of rice growers, office
bearers of Kissan Board and Rice Millers
Association of Pakistan meeting with federal
food minister said export of rice to Iran also
decreased due to lot of reasons like
international sanctions, registration of
exported firms and political reasons.
Federal minister assured team leader Jaffar
Iqbal member National Assembly and others
government was sensitised on this issue. In
this regard a record note would be forwarded
to Prime Ministers Office for fixation of
paddy rice price for 2014-15 crop and its
procurement by Pakistan Agriculture Storage
and Services Corporation (PASSCO). The
matter would also be taken up in Economic

Coordination Committee of the Cabinet
meeting next week
China reveals magic land

treatment success.
By Dave Armstrong - 06 Nov 2014 19:25:0 GMT
The rice harvest is being gathered. In Hebie

province, would you eat the rice if it has not
been thoroughly tested? Many international
companies and Chinese enterprises are involved
but how long has the complex bacterial action
been allowed to work with so much land
unavailable for agriculture? Harvest image;
Credit: Shutterstock
Hebie is a Chinese province that is being
progressive. They call it bioremediation, but

essentially, the new idea is to treat soil that
is affected by waste with degrading bacteria
such
as Dehalococcoides and
other
microorganisms. Many other Chinese
provinces are also involved as the revitalised
paddy fields have proved able to produce
crops. Only 85% of contaminants and salt
are removed, but this seems sufficient, for
plants at least.
The worst pollution at the moment in China
is caused by heavy metals: cadmium,
mercury and copper, associated also with
arsenic, contaminating 50 million hectares.
The microbes are able to fix these poisons so
that they are not available to plants, and
reside in the soil just like the miniscule
amounts in rock. With many farms closed
down for this treatment, there must be
worries that the treatment will work in the
long-term, after flooding or if other bacteria

reverse the process. However, the
companies involved are in most cases
capable of this bioengineering.
Earth Times is having a close look at the
secretive technology. The closest we have
is the rock-breathing bacterium, that can be
used for this kind of function, although it is
better known for oil spill clean-ups. It is
related to iron bacteria, sulphur bacteria,
nitrogen
bacteria
and
other
chemosynthesisers.
Farm production will rise by between 15 and
80% if the crops can be safely eaten. Even
more land from oil-spill pollution could also
be recovered in a similar way. Even there,
though, there have been concerns that
enough time needs to pass before
bioremediation effectively removes enough
toxins from the environment. New Zealand
vets
have
reservations
about food
safety there, following oil contamination.
With 12 million tonnes of rice and other
staples polluted each year, the highly toxic
heavy metals pouring into the Yangzi and
other rivers also have to be stopped, of
course.
The Chinese vice minister of land and
resources, Wang Shiyuan, said that 3.3
million hectares of arable land is
contaminated land, in grain-producing areas.
We just hope hes willing to eat all his rice
from there, when it is declared safe for
human consumption.
Indonesia's new president

targets food self-sustainability
By REUTERS
PUBLISHED: 07:06 GMT, 7 November 2014 |
UPDATED: 07:06 GMT, 7 November 2014

JAKARTA, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Indonesia's new
president Joko Widodo said on Friday that he
wanted the Southeast Asian nation to be selfsufficient in various food staples within five
years.With a rising population of more than 240
million, Indonesia's food imports fluctuate each
year as eating habits change or to offset

potential food inflation risks.Indonesia will
aim for self-sustainability in beef within one
year, while targeting three years for rice,
soybeans and corn, and four or five years for
sugar, Widodo said at a business conference.
He did not give details on how that would be
achieved.
Widodo, who took office on Oct. 20, had
previously said he wanted the country to be
self-sufficient in sugar, rice and corn within
four years.Widodo's predecessor, Susilo
Bambang Yudhoyono, introduced numerous
self-sufficiency targets in 2009 after food
prices soared.But most have not been met,
partly due to a lack of coordination by
government ministries, red tape and
corruption scandals over import quotas that
caused shortages for food such as beef.
To help the agriculture sector, which
accounts for about 15 percent of GDP in
Southeast Asia's largest economy, Widodo
said that the construction of 11 new
reservoirs would begin next year, with the
aim of building 25-30 within five years.
(Reporting by Adriana Nina Kusuma;
Writing by Michael Taylor; Editing by
Joseph Radford)
Surprise Rice Price Fall on Harvest

News
Lee Sang Yong | 2014-11-07 16:28
Market rice prices have been dropping

dramatically in recent days, the Daily NK
has learned. Given reports of an unfavorable
harvest due an absence of fertilizer and
drought conditions early in the season, the
news has come as a surprise to many
residents. In turn, this has led to customary
bouts of speculation and rumor.
The price of rice has plunged to 4,500
KPW [0.54 USD] per kg in the markets, a
source in Pyongyang told the Daily NK on
Thursday. The harvest is underway and
freshly harvested rice is pushing down
prices."This year, not only collective farms
but also individuals planted a lot of rice, he
elaborated. It seems like the rice from these
private plots is now in the marketplace. As
of mid-October, a kilo of rice was fetching
6,800 KPW [0.82 USD] in public markets,
according to research conducted by the
Daily NK in locations across North Korea.
Later in the month it fell to 5,000 KPW
[0.60 USD], and has now reached the 4,500
KPW [0.54 USD] mark.
Rice is going for roughly 4,800 KPW [1.80
USD], and the price here continues to
fall, a source based in the isolated border
city of Hyesan said. People have
been saying the harvest this year has not
been that good, but theres definitely a lot of
rice in the markets now. The going rate for
corn has also fallen in Hyesan, the source
explained, dipping to 1,700 KPW [0.20
USD] in early September. The price of corn

usually tracks that of rice.Meanwhile, in
Pyongyang residents eager to determine the
cause of the sudden drop have been
speculating "that rice from Russia has been
brought in," the source revealed. There have
even been hard numbers floated in reference
to the rumor. To wit, The state requested
5,000 tons because of the bad harvest.
There is also the likelihood that vendors

with rice in stock may decide not to bring
out their supplies if the price stays low,
hoping to stick it out and reap higher profits
later. According to the source, If this were
to continue, the prices would continue to
climb, potentially making things difficult for
residents."
The source in Hyesan explained that, as
Rice prices in the North tend to be affected
usual, grain units have been officially
by fluctuations in exchange rates, but more
dispatched to oversee the distribution of the

harvested rice, but that bribes are sufficient
to keep them from regulating rice sold in
markets.The term "grain unit" refers to 2030 members of the Worker and Peasant Red
Guards, one of North Korea's large reserve
military forces consisting of men between
the ages of 17 and 60 and some unmarried
recently they have moved seemingly without

regard for currency prices. Currently in
Yangkang Province, 1 RMB [0.16 USD]
trades for 1,350 KPW, a 50 KPW increase
from September, yet the price of rice has
actually fallen.*All conversion rates, based
on market trend information from inside
North Korea compiled by Daily NK, are
women, who set up checkpoints along main

transportation routes in order to govern the
movement of rice and corn harvested on
collective farms and individual farm plots.
However, this type of monitoring has long
been an ineffective formality due to the
prevalence of corruption.
current as of November 6th, 2014 and

available here.
Agri experts raise alarm as

Basmati rice prices crash in MP
Rahul Noronha, Hindustan Times Bhopal, November
06, 2014
Despite the brief spike surmised to stem

from these factors, the fall in rice prices is
not expected to last long. There may be a
lot of rice in the markets, but the harvest was
bad so
the
supply
will
gradually
decrease, the source predicted. Unless the
state actively engages with the issue, prices
will gradually climb back up to last months
level.
First Published: 14:09 IST(6/11/2014) | Last Updated:

17:43 IST(6/11/2014)
A crash in Basmati rice prices has left

Madhya Pradesh farmers worried as the
downtrend is reportedly linked to some
monopoly export firms, say market experts.
Last year the prices of Basmati paddy
peaked to Rs. 4,000 per quintal and this year
they crashed to Rs. 2200 per quintal,
according to sources.

Experts say many farmers had taken to
Basmati growing, leaving soybean as the
main crop in the Narmada belt. (HT file
photo)
But, this puts Basmati growers at the
receiving end as the price drop leaves them
little to cheer about with the input cost had
already been high in terms of costly
fertilizers, seeds and diesel, according to
market sources. Former agriculture director
GS Kaushal sees in it as a studied gameplan
of a few buying firms."They have
deliberately kept the prices down," he says
and corroborates it with his on-field findings
which suggest there had not been any
surplus production situation in the market as
the production had been moderate due to
lack of rain.
The low-production situation should have

pushed prices up instead, he suggests,
hinting at the deeper game. Market sources
partly corroborate Kaushal's take and say it
is likely as low purchase prices make Indian
Basmati sell like hot cakes in the
international market, fetching fat profits to
the exporting firms.Daawat foods director
Rajinder Wadhawan, however, rejects the
monopoly angle and says, "The prices of
basmati depend purely on international
market. If one studies the price trends in the
last 30 years, prices crash every five or six
years.
This seems like one of those years."Daawat

foods is one of the major buyers and exports
of basmati rice in the state. According to
sources, many farmers had taken to Basmati
growing, leaving soybean as the main crop
in the Narmada belt, mainly Raisen,
Hoshangabad, Sehore and Harda districts
after it offered good profit proposition.This
is reflected by the fact that the area under
Basmati cultivation in the state increased
from 1.8 million hectares in 2013 to 2.1
million hectares in 2014, according to the
official figures. However, the drop in the
prices have left Basmati growers in the noman's land, sources told Hindustan Times.
MoU signed on rice, ecosystem

The Nation
November 8, 2014 1:00 am
Better Rice Initiative Asia (BRIA) recently
signed a memorandum of understanding
with the Rice Department under the Ministry
of Agriculture and Cooperatives on
"Promoting Sustainable Production of Rice
and Ecosystem Resilience in Thailand"
(PROSPECT).The MoU constitutes a
framework
of
cooperation
and
understanding and facilitates collaboration
between the two parties to implement the
BRIA Thailand project.
The areas of collaboration include
enhancement of rice-based farming systems
and rice technologies in identified areas;
documentation of best agricultural practices
to accelerate transfer of crop-management
technologies; and promotion of decisionsupport
tools
through
education
programmes, training of trainers, and tailormade extension materials to suit local needs.

Also included are improvement of the
capacity of extension workers, community
rice centres and farmer leaders; promotion
of linkages along the rice value chain,
market transparency and market guarantees;
strengthening of networks of multistakeholder partnerships; and monitoring of
collaborative training and extension
activities and assessment of adoption farmer
by farmers and their impacts. Chanpithya
Shimphalee,
director-general
of
the
department, signed the MoU with Matthias
Bickel, project director, representing the
German International Cooperation
MMTC, STC float tenders for

import of 40k tonne rice
New Delhi, Nov 6 (PTI) State-run MMTC
and STC have floated global tenders for
import of 40,000 tonnes of rice for delivery
in Mizoram and Manipur to meet PDS
demand.
Despite adequate domestic stock, the
government has asked the two PSUs to
import rice for the Public Distribution
System in view of transportation problems
being faced since last month due to
widening of railroad on the LumdingSilchar-Agartala section.
Arkansas Farm Bureau

Daily Commodity Report
A comprehensive daily commodity market
report
for
Arkansas
agricultural
commodities with cash markets, futures and
insightful analysis and commentary from
Arkansas Farm Bureau commodity analysts.
Noteworthy benchmark price levels of
interest to farmers and ranchers, as well as
long-term commodity market trends which
are developing. Daily fundamental market

influences and technical factors are noted
and discussed.
Soybeans
High
Low
Cash Bids 1060
981
New Crop 1072
1003
Riceland Foods
Cash
Bids
New
Crop
Stuttgart:
1033
Stuttgart: 992
Pendleton:
1033
Pendleton: 997
Futures:
Nov
'14
Jan
'15
Ma
r
'15
Ma
y
'15
Jul
'15
Aug
'15
Sep
'15
Nov
'15
Jan
'16
High
1044.00
Low
1012.
25
1011.
50
1016.
00
Last
1031.0
0
1028.0
0
1032.2
5
Change
+10.50
1048.00
1020.
75
1036.5
0
+7.25
1051.25
1024.
75
1025.
50
1008.
25
996.5
0
1005.
00
1039.5
0
1038.5
0
1019.5
0
1006.7
5
1012.5
0
+6.50
1040.50
1044.50
1049.25
1029.50
1017.00
1020.25
+8.75
+8.00
+5.25
+3.25
+2.75
+2.75

'16
May
'16
Jul
'16
Arkansas Daily Grain Report

FOB Memphis Elevator Crops
Soybean Comment
583.50 -3.50
577.50 -4.00
Soybeans saw renewed strength as prices

found support in another strong export sales
report and continued good meal demand.
With the strong demand situation for U.S.
soybeans this is helping support prices at a
time when supplies are forecast to grow by
more than 300 million bushels. This market
needs the demand news to continue to come
in order to keep prices high; however at
some point the reality of a +400 million
bushel carryover will set in on this market
and push prices lower.
Wheat Comment
Wheat prices fell sharply today as it had a
disappointing export report today. Today's slow
exports again has traders worried that the U.S. will
not be able to meet this years export forecast. With
the already weak exports forecast, it would be very
bearish for prices if the U.S. failed to meet
forecast.
Grain Sorghum
Wheat
Cash Bids
New Crop
High Low
440
Cash Bids 480
496
New Crop 541
Low
350
403
Futures:
Dec
'14
Mar
'15
May
'15
Jul
'15
Sep
'15
Dec
'15
Mar
High
411
433
High
528.00
Low
Last Change
520.00 520.25 -4.50
539.00
531.25 532.00 -4.25
545.75
538.25 539.50 -3.50
552.25
544.75 546.00 -4.00
561.25
555.75 555.50 -4.25
574.50
567.75 569.00 -3.75
Corn
Cash Bids
New Crop
High
380
401
Low
320
360
579.00 -3.75

Futures:
Dec '14
Mar
'15
May
'15
Jul '15
Sep '15
Dec '15
Mar
'16
May
'16
Jul '16
High
Low
Last Change
374.50 366.50 371.25 +1.00
387.00 379.50 384.00 +1.00
High Low Last Change

Dec '14 63.35 62.52 63.19 0.48
Mar '15 62.35 61.7 62.28 0.41
395.75 388.25 392.75 +1.00

402.75
409.00
418.75
427.50
395.25
402.00
411.25
420.25
399.75
406.50
416.50
425.25
+1.25
+1.75
+2.50
+2.50
433.75 429.25 431.75 +2.75

438.00 431.75 436.50 +2.75

Memphis, TN Cotton and Tobacco Programs
Cotton Comment
Cotton futures ended the day with small gains.
Technically, December is still consolidating
between support near 62 cents and resistance at 66
cents. March continues to consolidate in a narrow
range above support at 61.20 cents. Harvest
pressure will limit the upside as farmers are in full
swing picking the crop.
Rice
Corn Comment
Corn prices managed to put in marginal
gains today thanks to strength in soybeans.
Corn prices were pressured most of the day
by a disappointing export sales report. Sales
need to strengthen as increased competition
is limiting new crop corn sales. With South
American prices now more than a dime
lower than U.S. And cheaper (lower quality)
Ukrainian corn entering the market. If the
U.S. exports do not pick up we could see the
USDA lower its export forecast, and thus
increase carryover in coming reports (likely
December or January). This would be
bearish for prices and could push 2015
prices back below $4.
Long Grain Cash Bids

Long Grain New Crop
High
-----
Low
1146/cwt
1136/cwt
Futures:
High
Low
Last Change
Nov 1216.0 1188.0 1184.0 -31.5
'14
Jan 1242.5 1205.0 1209.0 -32.5
'15
Mar 1269.0 1235.0 1236.0 -32.5
'15
1262.0 -32.0
May
'15
1280.0 -32.0
Jul
'15
1216.5 -32.0
Sep
'15
1206.5 -32.0
Nov
'15
Cotton Futures:

Rice Comment
Rice futures were under renewed pressure today.
Ample domestic supplies and weak demand
continue to pressure the market. Thailand still has
a huge stockpile of rice that has recently been
revealed to be of diminished quality, which means
the government is under pressure to unload it in a
hurry.
Cattle
Futures:
Live Cattle:
High
Low
Last
166.45
0
167.30
0
166.27
5
156.60
0
154.02
5
165.07
5
165.92
5
165.25
0
155.67
5
153.35
0
165.55
0
166.55
0
165.90
0
156.35
0
153.90
0
155.17
5
155.35
0
154.37
5
154.65
0
154.90
0
154.27
5
155.25
0
155.35
0
154.55
0
153.65
0
+0.600
Chang
e
+1.100
Dec
'14
Feb
'15
Apr
'15
Jun
'15
Au
g
'15
Oct
'15
Dec
'15
Feb
'16
Apr
'16
Feeders:
High
Low
Last
236.87
5
231.10
0
228.65
0
228.67
5
228.60
235.70
0
230.20
0
227.67
5
227.85
0
227.97
236.87
5
230.97
5
228.45
0
228.57
5
228.52
Nov
'14
Jan
'15
Mar
'15
Apr
'15
Ma
Chang
e
+0.350
+0.475
+0.650
+0.725
+0.550
+0.450
+0.300
y
'15
Aug
'15
Sep
'15
Oct
'15
229.07
5
227.00
0
226.25
0
228.40
0
226.80
0
226.00
0
228.87
5
227.00
0
225.80
0
+0.750
+0.800
+0.250
Arkansas Prices
Charlotte Livestock Auction
Green Forest Livestock Auction
Ratcliff Livestock Auction
Oklahoma City
El Reno Livestock Market, El Reno, OK
Cattle Comment
Cattle prices saw modest gains on some
short covering by traders. The market
continues to hold support near 165, and
while grain prices have increased in recent
weeks, prices appear to be having difficulty
maintaining gains and the outlook is for
lower prices longer term. With continued
strong fundamentals look for prices to
strengthen and in new highs in the coming
weeks
Hogs -Futures:
+0.050
+0.775
+0.900
+0.750
High
Low
Last Change
Dec '14 88.150 87.125 88.125 +1.000
Feb '15 87.450 86.625 87.400 +0.650
88.875 88.075 88.875 +0.775
Apr
'15
90.500 90.400 90.475 +0.475
May
'15
Jun '15 93.950 93.350 93.925 +0.575
Jul '15 92.800 92.150 92.800 +0.250
90.500 90.000 90.500 +0.300
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'15
Oct '15 78.000 76.700 77.425 -0.775
Dec '15 74.250 73.275 73.300 -0.200
+0.700

Hog Comment
History: More than a crop,

rice was an industry
By Jason Lesley
Coastal Observer
Evolution of the South Carolina
Lowcountrys rice culture can be
followed in the abandoned canals and tall
chimneys on former plantation land.
Pieces of machinery have been left to
rust for more than a century after
production of rice migrated to the
Southwest where it could be grown more
efficiently.
Dr. Richard Porcher Jr., a botany
professor who has written about South
Carolina wildflowers and Sea Island
cotton, and artist Billy Judd spent a
decade trying to separate myth from fact
about Carolina Gold, the rice that made
hundreds of plantation owners wealthy.
Porcher and Judd have just finished a
book, The Market Preparation of
Carolina
Rice,
that
traces
the
production of rice from its beginnings in
Goose Creek slave gardens to a cash crop
that led to the clearing of 150,000 acres
of tidal land for its production. The
authors made a presentation to a group at
Hobcaw Baronys Kimbel Lodge last
week.
Porcher is professor emeritus at The
Citadel and adjunct professor of
biological sciences at Clemson
University, where he established the
Wade T. Batson Endowment in field
botany. He is the author of Wildflowers
of the Carolina Lowcountry and Lower

Pee Dee and the coauthor of A Guide
to the Wildflowers of South Carolina
and The Story of Sea Island Cotton.
Judd, a self-taught draftsman/artist,
archaeologist and historian, is retired
from the U.S. Space and Naval Warfare
Systems Command in Hanahan.
Porcher said Judd was able to look at the
pieces of abandoned machinery and draw
an illustration depicting how it worked.
To me, Porcher said, it was a bunch
of junk. Im a field botanist. Billy would
sit down and take notes and come back a
couple days later and say this is what I
think it is. We were very fortunate that
people who own these plantations
allowed us to go out in the field and find
these
sites.
Artifacts
helped
us
understand how the machinery was put
together.
Porcher researched documents ranging
from patents to slave journals for clues
about rice production. His findings
contradict some long-held assumptions
about the Lowcountry rice culture from
the trunk system that flooded and drained
fields to water- and steam-powered
machines that began replacing slave
labor in threshing and milling rice before
the Civil War.
In 1670, Porcher said, a ship brought
planters from Barbados to the port of
Charleston. They settled near Goose
Creek, and their slaves planted rice for
their own use. The owners saw the crops
potential and created the plantation
enterprise. From there it spread to form
the Lowcountry rice kingdom.

Carolina Gold is the finest rice ever
grown, Porcher said. It was introduced to
the Winyah and Waccamaw regions by
Hezekiah
Maham,
an
American
Revolutionary War officer who lived in
Pineville. Joshua John Ward, owner of
Brookgreen Plantation and more than a
thousand slaves, married Mahams
granddaughter, Joanna Douglas Hasell,
and gained access to the Carolina Gold
seeds. Where Maham got Carolina Gold
rice, Porcher said, nobody has any
idea. At least weve got a person and put
a name on it.
The first rice trunks were of African
origin, Porcher said. The swing gate
trunks in Jasper County were not.
Porcher said they were used in the early
1700s in the English countryside. It
may have come from England, he said,
but the rice trunk was modified and
perfected here. They took 150,000 acres
of tidal freshwater swamp and turned it
into rice fields. This is the system that
completely changed the ecology of
Lowcountry South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida, and we have claimed it as our
own.
Porcher said there are three stages of rice
production: harvesting, threshing and
milling. When the work was done by
hand, slaves used flailing sticks to beat
the rice grains off the stalks after they
were cut and dried in the fields. Finally,
they had to shake the stalks to get the
last few grains. Once the outer husks
were removed from the grain, the rice
was tossed in the air by use of
winnowing baskets to allow wind to
blow away the chaff. Later winnowing
barns were built, and rice was dropped
from a hole in the high structures floor

to allow the wind to separate the chaff as
the seeds fell to the ground. The last
winnowing barn in existence is at
Mansfield Plantation near Georgetown,
the author said.
The plantation owners grew so much
rice, Porcher said, they had to move to
mechanized threshing. Steam power
turned a series of beaters that dislodged
the rice seeds from the stalks. Porcher
and Judd went to Chicora Wood
Plantation to study a rice chimney to
understand how mechanized threshing in
the 1800s worked. They found a frame
and some rakes in the threshing barn.
We gradually figured out the use,
Porcher said. Its not in any literature.
A beater knocked the seed into a hopper,
but some remained embedded in the
straw. The rakes removed it.
Milling involved removing the hull from
the rice grain and then the bran layer.
Thats where all the minerals and
vitamins are, Porcher said. White rice
is pure starch. Why remove the bran
layer? The hold of a ship was hot, and
the bran would turn rancid during the
long voyage to England. The whiter rice
was, the higher price you got.
Before the introduction of machinery,
slaves could spend an entire winter
pounding rice to rub off the bran,
Porcher said. Water- and steam-powered
machines had a piston that drove a series
of pestles to pound the rice. He said
there were 100 steam-powered rice mills
in the region and a dozen in the Santee
Delta alone.

The loss of slave labor and the
destruction of infrastructure due to the
Civil War, a series of hurricanes,
competition from rice grown in the
American Southwest starting in 1880 and
financial restraints during Reconstruction
led to the end of the South Carolina rice
culture. Impoverished and unable to
adapt to new technologies and market
demands, rice planters left the enterprise
to others. The last commercial rice crop
of the era was harvested in 1911.
Keeping Arsenic Out Of

Rice
By Science and Development Network |Featured
Research
November 7, 2014
The discovery of the protein OsABCC1

could help in the development of arsenicresistant crops.
AsianScientist (Nov. 7, 2014) By Mike

Ives Researchers have discovered a natural
mechanism in rice plants that restricts the
transfer of arsenic in soils to the rice grain
by sequestering it in pocket-like cell
membranes called vacuoles, opening
scientific potentials for rice-producing
nations across the developing world.
The study, published in the Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences, found
that a transporter protein called OsABCC1

lives in the roots, leaves and other organs of
a rice plant. Removing it caused the amount
of arsenic in the grains of a rice plant to rise
more than fivefold.
The study marks the first time any
transporter has been identified in the process
of vacuolar sequestration of arsenic toxin in
rice plants.Its quite a neat piece of work,
Steve McGrath, an arsenic expert at
Rothamsted
Research
in
Britain,
tells SciDev.Net about
the
research
study.Its a first step and one particular
strategy to decrease arsenic in grain, he
notes. There may be other transporters
throughout the plant that can do things and
be switched off or turned down, or whatever
mechanism you can think of to achieve
similar results.
In the 1990s, there was a flurry of interest in
arsenic contamination of groundwater, but it
was not until last year, McGrath says, that
scientists had fairly clear evidence of how
arsenic concentration in food affected
human health.People who are repeatedly
exposed to arsenic in soils and water are at
risk for a range of diseases, including
cancer, the study reported. The problem is
particularly serious in South Asia and
around the Mekong area of South-East Asia
where
groundwater
containing high
concentrations of arsenic is used both for
drinking water and irrigating rice.Rice
accumulates more arsenic in its shoots and
grains than wheat, barley and other cereal
crops. That could be because rice grows in
flooded conditions where arsenic can
proliferate, and because rice plants have a
more efficient uptake system for the
poison.This is a serious problem because

rice is a staple food for Asian countries,
adds Ma Jian Feng, a researcher at Japans
Okayama University and one of the studys
authors.
Ma tells SciDev.Net that the study could
have two main applications: breeding rice in
a way that would over express the
OsABCC1 transporter, or identifying and
promoting wild rice varieties in which it is
especially active.McGrath, however, says
the first approach would be unusual because
scientists typically modify the genetic
structures of plants to make them more
resistant to pests, not to make them healthier
for human consumption.Its a test, if you
like, of the publics and legislators opinion
about genetic engineering in plants, he says.
Is this more acceptable because its having
a direct health benefit?
The article can be found at: Song et al.
(2014) A Rice ABC transporter, OsABCC1,
Reduces Arsenic Accumulation in the Grain.
Source: SciDev.Net.
Disclaimer: This article does not necessarily
reflect the views of AsianScientist or its
staff.
AFRICA INVESTMENTAfrica's richest man targets

Nigeria's rice deficit
Thu Nov 6, 2014 10:30am GMT
* Dangote plans to produce a million tonnes of rice

in 4 yrs
* Nigeria is 2nd biggest rice importer despite good
climate
By Tim Cocks
LAGOS, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Nigeria enjoys a
perfect rice-growing climate over a vast area
yet it is the world's second biggest importer
of the staple, often from countries in its
warm, wet tropical latitude like top exporter
Thailand.It's one of those baffling Nigerian
paradoxes, like the fact that it is Africa's top
oil producer yet suffers frequent fuel
shortages; or that it is sitting on the world's
eighth largest gas reserves but can only
produce a few hours of power a day.As with
the other bottlenecks holding back Africa's
biggest economy, decades of bad
governance and corruption lie at the root of
Nigeria's agricultural dysfunction.But unlike
oil, where reform remains deadlocked by
vested interests, the government is making
serious efforts to clean up the farming sector
and attract investment.
Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote thinks
he can resolve the rice conundrum. He plans
to do this by investing in farmland and
mechanising farming practices in a country
where many farmers still depend on preindustrial tilling techniques.Given his track
record in other areas, this is a project to
watch.
GET LAND, ADD WATER AND SOW
"Everything you need for rice is here, but
unfortunately for a long time no one was
interested," he told Reuters in a telephone
interview. Not having enough land was the
first obstacle that faced him after he thought
of the idea.
He was surprised at how easily that got
solved, as the governments of Jigawa, Niger,
Kebbi, Edo and Kwara states between them
offered 50,000 hectares to Dangote
Industries.
* Seeks
replicate successes in domestic

cement production

"I think this is enough for us to grow and
process up to a million tonnes of rice in the
next four years," he says. "I believe this is
just the beginning."
To back up his optimism, he points to his
past success in producing cement.
Dangote grew his company over a decade
from a relatively small cement import
business to a behemoth that manufactures
nearly 30 million tonnes of the stuff a year,
makes up a third of Nigeria's stock exchange
and now has factories in various stages of
completion across the continent.
For decades Nigeria was one of the world's
biggest cement importers. "We (Nigeria)
were producing less than 2 million tonnes of
cement," in 2004, the tycoon says.Ten years
later and Nigeria as a whole now produces
some 40 million tonnes a year, said
Dangote, whose cement empire worth an
estimated $20 billion has earned him the
label "richest black person on the planet"
from Forbes magazine.This month, Dangote
Cement even had to cut prices to make up
for falling sales amid oversupply.
Like cement, demand for rice among
Nigeria's 170 million population is huge, so
he won't need to think about export.
Dangote estimates the current rice deficit at
2 1/2 million tonnes a year.Nigerians eat rice
in outsized portions and no party is complete
without mountains of bright orange "jollof"
rice -- a West African style of cooking the
grains in tomato paste, onions and fiery
peppers. Parboiled, not white rice, is
favoured.
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
President Goodluck Jonathan made local
production of rice a signature promise
before he was elected in 2011. His
government has an ambitious target to

import zero rice by the end of 2015, using
incentives for farmers like free fertiliser and
tax breaks for investors. Jonathan will seek
another term in February.Agriculture
Minister Akinwumi Adesina has cleaned up
corruption in government handouts of
imported fertiliser, which have been
hampered by fraud and an inefficient supply
chain stretching from the port to the remote
villages where it ends up. That was a major
obstacle to development of the sector.
Dangote says his own factories will soon be
producing more fertiliser than Nigeria could
ever need -- 2.8 million tonnes a year -which would cut out the need for imports
altogether.His plans for a 400,000 barrelper-day oil refinery and petrochemical plant
remain on track, he added.Rice smugglers
from neighbouring Benin, Niger and
Cameroon are the biggest threat to his
business model, Dangote complains, but it
still stands to be highly profitable.
But with a reputation as a ruthless
monopolist, with interests in everything
from food milling to petrochemicals and a
personal fortune equal to 4 percent of
Nigeria's GDP, is Dangote not getting too
big? He expects some will say that."People
not investing will raise their hands and say
'he's got a monopoly in rice'," he says.
"Everyone has an opportunity. If other
people don't invest, why is that my fault?"
(Editing by Ed Stoddard and Tom
Heneghan)
Thomson Reuters 2014 All rights
reserved
A Recipe for Curried Rice

With Smoked Haddock and
Eggs
Chef Isaac McHale of

Londons Clove Club shares his recipe for
kedgeree, a soothing Anglo-Indian rice dish
embellished with smoked haddock, hardboiled eggs, caramelized onions and plenty of
warming spice
Nov. 6, 2014 2:22 p.m. ET
BALANCED MEAL | Cool, mint-flecked
yogurt offsets warming spice in this
soothing
rice
dish. CHRISTOPHER
TESTANI FOR THE WALL STREET
JOURNAL, FOOD STYLING BY JAMIE
KIMM, PROP STYLING BY CARLA
GONZALEZ-HART
THE CHEF: ISAAC MCHALE
Isaac McHale MICHAEL HOEWELER
His Restaurant: The Clove Club, London
What he is known for: Seriously inventive,
ingredient-focused British fare. Trading his
crown as Londons pop-up king for a
Michelin star in short order.
YOU WONT FINDkedgereethe AngloIndian classic of rice, smoked fish and
eggson the current menu at Londons
Clove Club. Still, the dish says a lot about
the places chef, Isaac McHale.
He began cooking as a 7-year-old in
Glasgow because I wanted to teach myself
how to cook Indian food, he said. I started
out chucking every spice that existed into
the pot. Slowly I learned that less is more.
Mr. McHales take on kedgeree, his first
Slow Food Fast contribution, combines
basmati rice with caramelized onions,
smoked haddock, hard-boiled eggs and

plenty of warming spice. Cilantro and peas
lend brightness, and a dollop of mintcucumber yogurt makes a refreshing
counterpoint.
Its one of those things, like chili con carne,
that everyone has their own way of making,
said Mr. McHale. I think they made it
much milder for British palates. Now its
something the Scottish and British grow up
eating.
One of Londons buzziest restaurants and
the recent recipient of a Michelin star, the
Clove Club began as a pop-up. The clean,
ingredient-focused dishes have been
compared to New Nordic cuisine, and Mr.
McHale doesnt hesitate to borrow
techniques and ideas from around the world.
But he insists his cooking is as British as it
getswhich is to say, what Londoners want
to eat now, not notions of what British food
used to be, or what it ought to look like.
Kitty Greenwald
Curried Rice With Smoked Haddock and
Eggs
Total Time: 35 minutes Serves: 4-6
1 cup whole milk
1 cup flaked smoked haddock
1 cups basmati rice, rinsed
1 yellow onion, thinly sliced
4 tablespoons butter
1 (2-inch) piece fresh ginger, peeled and
minced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 jalapeo chili, thinly sliced
teaspoon cumin seeds, crushed
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 teaspoon garam masala
2 cups vegetable or chicken stock
1 cup frozen peas, thawed
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 eggs
peeled, diced cucumber
1 tablespoons minced fresh mint
1 cup Greek yogurt
Cilantro leaves, for garnish

1. Bring milk to a simmer in a small lidded
pot over medium heat. Turn off heat and add
smoked fish. Cover pot and let fish soak
until ready to use. Meanwhile, place rice in a
bowl and cover with water. Let soak at least
10 minutes. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. In a medium lidded pot over medium-high
heat, saut onions in butter until golden,
about 7 minutes. Stir in ginger and garlic
and saut until aromatic but not browned,
about 2 minutes. Stir in jalapeo, cumin,
curry powder and garam masala. Toast
spices until fragrant, about 1 minute. Strain
rice and stir into onions until coated, about 1
minute.
3. Drain off cup milk used for soaking
fish and add to rice along with stock. Bring
to a simmer, then decrease heat to medium.
Time for another Green

Revolution
RAJU BARWALE
Green growth Bt cotton has come a long
way G SANJEEV REDDY
Now that the gains from the first round have
petered out, we need to embrace biotech to
boost farm productivity,As India seeks to
ignite the next agrarian revolution, it must
try and absorb some of the lessons of the
Green Revolution. Currently, agricultural
productivity and growth vary from State to
State, resulting in regional disparities.
Through targeted policymaking, investment
in rural infrastructure and research, and
ongoing support to farmers, we can level out
these inequities and ensure that we get it
right.
The Green Revolution of the 1960s had a
phenomenal impact on food production in
India. It resulted in a record grain output of
131 mt in 1978-79 and catapulted our
country into the league of the worlds
Cover pot and simmer until rice is tender,

about 20 minutes.
4. While rice simmers, place eggs in a lidded
pot and cover with water by 1 inch. Set over
high heat and bring to a boil. Cover pot and
remove from heat. Let sit until yolks set, 10
minutes. Plunge eggs into an ice water bath,
then peel and quarter. In a small bowl, fold
cucumber and mint into yogurt and season
with salt.
5. Once rice is tender, strain fish. Fold fish
and peas into rice and season with salt and
pepper. Transfer to a casserole and bake
until top crisps and peas are heated through,
about 5 minutes.
6. Garnish kedgeree with cilantro and eggs.
Serve with yogurt alongside.
leading grain producers. Similar agricultural
techniques implemented globally showed us
a way out of food crises in countries across
the world.
For example, the International Maize and
Wheat Improvement Center in Mexico and
the International Rice Research Institute in
the Philippines developed new high-yielding
varieties of wheat and rice that significantly
boosted output and alleviated crop shortages
in certain parts of the world.
Hitting a plateau
However, the effects of the Green
Revolution in India have plateaued since
then. Though India is now self-sufficient in
many aspects of food production, it still
relies on imports for crops such as pulses
and oilseeds, where production has not kept
pace with demand from a burgeoning
population.
The agriculture sector currently lags growth
in other fields and the income gap between
farmers and non-farmers is widening.
Hence, the need of the hour is to infuse fresh
energy to drive the next phase of growth in
agriculture .Though the Green Revolution

was a game changer, investment in key areas
including machinery and irrigation systems
to support the cultivation of high yielding
crop varieties was not adequate. As a result,
the effects of the revolution were not
uniform, resulting in imbalanced growth in
many regions.
The second agricultural revolution that we
now have to ignite should build on the good
work initiated by the first one while filling
some of its gaps. The goal is not just to
make India self-sufficient in food production
but to enable surplus production that will
allow it to become an exporter of food.
According to the agriculture ministry, India
achieved an agricultural growth rate of 3.64
per cent against a target of 4 per cent growth
over the 11th Plan period. The increase in
total planted area under major crops
(foodgrains, oilseeds, cotton, and sugarcane)
by around 9 per cent since 2000-01 to 170
million hectares in 2011-12 reflects
increased irrigation availability leading to
increased cropping intensity.
How to secure food needs
Another fact that would support Indias case
to be a major force in world trade is that
according to the US department of
agriculture, India has emerged as a major
agricultural exporter, with exports climbing
from just over $5 billion in 2003 to a record
of more than $39 billion in 2013.
Ashok Gulati, renowned agricultural
economist and chair professor, agriculture,
at the Indian Council for Research on
International Economic Relations has also
called for revolutionary methods to
dramatically boost food supply for the
nation's 1.2 billion people.
According to the International Center for
Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas,
drylands produce half the countrys cereals,
77 per cent of its oilseeds and 85 per cent of

its pulses. Implementation of new and
efficient
irrigation
methods,
better
watershed management and maintenance of
vegetation cover in catchment areas, are all
important steps in the quest to match water
availability to crop needs, and thus the
development of crop varieties tolerant to
water stress (abiotic stress) is required to
optimise water utilisation.
Good infrastructure is an extremely
important
factor
for
agricultural
development, as it directly impacts the
degree to which farmers can access
institutional finance and markets, as well as
their ability to boost yield. Agricultural
infrastructure has the potential to transform
the current landscape of subsistence farming
into one defined by modern, commercial
farming.
Public investment in infrastructure such as
irrigation, power, roads, food storage,
watersheds, dams and agricultural research,
including agri-biotechnology, will signal a
commitment from the Government to
transform the face of Indian agriculture and
empower our farmers to compete globally.
The role of agriculture in improving rural
lives and securing Indias food needs should
not be underestimated.
Clearly, a priority for the Government
should be to refocus policymaking energy
on this sector in terms of providing
support and infrastructure. A recent Crisil
report predicts that slowdown in other
sectors may lead more people to reconsider
agriculture as a primary source of income.
Refocus on agriculture
The Government seems to have understood
the priorities for the agriculture sector,
especially its call for optimum use of water
through per drop, more crop and need for
related research technology to the sector by

taking research initiatives from lab to land
to increase farm productivity.
Also,
the
Government
s
Digital
India
campaign is
another
encouraging
step
to
transform India into a digitally empowered
society and knowledge economy. eKranti,
which is one of the pillars of the campaign
that also focuses on technology for farmers
with real-time price information, online
ordering of inputs, and payment with mobile
banking, will enable farmers to take
informed decisions.
Biotech food crops are also critical for
enabling the success of this next revolution.
Although sometimes misrepresented, these
crops have been proven to significantly
improve yield through high levels of disease
and pest resistance, improved weed
management, abiotic stress tolerance and
nutrient-use efficient crops.
Its important to note that according to the
2013 report of the International Service for
the
Acquisition
of
Agri-biotech
Applications, a record 18 million farmers
grew biotech crops worldwide and the
biotech crops hectares increased more than
100-fold from 1.7 million hectares in 1996,
to over 175 million hectares in 2013.
Some 7.3 million Indian farmers cultivated a
record 11 million hectares of Bt cotton with
an adoption rate of 95 per cent. If all the
other necessary inputs and infrastructure are
in place, biotech crops can be vital to the
kind of sectorial transformation that we have
to achieve for meeting our food needs.
The writer is the managing director of

Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company Ltd
(Mahyco)
(This article was published on November 6,
2014)
Image:Green growth Bt cotton has come a
long way G SANJEEV REDDY
USA Rice Leadership Class

Alumnus Visit China
BEIJING, CHINA -Last week, the 2014
International
Rice Harvest in Guangdong
Leadership Class toured
Eastern China
to
get
an
overview of the
Chinese
rice
market.
The
group met with
a diverse group
of
industry
representatives including Chinese government
importers/traders, private importers, farmers,
millers, port managers, and U.S. government
officials working in China.
Members of this year's International Rice
Leadership Class are: Tom Butler, Woodland, CA;
Jim Whitaker, McGehee, AR; Blake Gerard, Cape
Girardeau, MO; Brian Wild, LA; and Dr. Bert
Greenwalt, Jonesboro, AR.
In Beijing, the
group met with
Dr. Juhui Huang
of Archer Daniels
Midlands
who
briefed the team
on the Chinese
rice industry from
production
to

processing and sales. Next, the class visited the
U.S. embassy to meet Lou Vanechanos of APHIS Contact: Deborah Willenborg (703) 236-1444
who talked about hisexperiences dealing with the
AARQ Association for the
Chinese government and U.S. efforts to obtain
phytosanitary approval for the import of U.S.- Administration of Rice Quotas, Inc.
grown rice. Later that day, the class met with NOTICE OF OPEN TENDER
Chinese government officials representing AQSIQ,
the Chinese equivalent of APHIS, to get their Independent bids are invited for rights to
ship U.S.-origin milled rice to the European
perspective on the phytosanitary proceedings.
Union under a tariff-rate quota (TRQ)
For insight into the production side of the Chinese granted by the EU to the United States. Bids
rice industry, the group traveled to Guangdong, the must be submitted on November 20, 2014
most populace province in China, to visit the area's for the January 2015 TRQ Tranche, in which
the following quantity is available:
largest private rice mill and tour a local farm to
observe harvest in full swing.
"Being able to see the way the Chinese process rice
Volume (metric tons)
was an eye-opening experience at every turn," said
EU Duty
Missouri producer Blake Gerard. "We all learned a
Semi-Milled
or
Milled
Rice
lot while observing the procedures utilized from
9,681
zero
harvest to handling and on through milling."
(HTS item 1006.30)
TRQ Certificates will be awarded to the
In Guangdong's economic hub of ShenZhen, the
highest bidder(s). Any person or entity
group met with the Hong Tai Xiang Import and
incorporated or domiciled in the United
Export Company, the city's largest private
States is eligible to bid. The minimum bid
importer. Ms. Chris Zhang, Chairman of Hong Tai
quantity is 18 metric tons. Performance
Xiang, took the class on a visit to the Shekou
security (the lesser of $50,000 or the total
container port where her company does the
value of the bid) must be submitted with
majority of its business. Zhang was confident that
each bid. Potential bidders may obtain the
there is a market in China for U.S. rice and insisted
required bid forms and bid instructions
she will be the first to import U.S. milled rice to
from:
China. In Hong Kong, the class met with trade
AARQ Administrator
officials, the Hong Kong Rice Association, and
Economic Consulting Services, LLC
personnel from the Agriculture Trade office at the
2001 L Street, NW, Suite 1000
U.S. Consulate.
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel: (202) 466-1150
Fax: (202) 785"I've always said the most important resource the
3330
rice industry has is its people," said Chuck Wilson,
director of the Rice Foundation, who organized the
Note: Potential bidders should consult
trip. "We all reap the benefits of exposing these
regulations in the Official Journal of the
young industry leaders to every aspect of rice
European Union to determine the applicable
production, both in the U.S. and abroad."
tariff rate on semi-milled/milled rice. AARQ
The Rice Leadership Development Program is
disclaims any responsibility for advising
sponsored by John Deere Company, American
potential bidders on applicable tariff rates.
Commodity Company, and RiceTec, Inc. through a
Potential bidders should also consult EC
grant to the Rice Foundation and is managed by the
regulations relating to testing for
USA Rice Federation.
unauthorized GMOs.

7th November 2014 Daily Global Rice Enewsletter by Riceplus Magazine

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