15th December, 2014 Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter by Riceplus Magazine

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Vol 4, Issue XII
Todays News Headlines

Ban on rice: Mexican team holds talks with officials
Stuttgarts Baden among those recognized with
2014 Rice Awards
CSIR closes in on 10 new rice varieties
farmers have successful second crop
Ban on rice: Mexican team holds talks with officials
PH allows traders to import 187,000T rice
Rice farmers have successful second crop
Mekong Delta suffers high post harvest losses of rice
Rice export policy in the works
Iraq issues tender to buy at least 30,000 tons of rice
400,000 tonnes for fourth rice auction
In Memory: Debbie Warshaw
Troublesome WOTUS Rule Struck Down in
Omnibus Appropriations Bill
CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures
Rice farms could provide offsets in carbon market
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Ban on rice: Mexican team
holds talks with officials
December 13, 2014 RECORDER REPORT
A two-member Mexican rice quarantine
delegation comprising of Olegario Barrera and
Richardo Mendoza held talks with the Pakistani
authorities on the prospects of removal of ban on
the import of rice from Pakistan to Mexico. The
visit of the delegation has been co-ordinated by
the efforts of TDAP. Pakistani rice exporters
have hoped for the revival of Mexican market
for the Pakistani rice and with the specific
Mexican quarantine experts' visit to Pakistan. It
is being expected that rice export from Pakistan
to Mexico would soon be reinstated after
addressing all the concerned quarantine related
issues being faced by the two countries. Mexico
has been the potential market for the Pakistani
rice in the recent years.
According to the spokesperson of the TDAP
during the visit, the delegates were taken to
Green Industrial Products where they were
apprised about the rice processing, storage,
inspection, packing and treatment/ fumigation.
The delegates were also taken to a rice farm in
Chiniot and visited Iqbal Rice Mills where they
were informed about the rice production, quality
and care maintenance besides its storage and
packing and cargo facilities. Meanwhile TDAP
hosted a dinner in honour of the Mexican
delegates.
It has been noticed that Mexico has been a
vibrant market for the Pakistani rice exporters
and according to the Federal Bureau of
Statistics, Pakistan exported rice worth US $15.7
million to Mexico in 2013-14. Mexico had
imported around 16,000 tones of Pakistani rice
in the first half of 2013 and 7400 tones in 2012
which shows an increase of rice export to

Mexico in the first semester of 2013.
http://www.brecorder.com/agriculture-aallied/183/1251651/
Stuttgarts Baden among

those recognized with 2014
Rice Awards
Marvin "Butch" Baden is a well deserving
recipient of the Rice Lifetime Achievement
award having worked in the rice industry for 56
years.
By USA Rice Federation
Posted Dec. 12, 2014 @ 10:29 am
Winners of the 2014 Rice Awards were
announced recently at a luncheon in their honor.
Awards are presented in the categories of
farmer, industry and lifetime achievement. This
year's winners are Fred Zaunbrecher, farmer of
the year, Kent McKenzie, Ph.D., rice industry
award winner, and Marvin Baden, rice lifetime
achievement award winner.Zaunbrecher is a
fifth generation rice farmer from Duson,
Louisiana, who started helping out on the family
farm when he was only 9 years old. Together
with his three brothers, Zaunbrecher operates
GF&P Zaunbrecher Farms where they grow
2,000 acres of rice.
The Zaunbrechers are known for their interest
in innovation, utilization of new technology and
collaboration with research scientists at the LSU
AgCenter. Zaunbrecher is a graduate of the Rice
Leadership Development Class and currently
serves as chairman of the USA Rice
Council.McKenzie is a native Californian, who
has worked in rice research in Arkansas,
Louisiana and California. McKenzie became the
director the California Cooperative Rice
Research Foundation (CCRRF) in 2000.
Through his research at CCRRF, he has
developed several rice varieties like the

premium medium grain M-402 that are still in
production today.
McKenzie is a member of several committees
and research task forces for USA Rice.Marvin
"Butch" Baden is a well deserving recipient of
the Rice Lifetime Achievement award having
worked in the rice industry for 56 years. Starting
out as an office clerk, Baden eventually worked
his way into a career in rice sales. His particular
expertise is in the area of export sales, and over
the course of his career, he has logged over eight
million miles traveling the world selling rice.
Baden was elected as a director on the inaugural
USA Rice Board of Directors and recently
received the Rice Millers' Association
Distinguished Service Award.
Read
more: http://www.stuttgartdailyleader.com/article/20
141212/News/141219849#ixzz3LplKqYe1
CSIR closes in on 10 new

rice varieties
Dr. Wilson Dogbe, Head of Rice Programme at
Savannah Agricultural Research Institute
(SARI) at Nyankpala in the Northern Region,
has said that the institute is close to introducing
10 new rice varieties next year as part of efforts
to improve local rice production.SARI, a
research institution under the Centre for
Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), is
positive the new varieties will help to increase
farm yields as the country bids to cut rice
imports.
The efforts of SARI add to other developments
at the Crop Research Institute (CRI) at Fumesua
in the Ashanti Region, where researchers are
also developing new rice varieties with
extremely desirable qualities such as being highyielding and resistant to common pests and
diseases.Dr. Dogbe is therefore advocating a
Public Private Partnership (PPP) model to
promote and boost rice production in the
country.The support, he noted, will enable the
farmers get access to logistics needed to increase
their farm produce for local consumption and
export.
Currently, Ghanas rice import bill stands at
about US$500million, which could more than
double if statistical projections on rice imports
are realised as consumption is projected to reach
about 1.6 million tonnes within the next five
years.The country now produces about 30% of
the total annual rice consumption of 800,000
metric tonnes in the country.Dr. Dogbe is
confident Ghana can be rice sufficient if the
right strategies are put in place to assist rice
farmers to increase their production.If the
farmers were supported with the needed farming
inputs at the right time, with high yielding seeds
coupled with education on new farming methods
and good agronomic practices, Ghana would not
rely heavily on rice imports to meet local
consumption, he explained at a rice
demonstration farm at Cheshei, a farming
community in the Tamale Metropolis.
The visit also afforded the team to interact with
Farmer-based Organisations (FBOs) that are
beneficiaries of an Agricultural Value Chain and
Mentorship
Project
(AVCMP)
being
implemented by SARI, a research institution
under the Centre for Scientific and Industrial
Research (CSIR) and other partners. It is being
funded by the Alliance for a Green Revolution
in Africa (AGRA).Dr. Dogbe said more than

16,000 smallholder farmers in 16 districts in the
Northern Region will benefit directly from the
project using rice, maize and soya beans value
chains, while another 32,000 will be reached
indirectly through radio and video shows.
Producers (are) doing a much better job of

managing that second crop, he said. Nine
years out of 10 it is successful.The risk is that a
severe story or an early frost might visit, ruining
the second crop. The last time that happened, he
He said the project is also aimed at helping

farmers to increase their incomes, ensure food
security and create access to a wider
market.Some farmers who shared their
experiences under the project were encouraged
by the efforts of SARI and its partner
implementing agencies, as well as AGRA, in
helping them to improve on their livelihoods by
boosting production output.The secretary of the
Cheshei FBO, Stephen Issifu, appealed for
government to support them with tractors for
their farming activities, as one of the main
challenges for the farmers is access to tractors to
plough farms before cultivation.
said, was in 2002 when Hurricane Lillie came

calling.Not this year. Linscombe said this year
may be the best second crop farmers have
enjoyed.Acadia farmer wins top honors Rice
farmer Fred Zaunbrecher of Acadia Parish was
honored last week as Farmer of the Year at the
USA
Rice
Federation
Conference.Zaunbrecher,
Outlook
fifth-generation
farmer and a member of the Louisiana Rice

Research Board, was recognized for his farming
career and leadership in the rice industry.
He farms rice, crawfish and soybeans on 4,600
acres with his brothers Paul, Philip and Bill
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/busi
and he said their commitment to the farm

allowed him to participate in organizations
ness/artikel.php?ID=339009Rice
including the USA Rice Federation.He credited
farmers have successful

second crop
his parents and his wife, Candee, for his farming

success. It takes a very special person to live
with a farmer, he said.His father, Glenn
Zaunbrecher, worked at the LSU AgCenter Rice
11:07 p.m. CST December 12, 2014
Research
Station
in
Crowley
before
farming.Steve Linscombe, director of the Rice

South Louisiana rice farmers are enjoying an
excellent second crop this year, a ratoon crop,
Steve Linscombe of the LSU AgCenter in
Crowley confirmed.He said that crop comes
Research Station, said the Zaunbrechers are

outstanding farmers. The farming operation of
this group of brothers is one of the most
progressive in the region, Linscombe said.
from the stubble remaining when rice farmers

harvest their initial crop in August. If weather is
Mexico opens up oil areas for bids
good, that second crop can appear on about onethird of the acreage within three months, giving
farmers an additional harvest in November.That
crop is more than just lagniappe or a bonus.
Linscombe said farmers have come to rely on it.
Mexico continues to press ahead in its efforts to

open up its oil business to international
investment, including to private companies in
Lafayette
and
Acadiana.The
Mexican

government on Thursday announced that 14
blocks of potential oil development in shallow
water are open for bids by national and
international companies. The blocks are off the
coast of southern Veracruz, Tabasco and
Campeche
in
the
Gulf
of
Mexico,
the
government said in a news release.

There are some minimum requirements set for
experience
and
financial
strength
of
the
companies making the bids.Mauricio Garcia

Palacios, trade and investment commissioner for
the Port of Frontera, Centla Tabasco and
president of the Association of Southeastern
Mexico Oil Cos., has visited Lafayette twice to
talk
about
investment
opportunities
for
companies here. He said last week that three

local companies are continuing to talk with him
about those opportunities.During his visit,
Garcia
Palacios
suggested
that
Lafayette
companies, which have experience drilling in

marshland, might want to bid on projects in
shallow water or might want to bid on projects
that include reopening established wells that
have been closed.
http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/money/busi
ness/2014/12/13/rice-farmers-successful-secondcrop/20316569/
Ban on rice: Mexican team

holds talks with officials
Pakistan to Mexico. The visit of the

delegation has been co-ordinated by the
efforts of TDAP. Pakistani rice exporters
have hoped for the revival of Mexican
market for the Pakistani rice and with the
specific Mexican quarantine experts' visit to
Pakistan. It is being expected that rice export
from Pakistan to Mexico would soon be
reinstated after addressing all the concerned
quarantine related issues being faced by the
two countries.
Mexico has been the potential market for
the Pakistani rice in the recent
years. According to the spokesperson of the
TDAP during the visit, the delegates were
taken to Green Industrial Products where
they were apprised about the rice
processing, storage, inspection, packing and
treatment/ fumigation. The delegates were
also taken to a rice farm in Chiniot and
visited Iqbal Rice Mills where they were
informed about the rice production, quality
and care maintenance besides its storage and
packing and cargo facilities.
Meanwhile TDAP hosted a dinner in honour
of the Mexican delegates. It has been
noticed that Mexico has been a vibrant
market for the Pakistani rice exporters and
according to the Federal Bureau of
Statistics, Pakistan exported rice worth US
$15.7 million to Mexico in 2013-14. Mexico
had imported around 16,000 tones of
Pakistani rice in the first half of 2013 and
7400 tones in 2012 which shows an increase
of rice export to Mexico in the first semester
of 2013.
December 13, 2014

RECORDER REPORT
A two-member Mexican rice quarantine

delegation comprising of Olegario Barrera
and Richardo Mendoza held talks with the
Pakistani authorities on the prospects of
removal of ban on the import of rice from
Source
with
thanks:
http://www.brecorder.com/agriculture-aallied/183/1251651

PH allows traders to import
187,000T rice
Reuters
Posted at 12/15/2014 7:29 PM
MANILA - The Philippines' state grains
procurement agency said on Monday private
traders can import 187,000 tonnes of rice
and shipments must arrive on or before Feb.
28.The volume is on top of the expected
purchases by the National Food Authority
(NFA), which is looking initially at
importing 600,000 tonnes to boost its
stockpile
for
next
year's
requirements.Traders may apply for import
permits starting Dec. 28 until Jan. 31, the
NFA said in a statement.They can bring in
rice under the government's Minimum
Access Volume - Omnibus Rice Importation
programme, which allows each importer to
buy up to 5,000 tonnes from any
country.The programme covers only highvalue varieties such as glutinous rice,
jasponica rice, basmati rice, and other
aromatic varieties.
They can also import 5 percent broken, 10
percent broken, and 15 percent broken
varieties.In June, the government said it
would loosen restrictions on rice imports
starting next year, cutting tariff on grain
shipped in by the private sector to 35 percent
from 40 percent for a maximum annual
volume of 805,200 tonnes.The NFA bought
more than 1.8 million tonnes from Vietnam
and Thailand over the past 12 months, the
biggest annual volume in four years, to
shore up its buffer stocks as local retail
prices soared to record highs amid tight
domestic supply.
http://www.abscbnnews.com/business/12/15/14/ph-allowstraders-import-187000t-rice
Rice farmers have

successful second crop
Louisiana7:25 p.m. CST December 13,
2014
South Louisiana rice farmers are enjoying an
excellent second crop this year, a "ratoon
crop," Steve Linscombe of the LSU
AgCenter in Crowley confirmed.He said that
crop comes from the stubble remaining
when rice farmers harvest their initial crop
in August. If weather is good, that second
crop can appear on about one-third of the
acreage within three months, giving farmers
an additional harvest in November.
That crop is more than just lagniappe or a
bonus. Linscombe said farmers have come
to rely on it."Producers (are) doing a much
better job of managing that second crop," he
said. "Nine years out of 10 it is
successful."The risk is that a severe story or
an early frost might visit, ruining the second
crop. The last time that happened, he said,
was in 2002 when Hurricane Lillie came
calling.Not this year. Linscombe said this
year may be the best second crop farmers
have enjoyed.
Acadia farmer wins top honors
Rice farmer Fred Zaunbrecher of Acadia

Parish was honored last week as Farmer of
the Year at the USA Rice Federation
Outlook Conference.Zaunbrecher, a fifthgeneration farmer and a member of the
Louisiana Rice Research Board, was
recognized for his farming career and
leadership in the rice industry.He farms rice,
crawfish and soybeans on 4,600 acres with
his brothers Paul, Philip and Bill and
he said their commitment to the farm
allowed him to participate in organizations
including the USA Rice Federation.
He credited his parents and his wife,
Candee, for his farming success. "It takes a
very special person to live with a farmer," he
said.His father, Glenn Zaunbrecher, worked
at the LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station
in
Crowley
before
farming.Steve
Linscombe, director of the Rice Research
Station, said the Zaunbrechers are
outstanding farmers. "The farming operation
of this group of brothers is one of the most
progressive in the region," Linscombe said.
Mexico continues to press ahead in its

efforts to open up its oil business to
international investment, including to
private companies in Lafayette and
Acadiana. The Mexican government on
Thursday announced that 14 blocks of
potential oil development in shallow water
are open for bids by national and
international companies. The blocks are off
the coast of southern Veracruz, Tabasco and
Campeche in the Gulf of Mexico, the
government said in a news release.
There are some minimum requirements set
for experience and financial strength of the
companies making the bids.Mauricio Garcia
Palacios,
trade
and
investment
commissioner for the Port of Frontera,
Centla Tabasco and president of the
Association of Southeastern Mexico Oil
Cos., has visited Lafayette twice to talk
about
investment
opportunities
for
companies here. He said last week that three
local companies are continuing to talk with
him about those opportunities.During his
visit, Garcia Palacios suggested that
Lafayette companies, which have experience
drilling in marshland, might want to bid on
projects in shallow water or might want to
bid on projects that include reopening
established wells that have been closed.
Mekong Delta suffers high

post harvest losses of rice
Mexico opens up oil areas for bids

Post harvest losses of rice in the Mekong Delta
appropriate 13.7 percent, equivalent to 20

But the rice policy comprises manufacturing
processes as well. In addition, we will prioritise
drawing a rice export policy," said Dr Maung
Aung, an advisor to the ministry.These policies
are meant to make rice exporting more
consistent and to maintain the quality of
Myanmar rice exports.
million tons or US$635,000 a year, revealed

scientists at a seminar in Can Tho City on
Friday.Combine harvesters help reduce post
harvest losses of rice in Mekong Delta (Photo:
SGGP)
Despite of considerable advances in preservation
technologies, the loss rate is still high in most
post harvest stages, they said.Of these, cleaning
and drying loss as much as 4.2 percent, milling 3
percent, and preserving 2.6 percent.Rice milling
plants are short of capital to equip driers and
advanced milling machines, and build
storehouses.The government should provide
capital or interest rate assistances so that local
farmers and businesses can buy machines for
post harvest processing of rice, they proposed.
http://www.saigongpdaily.com.vn/Business/Economy/2014/12/111
863/
Rice export policy in the

works
Myanmar Eleven December 14, 2014 1:00 am
A policy to explore foreign rice markets and to
ensure the product quality is currently in the
pipeline, according to the Ministry of
Commerce."We've just started drawing it. The
team responsible for this was formed very
recently. It's a trade-related policy. The Export
Strategy (NES) focuses particularly on exports.
Ministry officials are working under the

guidance of the Myanmar Rice Federation
(MRF) and other relevant organisations.Dr Min
Aung, a senior advisor at the MRF, urged the
quick drafting process."Some procedures in rice
industry need to be relaxed. Rice merchants face
difficulties, like losing market demand. On the
other hand, the farmers also struggle with price
drops and quality control problems. I advised the
government to draw a policy that can relieve the
anxieties of both farmers and merchants," Dr
Min Aung suggested.
As agriculture is the central pillar of Myanmar's
export economy, a policy that solves all the
challenges such as growing local consumption,
swelling foreign exports, quality assurance and
maintaining a sustainable paddy industry is
urgently needed."Domestic consumption is the
first priority. The livelihoods of farmers,
merchants and each and every individual
involved in the rice business is the second-most
important point," said Tin Htut Oo, a
presidential economic advisor.The supply chain
from the paddy field to the platter should be
consistent under a policy, the presidential
advisor said."But such a policy is not available
yet."The NES, which is meant to enhance the
quality and quantity of exports, is set to be
released late this year. It allocates rice, beans,
fishery products, wood-based materials and
garments as the country's highest potential
export products.

"The [rice] policy is currently being drafted. It is
important and also related to the export strategy.
Besides export process, domestic consumption
and prices are also needed to be considered. It
takes a well-built policy to make sure the whole
supply chain grows strong," said Win Myint, the
director of Department of Trade Promotion
under the Commerce Ministry.
Last Update: Monday, 15 December 2014 KSA 13:47 GMT 10:4
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/aec/Riceexport-policy-in-the-works-30249768.html
Published: 13 Dec 2014 at 08.42

Newspaper section: Business
Writer: Post Reporters
Iraq issues tender to

buy at least 30,000
tons of ricehe closing date for the
valid ntil December 26
Reuters, Baghdad
Monday, 15 December 2014
Iraqs state grain buyer issued an
international tender to buy at least 30,000
tons of rice, the trade ministry said in a
statement on Monday.The closing date for
the tender is December 22, and offers should
stay valid until December 26.The rice can be
sourced from the Unites States, Uruguay,
Argentina, Vietnam, Brazil and Thailand.
Thai white rice will be accepted, the
statement
said.
400,000 tonnes for fourth

rice auction |Bangkok Post:
business
400,000 tonnes for fourth rice auction
The government is scheduled to put up

almost 400,000 tonnes of its rice stocks for
the fourth auction on Dec 22. On hand will
be mainly broken rice, which is believed to
be in strong demand.Banjongjit Angsusingh,
deputy director-general of the Foreign Trade
Department, said the working panel
overseeing the government's rice sales
agreed to auction off 398,346 tonnes of rice
from 84 warehouses nationwide.Of that
amount, broken rice will make up 330,000
tonnes, glutinous rice 52,000 tonnes, 5%
white rice 12,039 tonnes and 25% white rice
the rest.Ms Banjoingjit insists all the grains
put on auction will be of good quality, as
certified by the Commerce Ministry.
The ministry sold a combined 348,836
tonnes in the first three auctions, raising 3.6
billion baht.After halting rice sales to carry
out nationwide inspections, the government
resumed sales of 167,000 tonnes on Aug
7.Commerce Minister Chatchai Sarikulya
said the government pledged to accelerate
efforts to sell as many of the remaining 17
million tonnes of state rice stocks as
possible next year.A new roadmap will soon
be submitted to the National Rice Policy
Committee to facilitate disposal of the
government's rice stockpile.Following the
nationwide rice stock inspection, authorities
are
now
in
the
process
of
classifying rice grades.

Selling is expected to be easier once
authorities complete grading of the rice, as
they can then sell the stocks based on
grade.The government is also committed to
selling as much of the rice as possible
via government-to-government
(G-to-G)
contracts.Several
potential
buyers
including Hong Kong and Iraq are
reportedly interested.The Foreign Trade
Department
earlier
said
the government expected to deliver 900,000
to 1 million tonnes of rice this year through
G-to-G contracts.Thailand has so far shipped
more than 700,000 tonnes through G-to-G
deals, mainly to China, Indonesia and the
Philippines.Talks to sell more rice from state
stocks are also under way with several
African and Middle East countries.
Gen Chatchai said the Commerce Ministry
would work more closely with millers,
exporters and farmers to discuss evening out
the rice pricing structure and ensure farmers
fetch the prices promised by the
ministry.Thailand exported 8.77 million
tonnes of rice in the first 10 months of this
year, fetching 140 billion baht. Export
volume rose by 62.4% year-on-year and
value by 27%.
In Memory: Debbie
Warshaw
Debbie Warshaw
USA Rice extends deepest condolences to the
family and friends of Deborah Marie Warshaw,
55, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, who passed
away on December 12. Throughout her threeyear battle with cancer, Debbie inspired many
with her faith, strength, and courage. Survivors
include her husband, James (Jamie) Warshaw,
CEO of Farmers Rice Milling Company and a
past chairman of the USA

Rice Millers' Association
and
the
USA
Rice
Federation, three children
and one grandchild. Our
heartfelt sympathy is with
the Warshaw family," said
USA
Rice
Federation
President and CEO Betsy
Ward. "Debbie was a joy to know and she will
be greatly missed by the USA Rice family. Her
grace and courageous spirit touched us all."
Visitation will be at from 4-8 p.m. on Monday,
December 15, Johnson Funeral Home, 4321
Lake Street, Lake Charles, LA, with a Scripture
service and rosary at 7 p.m. Funeral services
will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, December 16, at
Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church,
3939 Lake Street, Lake Charles, LA.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to
Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church,
617 W. Claude Street, Lake Charles, LA 70605,
or to Debbie's favorite school, Our Lady Queen
of Heaven Catholic School, 3908 Creole Street,
Lake Charles, LA 70605. An online guestbook
is available for messages to the family.
Troublesome WOTUS Rule

Struck Down in Omnibus
Appropriations Bill
WASHINGTON, DC -- The $1.1 trillion fiscal
2015 spending bill that funds most of the federal
government for the remainder of FY 2015
passed the Senate over the weekend. The bill
includes a series of policy riders important to
agriculture. Under the legislation, both the
Market Access Program (MAP) and the Foreign
Market Development program (FMD) will
receive full authorized funding of $200 million
and $34.5 million respectively for FY
2015.Another directive included in H.R. 83, the

so-called 'Crominbus' bill, kills an interpretive
rule detailing agricultural exemptions to Clean
Water Act permitting requirements.
The
interpretive rule was issued in conjunction with
a proposed rule defining what areas are
regulated as "waters of the United States," or
WOTUS, and
has
created
confusion in the
oversight
agencies as to
what practices
they
can
regulate
with
and
without
permits.
"This legislation is positive on a couple fronts
for the U.S. rice industry," said Ben Mosely, the
USA Rice Federation vice president of
government affairs. "Uninterrupted funding for
international market promotion keeps our
promotion programs overseas running smoothly
and consistently. And the WOTUS rule, which
some of our producers refer to as 'significantly
nebulous,' had the potential to create more
problems than it promised to solve."H.R. 83 now
goes to President Obama to be signed into law.
Contact: Steve Hensley (703) 236-1445
CME Group/Closing
Rough Rice Futures
January 2015
$12.430
+ $0.080
March 2015
$12.695
+ $0.080
May 2015
$12.975
+ $0.085
July 2015
$13.090
+ $0.010
September 2015
$12.440
+ $0.045
November 2015
$12.355
+ $0.070
January 2016
$12.365
+ $0.070
Rice farms could provide

offsets in carbon market
BY KAREN ROSS
SPECIAL TO THE BEE
12/13/2014 4:00 PM
12/14/2014
12:00
AM
The California Air Resources Board this
week will hear a staff proposal for a set of
management practices that will give rice
growers incentives that could be used to
reduce the release of methane, a potent
greenhouse gas that contributes to climate
change. LEILANI
HU SACRAMENTO
BEE FILE
Sometimes it takes a
crisis
CME Group (Preliminary): Closing Rough Rice

Futures for December 15
like
climate
change to reveal a
golden
opportunity.
Our rice farmers in

Month
Price
Net
Change
Northern
California
have long been exemplary stewards of their

land, both in terms of providing habitat for
for increased participation in the future as
waterfowl and other wildlife and for their
more growers learn about the benefits of
ongoing efforts to work with environmental
these practices.
and research organizations to improve their

farming practices. Now, in response to
I am pleased to see progress toward this
climate change, they stand ready to take the
voluntary incentive program for rice farmers
next step.
in the Sacramento Valley, where they have

already made tremendous strides on other
This week, the California Air Resources
environmental issues. For example, rice
Board will hear a staff proposal for a set of
farmers here provide their agricultural fields
management practices that will give rice
during the winter months as valuable open
growers incentives that could be used to
space and habitat for 230 species of wildlife
reduce the release of methane, a potent
and 7 million ducks and geese that migrate
greenhouse gas that contributes to climate
along the Pacific Flyway each year.It is
change. For these farmers, who grow more
worth noting that, in developing these
than 95 percent of Californias rice within
practices, the ARB took precautions such as
100 miles of our state capital, it presents a
excluding
proactive opportunity to contribute to the
Management Area, which has the highest
states
objectives.The
concentration of waterfowl per acre in the
proposed Compliance Offset Protocol Rice
world, to ensure that this important wildlife
Cultivation
habitat is unaffected by the implementation
climate
change
Projects
would
allow
rice
farmers in the Sacramento Valley to
the
Butte
Sink
Wildlife
of any rice cultivation projects.
generate greenhouse gas offsets that can

then be sold in the states carbon trading
market. Rice would represent the first cropbased agricultural offset protocol, paving the
way
for
additional
agriculture-based
protocols to be developed.
The management practices listed in this
protocol are based on sound science and
have proved successful around the world.
We know that these practices will be
adopted slowly at first, but we are hopeful

Even more importantly, the ARB has elected
agrees that climate change has and will have
to exclude program options that could lead
a disastrous or at least dramatic effect on
to reduced winter flooding throughout the
agriculture.
Valley, a practice that now provides critical

habitat to millions of waterbirds in a state
With Californias rich history of innovative
where 95 percent of original wetlands are
farmers
gone. Additionally, the development of this
stewardship, provide ecosystem services and
protocol has exemplified what collaboration
strive for sustainability, it makes sense that
is all about by bringing together the rice
the California rice industry is at the forefront
industry, environmental groups, multiple
of
state agencies, national organizations and
practices.This protocol has the potential to
federal
California
move early innovators in the industry to get
Department of Food and Agriculture call the
involved and start moving the needle on
multiple benefits to nature provided by
climate change.
farmers
partners.We
and
at
ranchers
the
beyond
food
production ecosystem services.
who
promote
incorporating
environmental
climate-friendly
My department will continue to work across

agencies to encourage its implementation,
These services include valuable open
along with technology-based verification
space and wildlife habitat and farming
techniques. Any protocol proposed to the
practices
ARB for consideration must have real,
that
enhance
environmental
quality, provide recreational opportunities
quantifiable,
and offer social benefits.The protocol
metrics,
provides financial incentives for growers to
yields.California agriculture is incredibly
help the state reach its emission-reduction
resilient and innovative, and our farmers
goals by 2020. Its timely, and recognizes
offer many benefits beyond food production.
rice farmers for one of the many ecosystem
Voluntary incentive programs, such as the
services
carbon
rice protocol, offer farmers in California
crediting initiatives are taking place all over
meaningful opportunities to ensure that as
the country. For example, the USDA worked
they produce food, they are also providing
with Chevrolet to purchase almost 40,000
important environmental benefits.
they
provide.
Similar
carbon dioxide reduction tons generated on

working ranch grasslands in the Prairie
Pothole region of North Dakota.As the
verifiable
without
and
enforceable
compromising
crop
Karen Ross was appointed secretary of the California

Department of Food and Agriculture by Gov. Jerry Brown.
source withtnaks: ttp://www.sacbee.com/opinion/oped/soapbox/article4453841.html#storylink=cpy
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which shows an increase of rice export to

Stuttgarts Baden among

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CSIR closes in on 10 new

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Producers (are) doing a much better job of

He said the project is also aimed at helping

said, was in 2002 when Hurricane Lillie came

farmer and a member of the Louisiana Rice

and he said their commitment to the farm

including the USA Rice Federation.He credited

farmers have successful

his parents and his wife, Candee, for his farming

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farming.Steve Linscombe, director of the Rice

Research Station, said the Zaunbrechers are

from the stubble remaining when rice farmers

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government said in a news release.

companies making the bids.Mauricio Garcia

companies here. He said last week that three

companies, which have experience drilling in

Ban on rice: Mexican team

Pakistan to Mexico. The visit of the

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A two-member Mexican rice quarantine

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Rice farmers have

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Rice farmer Fred Zaunbrecher of Acadia

Mexico continues to press ahead in its

Mekong Delta suffers high

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million tons or US$635,000 a year, revealed

Rice export policy in the

Ministry officials are working under the

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Iraq issues tender to

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The government is scheduled to put up

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past chairman of the USA

Troublesome WOTUS Rule

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Rice farms could provide

CME Group (Preliminary): Closing Rough Rice

Our rice farmers in

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for increased participation in the future as