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Since the coup in 2014, Thailand has clinched government-to-government rice deals with China,
Indonesia and the Philippines, the Commerce Ministry said. Including the new deal signed today,
G-to-G rice deals with China involved 3.4 million tonnes of rice, valued totally Bt50
billion. Apiradi also said the Thai government also plans to strike similar deals with countries in
Africa and the Middle.She explained that under the new MoU signed today, Thailand will deliver
100,000 tonnes of rice per month at the price that will be in line with global levels at the time of
delivery. "The signing sends a positive signal that China is interested in buying more rice from
the Thai government," Apiradi said.Under a deal signed by the previous government, the Thai
government has delivered 80 per cent of 1 million tonnes to China. Delivery under the new deal
is expected to start early 2016.
Apiradi added that the Commerce Ministrys team and COFCO would discuss details of the deal tomorro
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/Deal-to-sell-rice-rubber-to-China-30274255.html
BHUBANESWAR: The state government has proposed to construct 3,442 godowns in the
coming three years to facilitate storage of paddy, seeds and fertilizers. This information was
given by cooperation minister Damodar Rout on Wednesday in the state assembly."Construction
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R. RAMABHADRAN PILLAI
Shreyas, a new variety of rice developed by the Rice Research Station, Moncompu, Alappuzha,
is set to be a game changer in the paddy fields of Kerala. The variety has proved its worth in
terms of yield, taste and resistance to pests during the demonstration stage of the seed.The new
variety, to be commissioned on December 5, has several advantages in comparison to Uma
variety, the popular one being cultivated in about 90 per cent of the paddy fields in Kuttanad and
over 60 per cent of fields across Kerala, S. Leenakumary, Professor and Head of the Station,
told The Hindu . Uma was the 16th variety in the series of new paddy seeds developed at the
station. Shreyas is the 22nd in the series developed under the all-India coordinated research
project of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
Shreyas has given the same yield as that of Uma; the former has been found to be less
susceptible to false smut disease, which results in discolouration and up to 20 per cent damage
to the crop. Uma yields 8 to 9 tonnes of paddy per hectare. The sensory assessment of the new
variety has also established that it tastes better, Ms. Leenakumary said. Yet another advantage is
that Shreyas takes shorter duration for harvesting. It takes only 115 days for harvest whereas
Uma takes 120-130 days.The State Variety Release Committee, chaired by Agricultural
Production Commissioner, has approved the commissioning of the new variety. The frontline
demonstration done by farmers in selected areas of Kuttanad has been found successful. Shreyas
could be adopted by large number of farmers within the next two to three crop seasons.A few of
the selected farmers will be given 1 kg each of the seed on December 5 as part of the official
commissioning. Each of the farmers could raise about 100 kg of seeds for distribution to other
farmers after harvesting.
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customs-seizes-rice. PHOTO:www.informationng.com
The Senate yesterday decried the lifting of ban placed on rice importation and urged the
Presidency to prevail on the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to immediately restore it.According
to the Senate, the lifting of the ban on rice importation has led to increased diversion of vessels
to neighbouring countries.Adopting the report of the Ad-hoc Committee on Import Duty
Waivers, Concessions and Grants which investigated the lifting of the ban on rice importation
through the land borders, the Senate expressed concern that the decision would increase rice
smuggling into the country.
It therefore urged the Federal
Government to direct the Nigeria
Customs Service to reverse itself
and maintain the status quo,
which was said to have brought
about stability in the tariff
regime.Presenting the report of
the committee, a member of the
panel,
Senator
Donald
Alasoadura
(APC,
Ondo
Central), faulted the decision of the NCS, saying there are serious security implications
accompanying uncontrolled number of trucks to the nations porous borders.
He said the committee found out from the presentation of the Comptroller-General of Customs,
Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), that the NCS had a wrong notion that importers of rice through the land
borders are small-time importers of a few bags that will not have negative effect on the rice
policy.The committee, he said, noted that most of the rice brought into Nigeria through Benin
and Niger Republics are brought in by big time businessmen who have perfected evasion of
payment of customs duty to the country by bringing rice in trucks.
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South Louisiana rice farmers are reporting excellent yields from their second crop harvest
Most everybody Ive talked to is very pleased with the second-crop yields, said Steve
Linscombe, director of the LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station. Numerous
producers say this is by far their best second crop from the standpoint of yield, and the quality is
good, too.Linscombe said quality of the second crop is typically lower. But this year, the
percentage of fields used to grow a second crop appeared to be higher, and Linscombe said the
stubble left from the first crop in most fields appeared to have been manipulated by mowing or
rolling to boost yields.Farmers growing a second crop were more likely to fertilize and flood
their fields as soon as the first crop was cut.
In the past, many farmers have delayed flooding and applying fertilizer until they see regrowth,
he said.Linscombe said the per acre average would probably fall in the low- to mid-20-barrel
range on a weight basis, although he heard of many who cut more than 30 barrels an acre. I
even heard of a few 40-plus in the second crop, he said.Farmer Darrell Hoffpauir, of Acadia
Parish, said he grew a second crop on 90 percent of his first-crop acreage and rolled all of the
stubble, resulting in 21,000 barrels for the second crop, half as much as the first-crop yield.
http://theadvocate.com/news/business/14180687-171/louisiana-rice-farmers-see-high
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway (R-TX) was the champion for the
provision's reversal and helped ensure the language correcting the cuts was safely placed into the
final version of the bill.USA Rice Vice President of Government Affairs Ben Mosely said,
"We're glad to see that Congress is making good on their commitment to restore full funding to
crop insurance as the Farm Bill intended." Mosely added, "USA Rice is hopeful that the six-year
Highway Bill will be passed soon by Congress and it doesn't run into any more roadblocks
before it's signed into law."USA Rice opposes measures that would prematurely reopen Farm
Bill programs.
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Price
Net Change
January 2016
$11.235
- $0.160
March 2016
$11.505
- $0.150
May 2016
$11.800
- $0.150
July 2016
$12.075
- $0.140
September 2016
$12.015
- $0.055
November 2016
$12.030
- $0.055
January 2017
12.030
- $0.055
Product
Price
318
305
383
Rice
Honey
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2860
2970
3080
3830
1250
2350
Source:agra-net
Market Watch
Commodity-wise, Market-wise Daily Price on 02-12-2015
Domestic Prices
Product
Market Center
Variety
Min Price
Max Price
Manjeri (Kerala)
Other
2800
3800
Dhekiajuli (Assam)
Fine
2200
2600
Fine
2790
2820
Gangavathi (Karnataka)
Local
1700
1750
Rajkot (Gujarat)
Other
1725
2215
Katol (Maharashtra)
Other
1512
1557
Aroor (Kerala)
Other
2200
2400
Muktsar (Punjab)
Other
1200
1500
Other
2500
3000
Palayam (Kerala)
Other
2500
2900
Nagpur (Maharashtra)
Other
800
1200
Koraput (Orissa)
Other
1200
1400
Rice
Wheat
Papaya
Brinjal
Source:agmarknet.nic.in
Egg
Rs per 100 No
Price on 03-12-2015
Product
Market Center
Price
Ahmedabad
404
Chittoor
378
Nagapur
375
Source: e2necc.com
Product
Market Center
Origin
Variety
Low
Potatoes
High
Package: 50 lb cartons
Atlanta
Colorado
Russet
15
17
Chicago
Idaho
Russet
13
14.50
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Miami
Idaho
Russet
16.50
Cabbage
18
Package: 50 lb sacks
Atlanta
Georgia
10
11.50
Dallas
Mexico
10
12
New York
Canada
10
11
Grapes
Atlanta
Peru
Red Globe
24
27
Dallas
California
Red Globe
25
25
Philadelphia
Peru
Red Globe
18
20
Source:USDA
No. of vacancies
Remuneration
(in Rs. per month)
25,000/- + 20% HRA
8,500/-
Photo Courtesy Arkansas Agriculture Department Arkansas Deputy Secretary of State Joseph
Wood, left, is seen with Arkansas World Trade Center Director of Africa Trade Denise Thomas,
USDA Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden, Arkansas Agriculture Secretary Wes Ward, USDA
Deputy Secretary Chief of Staff Ashley Nicole Johnson, and Arkansas Secretary of State Mark
Martin during an agricultural trade mission to Ghana in November.
image
By John Lovett
Times Record jlovett@swtimes.com
Sub-Saharan Africa, with its high population and growing middle class, has been a focus for
Arkansas marketing matchmakers lately.Several Arkansas officials returned Nov. 20 from a fiveday agricultural trade mission to Ghana led by U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary
Krysta Harden.While chicken, rice and fish are at the top of the list for Arkansas grown items,
others include forest products, dairy and distilled spirits, according to anArkansas Agriculture
Department news release.We represent the state as a whole and work to find the best fit to bring
companies together, said Denise Thomas, director of Africa Trade Public Relations and
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Senate chambers
Corruption is Enemy of Progress and Development, Says ICPC Chairman.
Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja
The Senate on Wednesday asked
the federal government to direct
the Nigeria Customs Service
(NCS) to suspend the recent
lifting of ban on importation of
rice into the country through land
borders.The resolution followed
the presentation of Senate ad-hoc
Committee on Import Duty
Waivers, Concessions and Grants
on the Nigeria Customs Service
lifting of the ban on rice
importation through the land
borders.
The Senate had at its sitting on October 15, 2015, deliberated on a motion on dangers posed by
the removal of rice from import restriction list as well as the re-introduction of import duty
payment at land borders.The committee, while presenting the report to the Senate, said there was
an existing national rice policy which commenced in May, 2014 and will subsist till 2017.While
presenting the report on behalf of the committee, Senator Tayo Alasoadura (Ondo Central), said
the existing rice policy was recommended by the Inter-ministerial Committee comprising
Ministries of Agriculture; Finance, Industry; Trade and Investments, Rice Millers and Rice
Traders.
According to the report, the meeting which was convened following the instruction of former
President Goodluck Jonathan, resolved that all rice import should come through the seaports for
effective control and collection of duties and appropriate levies.The report further said the
decision to unilaterally lift the ban on importation of rice through land borders would have an
adverse effect on the gains of rice policy adding that the situation violated the collective decision
taken by the ministries and stakeholders.The committee further observed that the positive
government policies on rice since 2011 had led to the increase in the number of rice mills across
the country.It added that NCS failed to convince the committee about its ability to monitor the
porous borders, which he said created doubt about the capacity of NCS to effectively police the
nations borders.Alasoadura also reported that if the NCS had done its work well, some
prohibited and contra banned goods including frozen chicken would not have flooded Nigerian
markets as it is the case now.
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http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/senate-asks-fg-to-reverse-lifting-of-ban-on-rice-importation/226976/
General Manager of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) Nizam Hassan is reporting a
production growth of 7 percent, and an export growth of 10 percent at the end of November.
According to Hassan, rice production, up to the end of November was 681, 517 metric tonnes.
This is a 7 percent increase or 46, 279 metric tonnes over the whole of 2014 production of 635,
235 metric tonnes.This reflects favourably, and this is because of the approaches that our
farmers and all the other stakeholders have put into the industry to have the industry deliver,
Hassan told the Government Information Agency (GINA).
Exports
Notwithstanding the loss of the Venezuelan market under the Petrocaribe Rice Trade Agreement,
Hassan also reported that at the end of November, rice export stood at 497, 176 metric tonnes, a
10 percent increase, compared to 451,422 tonnes for the same period in 2014. The GRDB is
optimistic that the industry will surpass last years export figure. Exports reached an all-time
high of 501,208 metric tonnes in 2014. We expect that it will be in the double digits, but lets
see what would happen at the end of December. So far, given all the contracts that we have on
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Futures:
Jan '16
Mar '16
May '16
Jul '16
Sep '16
Nov '16
Jan '17
High
1195.0
1215.5
1237.5
1255.5
1253.5
Low
1165.5
1194.0
1230.0
1255.5
1253.5
Last Change
1171.5 -19.0
1197.5 -19.5
1227.0 -19.5
1252.0 -20.5
1239.0 -17.0
1240.5 -15.5
1240.5 -15.5
Rice Comment
Rice prices closed lower today. The market held support near October lows of 11.68, however the market need
some bullish news to help pull prices out of thier recent declines. Prices continue to be pressured by slow
demand and large supplies in the U.S.
http://www.arfb.com/ag-markets-statistics/report/
Despite prospect of a lower output this year due to deficient monsoon, rice procurement by Food
Corporation of India (FCI) and state government-owned agencies this kharif marketing season
(2015-16) has seen a sharp increase of more than 31% so far in comparison to last year.The
government agencies have purchased more than 14.06 million tonne of rice since October 1
(when new procurement season began) till Tuesday, compared to 10.7 million tonne rice
purchased from farmers during the same period last year.Food ministry sources told FE that the
higher procurement of rice is also attributed to fall in prices of common variety of rice in various
mandis across the country. The farmers prefer to sell their grain to agencies rather than giving it
to private traders in Punjab and Haryana, an official said. Even Basmati paddy prices is in the
range of Rs 2,200 to Rs 2,800 per quintal in the mandis across Punjab and Haryana.
As per the latest data, out of the total rice
equivalent of paddy procurement in
Punjab, the agencies have purchased 9.3
million tonne of rice till now thus
surpassing even the target of 8.8 million
tonne for 2015-16 marketing season. In
Punjab, which contributes highest
volume of rice and wheat to the central
pool, 7.7 million tonne of rice was
purchased during the same period last
year.In Haryana, the state government
agencies have purchased more than 2.8
million tonne of rice equivalent of paddy
by now, thus surpassing the target of 2.3
million tonne set for the year.
Other states, which have commenced rice procurement, include Uttar Pradesh (3.8 lakh tonne),
Telangana (4.9 lakh tonne), Kerala (76,933 tonne), etc. Chhattisgarh recently commenced rice
procurement drive while the purchasing campaign would commence in Odisha shortly.Food
ministry officials say if the current trend continues, the overall rice procurement during 2015-16
period would surpass the target of 30 million tonne. The agencies had purchased 32 million
tonne of rice so far in 2014-15 marketing year (October-September). The agencies buy paddy
from the farmers and give to millers for conversion into rice.The Cabinet Committee on
Economic Affairs in June had increased the minimum support price of common variety of paddy
by Rs 50 to Rs 1,410 per quintal for 2015-16 kharif season. The hike in MSP is in line with the
recommendation of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices.Meanwhile, the food
ministry has asked agencies in the decentralised procurement states Madhya Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh and Odisha and other non-traditional states Bihar and Jharkhand to maximise the
procurement of rice and coarse grains during next marketing season. The FCI has been preparing
a policy for involving private sectors in the procurement of rice in eastern states.
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