Rice News - Full Archive
Friday, April 17, 2020
- Baker City Herald: "USDA Invests More Than $15.4 Million in Partner-Driven Projects that Protect Natural Resources in California "
- USDA Ag Attache: "Korea Grain and Feed Annual"
- Manila Times: "DA: Rice supply to last 84 days "
- Berita Jakarta: "Rice Stok is Available Until Five Months Ahead"
- Australian Dept of Ag, Water and the Environment: "Analysis of Australia’s food security and the COVID-19 pandemic"
- Bloomberg: "Shoppers Everywhere Hoarding Rice Cost Vietnam Its Stockpile"
- Viet Nam News: "Rice farmers in Mekong Delta told to follow sowing schedules as saline intrusion, drought continues"
- Vietnam Net: "Vietnam Food Association demands priority clearance for rice stuck at ports"
- The Jakarta Post: "Another Rp 1.8 trillion allocated to secure food supplies, help farmhands"
- Daily Express: "Can't afford any further delay on rice production, govt told"
- Financial Express: "Making rice affordable"
- Reuters: "Indian rice prices at eight-month peak; Thai rates ease after rains"
- Times of India: "1.34 LMT rice allocated to Andhra Pradesh"
- Reuters: "Indian traders signing rice export deals again after three-week pause"
- USDA Ag Attache: " Possible Trade Interruptions for South Africa's Rice Supply Chain due to COVID-19 Impact "
Thursday, April 16, 2020
- KCRA: "Rice farmers change how they approach planting, harvesting amid virus outbreak"
- Financial Post: "Asia Rice-Indian prices at 8-month peak; Thai rates ease after rains"
- PhilStar: "COVID-19 farm intervention to boost rice supply to 84 days adequacy "
- Inquirer: "Solon wants PH to relax rice importation rules to ensure adequate supply"
- PTV News: "NFA: Rice supply in PH is enough amid ECQ"
- PhilStar: "Private traders urged to import more rice "
- Jakarta Post: "Bulog asks for additional Rp 10 trillion to buy rice"
- Tempo: "Minister Says Farmers Ready to Harvest 19.8mn Tons of Rice "
- Antara: "Makassar city government ensures sufficient rice stocks until Oct 2020"
- UCA News: "Covid-19 anxiety grips Bangladeshi farmers "
- Daily Sun: "Rice price increases gradually"
- Reuters: "Indian traders signing rice export deals again after three-week pause"
- The Hindu: "Rice Prices"
- The Hindu: "Spurred by handsome wheat yield, rabi output to be close to 150 million tonnes "
- The Hindu: "Govt sets foodgrain production target at 298 million tonnes for 2020-21 crop year "
- The Hindu: "NGOs sourcing rice from FCI for free distribution "
- The Nation: "11pc increase in rice export during first 8 months of current FY"
- USDA Ag Attache: " Brazilian Commodity Prices Hit Record Levels "
- Stabroek News: "Rice production so far unaffected by COVID-19 – GRDB"
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
- USDA Rice World Market Price and LDP Announcement
- KCCO TENDER TO BUY 6920MT OF RICE
- DTN: "World Wheat & Rice Situation Not Anywhere Near 2006-08"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Japan Rice Straw Market"
- FX Daily Report: "Rice Retreats From Seven-Year High as Vietnam Plans to Restart Exports"
- Nikkei Asian Review: "Coronavirus exposes ASEAN divisions on rice security"
- Manila Bulletin: "DA, DTI urged to ensure adequate supply of rice, other basic goods"
- PhilStar: "NFA reports delivery failure "
- Business World: "NFA says rice stocks sufficient despite quarantine extension "
- Brinkwire: "Australia could RUN OUT of rice as countries refuse to export their supplies in coronavirus crisis"
- Vietnam Net: "Vietnamese rice exporters surprised with the quick end of export quota"
- The Saigon Times: "Rice for national reserves yet to meet target: official"
- The Saigon Times: "40 traders successfully register for export of 400,000 tons of rice"
- Khmer Times: "Price of exported rice doubles"
- Times of India: "FCI’s ‘excess stock’ comes in handy for govt in Covid battle"
- Economic Times: "Record basmati exports from India as Ramadan and pandemic surges demand"
- The News Intl: "Traders challenge likely rice export ban with stock stats "
- IOL: "'No risk yet’ to SA’s rice and wheat imports"
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
- Ag Net: "California Rice Salmon Pilot Project Making Steady Progress"
- CORRECTION: RICEONLINE.COM TENDERS - KOREA TENDERS to buy CHINESE SHORT GRAIN BROWN rice April 14
- RICEONLINE.COM TENDERS - TAIWAN TENDER April 14
- Business Mirror: "Group urges govt to freeze ₧8-billion rice import plan"
- VN Express: "Businesses cry foul after missing rice export chance in April"
- Vietnam Net: "Who is allowed to export rice during the COVID-19 crisis?"
- New Age: "IRRI for keeping eyes on rice supply chain "
- Financial Express: "Rice price rise raises concern"
- New Europe: "Global rice exports severely disrupted following India lockdown"
- Grain Mart News: "Rice Prices Surge Globally Amid Panic Buying and Low Supply Due to Coronavirus Lockdown"
- The Hindu: "FCI moving rice to needy States, creating godown space"
- The Hindu: "Rice Prices"
- Dawn: "Sindh CM advises Centre to ban export of food crops "
Monday, April 13, 2020
- USRPA: THE RICE ADVOCATE
- USDA Crop Progress ( for release 4:00pm EDT)
- Texas A&M University: Texas Rice Crop Survey Update
- University of Arkansas: Arkansas Rice Update
- MercoPress: "Food Prices declines sharply in March except rice as countries stockpile"
- Business Mirror: "PHL pursuing P8-billion G2G rice imports for stable supply"
- PhilStar: "Philippines expects record palay output this year "
- USDA Ag Attache: "Indonesia Grain and Feed Annual"
- Jakarta Post: "Bulog struggles to import staple food as producing countries cap exports"
- Sydney Morning Herald: "Water expert predicts rice shortage after door shut on imports"
- Vietnam+: "Ministry issues rice export quotas for April"
- Phnom Penh Post: "Rice export quotas issued in VN under PM’s permission "
- The Star: "Vietnam to resume rice exports "
- bdnews24: "Govt suspends special Tk 10 rice sale due to risks of contagion"
- Dhaka Tribune: "PM: Govt to procure more rice this year"
- USDA Ag Attache: "India Weekly Post Situation Update"
- The Hindu: "Despite lockdown hurdles, sowing of summer crops up "
- The Hindu: "FCI moving rice to needy States, creating godown space "
- The Hindu: "Rice mills face labour shortage"
Friday, April 10, 2020
- Brownfield Ag News: "USDA gives producers more time to repay Marketing Assistance Loans"
- USDA Ag Attache: "China Grain and Feed Annual"
- Xinhua: "China increases state rice purchasing to strengthen grain reserve "
- Reuters: "Asia Rice: Lockdowns and export curbs limit activity in major hubs"
- Manila Bulletin: "NFA sells 4 million bags of rice in Q1"
- Manila Times: "Sato seeks higher palay buying price"
- VN Express: "Stop export of regular rice: Finance Ministry"
- Vietnam+: "Mekong Delta enjoys bumper rice crop"
- Reuters: "Vietnam PM approves export of 400,000 tonnes of rice for April"
- News First: "Rice Mill operations declared as an essential service"
- Ceylon Daily News: "Maximum retail price for rice"
- Frontline: "COVID-19 fear ahead of boro rice harvesting in Bengal "
- Hellenic Shipping News: "Ukraine asks parliament to remove some grain import duties"
- Xinhua: "Brazil expects record 2020 grains harvest despite pandemic ""
Thursday, April 09, 2020
- USDA Supply Demand report (12:00pmt EDT)
- USDA GRAINS: WORLD MARKETS AND TRADE (12:15 EST)
- USDA WORLD AG PRODUCTION (12:00EST)
- USDA CROP PRODUCTION (12:00 EST)
- Xinhua: "China increases state rice purchasing to strengthen grain reserve"
- RT: "Rice & wheat prices surge amid fears Covid-19 lockdown may threaten global food security "
- Inquirer: "Rice imports to help PH, not hurt local farmers"
- News.com.au: "Australia facing rice shortage amid pandemic "
- Vietnam Net: "Rice price escalates, Vietnamese exporters eager to resume exports"
- Vietnam Net: "Winter-spring rice crop at high risk of disease"
- USDA Ag Attahce: "Vietnam Grain and Feed Annual"
- Releifweb: "Special Report - 2019 FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Burma Grain and Feed Annual"
- Daily FT: "Govt. keeps rice mills open, assures no shortage "
- ZAWYA: "Despite Indian rice export fears, UAE traders confirm stocks for 3 months"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Turkey Grain and Feed Annual"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Venezuela Grain and Feed Annual"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Costa Rice Rice Situation update"
Wednesday, April 08, 2020
- USDA Rice World Market Price and LDP Announcement
- TB&P: "Projected rice acres up; farmers expected to grow more soybeans and corn in 2019"
- Business World: "Rice inventories decline 1.9% in March"
- Manila Standard: "NEDA warns of higher rice prices amid tightening supply"
- The Tribune: "Vietnam to export 8L tonnes of rice"
- Viet Nam News: "Winter-spring rice crop at high risk of disease: Agriculture minister"
- Daily Express: "Rice sales shoot up due to Covid-19"
- Dhaka Tribune: "Tackling coronavirus: Govt to procure 1.75 million tons of paddy, rice"
- New Age: "Coronavirus hits agriculture hard "
- Economic Times: "States told to ensure no hurdles to agri exports"
- The Hindu: "Rice Prices"
- Financial Express: "Icra highlights exports uncertainty in Basmati business due to Covid-19"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Costa Rica Grain and Feed Update"
Tuesday, April 07, 2020
- Inquirer: "South Korea donates 950 metric tons of rice for PH quake, flood victims"
- Reuters: "Vietnam trade ministry plans to export 800,000 tonnes of rice in April, May"
- SGGP: "Mekong Delta provinces expect good summer-autumn rice crop"
- Vietnam+: "Trade ministry proposes resuming rice exports"
- Republic World: "Cambodia Bans Exports Of Rice And Fish In Anti-virus Move"
- Cambodia Daily: "Cambodia calls on rice millers, exporters to buy paddy"
- Free Malaysia Today: "People eating more, rice wholesaler expects 50% more in sales "
- UNB: "Govt to procure 17.5 lakh mts Boro paddy, rice"
- Daily Star: "Govt to buy 28.25 lakh metric tonnes of rice, wheat"
- The Hindu: "Covid pandemic may pull the plug on basmati exports"
- The Hindu: "Rice Prices"
- ReliefWeb: "GIEWS Country Brief: Madagascar"
Monday, April 06, 2020
- USRPA: THE RICE ADVOCATE
- KCCO TENDER TO BUY 2010MT APRIL 7 - amendment #2
- University of Arkansas: Arkansas Rice Update
- Texas A&M University: Texas rice crop survey update
- Barron's: "Rice Is a Hot Commodity. It’s Poised to Rise Even More."
- Nhan Dan: "RoK to offer 5% preferential import tax on over 55,000 tonnes of Vietnamese rice "
- USDA Ag Attache: "Taiwan Grain and Feed Annual"
- Time: "China Urges Its Citizens Not to Hoard Rice Amid Mounting Concern Over Global Food Supply"
- PhilStar: "DA urged to calibrate rice imports"
- Manila Times: "Vietnam: We’ll continue to supply PH with rice"
- Saigon Times: "Exporters asked to prepare for rice export to South Korea despite suspension"
- Foreign Brief: "Cambodia to ban some rice exports starting today to ensure local food security"
- Khmer Times: "Buy local paddy rice, urge millers"
- IAEA: "Malaysia's Nuclear Agency and Partners Bring Improved Rice Variety to Country’s Farmers"
- bdnews24: "Govt to start selling Tk 10 rice in locked-down Dhaka"
- The Pioneer: "CM writes to Paswan to hike rice procurement to 31.11 lakh MT"
- Reuters: "RPT-EXCLUSIVE-Indian rice exports suspended on supply chain disruption -industry"
- USDA Ag Attache: "India Grain and Feed Annual"
- The Hindu: "Bengal sees rapid rise in rice prices "
- ZAWYA: "Egypt has enough rice stocks to last until Oct. 2021: state news agency"
- MENA FN: "Rice exports suspended on supply chain disruption"
- USDA Ag Attache: "El Salvador eliminates tariffs for certain food products and sets maximum sale prices"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Dominican Republic Grain and Feed Annual"
Friday, April 03, 2020
- PNA: "Caraga rice farmers to get P55-million support from DA"
- Manila Times: "Vietnam mulls rice export resumption"
- Vietnam Net: "Trade Ministry proposes exporting 400,000 tonnes of rice in April"
- Xinhua: "Cambodia's rice export to China up 35 pct in Q1 "
- Khmer Times: "China remains major market for Cambodia rice exports"
- Cambodia Daily: "Covid-19: Cambodia halts rice, padi exports"
- Reuters: "RPT-Asia Rice-Thai rates bounce to 7-yr high as virus limits exports from other hubs"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Thailand rice price weekly"
- Myanmar Times: "Myanmar temporarily suspends rice export permits"
- Reuters: "Exclusive: Indian rice exports suspended on supply chain disruption - industry"
- The Hindu: "Bengal sees rapid rise in rice prices "
- Financial Express: "FAO warning: Basmati rice exporters ask Centre not to ban exports of the cereal"
- ReliefWeb: "Crop Monitor for Early Warning"
- ReliefWeb: "Crop Monitor for AMIS"
- TB&P: "Riceland Foods names Ben Noble Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer"
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- RICE MARKET AND TECHNOLOGY CONVENTION IS POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
Thursday, April 02, 2020
- Pine Bluff Commercial: "Arkansas rice acreage rises, but lower than expected"
- Reuters: "Philippines gets Vietnam commitment to continuous rice supply"
- Inquirer: "Our rice buffer stock"
- GMA News: "Vietnam reaffirms commitment to supply rice to Philippines —DA "
- Xinhua: "Vietnamese ministry suggests rice export resumption"
- New Straits Times: "Covid-19: Cambodia halts rice, padi exports"
- Khmer Times: "Rice stockpile boosted in face of continuing Coronavirus threat"
- Reuters: "Thai rice prices hit 7-year high on anticipated sales as coronavirus troubles rivals - exporters"
- Bangkok Post: "Rice export restrictions not foreseen "
- Radio Free Asia: "Myanmar Suspends New Rice Export Licenses to Ensure Domestic Supply Amid Virus Outbreak"
- Deccan Herald: "Used peace clause to provide excess support to rice farmers amid COVID-19: India to WTO"
- The Hindu: "14.5 lakh families get free rice "
- The Hindu: "Rice Prices"
- All Africa: "Nigeria: Rice Farmers Assure Nigerians of Rice Supply During Lockdown"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Chile Grain and Feed Annual"
Wednesday, April 01, 2020
- USDA Rice World Market Price and LDP Announcement
- RFD TV: "U.S. rice imports expected to hit record high for third year in a row"
- RICEONLINE.COM TENDERS - TAIWAN MARCH 31 TENDER RESULTS
- South China Morning Post: "Coronavirus will not cause global rice shortage unless panic buying and export bans persist "
- MSN: "Lower palay harvest seen in Q1 "
- Reuters: "More than half of Philippines' 2020 rice import orders yet to be delivered - minister"
- Manila Bulletin: "‘Quick Turn-Around’ rice production plan launched next week"
- PhilStar: "Philippines urges trading partners to honor rice deals "
- Business World: "PHL plans rice imports amid lockdown"
- ZAWYA: "More than half of Philippines' 2020 rice import orders yet to be delivered - minister"
- Vietnam Net: "Ministry of Industry and Trade proposes resuming rice exports"
- Vietnam Net: "Mekong Delta faces rice crisis as exports are interrupted"
- Bangkok Post: "Rice exports seen rising as virus outbreak troubles competitors "
- Reuters: "Thailand expects more rice exports as virus outbreak troubles competitors"
- The Daily Star: "OMS rice for Tk 10 a kg in cities from next week"
- The Hindu: "Rice Prices"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Algeria Grain and Feed Annual"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Ecuador Grain and Feed Annual"
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
- USDA PROSPECTIVE PLANTINGS REPORT (12:00PM EDT)
- USDA RICE STOCKS REPORT (12:00PM EDT)
- USDA CROP PROGRESS - STATE STORIES (12:00PM EDT)
- Bangkok Post: "Philippines plans rice imports to boost stocks for coronavirus fight "
- Panay News: "Capiz has enough rice supply – NFA"
- Philippine News Agency: "DA proposes importation of 300K MT of rice amid Covid-19 pandemic"
- Nikkei Asian Review: "Rice prices hit 6-year high as Thailand and Vietnam face drought"
- VOV: "Ministry proposes limiting rice exports to 400,000 tonnes per month"
- Vietnam Net: "Halting rice exports to stabilise food supplies"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Vietnam Rice Trade Monthly"
- VN Express: "Ministry wants rice export ban lifted"
- Phnom Penh Post: "PM orders suspension of white rice, paddy exports "
- VOD: "Casinos, Rice Latest Sectors Hit by Covid-19 Restrictions"
- Khmer Times: "PM bans white rice and paddy exports in effort to safeguard local supply"
- Rojak Daily: "Report: Malaysia Has Enough Rice To Last Us For Two And A Half Months"
- Dhaka Tribune: "Covid-19: Govt allocates Tk9cr in funds, 31,000 tons rice for poor"
- Big News Network: "54,600 MT of boiled rice dispatched to South India: FCI Telangana"
- The Hindu: "ICAR-IIRR scientists identify novel blast-resistant rice gene "
- The Hindu: 'CM says comprehensive TS paddy, rice policy shortly "
- Dawn: "Food prices remain high despite fuel and commodity rates crash "
- Nigerian Tribune: "Coronavirus: Lockdown won’t affect rice production, RIFAN assures"
- Crypto Dictation: "SOS rice, from the Ebro Foods group, will allocate one million euros to the fight against the coronavirus | Economy"