Rice News - Full Archive
Tuesday, March 05, 2019
- RICEONLINE.COM HOT TOPICS - THAI PARBOIL DOWN $14
- USDA WEBINAR March 6: March 2019 Farm Income Forecast
- Phys.org: "Disappearing rice fields threaten more global warming"
- ABS CBN: "Rice may drop to P25 per kilo as imports flood market - NEDA official"
- Inquirer: "Funds for rice industry to hit P22B with rice import law"
- PhilStar: "NFA ends regulatory function; rice liberalization begins"
- CNN: "Despite lack of IRR, some provisions of rice tariffication law already in effect "
- Manila Bulletin: "Rice traders told to avail of benefits under new tariffication law"
- Manila Times: "Rice tariffication law’s IRR done, sent to NEDA"
- The Nation: "Not enough water left for rice farmers in Northeast"
- The Express Tribune: "7.1m tons of rice produced"
- Pakissan: "Paddy crop to cover 4.4m acres in Punjab"
- Rudaw: "Kurdistan, Iraq rely more on rice imports to meet demand"
- Genetic Literacy Project: "Golden Rice is coming. Finally! Will it be the game-changer hinted at for almost 20 years?"
- FOX Business: "Kris Jenner, other celebs look to disrupt the $3B rice market"
- Forbes: "Vegetables-Based Rice: RightRice Receives $5.5 Million Minority Investment Led By Strand Equity"
Monday, March 04, 2019
- KCCO TENDER TO BUY 1520mt of rice March 5
- ABS CBN: "NFA to stop regulating rice trade as Rice Tariffication Law takes effect"
- Rappler: "Rice tariffication law IRR set to be signed March 5"
- Business World: "Palay prices firm, rice prices edge down in 3rd week of Feb."
- PNA: "Effects of rice tariffication law temporary: Piñol"
- PhilStar: "Push for Cost-competitive rice production continues"
- Viet Nam News: "Banks promise loans to struggling rice exporters"
- Khmer Times: "Premier urges rice traders to focus on China and Vietnam"
Friday, March 01, 2019
- Bloomberg: "Rival Rice Growers Crush U.S. Farmers Already Beset by Trade War"
- USA Rice: "China: Thirty-two U.S. Rice Facilities Now Approved as Suppliers "
- Successful Farming: "WTO Rules China Gave Its Growers Unfair Wheat and Rice Subsidies"
- Reuters: "China commerce ministry says regrets WTO ruling on wheat, rice subsidies"
- Inquirer: "Gov’t vows help to farmers amid influx of imported rice"
- Vietnam Net: "Authorities find ways to manage low rice prices in Mekong Delta"
- SGGP: "Rice consumption remains stagnant"
- VN Express: "Rice exports slump, food association seeks government help"
- Phnom Penh Post: "Loans of $50M boost the rice sector last year"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Thailand Rice Price Weekly"
- The Hindu: "Foodgrain output in 2018-19 seen at 281 mt in Second Advance Estimate"
Thursday, February 28, 2019
- Reuters: "Rice Demand dwindles in top exporters; Thai rates hit by fresh supplies"
- Inquirer: "Lower rice prices, strong peso to ease February inflation, says BSP"
- Reuters: "Vietnam Jan-Feb coffee exports seen down 19.6 pct y/y, rice down 4.9 pct - govt"
- Economic Times: "Record rice output to propel India’s foodgrain production to 281.37 million tonnes in 2018-19 "
- ETNOWNEWS.com: "Despite record rice output, foodgrains production likely to fall 1 per cent: Government"
- Business Standard: "Foodgrain Production Estimated Up 1.4%, Rice Production Seen Hitting Record"
- Business in Cameroon: "Cameroon: Total imports up 11% despite 22% drop in rice imports in 2018 "
- The Asia Foundation: "The Political Economy of Rice – Back to the Roots"
- Simplemost: "You Can Now Buy Rice Made From Chickpeas" (more "Fake Rice")
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
- USDA Rice World Market Price and LDP Announcement
- UofA Webinar Feb. 28: "Climate Change, CO2 and Food Security"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Korea Grain and Feed Update"
- Inquirer: "DA embarks on rice import liberalization info blitz"
- Rappler: "Philippines can meet own rice demand, says crop expert"
- GMA News: "DA chief sees ‘hidden dangers’ in deregulated rice transactions "
- SGGP: "Rice industry needs long term strategy"
- The Nation: "Best parts of the deferred Rice Bill should be retained: Farmers’ network"
- Bangkok Post: "Farmers applaud Rice Bill being put on ice"
- Chaing Rai Times: "Thailand’s Farmers Applaud the Shelving of Controversial Rice Bill"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Thailand Rice Price Weekly"
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
- Pine Bluff Commercial: "As rains delay field prep, early planted rice looks less likely, experts say"
- Bangkok Post: "Controversial rice bill withdrawn from NLA"
- The Nation: "Rice bill ‘postponed indefinitely’ as champion predicts next attempt will be more difficult"
- The Hindu: "Rice research body releases 4 climate-smart varieties"
- GNA: "JICA conducts rice trials in Gushegu district"
- Just-food.com: "Euricom builds rice manufacturing capacity through Marbour Group deal"
Monday, February 25, 2019
- PhilStar: "Don’t delay rice tariffication, Piñol warned "
- PNA: "Moody's hails Rice Tariffication Act, BSP Charter amendment "
- Business Mirror: "Farmers’ dismay over rice trade lib law may lead to lawsuits–report"
- Yahoo News: "Supply of imported rice increased in markets ahead of rice tariffication’s effective date"
- SGGP: "Vietnam to export 100,000 tons of rice to China"
- Bangkok Post: "Assembly whips to iron out problems with rice bill"
- The Nation: "Prayut urged to stall rice bill until after poll"
- The Hindu: "Rabi sowing closes with record rice acreage of 49 lakh hectares"
- Dawn: "Rice: our ‘orphan’ export product"
- Daily Trust: "RIFAN flags off 2019 dry season rice farming"
- KRON4: "Black rice is the new brown rice - Benefits of black rice"
Friday, February 22, 2019
- KCCO Tender awards
- USDA Ag Attache: "China Grain and Feed Update"
- ABS CBN: "NFA says not against rice tax but seeks 'clarification' on some provisions"
- PNA: "DA to hold nationwide consultations on rice tariffication"
- Inquirer: "Despite rice importation law, NFA will still sell affordable rice–Piñol"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Philippines Rice Tafiffication Law Enacted"
- SGGP: "Paddy prices start to go up in Mekong Delta provinces"
- Vietnam Net: "Vietnam reconsidering rice production, export plans"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Thailand Rice Price Weekly"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Thailand Grain and Feed Update"
- The Daily Star: "Wheat imports drop for higher rice harvests "
- The Hindu: "Only nine crops account for two-thirds of global food output, finds FAO report"
- Xinhua: "China to donate 5,700 tons of rice to support Mozambique "
- Xinhua: "China donates more than 9,600 tonnes of rice to South Sudan "
- USDA Ag Attache: "Mexico Grain and Feed Update"
- USDA Export Sales Reports publishing schedule post govt shutdown
Thursday, February 21, 2019
- RICEONLINE.COM HOT TOPICS - IRAQ BOUGHT 120,000MT VIET RICE
- RICEONLINE.COM HOT TOPICS - ASIAN MARKET UPDATE
- RICEONLINE.COM TENDERS - JAPAN SBS TENDER RESULTS
- RICEONLINE.COM TENDERS - AARQ AUCTION FEB. 21
- UofA Webinar, Feb. 21, 3:00pm CT:
- Russell Marine Group: "Navigation Bulletin"
- Reuters: "Asia Rice: Top export hubs grapple with waning demand as supplies mount"
- Rappler: "Government to settle for 93% rice self-sufficiency rate"
- ABS CBN: "Agriculture dept to host consultations on rice tariffs law"
- Business World: "Agri dep’t steering farmers to plant high-end rice"
- Manila Times: "Rice Self-Sufficiency not achievable"
- Jakarta Post: "Rice imports always contentious"
- Eleven: "Laos urges China to increase rice import quota to 50,000 tonnes"
- Phnom Penh Post: "Government seeks to boost rice exports "
- The Edge Markets: "Rice yields to increase with newly-introduced varieties"
- Business in Cameroon: "Cameroon: Rice production failed to reach expectation in 2018 (600,000t)"
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
- USDA Rice World Market Price and LDP announcement
- Phnom Penh Post: "Philippines may see a record level of rice imports"
- Business World: "Gov’t moves to implement rice tariff act, projects P7-11B collection"
- GMA News: "400 NFA employees to lose jobs due to rice tariffication law"
- Xinhua: "Vietnam to export 6-7 mln tons of rice in 2019"
- Khmer Times: "Hun Sen calls on farmers to do rice farming only one time due to drought"
- Phnom Penh Post: "Kingdom sees minimal change in rice exports between 2016-2018"
- Bangkok Post: "Rice bill critics not clued up on latest draft, says minister"
- Thai Visa News: "National assembly to debate controversial rice bill despite protests"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Thailand Rice Price Weekly"
- Modern Ghana: "Ghana's approach to reduction of imported rice"
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
- Talk Business: "State rice and corn harvest numbers up; soybean and peanuts down"
- SunStar: "Palace assures corruption-free rice fund "
- Inquirer: "Record level of rice imports seen this year"
- Inquirer: "NFA employees fear job loss under rice import law"
- PhilStar: "Philippines rice imports to hit 2.3 million MT this year"
- VN Net: "A prophecy of rice export"
- Saigon Times: "PM approves plan to stock up on rice"
- Reuters: "Vietnam to buy 200,000 T rice from farmers for stockpiling -govt"
- Khmer Times: "Ministry urges exporters to join REX system"
- Bangkok Post: "Farmers warn of rice bill strife"
- Bangkok Post: "Rice insurance continues"
- The Nation: "NLA in a hurry to push Rice Bill"
- AP: "Haitians seek water, food as businesses reopen after protest"
- Dominican Today: "Northwest drought: rice, banana growers plant only 50% of lands"
Monday, February 18, 2019
- RICEONLINE.COM TENDERS: TAIWAN SBS TENDERS MARCH 13
- RICEONLINE.COM TENDERS: KCCO TENDER FOR 1580MT, DATE AMENDED
- RICEONLINE.COM TENDERS: JAPAN MA TENDER FEB 15 - AWARDS
- USDA Ag Attache: "Taiwan completes 95% of 2018 Rice CSQ"
- Inquirer: "NFA-Bohol workers wear black to mourn 'death of the rice industry'"
- Manila Standard: "NFA told to submit restructuring plan as open rice trade starts on March 3"
- GMA News: "NFA Council to meet Monday to discuss IRR of rice tariffication law"
- PIA: "Rice tariff law has education component, roles for SUCs"
- Politiko: "Duterte signs rice law"
- Business Mirror: "Full impact of rice tariffs not felt till early Q2–Neda"
- UCA News: "Philippine farmers attack law lifting rice import limits"
- The Nation: "Philippines liberates rice market"
- PhilStar: "Rice tariff law to boost farmers’ profitability"
- ABC: "Developing Northern Australia CRC goes wild for native rice"
- SGGP: "Winter-spring rice crop faces poor consumption"
- Eleven: "Mekong Delta enjoys good start to rice harvest"
- Saigon Times: "A prophecy of rice export"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Laos Rice Report MY2018-2019"
- Bangkok Post: "Rice bill not in farmers' interests"
- The Sunday Times: "New rice price formula to bust large rice miller oligopoly"
- Daily Mirror: "Govt. to regulate rice prices from April 1"
- The Hindu: "Truant weather dampens rabi sowing"
- USDA Ag Attache: "India NE monsoon fails to support winter planting"
- Pakissan: "12 hybrid rice varieties to be available from July"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Turkey Grain and Feed Update"
- The Exchange: "Rice farming in Zanzibar set to receive a boost"
Friday, February 15, 2019
- Rappler: "Duterte signs rice tariffication law"
- Business World: "Duterte signs rice tariffication bill"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Australia Grain and Feed Update"
- Phnom Penh Post: "Vietnam increases its quota for Kingdom’s rice to 300K tonnes "
- Chang Rai Times: "Thai Farmers Raise Concerns Over Junta Rice Bill That Would Ban Non-Certified Paddy Seeds"
- USDA Ag Attache: 'Thailand Rice Price Weekly"
- Economic Times: "India’s rice exports set to gather steam"
- The Nation: "PARC recommends, approves 12 new varieties of hybrid rice seeds for cultivation"
- Xinhua: "Introduced Chinese hybrid rice varieties to foster rice production in Namibia "
- FMT News: "KL mosque introduces ATM to dispense rice for the poor"
- USDA announced crop report release dates after govt shutdown
Thursday, February 14, 2019
- RICEONLINE.COM HOT TOPIC: US AND WORLD RICE OUTLOOK
- Nikkei: "Japan's rice finds fertile ground in China after 75% growth"
- Reuters: "Asia Rice: Prices languish as top exporters harvest, demand stalls"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Korea: 2019 Korea's Adjustment and Quota Tariffs Schedule"
- Business World: "DA’s Piñol warns against heavy dependence on rice imports"
- Business World: "Clock winds down on rice tariff bill signing with no announcement of veto"
- Inquirer: "Rice tariffication"
- Saigon Times: "Rice firms short of capital to buy rice "
- Tuoi Tre News: "Vietnamese firm makes edible rice-flour straws to help protect environment"
- Vietnam+: "Cambodia’s rice exports continue to decline "
- Eleven: "Myanmar expects to export up to 4 million tons of rice by 2020"
- Economy Next: "Sri Lanka to revive small scale rice millers to boost competition"
- Dawn: "12 hybrid rice varieties to be available from July "
- Azer News: "Kazakhstan’s Kyzylorda region to export rice to Iran"
- Xinhua: "Introduced Chinese hybrid rice varieties to foster rice production in Namibia"
- All Africa: "Zanzibar Faces Shortage of Rice"