Rice News - Full Archive
Thursday, February 27, 2014
- Pattaya Mail: "UTCC: Thailand
- KXAN: "Rice farmers dealt another blow in ongoing drought "
- Korea Tender announcement
- Business Mirror: "Major rice-producing Asean members form regional group"
- Bangkok Post: "EC casts doubt on rice payment plan "
- Bangkok Post: "B60bn siphoned to Hong Kong in rice-pledging scam"
- Bangkok Post: "Lawyers acknowledge PM rice charge"
- The Nation: "Govt eyes income from 1m-tonne G2G China rice sale"
- The Star: "M'sia and other demands keep Asia rice prices steady"
- Ag Professional: "Bangladesh to buy more domestic rice to boost reserves"
- Reuters: "Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- Feb 27"
- The Hindu: "Bulk buyers shy away from rice market"
- The Hindu: "Bulk buyers shy away from rice market"
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
- USDA Rice World Market Price and LDP
- Delta Farm Press: "Rice Producers stepping up efforts to market rice in Central America"
- Reuters: "Asia Rice Prices steady on demand from Africa, China, Malaysia"
- Black Sea Grain: "Vietnam's Agricultural Sector Sees Strong Growth Thanks to FDI"
- Financial Times: "Thailand's rice mountain offers grain of hope to neighbours"
- Black Sea Grain: "UTCC: Thailand's 2014 rice export would plunge in both Asian and global markets"
- Reuters: "Thai govt to offer $615 million of debt to help fund rice-subsidy scheme"
- Pattaya Mail: "Cabinet approves allotment from emergency fund to aid rice pledging scheme"
- Bangkok Post: "B20bn approved for pledging "
- FMT: "PKR to rescue rice industry in Msia"
- Reuters: "UPDATE 1-Bangladesh to buy more domestic rice to boost reserves"
- The Hindu: "Improved white ponni rice variety"
- Reuters: "Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- Feb 26"
- The Hindu: "IMD forecast on Monsoon by mid-April, says Pawar"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Saudi Arabia Grain and Feed Update"
- Reuters: "Ivory Coast eyes rice self-sufficiency with foreign firms' help"
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
- Asahi Shimbun: "Japan, U.S. fail to make headway in Pacific trade pact talks"
- The Irrigator: "Advice for growers"
- Weekly Times: "Warm summer has improved rice growers' chance of producing a big crop this season"
- Global Post: "Thailand's Election Commission frees up some funds to pay rice farmers"
- Bangkok Post: "EC approves B712m to pay farmers"
- Reuters: "Thai trade slumps alongside tourism as protest violence takes toll"
- Bangkok Post: "NACC denies fast-tracking Yingluck rice probe "
- NNT: "Commerce Ministry is confident it would sell 1 million tons of rice monthly"
- Bangkok Post: "BAAC rejects state again "
- Reuters: "Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- Feb 25"
- Reuters: "TABLE-India Grain Prices-Delhi- Feb 25"
- The Hindu: "Rice prices drops further"
- Nigerian Tribune: "Rising against rice smuggling"
- This Day: "FG to Slash Import Tariff on Rice, Says Okonjo-Iweala"
Monday, February 24, 2014
- KCCO Tender to buy 1000mt of rice Feb. 26
- USRPA: "The Rice Advocate"
- PRnewswire: "ATTENTION ARKANSAS RICE FARMERS: Vernie Hubert to Highlight Farm Bill Discussion, Wednesday, February 26 in Brinkley, Arkansas"
- PDI: "NFA rice import losses to hit P1.4B, say solons"
- Manila Standard: "1-M-ton rice import OK'd"
- Black Sea Grain: "Vietnam rice deal very transparent"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Thailand Rice Price weekly"
- The Nation: "Urgent funding sought for farmers"
- NNT: "Rice farmers will protest in large number again, destination not revealed"
- Bangkok Post: "Pundits urge fast-tracking budget to pay rice farmers"
- The Nation: "Group asks Administrative Court to halt rice scheme"
- The Nation: "Siam Kubota sees lower growth due to lower demand from rice farmers"
- Pattaya Mail: "Farmers back govt bonds to raise money for rice payments"
- The Nation: "Petition filed to stop rice-pledging scheme"
- FE: "Govt to double its target to 0.4m tonnes from 0.2m tonnes"
- Sunday Times: "Paddy harvest drops, rice prices rise "
- Reuters: "Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- Feb 24"
- Reuters: "TABLE-India Grain Prices-Delhi- Feb 24"
- Reuters: "India likely to export 18 mln tonnes rice, wheat in 2013/14"
- Reuters: "Egypt says official suspected of corrupt rice deals, not wheat"
- Reuters: "Egypt food supply shake-up sees official referred to prosecutors"
- Vibe Ghana: "Government to Ban Imports?"
Friday, February 21, 2014
- PDI: "PH faces WTO sanctions for rice importation policy"
- Antara: "Indonesian govt has yet to issue rice import permit"
- SGGP: "Tax exemption for rice, tobacco import from Laos"
- CNN: "Thai Prime Minister denies corruption allegations over rice program"
- VOA: "Thai Rice Farmers Give Government a Week to Make Payments"
- Pattaya Mail: "Farmers demand rice payments Feb 28"
- Bangkok Post: "Yingluck vows to pay, rice growers return home"
- Bangkok Post: "Exporters sound alarm on rotting rice stocks"
- IIFL: "Thai Rice to Flood Global Markets as Subsidy Ends"
- The Nation: "Foreign Trade Department denies dumping rice in world market"
- The Nation: "Thai rice not being dumped: trade chief"
- Siasat Daily: "Non-basmati rice trades lower on reduced offtake"
- Daily Times: "Food group exports up by 6.30%,imports down by 8.95%"
- This Day: "House Implores FG to Implement Agreement With Rice Dealers"
Thursday, February 20, 2014
- CCTV: "IRRI releases 44 new rice varieties in 2013"
- PhilStar: "BOC tags 5 firms in illegal rice trade"
- Business World: "200,000 MT rice lack import permits"
- Asia One: "Indonesia sees signs of Thai rice suppliers dumping rice: trade official"
- Black Sea Grain: "Record Lao Rice Crop Estimated in 2013"
- Bangkok Post: "Phitsanulok orders rice stock inspection"
- NNT: "Commerce Ministry: A Rice Farmers Bank can be established if without political interference"
- NNT: "With no water shortage, Khon Kaen farmers starts planting off-season rice"
- The Nation: "1,000 farm tractors, 15,000 farmers head to Bangkok"
- Malaysian Insider: "Government must ensure fall in global price of rice benefits locals, says opposition MP"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Malaysia Grain and Feed Annual"
- The Hindu: "Rice may trade in ranges"
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
- USDA Rice World Market Price and LDP
- LA Times: "The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Who wins, who loses, why it matters "
- PhilStar: "Restriction on rice imports may spell trouble for Phl"
- Reuters: "Thai government sells 600,000 metric tons rice after special allocation"
- VOA: "Thai Rice to Flood Global Markets as Subsidy Ends "
- Time: "Thai PM Yingluck to Face Graft Charges Over Botched Rice Scheme"
- Bangkok Post: "Global rice rout expected to continue"
- Reuters: "Thai court warns against using emergency powers to disperse protests"
- Bangkok Post: "Poll: Further rice payment delays likely"
- Bangkok Post: "PM charged over rice scheme corruption "
- The Nation: "Commerce sets 3-prong plan to pay farmers"
- PTI: "Wheat, rice, corn exports may fall 29% in 2014-15"
- USDA Ag Attache: "India Grain and Feed Update"
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
- PhilStar: "Rice import restrictions a hanging issue, says De Lima"
- Jakarta Post: "Multilayered control fails"
- Reuters: "Four killed in Thai clashes; PM to face charges over rice scheme"
- WSJ: "Panel Files Charges Against Thai Prime Minister Over Rice Subsidy"
- The Nation: "NACC to press charge against Yingluck over rice-pledging scheme"
- WSJ: "Run on Thai Bank Linked to Rice Subsidy Points to Strain on Economy"
- Reuters: "Thai corruption body files charges against PM over rice scheme"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Thailand Rice price update"
- Asian Correspondent: "What do Thai farmers think of rice pledging - Part 1"
- Asian Correspondent: "What do Thai farmers think of rice pledging - Part 2"
- FE: "Do we need to produce so much rice?"
- IIFL: "ASSOCHAM Expects Eastern India Rice Output May Reach 670 Lakh MT By 2017"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Colombia TRQ fill rates show positive trend"
Monday, February 17, 2014
- USRPA: "The Rice Advocate"
- Focus Taiwan: "Farmers association urges investigation into rising rice prices"
- PDI: "PH rice policy tagged flawed, prone to graft"
- Manila Standard: "NFA monopoly threatens rice industry"
- Vietnam Briefing: "Opportunities and Challenges Lie Ahead for Vietnam's Rice Exports"
- Phnom Penh Post: "Exporters of rice now subject to origin test "
- Black Sea Grain: "Record Harvest of Cambodia 2013/14 Main Season Paddy Crop Anticipated"
- Bangkok Post: "Bank withdrawals force rice loan rethink"
- CNBC: "Thailand to end rice subsidy scheme"
- NNT: "Ang Thong farmers delighted after receiving rice pledging payments"
- Pattaya Mail: "Commerce Ministry: Proceeds of rice sales will reach THB 12 billion in Feb"
- Pattaya Mail: "Govt to start paying farmers for rice scheme on Monday"
- Phuket News: "Mini-run forces rice-pledge bank into U-turn"
- The Nation: "GSB in south packed with nervous customers over rice-pledging scheme"
- Reuters: "Thai PM under siege, lengthy protests take toll on economy"
- WSJ: "Run on Thai Bank Linked to Rice Subsidy Points to Strain on Economy"
- Bangkok Post: "Thailand reaping what it sowed"
- Reuters: "Thai government bank loan not enough to pay off rice program debt"
- Reuters: "Rice farmers besiege Thai PM's office as protesters surround government HQ"
- Bangkok Post: "Growing pains hit Myanmar rice trade"
- Myanmar Times: "Paddy rice prices climb on exports"
- The Hindu: "Slack buying pounds rice"
- Reuters: "Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- Feb 17"
Friday, February 14, 2014
- Japan SBS Tender Awards
- PhilStar: "January rice stocks good for 62 days"
- PDI: "PH rice stock fell by 15% to 2.12M MT in January"
- Black Sea Grain: "Thailand Govt told to urgently sell stockpiled rice"
- Pattaya Mail: "Traders participate fully in rice auction"
- Bangkok Post: "B17bn rice loan eases pressure on govt"
- Pattaya Mail: "Anti-graft agency gets more evidence on rice corruption"
- Pattaya Mail: "Nearly 500,000 tonnes of rice auctioned today "
- NNT: "Government to start paying rice growers next week"
- NNT: "Commerce Ministry: Proceeds of rice sales will reach THB 12 billion in Feb "
- Money Control: "India has now emerged as the world
- Economic Times: "Rice exports from India climbing to record on Middle East demand"
- PTI: "Country may harvest record rice, wheat & pulses "
- Reuters: "Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- Feb 14"
- The Hindu: "Foodgrain output projected at new high"
- Iraq announces new tender
Thursday, February 13, 2014
- Texas Tribune: "TCEQ Defers Decision on Colorado River Rice Farmers"
- ABC Rural: "Rice production falls in challenging season"
- WSJ: "Thai Rice Subsidy to Expire"
- Time: "Thai Constitutional Court Hands PM Yingluck a Surprise Lifeline"
- World Bulletin: "Thai army chief says all sides in impasse must tread carefully"
- Bangkok Post: "First 50 rice farmers file court cases against government"
- The Nation: "Banks look to higher loan demand for rice-industry working capital"
- NNT: "Commerce Min inspects rice warehouse in Suphan Buri "
- Financial Times: "Thailand rushes to sell rice stockpile to appease farmers"
- Bangkok Post: "Rice stock offer on AFET draws intense interest "
- Pattaya Mail: "Commerce Min to release 460,000 tons of rice"
- Bangkok Post: "Overwhelming response to rice sale "
- Reuters: "Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- Feb 13"
- Business Standard: "Rice basmati eases on sluggish demand, adequate supply"
- The Hindu: "Rice seen ruling at current levels next few days"
- The Hindu: "The spectre of rice politics resurfaces"
- Bloomberg: "Rice Exports From India Climbing to Record on Mideast Demand"
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
- USDA Rice World Market Price and LDP announcement
- USDA ERS Rice Outlook (for release 4:00pm EST)
- USDA: "USDA Innovation Improves Rice Grading"
- CBS: "Texas Rice Farmers Again Face Limited Water"
- Live Trading News: "Vietnam's Rice Export Revenue Dove 30.5% In January"
- ANN: "Vietnam's rice exports slump as prices rise"
- Bloomberg: "Rice Tumbling as Thailand's Unpaid Farmers Urge Reserve Sale"
- NNT: "Govt rice auction met with bidding frenzy"
- Bangkok Post: "NACC expected to charge PM over rice scheme"
- Bangkok Post: "Court rejects petition to void Feb 2 election "
- WSJ: "Thai Court Rejects Opposition Bid to Throw Out Elections "
- Bangkok Post: "Rice tumbles on stock sale call"
- Phuket Wan: "April Vote Leaves Thailand Locked in Limbo: Economy Tipped to Rot"
- Free District: "Yingluck to be charged over rice scheme this month"
- The Hindu: "Jayalalithaa terms service tax on rice storage discriminatory"
- Reuters: "Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- Feb 12"
- Express Tribune: "Competitive pricing: Rice exporters gear up to capture Indian share"
- Business Standard: "Price fall hits agri exports"
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
- China Daily: "China raises state purchasing prices for rice"
- PIA: "Kalinga 2013 rice production up by 3.5%"
- Black Sea Grain: "Vietnam's rice export revenue plunges 30.5 pct in first month"
- Reuters: "Thailand in political limbo with vote re-runs seen in April"
- Bangkok Post: "Farmers to receive B712m in overdue rice payments"
- Bloomberg: "Rice Tumbling as Thailand's Unpaid Farmers Demand Stockpile Sale"
- WSJ: "Thai Rice Farmer Issue Takes Center Stage"
- Bangkok Post: "Fire at Lop Buri rice warehouse "
- The Nation: "NACC denies dragging feet on rice-pledging case against Yingluck"
- Channel NewsAsia: "Myanmar rice companies benefit from Thai expertise"
- Reuters: "Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- Feb 11"
Monday, February 10, 2014
- USDA Crop Production
- USDA Grains: World Markets and Trade
- USDA WASDE Supply Demand Report
- USRPA: "The Rice Advocate"
- KCCO Tender Awards Invitation 2000002291
- USDA Ag Attache: "China Grain and Feed Update"
- PDI: "Senate agri committee chair backs private rice imports ban"
- The Rural: "New publication for rice growers "
- USDA Ag Attache: "Thailand Rice Price weekly"
- Bangkok Post: "Bangkok faces water crisis"
- NNT: "Farmers to petition Justice Ministry over rice-scheme payment delay"
- NNT: "Commerce Ministry to pay interest to rice farmers with central budget "
- Bangkok Post: "Farmers: Sell rice stockpiles"
- The Nation: "Red leader spearheads rice-purchase plan"
- Bangkok Post: "GPF scorns rice-bonds purchase"
- The Nation: "Farmers seek ministry's aid on rice money"
- Bangkok Post: "Traders: Old rice stocks unshippable"
- Pattaya Mail: "Farmers marching to Justice Ministry, Defence HQ to demand rice payments today"
- Bangkok Post: "Angry rice farmers abandon government talks"
- Bangkok Post: "More farmers ready to push for money from govt"
- VOA: "Thai Farmers Protest to Demand Rice Payments"
- Reuters: "Rice farmers protest as Thai government's funding woes mount"
- Myanmar Times: "Rice exports falter on illicit China trade"
- Black Sea Grain: "Bangladesh. MY 2013/2014 Rice Production Projected to Rise Slightly"
- The Hindu: "Rice market to witness hand-to-mouth buying"
- Business Standard: "Haryana gets award for high rice and wheat production"
- Reuters: "Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- Feb 10"
- Reuters; "TABLE-India Grain Prices-Delhi- Feb 08"
- All Africa: "Nigeria: Govt Targets Rice Export From 2017"