Rice News - Full Archive
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
- USDA World Market Price and LDP announcement
- USDA Ag Attache: "Japan Grain and Feed Update"
- Black Sea Grain: "World cereal production to hit record in 2013; Asia awash with rice "
- ABS CBN: "Rice prices sustain increases, says BAS"
- Black Sea Grain: "Vietnam Jan-July Exports 1.29mn-ton Rice to China"
- Bangkok Post: "Twice-monthly auction of pledged rice"
- NNT: "Thai exports lower this year as global economy remains struggling"
- EDF: "How can we grow more rice
- Economic Times: "Mahyco buys Arcadia's technology to develop NUE rice"
- The Hindu: "Rice Prices"
- The Hindu: "Kharif rice output may hit record on good monsoon"
- USDA Ag Attache: "India Monsoon Report 6"
- Pakissan: "Kharif crops: monsoon rains to have positive impact on agriculture output"
- Think Africa Press: "New Breed of Rice Raises Hopes for Kenya's Domestic Rice Production"
- TNW: "China's Xiaomi unveils its lowest-priced phone yet, the $130 Red Rice"
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
- USDA Crop Progress
- Daily World: "Louisiana rice and soybean crops are looking good"
- LSU Rice Research Station Newsletter
- WSJ: "Asia's Rice Glut Expected to Worsen"
- PDI: "Rice consumption outpacing harvest"
- ANN: "Mekong deluge delays rice buying in Vietnam"
- Pattaya Mail: "Bids for 350,000 tonnes of rice not all achieved, but successful overall "
- Bangkok Post: "First Rice Auction Finished"
- The Hindu: "Rice Prices"
- Reuters: "India Grain Prices-Delhi- Jul 30"
- Reuters: "Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- Jul 30"
- Live Mint: "Foodgrain harvest in India seen at record on monsoon rainfall"
- The New Indian Express: "Paradip Port to export rice"
- Economic Times: "Rice production may hit record this kharif season: Tariq Anwar"
- The Hindu: "Mahyco buys Arcadia's technology to develop NUE rice"
- The Hindu: "Anwar predicts record rice production"
- Black Sea Grain: "Iran plans to import 250,000 tons of rice from Thailand "
- This Day: "FG to Reduce Rice Importation through Increased Farming"
- Prensa Latina: "Cuba Has Wide Rice Varieties Bank"
Monday, July 29, 2013
- USRPA: "The Rice Advocate"
- KCCO Tender to buy 300mt of rice Aug. 6
- Texas A&M University: "Texas Crop Survey update"
- University of Arkansas: "Arkansas Rice Update"
- ABS CBN: "NFA: Rice prices have stabilized"
- Thanh Nien: "Vietnamese farmers disillusioned with agriculture"
- VN Net: "Vietnamese prefer foreign rice"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Thailand Rice Price Weekly"
- The Nation: "1 million tonnes, non-Thai rice"
- Bangkok Post: "Asia works on regional rice strategy to address changing conditions "
- NNT: "Auction for pledged rice begins"
- Pattaya Mail: "Tough regulations and doubts in rice quality cause small entrepreneurs to shy away from rice auction"
- Reuters: "Bids for Thai govt rice fall way short of offer"
- VOA: "Thailand's Controversial Rice Policy Helps Neighbors' Exports"
- Dhaka Tribune: "Rangpur rice mills stop supplying rice to government warehouse"
- The Hindu: "Karnataka's levy rice collection only 39 p.c. of target"
- The Hindu: "Rice may witness marginal fluctuations"
- The Hindu: "Rice Prices"
- Reuters: "Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- Jul 27"
- The Hindu: "Farmers not keen on growing hybrid rice varieties"
- Pattaya Mail: "Iran buying 250,000 tonnes of Thai rice"
- Black Sea Grain: "Iran orders 500,000 tons of Thai rice in government-to-government deal "
- Reuters: "Syria tenders to buy 135,000 T of white rice- trade"
- Ghana Business News: "New local rice launched in Ghana"
Friday, July 26, 2013
- KCCO Tender Awards
- Merco Press: "FAO forecasts new record level of cereals production this year: 2.479m tons"
- Bloomberg: "Rice Stockpiles in Japan Reach 11-Year High on Price Surge"
- People's Daily: "Grain imports grow as eating habits change"
- Black Sea Grain: "Vietnam exports over 4.2 mln tons of rice in 1st 7 months"
- Bangkok Post: "B20,000 bounty in rice fraud"
- Bangkok Post: "Rice scheme stretches BAAC loans "
- The Nation: "Commerce to sell 250,000 tonnes of rice to Iran in G2G deal"
- Reuters: "Thai govt faces big losses in rice tender if it wants to ease stockpiles"
- Reuters: "Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- July 26"
- Reuters: "India Grain Prices-Delhi- July 26"
- The Hindu: "Planting of key kharif crops gets a boost from July rains"
- The Hindu: "Rice Prices"
Thursday, July 25, 2013
- Reuters: "Indonesia's Bulog builds rice stocks to nearly 3 mln tonnes -CEO"
- Bangkok Post: "Rice problems: Big list"
- The Nation: "Finance caps loss from rice pledging-scheme at Bt70 bn for upcoming harvest"
- Bangkok Post: "Rice committee to cut price to B12,000"
- Black Sea Grain: "Food directorate cancels contract with 1400 rice millers"
- The Hindu: " India - the world's raja"
- The Hindu: "Rice Prices"
- Times of India: "Scanty rain hits paddy crop hard"
- Reuters: "Crops lap up heavy rain half way through monsoon"
- Reuters: "India's monsoon rainfall distribution"
- The News Intl: "Engro enters wholesale rice market"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Mexico Grain and Feed Update"
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
- USDA Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
- USDA Rice World Market Price and LDP announcement
- China Post: "Rice samples tested from April to May safe for consumption: govt"
- Bangkok Post: "Rice exporters upset by bid conditions"
- Bangkok Post: "Eat, die and get B20m for rice"
- Bangkok Post: "Taking stock of rice woes"
- The Hindu: "Rice Prices"
- Times of India: "Monsoon rain signals shift in rainfall pattern: Experts"
- The Hindu: "Monsoon surplus of June being carried into July"
- Reuters: "Iraq tenders for 30,000 T rice, 50,000 T wheat -trade ministry"
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
- USDA Crop Progress
- PhilStar: "NFA defends offer to buy confiscated rice from BOC"
- Rappler: "Aquino: PH on track to achieving rice sufficiency"
- News Track: "Poor monsoon hits paddy sowing in Bihar"
- The Hindu: "Drop in rainfall may hit Bengal rice transplantation"
- Reuters: "A look at some of India's cheap food schemes"
- The Hindu: "Aromatic rice may see decline in prices"
- The Hindu: "Rice Prices"
- Black Sea Grain: "Iran's Quarterly Rice Imports Surge 140 Per Cent "
- Cuba News: "Cuba Invest Heavily on Project for Rice Production"
Monday, July 22, 2013
- KCCO Tender Awards
- USRPA: "The Rice Advocate"
- University of Arkansas: "Arkansas Rice Update"
- Bolivar Commercial: "Rice growers meet for updates"
- Bloomberg: "Abe Boosting Rice Output Means Deeper Slump in Corn Imports"
- PDI: "Cebu rice prices increase by P4/kg"
- The Australian: "Clouds have a silver lining for dryland rice farmers"
- Saigon Times: "Rice market recovers"
- DJ: "Vietnam July 1-18 Rice Exports At 241,668 Metric Tons-Association"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Thailand Rice Price Weekly"
- Pattaya Mail: "Commerce Ministry to hold events to explain rice safety"
- Bangkok Post: "Public lacks faith in govt rice scheme graft probe"
- The Hindu: "Paddy transplantation begins in Kodagu"
- The Hindu: "Rice Prices"
- Business Standard: "Rice sowing makes slow start in India's largest producing state"
- The Nation: "India tops in rice export through subsidised stock"
- The Hindu: "Aromatic rice may see decline in prices"
- Tehran Times: "Iran's quarterly rice imports up 140%"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Russian Federation Grain and Feed Update"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Kazakhstan Grain and Feed Update"
Friday, July 19, 2013
- KCCO Tender amended from July 23 to July 24 for bid date
- Texas A&M University: Texas Rice Survey update
- PDI: "Commercial-grade NFA rice now available in public markets
- Daily Star: "NFA says more rice arriving, assures no hoarding of stocks"
- Bloomberg: "Thailand Faces Loss on Rice Sales to Drain Record Stockpiles"
- The Nation: "Groups vow rice checks"
- Bangkok Post: "Government to take big loss on rice sales"
- Pattaya Mail: "70 blacklisted rice mills allegedly in rice pledge scheme "
- The Hindu: "Higher prices drive soya plantings to record"
- The Hindu: "Rice Prices"
- ZEE News: "Monsoon likely to pick up, no dry spell seen"
- The Hindu: "Extensive rains threaten to dampen AP farmers' hope"
- Pak Tribune: "India's move on rice to hurt Pakistan"
Thursday, July 18, 2013
- Korea Tenders announcement
- ABS CBN: "NFA to start selling rice at P32 a kilo"
- PIA: "NFA assures ample rice supply in Western Visayas"
- The Nation: "Democrat seeks clarifying on reported rice imports from neighbours"
- Bangkok Post: "Rice tricks: Innovation in corruption"
- Pattaya Mail: "Private rice mills to join govt rice pledging scheme"
- Pattaya Mail: "Chamber of commerce calls on Govt to drop rice mortgage program"
- Black Sea Grain: "Thailand: 350,000 tons of rice to be auctioned on July 29"
- The Hindu: "Rice seen flat on steady demand"
- The Hindu: "Rice Prices"
- The Hindu: "Monsoon showers 16% excess rainfall"
- Reuters: "Monsoon likely to pick up, no dry spell seen"
- Pakissan: "Current monsoon spell augurs good sign for Kharif crops"
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
- USDA Rice World Market Price and LDP Announcement
- USDA Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
- Western Farm Press: "Rice farmers hopeful over TPP market"
- PDI: "Commercial rice supply down, prices up in C. Visayas"
- ABS CBN: "NFA: Rice supply is stable"
- Black Sea Grain: "Vietnam's Rice Boom Has Steep Environmental Costs for Mekong Delta"
- People's Daily: "Minister denies trading of smuggled Cambodian rice in Thailand under national program"
- NNT: "Democrat MP reveals fresh evidence against rice pledging scheme at Parliament"
- Pattaya Mail: "Bidding soon for 350,000 tonnes of rice and paddy"
- NNT: "Chamber of commerce calls on Govt to drop rice mortgage program"
- The Hindu: "Rice Prices"
- Dawn: "India's move on rice to hurt Pakistan"
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
- USDA Crop Progress
- The Hindu: "Another vigorous monsoon phase seen"
- The Hindu: "Record foodgrain output likely on good monsoon: Pawar"
- The Hindu: "Rice Prices"
- Minda News: "NFA injects supply as prices of rice soar in SouthCot"
- Sun Star: "Rice prices up as supply dips"
- Saigon Times: "Paddy, rice prices bounce back"
- Bangkok Post: "Majority of Thai rice is safe, tests show"
- Bangkok Post: "PM demands rice reports be verified"
- Bangkok Post: "Industry urges rice federation"
- Bangkok Post: "State to auction 550,000 tonnes of rice"
- NNT: "350,000 tons of rice to be auctioned on July 29 "
- NNT: "Commerce Minister assigns new responsibilities to his deputies"
- ITB: "Myanmar Benefits From Thai Rice Subsidy As Thai Traders Increase Rice Trade"
- WSJ: "India Forecasts Enough Grain Stocks for Continued Exports"
- Nigerian Tribune: "Delta 'll produce abundant rice in 6 months"
- This Day: "FG Promises to Stop Rice Importation"
Monday, July 15, 2013
- USDA ERS Rice Outlook (to be released 1:00pm EDT)
- USRPA: "The Rice Advocate"
- Texas A&M University: "Texas Rice Survey Update"
- University of Arkansas: "Arkansas Rice Update"
- Business Mirror: "Global cereal output to reach historic high in 2013, says FAO "
- GMA News: "Agri Dept. says PHL need not import rice outside WTO's MAV in 2014"
- Business World: "Palay production up in Q2"
- Business Mirror: "Activists cite disjoint in rice price, robust harvest forecast"
- SGGP: "Price of rice shoots up in Mekong Delta"
- USDA Ag Attache: "Thailand Rice Price Weekly"
- Reuters: "Thai govt to sell rice to fund price programme"
- Pattaya Mail: "Anti-graft agency finds irregularities in govt-to-govt rice contract"
- Bangkok Post: "AFET eyes rice stocks to spur trading"
- The Nation: "Govt to sell big lots of rice and paddy"
- Bangkok Post: "Toxic rice rumour debunked"
- Black Sea Grain: "Pheu Thai confident that Rice Pledging Scheme has improved farmers' quality of life"
- The Nation: "Farmers see only a part of rice scheme's rewards"
- Time: "How Thailand's Botched Rice Scheme Blew a Big Hole in its Economy"
- Pattaya Mail: "Thailand pushes to supply rice to Indonesia"
- Reuters: "Insight: Smuggling rice to Thailand - like coals to Newcastle"
- Quartz: "Yet another problem with Thailand's farm subsidy program: Broken rice arbitrage"
- Dhaka Tribune: "Rice price goes up even after boro harvesting"
- The Hindu: "Wheat, rice basmati prices strengthen on increased buying"
- The Hindu: "Rice Prices"
- The Hindu: "Rice seen range-bound on slack demand"
- Dawn: "Decline in rice exports"
Friday, July 12, 2013
- USDA Supply Demand
- USDA Crop Production
- USDA Grains: World Markets and Trade
- USDA World Ag Production
- KCCO tender to buy 180mt of rice July 23
- KCCO Tender to buy 2000mt of rice July 18
- Pakissan: "World cereal production to increase by 7 percent in 2013"
- Insurance Insight: "Heavy rains cause flooding and mudslides in China"
- IRRI News: "Bear market tightens its grip on rice"
- PIA: "Northern Mindanao posts flat growth in palay production in Q1"
- ABS CBN: "Pricey rice: Lean season affects rice prices"
- GMA News: "DA exec: July-August rice price hikes normal"
- Manila Bulletin: "Hybrid rice and small farmers"
- Bernama: "Thailand Seeks To Sell 1 Million Tonnes Of Rice To Indonesia Annually"
- NNT: "Commerce Min says prices of commodities remain stable"
- Bloomberg: "Thailand Needs to Invest in People, Not Rice"
- Bangkok Post: "FAO urges govt to cut rice price "
- The Nation: "Thailand pushes for rice sale to Indonesia"
- SGGP: "Mekong Delta asked to promote large-scale production"
- Pattaya Mail: "Commerce Ministry lambasted for corruption in rice purchases"
- Forbes: "FOCUS: Indian Monsoon Could Boost Farmer Income, May Spur Gold Buys"
- Economic Times: "Rains, incomes & food: Good monsoon this year is bad news for India"
- The Hindu: "Rice Prices"
- Pakissan: "Paddy plantation in full swing in Punjab"
- The News Intl: "Govt asked to help rice industry"

