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Rice News Headlines...

India may achieve rice production target of 106 mt

PHL trims Q3 rice production estimate, stocks shrink further

Rice farmers worry glut will force down prices

APEDA Commodity News from India

Knowledge regarding climate change in Pakistan appalling

Banks try to forcibly recover loans from rice millers

Ban on inland importation is still in force – Ministry

India’s poorest district Nabarangpur, MNC seed majors are growing deep roots

One record we are not proud of

More cane growers jump on board as Mackay's latest rice crop flourishes

Rice retailers reluctant to cut prices

Thai famers warned again not to grow off-season rice

7th rice auction fetches 1.05 billion baht with 1.4 billion baht loss

Nigeria To Stop Rice Importation In The Next 2 Years

Muslim religious leaders called for agri dev't

PhilRice Midsayap, DSWD forge partnership

Rice off the menu: Asia's hunger for bread and pastries boosts wheat demand

Purple bran rice defies convention

Govt sells rice at B14,000 loss per tonne

Anuga 2015: Understanding Challenges Facing U.S. Rice in Europe

CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures

News Detail...

India may achieve rice production target of 106 mt

By Prabhudatta Mishra Oct 15 2015 , New Delhi

Tags: Agriculture

Rice production in India, the world’s second largest producer after China, may achieve the target

this year even as deficient monsoon is expected to lower output of other crops.The output may be

between 106-108 million tonnes, KV Prabhu, joint director at the Indian Agricultural Research

Institute (IGRI), said in New Delhi on Thursday. Despite an overall deficit in rainfall, rice yield

has improved due to adoption of new technology, he said. As of now, he also foresaw no

problem for rabi rice.

India received 14 per cent lower than normal rains during the June-September monsoon season

as the emergence of El Nino in the second half of the year affected the weather pattern. The

government has estimated kharif foodgrain output to fall to 124.05 million tonnes from 126.31

million tonnes a year earlier.The kharif rice output is pegged at 90.61 million tonnes in the first

advance estimate by the agriculture ministry. The first estimates of crops are normally pegged at

a conservative level and revised upwards in subsequent releases. The government has targeted

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106.1 million tonnes of rice production this year from both kharif and rabi seasons.

As farmers make every effort to protect their crops and increase yield, the government should

also help them when prices fall, Prabhu said. He also said that the government should set up a

trading company exclusively for basmati rice.―Demand for basmati rice will not reduce. As

traders control the system, the government should think of increasing the holding capacity of

farmers so that they are not forced to sell on distress,‖ said Prabhu, one of the breeders who

developed Pusa 1509 basmati rice that yields the highest quantity in little time. farmer gets 5.5

tonnes of paddy in Pusa 1509 in 120 days while the productivity drops to about 4 tonnes in

another high yielding Pusa 1121 basmati variety.Currently, farmers of these two basmati

varieties are not even realising their cost of production, he said, adding things would have been

different had farmers heeded to the advice of finishing transplanting during the first week of

August.As the duration of the crop is 120 days compared with 145 days or more in case of other

varieties, farmers should plan in such a way that it can be harvested from end of October, Prabhu

explained.

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http://www.mydigitalfc.com/agriculture/india-may-achieve-rice-production-target-106-mt-974

PHL trims Q3 rice production estimate, stocks shrink

further

THE government said on Thursday that rice output in the third quarter was likely slightly

lower than initially projected due to crop losses from a drought-inducing El Niño, pest attacks

and typhoons, while stocks shrank for a fourth straight month.

Rice output in the third quarter was likely slightly lower than initially projected due to crop

losses.

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The government figures come ahead an evaluation by the country’s economic managers of a

proposal to import an additional one million tons of rice for next year’s requirements.The

country remains one of the world’s biggest buyers of rice, with imports approved for delivery

this year reaching nearly 1.8 million tons. An additional 500,000 tons has been purchased and

will be shipped in within the first quarter of next year.Unmilled rice production from July to

September is now estimated at 2.579 million tons against a July forecast of 2.589 million tons,

down nearly 15% from the same period last year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said

in a report.

The PSA will announce the actual output figure next month, along with a new forecast for the

fourth-quarter harvest.Total stocks of milled rice as of Sept. 1 stood at 1.96 million tons, falling

further from this year’s peak of about 3.2 million tons as of May 1, despite recent imports from

Vietnam and Thailand.Crop losses and food inflation worries have prompted the Philippines to

boost its stocks with fresh imports. It is assuming a 25% drop in rice output due to the impact of

the dry spell caused by El Niño, the same magnitude recorded in the 1997-1998 episode of the

weather disturbance. – Reuters

http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=Economy&title=phl-trims-q3-rice-production-

estimate-stocks-shrink-further&id=117035

Rice farmers worry glut will force down prices Oct 15,2015

A bumper yield in rice is expected this year, government officials forecast, accelerating farmers’ worries

of a plunge in prices.

Data from Statistics Korea showed this year’s rice output is forecast to total 4.25 million tons, growing

0.4 percent, or about 17,000 tons, more than last year. The increase is nearly 7.5 percent higher than the

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average production.

―Last year, there was little damage by major insect pests, diseases and typhoons,‖ Park Sang-yeong, a

Statistics Korea official, said on Wednesday at a briefing in the Sejong Government Complex. Production

per 10 ares - an internationally-used gauge - is expected to reach 533 kilograms (1,175 pounds),

expanding 2.5 percent from the previous year. It will be the second-largest crop ever, officials said, after

2009.

The record yield is occurring despite Korea losing paddy fields. The total area for rice farming has

gradually shrunk over the past years, from 892,000 hectares (2.2 million acres) in 2010 to 816 hectares in

2014. This year it was 799,000 hectares, a drop of 2 percent from last year.

A primary reason for the reduction in paddy fields is the expansion of other interests, such as construction

and farming of other agricultural products.

The consumption of rice, however, is also declining. The total amount of rice consumed by an average

Korean for an entire year has fallen to 65.1 tons in 2014, from 80.7 tons in 2005.

―Koreans’ appetite has changed into a Western way, preferring meat and bread or skipping breakfast,‖ an

Agriculture Ministry official said. ―The new trend in meals is contracting the consumption of rice.‖

Despite rising speculation of a rice glut, the government will not raise the amount of this year’s reserved

rice, another Agriculture Ministry official said. Rather, it will cut about 70,000 tons for reserved rice from

last year to 124,000 tons for this year.

―We set up the amount of reserved rice based on the international standard, allocating 17 percent of

consumption,‖ the official said. ―Even if we want to raise it, we can’t do that due to shrinking

consumption.‖

Currently, an 80-kilogram pack of rice costs 170,000 won ($150) in Korea, below the government target

of 188,000 won. Although the government pays 85 percent of the gap between the target and market price

to rice farmers, they say the target price should be raised.

Farmers hope the government will purchase more from them as reserved rice, as the government pays

more.

―Although farmers receive subsidies from the government if the rice market is in a glut, the subsidies are

about 80 percent of market prices,‖ an official from the South Jeolla Provincial Office in Muan County, a

key rice-producing region, said. ―Some activists claim an increasing amount of imported rice is triggering

a surplus.‖

BY KIM HEE-JIN [[email protected]]

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APEDA Commodity News from India

International Benchmark Price

Price on: 14-10-2015

Product Benchmark Indicators Name Price

Apricots

1 Turkish No. 2 whole pitted, CIF UK (USD/t) 4875

2 Turkish No. 4 whole pitted, CIF UK (USD/t) 4375

3 Turkish size 8, CIF UK (USD/t) 3625

Sultanas

1 Iranian natural sultanas (Gouchan), CIF UK (USD/t) 2082

2 South African Orange River, CIF UK (USD/t) 2600

3 Turkish No 9 standard, FOB Izmir (USD/t) 2175

White Sugar

1 CZCE White Sugar Futures (USD/t) 833

2 Kenya Mumias white sugar, EXW (USD/t) 691

3 Pakistani refined sugar, EXW Akbari Mandi (USD/t) 551

Source:agra-net For more info

Market Watch Commodity-wise, Market-wise Daily Price on 13-10-2015

Domestic Prices Unit Price : Rs per Qty

Product Market Center Variety Min Price Max Price

Maize

1 Haliyala (Karnataka) Local 1300 1450

2 Koraput (Orissa) Other 1330 1340

3 Divai (Uttar Pradesh) Hybrid 1300 1350

Paddy(Dhan)

1 Amloh (Punjab) Other 1450 1450

2 Dehgam (Gujarat) Other 1245 1315

3 Siyana (Uttar Pradesh) Fine 1150 1500

Mousambi

1 Manjeri (Kerala) Other 2500 2700

2 Jagraon (Punjab) Other 2600 3000

3 Mechua (West Bengal) Other 2300 2700

Cucumbar

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1 Palayam (Kerala) Other 1100 1400

2 Shillong (Meghalaya) Other 1500 1700

3 Pune (Maharashtra) Other 700 2000

Source:agmarknet.nic.in For more info

Egg Rs per 100 No

Price on 14-10-2015

Product Market Center Price

1 Pune 323

2 Chittoor 308

3 Hyderabad 298

Source: e2necc.com

Other International Prices Unit Price : US$ per package

Price on 13-10-2015

Product Market Center Origin Variety Low High

Onions Dry Package: 50 lb sacks

1 Baltimore California Yellow 15 15

2 Chicago Nevada Yellow 12.50 14

3 Detroit Michigan Yellow 9 12

Carrots Package: 30 1-lb film bags

1 Baltimore California Baby Peeled 24 25

2 Chicago California Baby Peeled 20 23.50

3 Miami California Baby Peeled 26 29

Apples Package: cartons tray pack

1 Baltimore Virginia Red Delicious 20 20

2 Detroit Washington Red Delicious 24 26.50

3 Miami Washington Red Delicious 23 24

Source:USDA

Knowledge regarding climate change in Pakistan appalling By Our Correspondent

Published: October 15, 2015

UAF VC stresses need for agronomic diversity. PHOTO: REUTERS

LAHORE: Experts, academics, government officials and civil society activists discussed

Pakistan’s vulnerability to climate change on the second day of Pakistan sey Paris. The two

major areas of concern discussed were the impact of climate change on the agriculture sector

and water scarcity.―Earlier, the optimal season for growing wheat used to be October. Now it

has crossed mid-November,‖ University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) Vice Chancellor

Iqrar Ahmed Khan observed while discussing the impact of changing weather patterns. han

said two major changes had impacted crops’ growth cycle. He said these were a rise in

temperature and the erratic behaviour of precipitation.He stressed the need for agronomic

diversity, since Pakistan’s agriculture sector largely focused on growing wheat, rice, cotton and

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sugarcane. He said there was a need to look into new technology to conserve water. ―We also

need to grow crops that are more water efficient,‖ Khan said.

―Agriculture is amongst the first victims of rising carbon dioxide levels,‖ said, Food and

Agriculture Organisation Country Director Patrick T Evans said. He said Pakistan’s efforts to

address climate change could result in increased food insecurity. Evans linked the problem of

climate change to growing population. ―It is important to address the issue of population

growth,‖ he said.World Food Programme Deputy Country Director Stephen Gulling spoke

about the need to create nationally-owned safety nets and programmes to address those

particularly vulnerable to climate change. ―We can no longer have a few organ isations working

on these issues. This requires strong leadership and partnership,‖ he said. Gulling said it was

also crucial to look at ways of producing food that were resilient to climate change.The impact

of climate change on health was discussed by Nosheen Usman of the World Health

Organisation and Heartlife president Sania Nishtar. Usman highlighted the relationship

between rising temperatures and increasing outbreaks of diseases like malaria and dengue.

Speakers also pointed out that Pakistan’s response to climate change had been lacklustre. ―Our

strategies and plans are the best prototypes but they only exist on paper,‖ International Union

for Conservation of Nature country representative Mahmood Akhter Cheema said. He said the

rate of deforestation in the country was also high.―The level of existing knowledge about

climate change in Pakistan is appalling,‖ United Nations Development Programme Country

Director Marc-Andre Franche said. Franche said while the construction of the China-Pakistan

Economic Corridor (CPEC) in the Northern Areas was a great initiative, it would also increase

truck movement that would lead to environmental degradation. He stressed the need to

maintain a balance between development and the environment saying, ―When it comes to

developmental choices, Pakistan is still making choices of the ’50s and ’60s while the world

happens to be in 2015,‖ Franche said.

He stressed the need to promote climate literacy saying it was not restricted to having more

experts on the issue but also about enlightening government officials across the board. He said

it was important to have officials who could think green when making decisions irrespective of

their area of expertise.World Meteorological Society Vice President Qamaruz Zaman

Chaudhry who also authored the National Climate Change Policy discussed its chief aims. He

said it took into account the need to adapt and introduce smart climate solutions. Chaudhry

also spoke about the forthcoming conference in Paris sounding hopeful of reaching a final deal.

―The US-China and the US-India deals in this regard are very important,‖ he said http://tribune.com.pk/story/973049/knowledge-regarding-climate-change-in-pakistan-appalling/

Banks try to forcibly recover loans from rice millers By Shahram Haq

Published: October 15, 2015

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Industry says relief package allows it to delay repayments for a year. PHOTO: FILE

LAHORE: The difficult days of people associated with the agriculture industry,

particularly rice growers, millers and exporters, seem to be not ending as many banks are

heaping pressure on mill owners to return their debt, the payment of which was deferred

for a year under the prime minister’s relief package.

―Nearly all banks have stepped up pressure on us; in fact few of them have deployed staff in

our warehouses and are not allowing owners to enter the premises until the clearance of debt,‖

said Faisal Cheema, Chairman of the Rice Mills Association, while talking to The Express

Tribune.Under the Rs341-billion relief package, the repayment of outstanding loans of rice

millers has been delayed until June 2016. Moreover, the millers have also been exempted from

the minimum turnover tax for the tax year 2015 on the recommendation of a standing

committee.

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The decision was taken in a meeting arranged by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on

September 4 this year. The huddle was a follow-up to a meeting held in the Prime Minister’s

Office on September 2 where issues faced by the entire agriculture sector were

discussed.Representatives of the SBP and other banks agreed in the meeting, where rice

millers, growers and exporters were present, to facilitate the borrowers through loan rollovers

and release the commodity pledged with them as its quality was deteriorating rapidly.However,

Cheema argued that only one bank was following the instructions whereas others were

pressurising the mill owners to repay the borrowed money.

―A fresh paddy crop has also arrived in the market, but no one is ready to purchase it because

of the stock pile-up, estimated at more than 500,000 tons,‖ he said.Outstanding loans of

basmati rice millers stood at Rs21.65 billion for 2014-15, whereas the loans taken for

processing non-basmati rice stood at Rs8.9 billion.Responding to the criticism from opposition

parties, the Election Commission of Pakistan later suspended application of three features of

the relief package, but it did not touch the incentive given to the rice industry.The weakening

international commodity markets have pushed down prices of commodities in Pakistan as well

and the fresh paddy crop is available at much cheaper rates than the prices prevailed a year

ago.―We were not at all impressed with the PM’s package; our per-acre loss has already

exceeded Rs50,000,‖ claimed Haji Ramazan, Information Secretary of the Kissan Board

Pakistan.

―We still demand announcement of support prices for paddy and cotton crops as the

government did in the case of wheat; this may help stabilise paddy and cotton prices,‖ he said.

―We know that the Rs5,000 per-acre subsidy given in the package is not enough and we also

know how difficult it will be for poor farmers to get this facility.‖―Growers of every crop are

enduring losses due to the international price pressure; in Punjab it is a real debacle as farmers

are uncertain what to do with the next crop in the face of liquidity crunch in the market,‖ said

Hamid Malhi, Director of Farmers Associate Pakistan.―If we wait for the market to stabilise on

its own, then it will turn into a nightmare for the farmers; the government should take action to

save the rural economy,‖ Malhi added.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 15th, 2015. http://tribune.com.pk/story/973067/banks-try-to-forcibly-recover-loans-from-rice-millers/

Ban on inland importation is still in force – Ministry The Ministry of Trade and Industry says it has not lifted the ban on inland importation of rice.

Government in 2013 imposed the ban to among other things ensure that government revenues are

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not lost to the smuggling of rice into the country following concerns the product was being

smuggled into the country through the borders.The importers and Exporters Association of

Ghana has however, expressed worry about the 2yr-old ban saying rice is still finding its way

onto markets through unapproved routes.Executive Director of the association Sampson Asaki

Awingobit is unhappy members of the association, are paying close to 42 percent in taxes

including the 17.5 percent VAT and other import duties, while ―others are easily smuggling the

product into the country and competing with us on the market. This is simply unacceptable.

You cannot say you have placed a ban on the

importation of a product and after several

months the products are still found on the

market.‖Mr. Awingobit accused the ministry of

either ―failing to deliver on its promise to

ensure the law is adhered to or is simply

playing games with us. We want the ministry to

constitute a taskforce to clamp down on

perpetrators.‖Deputy Trade and Industry

Minister Murtala Mohammed however said the ministry is not aware of any rice smuggling

activities on the borders of Ghana.He emphasized that the ban is still in force saying there might

be the need to strengthen an existing task force to ensure compliance.Bringing rice into this

country illegally, he stressed, ―is a crime because you evade tax and deprive the country and its

people of much needed development, but we will investigate it to find out whether there is some

truth in the allegations that have been made by the rice importers.

‖A taskforce the minister added is already in place to check illegal importation and have already

done some work on the matter.―I have even signed another document for them to go and do some

more work but if the importers have any evidence on the issue, they should just report it to the

ministry and we will ensure the taskforce clamps down on the perpetrators,‖ he noted. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/business/Ban-on-inland-importation-is-still-in-force-n

India’s poorest district Nabarangpur, MNC seed majors are

growing deep roots Adivasi, Dalit farmers in Nabarangpur choose hybrids over traditional

varieties. Written by Harish Damodaran | Nabarangpur (odisha) | Updated: October 15, 2015 10:27 am

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Hybrid seed brands at a store in Nabarangpur. (Source: Express photo by I Kameswar Rao)

It is India’s poorest district with over 70 per cent Adivasi and Dalit population — and yet a

booming market for multinational and large domestic seed companies.The likes of Bayer

CropScience, Syngenta, DuPont-Pioneer, Tata-Metahelix, US Agriseeds, Shriram Bioseed, JK

Seeds and Advanta are reckoned to have sold 600-650 tonnes of hybrid paddy seeds in

Nabarangpur district this kharif season. At an average of six kg planted per acre, these would

have covered more than one lakh acres, or 40 per cent of Nabarangpur’s estimated paddy area of

100,684 hectares (2.5 lakh acres) this kharif season. This is way above the 5 per cent share of

hybrids in the country’s cultivated rice area.

―Traditional/local varieties account for barely a tenth of the district’s total paddy area today. The

balance 90 per cent is under open-pollinated high-yielding varieties (HYV) developed by public

sector institutions and privately-bred hybrids. Within the 90 per cent, there could be a roughly

60:40 split between HYVs and hybrids,‖ says Sushil Haldar, Deputy Director of Agriculture,

Nabarangpur.Such high levels of hybrid penetration may seem counterintuitive in a poor and

backward district, dominated by Adivasi tribal communities such as Bhatra, Gond and Kandha.It

is even more pronounced in maize, where hybrid seeds coverage for Nabarangpur is 100 per

cent, as against the national average of 60 per cent. In 2013, when acreages peaked,

multinationals led by Monsanto, DuPont-Pioneer, Limagrain and Syngenta — besides Shriram

Bioseed, Kaveri Seeds and the Thailand-based Charoen Popkhand — reportedly sold 1,300-

1,400 tonnes of hybrid maize seeds in the district. At 8 kg per acre, these would have got planted

in 160,000-175,000 acres.The widespread adoption of hybrid technology may owe partly to

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aggressive marketing by firms — clearly noticeable from the posters of various hybrid seed

brands plastered across walls and roadside trees across the district.

But that isn’t the sole reason.

―With Sopori (an indigenous rice variety), I get only 10-12 quintals of paddy per acre, whereas it

is 18-20 quintals from Pooja (an HYV bred by the Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack) and

25 quintals from Dhaanya (the hybrid brand of Tata-Metahelix),‖ says Prabhunath Pujari, who

has a five-acre farm near the Kosagumuda block headquarters. This Adivasi grower has, in the

current season, planted Pooja paddy in three acres and the Dhaanya DRH-748 hybrid in the

remaining two acres.Higher yield apart, farmers also cite lower labour requirement as a major

advantage with hybrid paddy.―Since the seed rate is six kg per acre, you can have a plant-to-plant

distance of 10 inches and it takes only 10 labourers to transplant one acre in a day. In the case of

varieties, you need to plant 20 kg, which means a spacing of just four inches between plants

which requires four times the labour,‖ says Praful Kumar Nayak, who has a 25 acre farm in

Badambada village of Kosagumuda block.

Nayak, who belongs to the Mirgan Dalit caste, grows Bayer CropScience’s Arize-6444 Gold

hybrid and a publicly-bred HYV, MTU-1001, on 10 acres each. On the five remaining acres, he

cultivates Haldigoti, a traditional paddy purely for his family’s consumption. ―It costs Rs 1,600

to plant six kg of hybrid paddy seeds, compared to Rs 320 for 20 kg of MTU-1001. But this is

compensated by higher yields and lower labour requirement. I plant MTU-1001 only because it

is more disease-resistant,‖ he says.Whatever might be the driving factors, one thing is clear:

Nabarangpur’s farmers have taken to hybrid technology as much, if not more, than their

counterparts in ostensibly richer and less backward parts of India.

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/in-countrys-poorest-district-

nabarangpur-mnc-seed-majors-are-growing-deep-

roots/#sthash.bebpme6z.dpufMinistry-387814

One record we are not proud of Posted by Online on Oct 15th, 2015 // 0 Comments

THERE is one record we are not proud of: We are the biggest importer of rice in the world.

In 2014, according to the International Rice Research Institute, the Philippines imported 1.7

million metric tons of rice. This year, 2015, 937,000 tons of rice have already entered the

country, the National Food Authority (NFA) said. Before the year ends, 250,000 more tons of

rice will be coming due to the expected shortage resulting from the worsening El Niño

drought.This record of being the world’s biggest rice importer is specially grating to us in view

of the fact that only two years ago, the administration was claiming we are about to achieve self-

sufficiency in our rice production. The Department of Agriculture (DA) had succeeded in

developing high-yielding rice varieties, some resistant to floods, some to drought, some to

various plant diseases.

While the El Niño drought, which is now spreading in the country’s rice producing areas, has

necessitated the big importations to avert a potential spiking of rice prices, this should not stop

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the government from proceeding with long-term plans to develop Philippine agriculture, the rice

industry in particular.Sen. Chiz Escudero noted the other day that in the proposed national

budget for 2016, the Department of Agriculture has a budget of only P93.4 billion. It should be

two to three times that figure, he said. In particular, he cited a huge backload in farm-to-market

roads for which P200 billion would be needed. More funds would also be needed to restore

neglected irrigation systems and build new ones.A comprehensive and long-term program for

Philippine agriculture is needed. The Bureau of Plant Industry is said to have already developed

drought-resistant rice varieties that farmers can plant during the dry months of El Niño. It must

be similarly ready to reach out to farmers with flood-resistant rice varieties, for Philippine

weather is a succession of wet and dry periods. An over-all agricultural development program

must also include post-harvest facilities, marketing assistance, cooperative organizations, and

ways to meet many other needs of farmers.

Poverty remains the single biggest problem of our country today, and most of the nation’s poor

live in the rural areas. Agricultural progress should, therefore, be a big part of any systematic

poverty alleviation program. An increase in the funds for agriculture in the national budget for

2016 could be a first step in this direction.

Read more at http://www.tempo.com.ph/2015/10/15/one-record-we-are-not-proud-of/#2HhgPRFCWjEmjKB7.99

More cane growers jump on board as Mackay's latest rice

crop flourishes

By David Sparkes

Posted Wed at 8:56pm

Just three months after the Mackay region's first commercial rice crop was harvested, a

new crop is flourishing with a much bigger set of numbers.

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Agronomy business Farmacist now has eight cane growers hosting a rice crop totalling 64

hectares.Agronomist Natalie Fiocco said the success of the first harvest in July had convinced

other cane growers to consider rice as a supplementary crop, especially with extremely low sugar

prices this year."A lot of them had shown interest in the last crop and we've got a lot more

interest in the [upcoming] summer crop as well," she said"This crop's growing quite well and we

haven't had any issues."It's all come up with really good strike [rate] and we've got good weed

control."There are several firsts about this crop, which was planted in August and is now 10-15

centimetres tall.

We wanted to check how much water you would require for the winter crop, because obviously

we don't get a lot of rainfall at this time of year.

Natalie Fiocco, Agronomist

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While the previous crop was the region's first commercial crop, it was planted in the summer.

This is the region's first winter-spring crop, so Farmacist is testing it under drier conditions,

venturing into a whole new set of unknowns.Then there is the scale of this crop, which is six

times as big as the first crop.Showing the rapid growth in interest among cane growers, only one

grower hosted the first crop, whereas there are now eight growers on board.The crop will be

harvested in December, and apart from the goal of making money by selling the rice, Farmacist

hopes it will teach growers more about rice in Mackay at this time of year."We wanted to check

how much water you would require for the winter crop, because obviously we don't get a lot of

rainfall at this time of year," Ms Fiocco said."They say you use about 10 megalitres to the

hectare for a good crop of rice, and we are still looking at how many megs we are going to need.

The variety of rice is called doongara and unlike most rice crops, such as those in Asia, this

variety does not need to grow in flooded paddies, and it requires much less water. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-15/winter-spring-rice-crop-in-mackay-takes-concept-to-new-

high/6856970

Rice retailers reluctant to cut prices

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KARACHI: Wholesale prices of rice have been on the slide since 2013-14, but retailers are

reluctant to pass on the benefit to consumers.

Prices of various varieties of rice are falling mainly because of good crop and surplus stocks in

the market, said Malik Zulfiqar Ali, senior vice chairman of the Karachi Wholesale Grocers

Association (KWGA).Rates fell by Rs10-15 per kg of all the varieties in 2014-15 and Rs20-25

per kg in 2013-14. The wholesale price of Super Basmati rice has fallen to Rs80 per kg now

from Rs120-130 in 2013-14, while Kainat Basmati is now available at Rs100 per kg compared to

Rs150 per kg.Basmati-386 price fell to Rs40 from Rs60-65 per kg. Its new crop is now quoted at

Rs32-35 per kg. Another variety of high quality basmati is now selling at Rs80 per kg in Dandia

Bazaar as compared to Rs120 earlier this year. The wholesale price of Irri-6 is Rs28-30 per kg

against Rs38-40 in 2013-14.Ali said huge quantity of basmati is finding its way into markets

because of a slowdown in its exports since 2013-14.

―The government should do something for rice growers and provide incentives to them,‖ he said.

―It should also help exporters by giving some subsidy or rebate.‖ He said India is selling its rice

at lower price which is also affecting Pakistan’s exports.Retailers, on the other hand, are

capitalising on the lack of consumers’ awareness about wholesale prices. They have kept the rate

of Super Basmati in the range of Rs160-170 per kg while for No.2 quality they charge Rs140-

150.Moreover, consumers usually do not have an eye for detecting the mixing of rice qualities by

retailers.In July-August 2015-16, basmati exports fell to $70 million (57,540 tonnes) from $86m

(66,833 tonnes) a year ago. In 2014-15, basmati exports fell to 490,831 tonnes ($587m) from

667,523 tonnes ($770m) in 2013-14.In other rice varieties, exporters shipped lower quantities in

July-August 2014-15 but fetched good price. By contrast in the first two months of this fiscal

year, exporters earned low price despite sending higher quantities.According to the Pakistan

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Bureau of Statistics, exports of other varieties rose to 338,659 tonnes ($143m) in July-August

2015-16 from 281,251 ($144m).However, exports of other varieties rose to 3.29m tonnes ($1.44

billion) in 2014-15 from 3.04m ($1.4bn) in 2013-14.

Published in Dawn, October 15th, 2015

http://www.pakistanpost.pk/2015/10/rice-retailers-reluctant-to-cut-prices.html

Thai famers warned again not to grow off-season

rice BY EDITORON 2015-10-15THAILAND

[GOOGLE-TRANSLATOR]

Famers warned again not to grow off-season rice

BANGKOK: — The Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry has warned farmers again not

to plant off-season rice as there is still insufficient water for rice farming in the upcoming

dry season although there would be rains during the past weeks. The ministry’s permanent secretary Teerapat Prayoonsit said yesterday that there are several

large areas in the country that did not receive rain in the past few weeks.

In addition, it was apparent that water levels at four major Irrigation dams namely Bhumibol,

Sirikit, Pasak Jolasid and Khwae Noi Bamrungdaen, and reservoirs and Kam Ling (monkey

cheek) retention areas remained insufficient for the upcoming off-season rice farming next

month. Accelerating artificial rain-making operations to help increase water levels at dams in the

north and the northeastern regions will start by the end of this month when farmers will begin

their off-season rice cultivation.He said the ministry is also working with the Natural Resources

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and Environment Ministry to dig more groundwater wells for farming purpose, adding the

operations should begin today.

In another development, the Department of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation’s

director-general Lersak Rewtarkulpaiboon said recent rain-making missions have achieved the

target of increasing water levels at the four major dams to 3,700 million cubic metres.He said in

the next two weeks, rain-making missions should help raise water levels the dams to 4,400

million cubic metres.But despite increased rainmaking missions, he said there will still be not

enough water for off-season rice farming.He then urged farmers and the public to strictly heed

the government’s recommendation on water conservation.The government has earlier said that it

will give priority to households’ water consumption and warn farmers of planting off-season rice

as water will be insufficient.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/famers-warned-again-not-to-grow-off-season-rice

http://news.thaivisa.com/thailand/thai-famers-warned-again-not-to-grow-off-season-rice/117523/

7th rice auction fetches 1.05 billion baht with 1.4 billion baht

loss BY EDITORON 2015-10-15THAILAND

7th rice auction fetches 1.05 billion baht with 1.4 billion baht loss

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BANGKOK: — The Foreign Trade Department managed to sell only 112,000 tonnes out of 445,000

tonnes of milled rice put on auction worth about 1.05 billion baht in its seventh auction of the leftover rice

bought under the rice pledging scheme of Ms Yingluck government.Commerce permanent secretary Ms

Chutima Bunyaprapat said that 12 bidders offered high bids but only four of them were acceptable and

the sale amounted to just 25.36 percent of the rice put on auction.She explained that the Foreign Trade

Department did not announce the floor value for this auction but set a floor bidding price.

However, she said that the auction this time fetched higher price than previous biddings after it was

reported that Indonesia and Vietnam had placed purchasing orders for 500,000 tonnes and one million

tonnes respectively.An informed Commerce Ministry source disclosed that the government would lose

about 14,000 baht per tonne for the 112,000 tonnes of rice sold by auction this time or 1.4 billion baht

loss based on the cost of 24,000 baht per tonne.11 auctions have so far been staged to offload the old rice

stock bought under the rice pledging scheme. Altogether 4.66 million tonnes of rice were sold for 50.6

billion baht at a combined loss of 65.2 billion baht.Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/7th-rice-

auction-fetches-1-05-billion-baht-with-1-4-billion-baht-loss

http://news.thaivisa.com/thailand/7th-rice-auction-fetches-1-05-billion-baht-with-1-4-billion-baht-

loss/117573/

Nigeria To Stop Rice Importation In The Next 2 Years Posted by: niyi October 15, 2015

The Federal government has said it plans to

stop the importation of rice in the next two

years. However, it said that the policy would

not be enforced until local industries have been

developed to produce maximally for local

consumption. The plan was communicated to

State House Correspondents by Zamfara State

Governor and Chairman of Nigerian Governors Forum, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari after a joint

meeting with the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN,

Mr. Godwin Emefiele and permanent secretaries of federal ministries at the presidential villa,

Abuja.According to Yari, with the emerging political will power of the present government and

the availability of arable land, Nigeria can sustain itself with rice production.

―The meeting was on the new policy on agriculture and food sustainability. We discussed how

we can boost rice production in Nigeria and start thinking about how we are going to put policy

in place on how rice importation will be banned in the country.―We have the potential. We have

the human resources. We have the arable land to grow rice. In the next two years, we will not

need to bring rice from outside Nigeria. We are going to ban it.―It is only in Nigeria, a country of

millions of people, that there is no food security. We discussed the policy with the relevant

permanent secretaries and CBN governor.―The policy is going to be in place and we gave our

commitment that we are ready to support the government policy in ensuring that Nigeria

becomes self-sufficient in food production in the next two years.―Nigeria is currently a major

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importer of rice. Now, the political will is in place to stop it. We in about nine states are going to

be seriously engaged in massive rice production.―We are hoping that in the next two years, rice

importation into Nigeria will be banned. We are committed and the political will is in place,‖

Governor Yari said.

http://www.informationng.com/2015/10/nigeria-to-stop-rice-importation-in-the-next-2-years.html

Muslim religious leaders called for agri dev't

Researchers from PhilRice Midsayap in North Cotabato are tapping Muslim religious leaders in

disseminating rice information and technologies and integrating the Islamic faith in agricultural

development. Six Muslim religious leaders from the pilot test site in Bgy. Bugawas, Datu Odin

Sinsuat, Maguindanao were trained for two weeks on the Palaycheck system and other rice

farming technologies to serve the community and capacitate their fellow farmers after the

training.―Community organizing skills of Muslim religious leaders is commendable. They have

good track record and are influential in their respective communities. Hence, the chance is high

that locals will follow the technologies they will advocate,‖ said Dr. Sailila E. Abdula, PhilRice

Midsayap acting branch director.The religious leaders chose six farmers from their community to

whome they will pass on learnings from the training program using the farmer-to-farmer

approach.―I feel more confident now in capacitating local farmers on new rice farming

technologies.

This will come a long way considering that they are diligent and have high interest to try out

what they have learned,‖ Abdulmumin Abdulkarim, one of the religious leaders trained,

said.Salik Guilaludin, another religious leader, shared that he, too, has been teaching his fellow

farmers on water management, fertilizer application, pest and nutrient management, and the

importance of synchronous planting. Asynchronous planting is common in the area.We hope that

the religious leaders we trained will continue to be champions of new rice farming technologies.

This way, sustainability is guaranteed,‖ Abdula said.The project is in collaboration with the

Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP).

PhilRice Midsayap, DSWD forge partnership

The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in Midsayap, North Cotabato has partnered

with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to conduct skills training and

enhancement on rice production for Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries.

Over 600 4Ps beneficiaries from Libungan, Aleosan, and Pigcawayan in North Cotabato will be

trained on rice production specifically on pests and diseases management, chemical handling,

and sustainable farming.The P7M project funded through DSWD’s Sustainable Livelihood

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Program aims to assist and provide farmers with technology and farm inputs for rice production.

It will also empower communities to be food-sufficient and improve their access to basic

needs.―PhilRice and DSWD will work together to help 4Ps beneficiaries become self-reliant by

venturing in various entrepreneurial farming activities,‖ said Gina D. Balleras, PhilRice

Midsayap supervising science research specialist.

―We will conduct activities on the recent updates and advances in rice science and technologies

such as on high-yielding varieties, improved crop management practices (PalayCheck System),

Palayamanan Plus, ecological engineering-based pest management, pesticide management, and

agroentrepreneurship. At the end of the training, communities are expected to be equipped with

the skills necessary to be successful in rice farming,‖ she added.Representatives from both

implementing agencies were present during the project launch on 29 Sept during the station’s

Farmers’ Field Day and Forum.The Field Day also served as an avenue for information

dissemination on coping strategies on El Niño.

Rice off the menu: Asia's hunger for bread and pastries boosts

wheat demand

SEOUL | BY MEEYOUNG CHO AND REBECCA JANG

Asia is losing some of its appetite for rice in favor of wheat, a trend that is nowhere more

pronounced than South Korea where bread and pastries have become a new staple.From working

mothers, who find toast more convenient to prepare for breakfast, to city dwellers flocking to

new eateries for baguettes, South Koreans are at the forefront of an Asia-wide trend that has seen

wheat demand climb at nearly twice the rate of rice consumption since 2008.And while Asia is

largely self sufficient in rice, demand for bread and noodles from Mumbai to Manila has made

Asia the largest and fastest growing market for wheat imports, shipping in more than 40 million

tonnes annually for the past five years or 25 percent of world imports.

"I eat bread with coffee almost every morning," said Lee Seung-Hee, a 47-year-old working

mother of two, who often gives her children bread as a snack between meals."My husband likes

to have rice meals, so I try to cook rice for him. But when I'm too busy, I just give him

bread."South Koreans spent an estimated 6.36 trillion won ($5.37 billion) last year on bread,

sandwiches, bagels and pastries, according to SPC Group, owner of the Paris Croissant and Paris

Baguette chains, which has even opened two stores in the French capital Paris as part of global

expansion.Meanwhile, South Korea's rice consumption hit a record low of 65.1 kg per person

last year, while flour consumption was the highest since 2006 at 33.6 kg, according to industry

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and official data.

"Housewives are increasingly having bread and coffee for brunch late morning instead of rice

and kimchi," said Kang Byung-Oh, a business professor at Chung-Ang University, referring to

the spicy local side dish.SPC Group, which runs Asia's biggest bread making plant and has about

5,000 bakeries in South Korea, said the local bread market has grown at an average of 15 percent

per year since 2005."You can find this trend across Asia, as Asian countries become

westernized...Food products from wheat flour are quick, convenient," said Koh Hee-Jong, an

agriculture and life science professor at Seoul National University.

NOODLES

Rising wheat consumption has been focused on large cities where an emerging middle class is

exposed to a proliferation of convenience foods from pizzas to sandwiches.In Indonesia, noodle

consumption has helped increase wheat demand in the world's second-biggest importer by more

than 60 percent since 2005 to nearly 8 million tonnes annually.Even in India, the world's second-

largest wheat grower, consumption is projected to surpass output by more than 5 million tonnes

this year, sparking the largest imports in eight years.

Indian wheat demand is especially strong in the Northern Plains where it is grown, but is rising

in the south where naan bread and chapattis vie with traditional rice consumption.Bangladesh is

expected to import around 3 million tonnes of wheat a year to help meet 4 million tonnes of local

demand."We used to take rice three times a day. Now we are taking rice only once a day," said

Humayra Ahmed, a bank employee and mother of two children in Dhaka. China has also seen

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wheat demand soar and consumed a record 118 million tonnes in 2014.Along with record pizza

sales and noodle consumption, demand for cakes and pastries is also increasing."It's a symbol of

lifestyle, consumers pair them (cakes and pastries) with coffee and chatting, and hanging out

with friends," said Linda Li, senior research analyst at Mintel China.

PRODUCERS

With wheat production relatively low in some countries in Asia - South Korea only produces

about 1-2 percent of its consumption - there is little alternative but to import more.

Australia, Russia, Ukraine, Canada, the United States and Europe have been the chief

beneficiaries of Asian wheat demand, seeing collective exports swell by over 40 percent since

2005.But the relentless climb in wheat consumption does place a strain on exporters in places

such as Australia to keep up."When you look at wheat consumption, it is to a very large degree

driven by general increase in consumption as well as swap out of rice and other staples," said Ole

Houe, an analyst at brokerage IKON Commodities in Sydney. "We need to produce a record

crop every year just to meet the demand."

($1 = 1,183.7000 won)

(Additional reporting by Yuka Obayashi in TOKYO, Colin Packham in Sydney, Naveen Thukral

in SINGAPORE, Ruma Paul in DHAKA and Dominique Patton in BEIJING; Editing by Gavin

Maguire and Ed Davies)

An employee serves sandwiches during lunchtime at a bakery in central Seoul, South Korea,

October 13, 2015. REUTERS/KIM HONG-JI

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/15/us-southkorea-wheat-idUSKCN0S82PE20151015

Purple bran rice defies convention

By Crop Science Society of America October 14, 2015 | 4:15 pm EDT

If I presented you with a bowl of steaming purple rice, would you eat it?

Most of us are accustomed to white or brown rice as a staple in our diet. But according to plant breeder

Anna McClung, we are missing out. ―It’s all about what we’re used to,‖ says McClung. ―If what we’ve

known is white, uniform rice, that’s what we will want.‖McClung knows her rice. She’s director of the

Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center in Stuttgart, Arkansas, whose mission is to maintain and

improve national rice varieties.The Research Center curates a rice bank of over 18,0000 varieties of this

globally important crop. McClung and her colleagues are caretakers of the rice collection, and explorers

of natural genetic diversity. They identify useful traits like disease resistance, high yields, and pest

resistance.

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They mix and match up rice varieties using

traditional plant breeding to maximize these

characteristics. Just as heirloom tomatoes pass

through generations of farmers, rice varieties are

carefully preserved or crossed with other varieties to

capture favorable genes.Rice comes in a brilliant

array of colors: red, brown, and yes, purple. The

common white rice ubiquitous in stores and

restaurants has been stripped of its bran layer. Bran

is the hard outer layer of rice. Removing the bran

means losing the rice’s color, nutrients, fiber, and

protein. What remains is mostly starch, which quickly breaks down into sugar in the gut.―There’s been a

shift in the U.S. away from white rice because of health concerns,‖ says McClung. ―We’re looking at rice

varieties that can deliver nutrition.‖ This is a challenge for rice breeders, especially if these healthier rice

varieties aren’t quite as tasty as conventional rices, or take longer to cook.The quest for a perfect balance

of health and taste led McClung to purple rice.

Specifically a variety dubbed ―IAC 600‖ gifted from a Brazilian collaborator. This rice originated in

China, where purple rice has been venerated for centuries as a healthful variety, brought out for special

occasions and for the sick. Like many highly pigmented foods (think blueberries and grapes), purple rice

is rich in antioxidants. Antioxidants are chemicals that fight off the free radicals that damage cells and can

lead to cancer and other health problems. Purple rice is chock full of antioxidants, comparable to broccoli

and other highly acclaimed disease-fighting foods.The rice also happens to be delicious. ―Not only is IAC

600 a deep, gorgeous purple, it’s some of the best tasting rice I’ve ever had,‖ says McClung, ―Its aromatic

like basmati rice, and has a nutty flavor.‖ One of the biggest impediments to getting purple rice to

commercial markets is that it’s incredibly high maintenance.

It has to be isolated from other rice at every step of production—planting, harvesting, processing,

packaging. If mixed with other varieties, the rice’s identity is compromised. Producers don’t necessarily

want to take on the risk and hassle of keeping the rice isolated. And as rice is a globally traded

commodity, the established rice stakeholders aren’t interested in promoting unique rice varieties.McClung

is hoping that purple rice will infiltrate the market on a small scale. It’s rich color, aromatic nutty flavor,

and high levels of antioxidants make this rice special. Small farmers are already experimenting with it.

Encouraging chefs to add purple rice to menus will also help promote its value to timid

shoppers.Exploring historical and interesting types of rice can expand our palates and improve our health,

says McClung, ―We’re trying to open the door to new varieties.

AG Professional

Govt sells rice at B14,000 loss per tonne

15 Oct 2015 at 12:27

WRITER: ONLINE REPORTERS

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The Foreign Trade Department approved the sale of 112,000 tonnes of rice to four buyers in the

latest auction, for a return of 1 billion baht -- an estimated loss to the state of 14,000 baht a

tonne.Commerce permanent secretary Chutima Bunyapraphasara said the department

offered 445,000 tonnes of rice for sale at its seventh auction this year. There were 12 bidders, but

the department approved the sale of only a quarter of the grain as the offering prices were

below the floor value.The sale will need further approval by the Rice Policy and Management

Committee.The department did not announce the floor value to avoid leading the market price.

The rate was set for internal consideration, Ms Chutima

said.

She said the offering prices were close to or higher than the previous round, but the market prices

have already risen on news of Indonesia's purchase of 500,000 tonnes of rice from

Thailand. ―Therefore, the selling prices for this round were higher than previous rounds,‖ said

Ms Chutima.A ministry source said the average selling price of this lot was about 10,000 baht,

meaning that the government lost about 14,000 baht a tonne from the pledging cost of around

24,000 baht a tonne, according to a report in Post Today.With the sale of over 100,000 tonnes of

rice, the government could face a loss of at least 1.4 billion baht. The latest sale takes total sales

of rice approved by this government to 4.66 million tonnes, for a return of 50.6 billion baht. This

means the country has incurred a loss of 65.2 billion baht, said the source.

A source in the rice trading community questioned the price criteria for approving the sales, as

most bidders offered prices equal to or higher than previous auctions.The government is still in

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the process of quantifying the deteriorated rice, or grade C rice, and will later decide how to

release the stock to the industrial sector, probably to be used for production of ethanol.

Bangkok Post

Anuga 2015: Understanding Challenges Facing U.S. Rice in

Europe

Jean-Paul Schepens (right) and USA Rice's Hartwig Schmidt working the rice ties

COLOGNE, GERMANY -- Participating in Anuga 2015, the world's largest food show wrapping up here,

brings many questions to mind. "Is the gluten free trend continuing to grow in Europe and will this create

opportunities for U.S. rice?" "Why are we now adding aloe to drinks, is this a thing?" and "What will it

take for U.S. grown long grain rice to return to the European market?"

In the end, the answer to the last question seems to be all about risk management. While the trade

accepts and understands U.S. rice is free of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), U.S. rice is

still seen as a risky proposition because of the EU's zero tolerance with regard to GMOs. And as

unrealistic as this policy is, it is still the law of the continent."We need to get another number

besides zero, but there's been no political progress on this," said Jean-Paul Schepens, owner of

Schepens & Company, one of the oldest and largest rice brokerage firms in the world and chair

of the Rice Section at COCEREAL, the European Association of cereals, rice, and more.And

until the GMO issue is resolved, the threat of expensive recalls linger. But the GMO issue, while

huge, is only part of the puzzle.The EU Commission is reporting that over the last several years,

japonica production in Europe is rising, while indica (long grain) is falling.

"Europe is traditionally a place where japonica rices were grown. It is only artificially that they

have promoted long grain production in Europe, highly subsidized," said Schepens. "I would say

Europe is going to continue specializing in japonica rice. We have already seen big increases

this year, and eventually indica production will come down in Europe."Schepens said that for the

marketing year just ended, the EU has seen record high imports of long grain rice and record

high exports of European japonica, mainly to Turkey. "The forecast for next year is that we will

see an increase for total EU rice production mostly in japonica," he said.But one variety's

opportunity could present a threat to another.

"The substantial increase in production of high quality japonica rice in Europe is something we'll

need to keep an eye on as it is creating additional challenges for us in Europe and the Middle

East," said Chris Crutchfield, president of American Commodity Company who was here at

Anuga."The European market used to be focused on quality, but unfortunately over the last 10 or

15 years there have been shifts and now it is only a matter of a price," Schepens said. "The

consequence has been that the quality of the rice you find in the supermarket has been going

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down."There doesn't seem to be any question about the quality of U.S. rice, but having been out

of the market for years, reentering will be a matter of trust and price.

"We were forced to look for other origins and now we're quite happy with the quality we found,"

said Lionel Tissuet, Export Director for Soufflet Alimentaire, a huge food importing,

manufacturing, retail company based in France. "The U.S. is going to need to become more

competitive on the world market."While that gets worked out, USA Rice participates in trade

shows like Anuga to help spread the word and set the stage for the U.S.'s return."We are the

ambassadors for U.S.-grown rice here working to improve and enhance the image for all

varieties," said Hartwig Schmidt, USA Rice regional director. "We also develop dozens of good

trade leads for our members and when the time is right, we will be ready."

Contact: Michael Klein (703) 236-1458

CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures

CME Group (Prelim): Closing Rough Rice Futures for October 15

Month Price Net Change

November 2015 $12.280 + $0.135

January 2016 $12.565 + $0.140

March 2016 $12.845 + $0.135

May 2016 $13.045 + $0.105

July 2016 $13.220 + $0.075

September 2016 $12.530 + $0.015

November 2016 $12.530 + $0.015

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