RICE NEWS HEADLINES...
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Vilsack Says Rice PLC Payments Begin in
November
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USA Rice Congratulates New Rice Farming Editor
Vicky Boyd
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CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures
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Mars Food Announces First Global Rice
Sustainability Standard in Partnership with the Sustainable Rice PlatformMars
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Thailand to sell 2 million tonnes of rotten
rice from stockpiles
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The end of Cambodia’s rice industry?
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Gov't to buy 590,000 tons of rice to help
stabilize prices
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NFA: Rice supply, price ‘stable’ after Lando
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Lando forces govt to review 2016 rice import,
El Niño plan
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Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open-Oct 26
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UPDATE 1-Thailand to sell 2 mln tonnes of
rotten rice from stockpiles
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Agri losses reach P8.45B due to ‘Lando’
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PhilRice shares strategies on harvest of
damaged crops
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Thailand donates US$100,000 to IRRI for rice
research
NEWS
DETAIL...
Vilsack Says Rice PLC Payments Begin in November
Ward and Vilsack
Betsy
Ward and Secretary Vilsack earlier this year
"This new safety-net payment program made possible by the 2014
Farm Bill will benefit rice farmers who have been impacted by unpredicted
market forces," said USA Rice Chairman Dow Brantley. "While the need
for these payments is unfortunate, the timely manner in which USDA is dealing
with them is welcome."The ARC/PLC programs allow producers to continue
production for the market by making payments on a percentage of historical base
production. Ninety-nine percent of long grain rice farms and 94 percent of medium
grain rice farms elected the PLC option. For more payment data and other
program information visit www.fsa.usda.gov/arc-plc.
Contact:
Ben Mosely (703) 236-1471
USA Rice Congratulates New Rice Farming Editor Vicky
Boyd
Vicky
Boyd
MEMPHIS, TN -- One Grower Publishing has announced the hiring of
Vicky Boyd as editor of Rice Farming and Soybean South publications. She also will be the managing editor of
Cotton Farming magazine. Boyd is based
in Modesto, California. "On
behalf of USA Rice, I want to congratulate Vicky on taking the reins at Rice
Farming," said USA Rice President and CEO Betsy Ward. "Vicky knows rice and she is well known
in the rice industry. In fact, she's a
graduate of the Rice Leadership Development Program. We look forward to seeing Vicky at the USA
Rice Outlook Conference in December and to working with her in the
future."
Ward also expressed appreciation to Carroll Smith, former Rice
Farming and Soybean South editor, who is now editor of Cotton Farming magazine
as well as associate publisher of One Grower Publishing and special projects
manager."We join Carroll's many friends from throughout the rice industry
in thanking her for the outstanding job she has done covering rice
issues," Ward said.
One
Grower Publishing is a privately owned company that produces Cotton Farming,
Rice Farming, The Peanut Grower, Soybean South and Corn South magazines with
the editorial focus of profitable production strategies.
Contact: Trish Alderson (703) 236-1472
CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures
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Mars Food Announces First Global Rice Sustainability Standard in
Partnership with the Sustainable Rice PlatformMars
MANILA, Philippines, Oct. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mars Food, in partnership with
the Sustainable Rice Platform, (SRP), a global alliance of agricultural
research institutions, agri-food businesses, public sector and civil society
organizations convened by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), today announced the first global
standard for sustainable rice at the 5th Annual Plenary Meeting and Assembly here.As the leading
corporation with the SRP and owner of the world's largest rice brand, UNCLE
BEN'S®, Mars Food played a pivotal role in developing the standard. Mars Food
also announced today its commitment to sustainably source 100 percent of its
rice by 2020 using the SRP standard."Caring for our environment as well as
our entire supply chain from end-to-end is more than usual corporate
responsibility. It's an imperative for Mars Food," said Fiona Dawson, President of Mars Food.
"Through the global standard, we hope to create benefits
for all involved from the farmers to our consumers. The benefit for us is
that is that we are ensuring premium quality rice, whilst also ensuring a
higher income for farmers, and a better environment for current and future
generations. It is a truly mutual solution."The SRP standard consists of a
set of criteria for sustainable rice cultivation that can be used across the
globe to reduce the environmental footprint of rice production and improve the
lives of rice farmers. The standard consists of 46 requirements organized under
eight broad topics, including productivity, food safety, worker health, labor
rights, and biodiversity. Rice plays a critical role in global food security,
providing livelihoods for over 140 million smallholder farmers in developing
countries and is a staple food for nearly half of the world's seven billion
people.Mars Food will use the standard as a benchmark against which to assess
its rice supply chains – identifying where there are gaps and developing
strategies to improve sustainability.
Mars Food has already begun piloting implementation of the
standard with rice farmers in two countries – Pakistan and India. A controlled farming program in Pakistan, in partnership with Rice Partners, LTD, IRRI and Bayer
CropScience, has grown from 31 smallholder farmers in 2011 to 400 farmers in 2015
who produce Basmati rice grown with the correct application of chemicals and
harvested with practices to improve food safety and water quality. In India, Mars is embedding new learnings while also piloting the SRP
standard.The standard complements and builds upon the company's Purpose – Better Food Today. A Better World Tomorrow – and the Mars Mutuality Principle, which demonstrate the
company's commitment to helping rice farmers improve yields while reducing
water use and greenhouse gas emissions and improving socioeconomic conditions
in the communities where high-quality rice is grown.
About Mars Food
Mars Food is a fast-growing food business, making tastier,
healthier, easier meals for all consumers to enjoy.
Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, Mars Food is a leader in
producing great tasting products. Our portfolio includes the following
brands: UNCLE BEN'S®, DOLMIO®, SEEDS OF CHANGE®, MasterFoods®, SUZI WAN®,
EBLY®, ROYCO®, KAN TONG® and RARIS®. In 2013, global sales were approximately $2 billion. Our ambition is to become
a model business in the areas of health and nutrition and sustainability, as
expressed by our purpose: Better Food Today. A Better World Tomorrow.
Mars Food is a segment of Mars, Incorporated.
About Mars, Incorporated
Mars, Incorporated is a private, family-owned business with more
than a century of history and some of the best-loved brands in the world
including M&M'S®, PEDIGREE®, DOUBLEMINT® and UNCLE BEN'S®. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars has more than$33 billion in sales from six diverse business segments: Petcare, Chocolate,
Wrigley, Food, Drinks and Symbioscience. More than 75,000 Associates across 73
countries are united by the company's Five Principles: Quality, Efficiency,
Responsibility, Mutuality and Freedom and strive every day to create
relationships with stakeholders that deliver growth we are proud of as a
company.
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Thailand to sell 2 million tonnes of rotten
rice from stockpiles
An employee shows milled rice at a mill in Suphan
Buri province, about 105 km north of Bangkok, in this March 11, 2013 file
photo. Photo: Reuters
PUBLISHED: 7:45 PM, OCTOBER 26, 2015
BANGKOK — Thailand’s military government today (Oct 26) approved
the sale for the first time of rotten rice from huge stockpiles built up under
a support scheme for farmers, looking to offload 2 million tonnes for
industrial use.Thailand, the world’s second biggest rice exporter after India,
has stocks of about 13.3 million tonnes following the scheme under the previous
government that cost the state billions of dollars and ended last year.About 2
million tonnes of the total has rotted in storage and sales would start in
November, commerce ministry permanent secretary Chutima Bunyapraphasara told
reporters.
The end of Cambodia’s rice
industry?
A combination of erratic weather, poor
infrastructure and an inefficient government has experts predicting that
Cambodia’s rice industry could collapse within a decade
Rice has been the lifeline of
villagers in northern Cambodia for thousands of years and, in all this time,
little has changed in the way that the staple is planted. It is arduous,
mechanical work for farmers such as Kim Laysim, who lives in Preah Vihear
province’s Ta Tong village.Piles to be made: workers sort
unmilled rice ata warehouse in Kandal province on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.
Photo: Samrang Pring/Reuters
Both the aid industry and the
private sector have invested millions of dollars to get the industry up to
speed. Kann Kunthy, CEO of Brico, a group of investors trying to improve the
rice sector in Battambang province, Cambodia’s main rice-producing region, says
that it is the government that has neglected the industry.“They always say they
are working on better infrastructure, but they have said that for five or ten
years already. It’s not news that we need better irrigation systems. But what
have the ministries done?” he says.Rice is a high-risk business, even when the
weather plays along. Laysim’s story is just one example. Last year her family
harvested 15 tonnes of rice but sold only 11. Like most farmers, she grows
grains of her own choosing or simply buys the ones she can afford – market
demands are widely ignored. Meanwhile, Europe is aiming to import only
high-quality rice – an area in which Cambodia could have a natural advantage
due to its limited use of fertilisers.
Yet Cambodia’s small-scale farmers
are unaware of this and frequently bet on the wrong grains.With sales well below Laysim’s expectations, she had to take on a
$3,000 loan to buy enough seeds for this year’s season, despite her gut telling
her not to. Laysim has seen farmers struggle to pay back loans after droughts,
floods and other all-too-common disasters have ruined their yield.“It will be difficult to pay back the loan because the interest
rate is so high. But what other choices do I have?” Laysim says.Rather than the
government providing loans at low- or zero-interest rates such as those offered
in Thailand and Vietnam,a network of loan sharks caters to Cambodia’s
small-scale farmers, preying on their dead-end situations following natural
disasters. Some loans come with interest rates as high as 100%. If the farmers
can’t pay they have one solution: migration. Earlier this year, more than
700,000 Cambodians lived on temporary work visas in Thailand.
Hundreds of thousands more are
estimated to live there illegally.Kheang Kimlean, the owner of a rice mill that
supplies the local market in northwestern Cambodia, says that she struggles
both to get a sufficient amount of rice to keep her mill running at capacity of
15 tonnes per day, and to sell it after milling.“Half of my clients have moved
to Thailand,” Kimlean says.As farmers leave their paddy fields to work in
Thailand, the total area on which rice is cultivated has dropped dramatically –
by more than 12% in less than ten years, according to the World Bank. This is
far from what the government has planned. By the end of this year, Cambodia’s
Prime Minister Hun Sen has said he hopes to export one million tonnes of rice –
a target that was met with ridicule and scepticism when he announced it in
2010.
Net grains: a rice vendor checks her wares at a shop in
central Phnom Penh. Photo: Denise Hruby
About 379,000 tonnes were
exported in 2013. Last year, this number grew to about 387,000 tonnes, up by
only 2.2%. If the government had provided loans and built irrigation systems,
Hun Sen’s target wouldn’t have been unrealistic, Saran says.But these aren’t
the sector’s only issues. The whole production chain, Saran says, is simply too
expensive. “High production costs are our main issue,” he says.Saran joined his
family’s business in 2010. Back then, Amru exported two shipping containers of
rice per week to the EU. Today, the company employs more than 250 people and
exports between 1,500 and 2,000 tonnes per week. Amru, like other private
companies, has invested millions of dollars in mills and rice-drying equipment.
While progress such as this is encouraging, the private sector cannot be solely
responsible for carrying the industry.
In Vietnam and Thailand,
millers pay no more than ten cents per kilowatt of electricity. In Cambodia,
it’s roughly twice as much. Transportation is also a headache. Using trucks
that navigate potholed roads means that getting a tonne of rice from a
Cambodian farm to a mill typically costs about $10. In Vietnam, where
infrastructure such as railway lines is in place, it costs about $3.To continue the rice’s journey, it costs on average another $25 to
get the Cambodian tonne of rice to the port in Sihanoukville, from where it
goes on to be shipped to larger ports such as Ho Chi Minh City, before being
exported to Europe and beyond.
“Every other country supports
their own rice industry and gives incentives. We only have papers; no action,”
Saran says.And then there are the outside pressures. As one of the world’s
least-developed countries, Cambodia has been able to export rice tariff-free
through the EU’s Everything But Arms (EBA) trade scheme. The EBA allowed
Cambodia to access a consumer market of 500 million, lifted exports off the
ground and now accounts for the majority of Cambodian rice shipped abroad.For
the EU, that’s no more than 300,000 tonnes, or about 22% of its overall rice
imports. Experts, however, fear that this number will drop once a free trade
agreement with Vietnam is in place that will see tariff-free imports of 76,000
tonnes of rice per year. Myanmar, now about five years behind the Cambodian
rice sector, is also expected to catch up.New markets such as China and
Malaysia could be the solution. Country-to-country deals, however, demand the
government’s action. Last year, Cambodian exporters rejoiced when a
100,000-tonne rice export deal was signed with China. Now, however, China is
asking to buy rice at lower rates. This again demands that the industry become
more competitive.
To some extent, the Cambodian
government has acknowledged its shortcomings. In May last year it established
the Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF), a group of experts tasked with improving
productivity and exports. But experts and the federation’s own members say that
the CRF hasn’t had any tangible impact. In January the CRF told theCambodia
Daily that the federation was still
struggling to overcome “current internal and external challenges”. WhenSoutheast
Asia Globe asked what the body had
achieved since its inception 17 months ago, acting secretary general Moul
Sarith said: “But… but we’ve only been working for a short time,” before
declining to answer any further questions.If things continue at the current
pace, Saran says the future of Cambodia’s rice industry looks bleak: “In seven
years”, when other countries have amped up production and Vietnam’s agreement
with the EU is fully in effect, “the industry will collapse”.
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Gov't to buy 590,000
tons of rice to help stabilize prices
2015/10/26 16:07
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Yonhap) -- The government will buy 590,000 tons
of locally produced rice this year to help stabilize the market price of the
staple grain, the farm ministry said Monday.The amount represents an increase
of 200,000 tons from the original plan announced in early September that called
for 360,000 tons to be set aside as part of the country's strategic reserves,
and 30,000 tons to be pledged to the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve,
the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said.The extra 200,000 tons
of rice that will be purchased starting in November will be isolated from the
market that should help prop up domestic rice prices that have direct impact on
the income of farmers.
"Isolating the rice will be given top priority," the
ministry said. "Unless there is an unexpected shortage of rice or a spike
in prices, the government will do its utmost not to release its
reserves." The government predicted earlier this month that
rice production could top 4.26 million tons, up 0.4 percent from 4.24 million
tons last year. The increase comes despite 2 percent less land being used to
grow rice.Reflecting the rise in output, the average prices for a 80 kilogram
sack of rice stood at 156,880 won as of Oct. 15, down 7.5 percent from a year
earlier.In addition, the farm ministry said it will release some 200 billion
won (US$176.4 million) in extra funds to make it possible for the private
sector to buy up rice.
Other incentives like raising the payment guarantee coverage of
rice processing plants from the current 3 billion won to 5 billion won will be
pursued that can further allow the private sector to buy 2.13 million tons of
rice this year, up 85,000 tons from 2014, it said.The government said that
depending on the movement of rice prices and overall production, more rice can
be purchased."A long term rice price stabilization plan will be announced
later in the year," it said.
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2015/10/26/58/0501000000AEN20151026006600320F.html
NFA: Rice supply, price ‘stable’ after Lando
THE National Food Authority (NFA) on Monday assured
the public that the supply and price of rice in the country remain stable even
after the devastation of Typhoon Lando (international code name Koppu) in
Northern Luzon.NFA Administrator Renan B. Dalisay told the BusinessMirror in a
text message that the inventory of rice in NFA depositories is currently at
716,914 metric tons (MT), good for 23 days. Due to the sufficient supply, he
said, there is no movement in the price of rice in the domestic market.“Since
we have enough supply amid Lando, price of rice in the market is stable. Kahit
sa affected areas,” Dalisay said.Based on the Philippine Statistics Authority
(PSA) report titled “Price Situationer of Selected Agricultural Commodities,”
the price of regular milled rice and well-milled rice from the NFA for the week
ending on October 23 remained at P27 per kilo and P32 per kilo, respectively.
Dalisay also said the NFA has released 31,189 bags of rice to
local government units (LGUs) and relief agencies in Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and
Metro Manila for distribution to families in the typhoon-stricken areas.He said
the food agency is still awaiting the approval of the P350-million supplemental
budget it requested from the Department of Budget and Management to procure
damaged crops from affected farmers.Meanwhile, prices of other commodities,
especially vegetables, surged due to the damage caused by Lando.The same PSA
report showed that as of October 23, prices of cabbage in different parts
of the country increased by P5 per kilogram to P40 per kilogram;
eggplant by P2 per kilo to P70 per kilo; and sitaw by P2 per kilo to as much as
P110 per kilo, among others.According to the updated data from the Department
of Agriculture (DA), farm damage brought by Lando as of October 26 reached
511,691 MT, valued at P8.45 billion.
This was lower than the previously reported agriculture damage
of P8.62 billion as a result of the field validation conducted by the DA in
Region 1.“Losses in high-value crops decreased by P578 million in the province
of La Union. The previously reported damaged area of 576 hectares by the LGU of
La Union on fruit trees, particularly mango, banana and papaya, was in
hectarage instead of number of trees. The reported number of trees is now
converted into hectarage based on standard number of trees planted per hectare,
hence the value and volume of losses decreased,” the DA said.About 369,199
hectares of farmlands in Regions 1, 2, 3, 4A and the Cordillera Administrative
Region were affected by the typhoon, with 92.46 percent, or 341,364 hectares,
having chance of recovery.
The report showed that the rice sector took the brunt of the
damage, registering P7.21 billion worth of damaged crops. This was followed by
high-value crops, which suffered P780.27 million in terms of production
loss.Damage suffered by the fisheries sector reached P276.82 million, while the
corn and livestock sector lost P146.50 million and P8.74 million,
respectively.The DA also reported P26.21 million worth of facilities,
infrastructure and equipments damaged in the fisheries and livestock sector.“A
field validation in Regions 1 and 3 will be conducted from October 26 to 30
and November 3 to 7 in Region 2. The validation team will be composed
of representatives from DA Field Operations Service, regional field offices
[RFOs] and the Philippine Rice Research Institute. The result of the validation
will be considered as the final report of the RFOs affected by Lando,” the DA
said.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/nfa-rice-supply-price-stable-after-lando/
Lando forces govt to review 2016 rice import, El Niño plan
THE National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) will
review the El Niño road map it recently submitted to the President in light of
the devastation caused by Typhoon Lando (inter-national code name
Koppu).Economic Planning Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan told the BusinessMirror
the rains brought by Lando in many places in Luzon filled many of the dams that
supplied water, including those needed for irrigation.
This is a key part of the road map since the Neda recommended
the importation of an additional 1 million metric tons of rice in the first
semester of 2016 due to the ill
effects of El Niño on rice farms.“Baka may mga areas na nabawasan ’yung probability ’yung pag-drought baka [in some areas it’s] not as bad as initially expected, [so] we are revising our road map for [El Niño] mitigation,” Balisacan said. “We [first] have to do a more intensive examination or assessment.”Balisacan said there is also a need to assess the impact of the rains on farms in Central Luzon, the country’s rice bowl. He said there is a possibility that the rich top soil of the rice farms in the area may have been washed out by the typhoon.He said this kind of data, as well as the planting intentions of farmers in the last two months of 2015 and the first quarter next year will be critical in making a decision on how much rice the Philippines needs to import next year.
effects of El Niño on rice farms.“Baka may mga areas na nabawasan ’yung probability ’yung pag-drought baka [in some areas it’s] not as bad as initially expected, [so] we are revising our road map for [El Niño] mitigation,” Balisacan said. “We [first] have to do a more intensive examination or assessment.”Balisacan said there is also a need to assess the impact of the rains on farms in Central Luzon, the country’s rice bowl. He said there is a possibility that the rich top soil of the rice farms in the area may have been washed out by the typhoon.He said this kind of data, as well as the planting intentions of farmers in the last two months of 2015 and the first quarter next year will be critical in making a decision on how much rice the Philippines needs to import next year.
“Gaano kadami ’yung land na hindi agad na-replantan [such as those farms where] the top soil has been washed out and
to what extent made—delay ’yung replanting. But that kind of information will be made available
in the next couple of weeks when we assess the situation,” Balisacan
said. In terms of impact on the country’s overall economic growth,
Balisacan said the damage caused by the typhoon would not put a dent in the
P13-trillion Philippine economy.However, Balisacan said there is a need to
obtain additional data on the damage, as well as the performance of the various
sectors of the economy to assess how much impact the typhoon will have on the
country’s GDP.Recently, Balisacan said the government completed a road map to
address the impact of the El Niño particularly on farmer’s incomes, power and
health.Balisacan said interventions to mitigate the impact of El Niño on 66
provinces will require P19.2 billion.
Of this amount, some P7.5 billion is required for the remainder
of this year and P11.7 billion is needed next year.The road map interventions
include cash-for-work programs; water-management interventions, particularly
for irrigation; and other interventions.The latest data from the
Department of Agriculture (DA) showed that the damage caused by Lando in the
agriculture sector as of October 23 has reached 510,438 metric tons (MT) valued
at P8.62 billion.The volume of crops damaged by Lando has reached 510,438 MT,
valued at P8.62 billion as of October 23, according to the latest report from
the DA.The DA said a total of 356,598 hectares of farmlands in Regions 1, 2, 3,
4A and the Cordillera Administrative Region were affected by the typhoon, with
93.48 percent, or 333,357 hectares, having a chance of recovery.The rice sector
suffered the most damage, registering a total production loss of 463,692 MT
pegged at P7.09 billion. Rice farms in Region 3 were severely devastated,
losing 393,440 MT of crops valued at almost P6 billion in terms of production
loss.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/lando-forces-govt-to-review-2016-rice-import-el-nino-plan/
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open-Oct 26
Nagpur, Oct 26 Gram prices today firmed up in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and
Marketing Committee (APMC) here good demand from local traders amid thin arrival from producing regions. Fresh rise on NCDEX, upward trend in Madhya Pradesh gram prices and enquiries from South-based millers also jacked up prices, according to sources.
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FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Gram varieties ruled steady here on lack of demand from local traders.
TUAR
* Tuar fataka best and medium varieties reported down in open market on poor demand
from local traders amid good supply from producing belts. Increased overseas arrival
also pushed down prices.
* Moong varieties reported down in open market in absence of buyers amid good
supply from producing regions.
* In Akola, Tuar - 11,700-12,000, Tuar dal - 18,400-19,000, Udid -
12,900-13,300, Udid Mogar (clean) - 15,900-16,500, Moong -
11,000-11,200, Moong Mogar (clean) 12,100-12,400, Gram - 4,700-4,900,
Gram Super best bold - 6,500-6,900 for 100 kg.
* Wheat, rice and other commodities remained steady in open market
in weak trading activity.
Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg
FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close
Gram Auction 4,125-4,550 4,040-4,410
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction n.a. 9,000-10,500
Moong Auction n.a. 6,000-6,400
Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800
Gram Super Best Bold 6,600-7,100 6,600-7,100
Gram Super Best n.a. n.a.
Gram Medium Best 6,400-6,700 6,400-6,700
Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a
Gram Mill Quality 5,200-5,300 5,200-5,300
Desi gram Raw 4,850-4,950 4,850-4,950
Gram Filter new 5,700-6,000 5,700-6,000
Gram Kabuli 6,000-7,000 6,000-7,000
Gram Pink 6,500-7,200 6,500-7,200
Tuar Fataka Best 18,100-18,600 18,300-18,800
Tuar Fataka Medium 17,100-17,400 17,300-17,600
Tuar Dal Best Phod 16,600-17,100 16,600-17,100
Tuar Dal Medium phod 15,600-16,000 15,600-16,000
Tuar Gavarani New 11,900-12,500 11,900-12,500
Tuar Karnataka 13,000-13,400 13,000-13,400
Tuar Black 18,800-19,300 18,800-19,300
Masoor dal best 8,600-8,800 8,600-8,800
Masoor dal medium 8,300-8,500 8,300-8,500
Masoor n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold 12,400-12,900 12,500-13,000
Moong Mogar Med 11,600-11,800 11,700-11,900
Moong dal Chilka 10,000-10,300 10,200-10,500
Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 12,300-12,700 12,400-12,800
Udid Mogar Super best (100 INR/KG) 16,500-17,000 16,500-17,000
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 15,700-15,900 15,700-15,900
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 11,000-12,400 11,000-12,400
Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 5,600-5,900 5,600-5,900
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 4,300-4,500 4,300-4,500
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 3,600-3,700 3,600-3,700
Watana White (100 INR/KG) 3,400-3,600 3,400-3,600
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 3,500-3,700 3,500-3,700
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,500-1,600 1,500-1,600
Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 1,650-1,750 1,650-1,670
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 1,450-1,650 1,450-1,650
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,400-2,550 2,400-2,550
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,230 2,200-2,300
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,300-3,700 3,300-3,700
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,600-3,000 2,600-3,000
Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,400 3,000-3,400
Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,800 2,600-2,800
Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,800 1,600-1,800
Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,200 2,100-2,200
Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) 1,800-1,900 1,800-1,900
Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) 3,400-3,800 3,400-3,800
Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,100-3,300 3,100-3,300
Rice HMT Shriram best(100 INR/KG) 4,200-4,600 4,200-4,600
Rice HMT Shriram med.(100 INR/KG) 3,600-4,100 3,600-4,100
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 8,000-10,000 8,000-10,000
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 7,000-7,500 7,000-7,500
Rice Chinnor best(100 INR/KG) 5,200-5,400 5,200-5,500
Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) 4,600-5,000 4,700-5,000
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,200 1,900-2,200
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,700-1,900 1,700-1,900
WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 33.7 degree Celsius (92.2 degree Fahrenheit), minimum temp.
21.9 degree Celsius (71.4 degree Fahrenheit)
Humidity: Highest - n.a., lowest - n.a.
Rainfall : nil
FORECAST: Partly cloudy sky. Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 33 and 21
degree Celsius respectively.
Note: n.a.--not available
(For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but
included in market prices.)
http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/10/26/nagpur-foodgrain-idINL3N12Q36920151026
UPDATE 1-Thailand to sell 2 mln tonnes of rotten rice from
stockpiles
(Adds details, background)
By Pracha Hariraksapitak
Oct 26 (Reuters) - Thailand's military government on Monday
approved the sale for the first time of rotten rice from huge stockpiles built
up under a support scheme for farmers, looking to offload 2 million tonnes for
industrial use.Thailand, the world's second biggest rice exporter after India,
has stocks of about 13.3 million tonnes following the scheme under the previous
government that cost the state billions of dollars and ended in 2014.About 2
million tonnes of the total has rotted in storage and sales would start in
November, commerce ministry permanent secretary Chutima Bunyapraphasara told
reporters."This rice is 2 million tonnes of rotten rice which humans and
animals cannot consume and it must be sold to the industrial sector only,"
said Chutima, who has previously said such rice would be used to produce
ethanol.
"We will not let this rotten rice come back onto the market
for sale," she said.Chutima did not say how much she expected the rice
would fetch, but analysts have said rotten rice would be sold for far less than
edible stocks.Thailand, which accounts for about a quarter of global rice
trade, has exported 7.3 million tonnes of rice to date in 2015 and may regain
the crown of top exporter this year.India was the top rice exporter in 2014, eclipsing
Thailand after the multi-billion dollar subsidy scheme led to a massive
build-up of rice in storage. (Additional reporting by Pairat Temphairojana;
Writing by Patpicha Tanakasempipat; Editing by Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Richard
Pullin)
http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/10/26/thailand-rice-idINL3N12Q3GS20151026
Agri losses reach P8.45B due to ‘Lando’
Farmers in Pulilan, Bulacan, one of the towns hardest hit by
floods caused by Typhoon ‘Lando,’ pick up the pace of work , drying sacks of
dampened ‘palay’ under the sun to avoid rot and wastage. (Ali Vicoy)
MANILA — The Department of Agriculture reported Monday that to
date, the estimated cost of damages and losses to agriculture and fisheries due
to Typhoon Lando have reached Php 8.451 billion in Regions I, II, III, IV-A and
the Cordillera Administrative Region or CAR.According to the DA, a total of
369,199 hectares (has.) of production areas were affected,resulting in 511,691
metric tons (MT) of production losses.Most of the damages were in the rice
sector with a total of 344,102 has. of rice lands affected, with production
losses reaching 471,198 MT having an estimated value of Php 7.213 billion.
Meanwhile, damages to high value crops were placed at Php
780,273,408; fisheries at Php 276,818,517; and corn losses at Php
146,498,170.Region III incurred most of the damages in rice, with 225,946 has.
of rice lands affected and with production losses reaching 393,440 MT having an
estimated value of Php 5.991 billion.In the meantime, the DA said that field
validations in Regions I and III will be conducted from October 26-30 and
November 3-7 in Region II.The validation team will be composed of
representatives from DA field offices, regional field offices (RFOs) and the
Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).The DA said the result of the
validation will be considered as the final report of the RFOs affected by
Typhoon Lando.
Read more at http://www.mb.com.ph/agri-losses-reach-p8-45b-due-to-lando/#aPcr0fZbhsW724Om.99
PhilRice shares strategies on harvest of
damaged crops
by Ellalyn
De Vera
October 26, 2015
October 26, 2015
To help farmers recover from the damages caused by typhoon
“Lando”, experts at the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) have
recommended strategies to manage typhoon-damaged crops.Damage to
agriculture has already breached the R8 billion mark, with three rice-producing
provinces, namely Aurora, Nueva Ecija, and Isabela among the worst hit.COMBINE
HARVESTERS
PhilRice suggested that in harvesting crops submerged in water or
mud, farmers could use the combine harvester provided that the field is already
dry.
A combine harvester is a machine used to reap, thresh, winnow and
harvest crops.
“If the crop submerged in water is easy to drain, combine
harvester can be used provided that no or minimum moisture is present in the
panicles to minimize grain losses during operation,” PhilRice agricultural
engineer Arnold Juliano explained.
OTHER METHODS
“For submerged crops with drainage problems, manual harvesting is
advisable to save the grains from deterioration,” he added.
Using mechanical dryers is also recommended as it allows drying
during unfavorable weather conditions, Juliano said.
“Drying of harvested grains for seeds must have drying temperature
not higher than 43 degrees Celsius,” he pointed out.
PhilRice said a publication on how to use the mechanical dryer can
be downloaded from the Institute’s website.
To know more about the practical recommendations on how to manage
typhoon-damaged crops, farmers were urged to call or text the PhilRice Text
Center at 0920.911.1398.
FARMING TECHNOLOGY UPDATES
In a related development, PhilRice has provided science and
technology updates for 109 farmers, municipal legislators, agriculturists, and
extension workers in Nagtipunan and Cabbaroguis in Quirino province, to promote
the latest farming technologies.
http://www.mb.com.ph/philrice-shares-strategies-on-harvest-of-damaged-crops/#LTcjQ5R83pgQco58.99
Thailand
donates US$100,000 to IRRI for rice research
Created: Monday, 26 October 2015 07:14
The Thai government and the Thai Rice Department have approved a
donation of US$100,000 to the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to
implement research in rice development
Thailand faces stiff competition from India,
Myanmar and Vietnam in rice production. (Image source: Punch-Ra/Pixabay)
IRRI
director general Robert Zeigler said, “We once again take this time to convey
our deep gratitude to the Royal Thai Government for its support of IRRI and its
mission.” The donation will greatly support the collaboration between IRRI and
the Thai Rice Department toward achieving the goals set forth in the country's
research agenda.According to the IRRI deputy director for communication and
partnerships Bruce Tolentino, Thailand is facing complex and serious
challenges, and policymakers have to adjust their rice-growing methods
especially in the wake of competition from India, Myanmar and Vietnam.
“Thailand
must raise its farm yields, which requires rapid strengthening of the national
agriculture research and development to ensure availability of technology
adapted to Thailand and readily accepted by Thai farmers.”From 1960, Thailand
has been a staunch supporter of IRRI’s research initiatives, and key
achievements in this partnership include deepwater rice culture and development
of flood-resistant rice varieties.
http://www.fareasternagriculture.com/crops/agriculture/thailand-donates-us-100-000-to-irri-for-rice-research
