Innovation in
rice
A low-cost, direct dry rice cultivation technology has been
developed that will not only save nearly 35pc of irrigation water but also
reduce the cost and enhance rice production by 25pc.
Developed at the Plant Sciences division of the National
Agricultural Research Centre in Islamabad, the new technology will enable
growers to timely sow and therefore harvest their rice crop 20 to 25 days
earlier. This will create a cycle of punctual planting of subsequent crops due
to an early harvest.Paddy nurseries will not be required any more under the new
technology. Whereas the traditional paddy system requires fields with standing
water, the DDSR cultivation system requires field with ‘wattar’ (wet)
conditions.
Paddy nurseries will not be
required any more under the new technology
The new technology will also enable farmers to drill seeding and
ensure an optimum plant population with less labour and reduced costs. Growers
using the new technology can save fuel or energy by up to 30pc.
An interesting feature of this technology is that it will
eliminate ‘puddling’ creating fine seedbeds for the wheat crop in the rabi
season and improve wheat yields by almost 50pc.While the old system produces
green-house gases, the DDSR system will ensure an environmentally friendly
paddy crop.In Pakistan, there is immense pressure on natural resources due to
rapid groundwater depletion, watersheds degradation, desertification,
deforestation and rangelands deterioration.
Published in Dawn, Business & Finance weekly, November 14th,
2016
http://www.dawn.com/news/1296077/innovation-in-rice
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Rice Comment
Rice futures
posted sharp losses, spiking to new contract lows. USDA's November production
estimate was 234.8 million cwt, down 1.2 million cwt from the October report,
due to a decrease in the yield forecast of 39 pounds per acre. The production
decrease carried over into the ending stocks column as well, as usage remained
steady. However, exports have been slow to materialize, and there is currently
a lot of rice to move.
NRCS Hits 'Go' on Revamped Conservation Stewardship
Program
The CSP provides landowners the opportunity to build on existing conservation efforts while strengthening their operation overall. CSP helps landowners meet their environmental goals by addressing specific priority concerns within the span of the five-year contract. Successful contracts are eligible to be renewed for an additional five years following their completion to maximize the environmental benefits to the land. The CSP is made up of a combination of conservation practices and enhancements that go above and beyond the minimum standards and help to elevate the level of effectiveness. The 2014 Farm Bill instructed USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to revamp the CSP, particularly removing the complexity that made applying, rewarding, and maintaining contracts difficult for staff and landowners. After collecting industry comments on the CSP draft rule, NRCS returned to the drawing board to develop and pilot test the new program until receiving the green light to begin training field staff this summer. According to NRCS Chief Jason Weller, "[The new CSP] provides even more opportunities for conservation and greater flexibility at the local level to prioritize resource concerns and conservation approaches. State and locally customized CSP tools will improve the customer experience during application evaluations."
In conjunction with the national roll-out of the revamped CSP, the USA Rice-Ducks Unlimited's Rice Stewardship Partnership is beginning the second phase of the National Rice Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) project. Earlier this year, the Partnership organized the signing of more than 200 Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) contracts for rice growers across the six rice-growing states. The second portion of the project entails enrolling 120,000 acres of ricelands under the CSP in the same six states.
Partnership co-chair and Louisiana rice farmer Jeff Durand said, "CSP contracts have historically been sought after by rice growers as astute stewards of their land but we've had a difficult time understanding the application process and what we as farmers get out of the enhancements we've selected to implement."
Durand added, "It's exciting for rice farmers to not only have a clearer understanding of how applications are prioritized to be funded but also to have funds set-aside specifically for ricelands to help provide growers an opportunity to implement some of the more costly enhancements."
Applications will be accepted beginning today through December 30, 2016 at your local NRCS offices. More information can be found here.
Rice QR expiry
to hike price of hot dogs’
NOVEMBER 14, 2016
Lifting the quantitative
restriction (QR) on rice next year could increase the prices of some processed
-meat products, particularly those that make use of imported poultry meat,
according to an expert.Dr. Rolando Dy, executive director of the University of
Asia and the Pacific’s (UA&P) Center for Food and Agri Business, said
poultry-meat imports would become more expensive if the government allows the
QR to expire next year.
“Some processed-meat products,
like hot dogs, could become more expensive if the QR is removed,” Dy told
the BusinessMirror.“But other poultry products, such as chicken-leg quarters,
would not become expensive, as these are heavily discounted [by the US],” he
added.
The Foreign Agricultural Service
(FAS) of the US Department of Agriculture noted in its latest report that
tariff rates for mechanically separated meat (MSM) of poultry and dairy
products would revert back to their previous, higher levels if the rice QR is
lifted.The government had issued executive orders, that granted tariff
concessions to poultry products, such as mechanically deboned meat (MDM) of
chicken.
“Since 2007, Philippine imports
of chicken MDM have skyrocketed from 18,000 MT in 2007 to almost 158,000 MT in
2015, the majority of which were used in meat processing, e.g., hot dogs,
sausages and dumplings,” the FAS report read.
In 2015 the FAS noted that the top three sources of chicken
MDM by volume were the US, Brazil and the Netherlands.
The report also noted that the
10-percent tariff for frozen potatoes, which currently enjoy zero duty, would
be reinstated if the rice QR is removed.
The National Economic and
Development Authority had announced that the Philippines will not seek the
extension of the QR on rice. The Department of Agriculture, however, said it
would pursue a two-year extension to prepare farmers to compete with their
Asean counterparts.
In 1995 the Philippines, upon its
accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), was allowed to implement a
rice QR for 10 years. Under the QR, rice imports within the minimum access
volume (MAV) of 805,200 MT were slapped with an in-quota tariff of 35 percent,
while all imports in excess of the MAV were assessed with a higher 50-percent
tariff.
In 2004 Manila applied for a
seven-year extension of the QR, lasting until 2012. In December 2006 the
request was approved by the WTO, subject to tariff concessions on certain
agricultural products for member-countries. Among those concessions was a
reduction in tariffs for MDM and MSM of poultry.
In 2012 the Philippines secured
another five-year extension of the QR, granting both an extension of prior
concessions in addition to new ones. The new concessions included a reduction
in tariffs for dairy products, oilseed meals and frozen potatoes. The tariff
reductions are in effect until June 30, 2017.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/rice-qr-expiry-to-hike-price-of-hot-dogs/
Lifting of rice import quota: How
beneficial will it be?
Published November 14, 2016, 10:00 PM
By Atty. Joey D. Lina
Former Senator
The country’s economic managers
appear bent on removing next year the quantitative restrictions (QR) on rice
importation to comply with the commitment of the Philippines to the World Trade
Organization (WTO) and to pave the way for lowering the price of our staple
food.
In 2014, the WTO had allowed the
Philippines to extend its QR on rice until June 30, 2017, to enable our country
to buy more time to prepare local farmers for free trade and enable them to be
more competitive with other rice producers. Earlier in 1995, the WTO permitted
the Philippines to impose a 10-year rice QR system which was extended in 2004.
When the QR lapsed in 2012, it was renewed in 2014 for three more years.
“It’s not good to extend it for
the fourth time, it doesn’t make us look good that we keep on extending it,”
Socio-economic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia said as he stressed scrapping
the QR would lead to lower prices.
Other economic experts agree that
increased rice supply from more imports will lower prices because even with a
proposed tariff rate of 35%, cheap rice from Thailand and Vietnam can still be
sold at prices lower than that of locally-produced rice.
“It’s going to be better for
consumers and it’s going to exert pressure on farmers and to others involved in
the industry to not get into a vicious cycle where nothing gets done,” Pernia
said. “The competition is always good for people to get their acts together and
deliver results.”
But Agriculture Secretary
Emmanuel Piñol is opposed to Pernia’s position, saying the removal of QR will
be disastrous to local farmers who are still not prepared to compete with
imported cheap rice.
Pinol’s stand is supported by two
of his predecessors at the helm of the Department of Agriculture, Leonardo
Montemayor and William Dar, who warned that rice trade deregulation will cause
severe cuts in income of some 1.5 million farmers whose production costs exceed
that of their Vietnamese and Thai counterparts.
“For the 550,000 who are expected
to be displaced altogether, they will find the cheap imported rice
unaffordable. At present, it remains unclear what realistic support/adjustment
measures will be extended by the current administration to affected farmers and
other stakeholders in the rice industry,” they lamented.
Dar and Montemayor, who were
recent guests in my DZMM Teleradyo program Sagot Ko ‘Yan (8 to 9 a.m. Sundays),
said lifting the QR will lead to a drop in farmer’s income and undermine
President Duterte’s campaign promise of achieving self-sufficiency in domestic
rice production within two years.
They also warned that the
advantages for consumers “may turn out to be temporary, minimal and
unsustainable.” Citing studies of the Philippine Institute of Development Studies,
and independent economists like Manuel Montes, they said that “with the
financial incentives of bringing in cheap rice and the resultant reduced
production of the staple locally, Philippine rice imports may balloon to 4-5
million metric tons annually.”
Dar and Montemayor explained that
with our country’s limited port, storage, shipping, and transportation
facilities, it is doubtful if we can handle importations double the magnitude
of 2 million tons, historically the Philippines’ largest import volume in a
single year.
In a position paper they co-wrote
with Trade Union Congress of the Philippines President and former Labor
Secretary Ruben Torres, Dar and Montemayor also warned that amid the extremely
limited amount of rice traded globally, “Filipino consumers will be at the
mercy of the profit-maximizing speculators” here and abroad.
They recalled that in 2007-2008,
the international price of rice skyrocketed from $300 to $1,200 per metric ton,
with domestic prices jumping almost 100%, “due to shortfall in supply, market
speculations, panic-buying by importing countries and import restrictions
imposed by major exporters like India, Vietnam, and Thailand which wanted to
secure adequate supplies for their local populations first.”
They said reliance on importation
should take into account adverse effects of climate change which, according to
the International Food Policy Research Institute, could lead to the following:
rice prices will increase by 32 to 37%, rice yield losses will be 10-15%, and
20 million hectares of rice areas will be at risk, particularly in major
exporters to the Philippines like India and Vietnam.
“A ‘win-win’ outcome to the
challenge of security in food in general and rice in particular will demand
well thought out, comprehensive and dynamic solutions that go beyond mere
textbook application of theories of ‘comparative advantage’ and free trade,”
they concluded in their position paper.
Clearly, there is need to achieve
balance between the need for cheap and readily available rice to benefit
consumers, and to ensure sustainable livelihood and decent income for local
farmers that ought to lead to self-sufficiency.
I support their call for
concerned sectors to “immediately implement the necessary policies and programs
(on technologies, practices, markets) that will improve the productivity and
competitiveness of our rice farmers and their industry.”
Thai junta tries its hand in the rice market
MARWAAN
MACAN-MARKAR, Asia regional correspondent
A fresh crop of paddy being checked at the Chai
Nat Agriculture Cooperative Miller (Photo by Marwaan Macan-Markar)
BAAN AO
SAWAI, Thailand -- A freshly harvested golden brown paddy field encircles the
home of Narong Tapluang, a weather-beaten rice farmer in the rice growing Thai
village of Baan Ao Sawai. Beyond his house are fields of new paddy shoots, dull
green under the grey monsoon sky.Narong epitomizes the stress that grips Baan Ao Sawai, where 30 of the 70 households till the land for a living. He has had to settle for 6,000 baht ($169) per ton of unmilled white rice for his 50-ton harvest, which barely covered the cost of growing the crop."This lower price makes life harder; I owe other people money and cannot pay it back," the 55-year old said in a soft voice, comparing this year's monsoon crop with last year, when he got 7,000 baht per ton from a local miller. "We did not expect the rice price to drop so low," he said.
Rice
farmer Narong Tapluang (Photo by Marwaan Macan-Markar)
Narong's plight is shared by farmers across
Thailand's rice bowl, which is expected to produce 27.7 million tons of rice in
2016, of which 24 million tons will be harvested during the current monsoon,
according to official estimates. In parts of the north and northeast, where
premium priced fragrant jasmine rice is grown, the harvested grain is fetching
only 5,000 baht per ton, down from nearly 10,000 baht per ton last year.
Out of
desperation, some farmers in Ubon Ratchathani province set up roadside stands
to sell the long, tapering grain directly to consumers. Another farmer made a
direct appeal to Thailand's ruling junta for help via a social media video
clip. Jasmine rice accounts for nearly 10.7 million tons of the annual rice
crop in the world's second largest exporter of the grain.The military-led regime of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is scrambling to keep Thailand's largest constituency in check, mindful that it accounts for 40% of the country's nearly 40 million workers. On Nov. 7 the junta approved an 18 billion baht package to help farmers who grow white rice, largely in the central provinces. A week earlier it approved 36 billion baht in funds to help jasmine rice farmers in the north and northeast.
Both schemes provide soft loans to help farmers keep their stocks in barns at home instead of releasing their harvested crops into the oversupplied market. The regime is banking on this intervention in the rice market to dig the country out of the price slump.
"Short term solutions can allow farmers to carry on with their lives and build stability step by step," Prayuth, a former army chief who led the 2014 coup that installed his government, said during an address to the nation. "The government has emphasized the importance of the price of rice, as the cabinet has recently approved measures to stabilize rice prices for the fiscal year 2017."
However, while the junta may contain spreading rural discontent through short-term measures, the international rice picture is likely to keep the generals on edge. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that global rice production for the 2016-17 season is at a record high.
http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Thai-junta-tries-its-hand-in-the-rice-market
Thailand farmers open free
community rice mill to cut expenses
November 13, 2016
It’s
harvest time in the rice fields of Thailand. But this year the crop is bringing
not joy, but gloom. The price farmers are being paid is the lowest in 10 years.CCTV’s
Martin Lowe reports from Phitsanulok, Thailand.
Thailand farmers open free community rice mill
to cut expenses
Thailand farmers open free community rice mill
to cut expenses
This year’s rice crop in Thailand is brining
gloom. The price farmers are being paid is the lowest in 10 years. But one
group of farmers in central Thailand believes it has the answer. With a state
grant, they've opened their own community mill.
Farmers
sell their crop to private mills, which dry the rice and remove a husk from the
grains. But it’s claimed some mills are offering less than it costs to grow.
Thailand’s military government has sent soldiers to mills to ask why the price
is so low. Millers insist it’s because of a global surplus.
But one group of farmers in central Thailand believes it has the answer. With a state grant, they’ve opened their own community mill.
Rice is milled for free – with the mill selling the by-product. They say it’s the only way they can make their crop pay.
Currently, private mills are offering as little as $142 per tonne of rice. Some farmers say it costs at least $171 to produce. By milling the rice themselves they hope to earn $420. But that’s still less than half the 2008 peak of 1,080 dollars a tonne.
“Prices are low this year but by bringing their rice to the community mill, the farmers can earn more. They can also choose a wider range of customers to sell to,” said Wiruch Thongdonyod of the Bo Thong Community Mill.Thailand’s prime minister Prayuth Chan-o-Cha has authorized the payment of a one and a half billion dollar subsidy, in the form of loans and top-up payments. “Today it’s just about solving the problem. I understand that we have to act legally and not affect any market mechanism,” Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-O-Cha said.
He’s choosing his words carefully. As the former army chief, Prayuth took power after removing the previous government, in part claiming they paid too much to farmers.The prime minister he displaced, Yingluck Shinawatra, says the new subsidy is little different from her own. She’s facing a one billion dollar compensation claim and possible prison over her scheme’s losses. The people who dictate the price of rice here in Thailand are the millers, the buyers, the exporters and the market speculators. Those who usually don’t have a say … are the ones who grow it.
It’s one reason why Thailand is one of the world’s top-two rice exporters, but its farmers remain in poverty. Farmers here, hope owning their own mill can be a first step in bringing change
http://www.cctv-america.com/2016/11/13/thailand-farmers-open-free-community-rice-mill-to-cut-expenses
Nigeria: Plateau Will Harvest
1million Tonnes of Rice This Season - Rifan Chairman
Photo: AfDB
Rice farmers in Plateau are optimistic of a bumper harvest this
year with their chairman, Mr Joshua Bitrus, boasting that members would garner
" at least one million tonnes"."This year's harvest is
plentiful; from what we have seen on ground, we expect nothing less than one
million tonnes of rice in Plateau," Bitrus, Chairman, Rice Farmers
Association of Nigeria (RiFAN), Plateau chapter, said in Jos on Sunday.He spoke
in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).The RiFAN Chairman
attributed the feat to personal efforts of the farmers and the support from the
state government.
He commended the Federal Government's efforts towards boosting
rice production, and declared that rice production would tripple in Plateau,
when the Anchor Borrowers Scheme takes off. "I must commend government for the Anchor Borrowers Scheme,
initiated by the Central Bank of Nigeria, which will be test-run in Plateau
during the dry season farming.
"We have identified 1,065 hectares of land across the
state; the areas are close to water because water is crucial to rice farming."The
planting will commence in the first week of December, while harvest starts by
March next year."
According to him, the success of the pilot scheme will boost
farmers' morale and shore up interest in the scheme.Bitrus also commended the
ban on the importation of rice, noting that it had encouraged local farmers.He
opined that with the quantity of rice being harvested in many parts of the
country, the pains rice consumers went through when the price rose up, would
reduce as the prices would drop considerably.The chairman disclosed that a 50kg
bag of rice sold at N23,000 in the southern part of Plateau last month,
curently sells at between N12,000 and N15,000.
He expressed hope that the price would remain at that level so
that farmers could get "something reasonable for their efforts and be
encouraged to cultivate more in coming years".Bitrus, however, expresed
the fear that middlemen might invade Plateau and mop up the rice at very cheap
rates."We have reported our fears to the state Ministry of Agriculture who
briefed the governor and encouraged him to approve some measures."It is a
bit late but not too late because we have barns and silos in local governments.
The state government can buy, store and re-sale the rice to citizens in times
of food shortage or scarcity," he added.
He noted that rice could be kept for more than five years if
properly stored, and advised farmers against hurried sales that could only
perpetuate the circle of hardship and poverty that had been their lot over the
years
http://allafrica.com/stories/201611130015.html
NFA intensifies palay, corn buying to stabilize
farmgate prices
November 12, 2016
QUEZON CITY, Nov. 12 -- To assure local
producers of a ready market at reasonable prices, the National Food Authority
(NFA) continues to buy corn, aside from palay, from local farmers.The actual
on-field price monitoring by NFA personnel shows that the price of palay was
still above the government support price of P17 per kilogram, at an average of
P18.35/kg while corn prices averaged at P11.94/kg for the white variety and
P11.06 for the yellow variety. NFA buys yellow corn at P12.30/kg and white corn
at P13.00/kg.For both palay and corn, the NFA also provides drying, delivery
and cooperative incentives amounting to P0.70/kg.
“Because the country produces corn mainly for
feed processors, the NFA has devised a scheme that will directly link the corn
producers with buyers through our Enhanced Electronic Trading System,”
Office-In-Charge Tomas R. Escarez said. This way, the stocks go directly from
the farms to processors eliminating another layer or a middleman between them.
“Reports saying that the average palay farm-gate
price of palay is at P17.11/kg means the farmers are still enjoying a good
price for their harvest,” Escarez explained. The P17/kg government support
price had been pegged to ensure that farmers get reasonable returns on their
investment, he added.Since the start of the harvest season this month, the NFA
had already procured a total of 1,616,658 bags of palay and 12,409 bags of
corn. (NFA
http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/2131478883612/nfa-intensifies-palay-corn-buying-to-stabilize-farmgate-prices
Kharif paddy procurement to
begin from Nov 15: Minister
Stating that 16 rice millers have been registered for Kharif paddy procurement in Bargarh district, the minister said his department is currently reviewing the issues of the rice millers. “If necessary, there will be another round of meeting with them,” he added.
Talking to media persons after a meeting with the managing director of Odisha State Civil Supply Corporation Ltd (OSCSCL) yesterday, chairman of All Odisha Rice Millers’ Association (AORMA), Santosh Agrawal, hoped that the concerned minister and department would convene another meeting to fulfil the justified demands of the Association.
“We are ready to run our mill. What we want to say is that if the state government is unable to pay money to us on various heads, it should work under the guidelines on the responsibilities of the rice millers. The responsibility of the millers is to return the rice to the government after milling the paddy. But the other works bestowed on us like transportation, mandi handling and supply of sacks for purchase of paddy are not the responsibilities of the rice millers. We demand that we will not take these extra responsibilities. Let the government pay us the money for the work we will do and assign the other works to some agencies or organisations,” AORMA general secretary Santosh Sonthalia said.
Asked about the matter, the minister said his department will have a meeting with the rice millers to discuss about their issues.
“I would seek cooperation from all to streamline the process for paddy procurement to ensure that the farmers, who are the major stake holders, will be entitled to get the minimum support price (MSP). Since the rice millers have a major role in this process, the procurement programme cannot be successful without them,” he pointed out.
odishatv.in/odisha/body-slider/kharif-paddy-procurement-to-begin-from-nov-15-miniter-176029/
PACC sets up panels to probe 515
rice-scheme cases
By The Nation
The Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC)
has appointed sub-committees to investigate 515 cases, out of nearly 1,000, in
relation to alleged irregularities stemming from the previous government’s rice
pledging scheme.
PACC secretary general Prayong Priyachit said Saturday he
remained confident the investigation of all cases would be completed within six
months.
Prayong said he would head a meeting next week of all investigators to give instructions on how the inspection should be carried out. The PACC was also considering doing a guidebook on how to investigate cases tied to mortgages of agricultural products for officials who have to examine and collecting evidence, he said.
The 986 cases the PACC is probing for malfeasance relate to state officials who worked on the rice-pledging scheme. They were said to be liable for 80 per cent of state funds lost under the scheme. The other 20 per cent of losses were blamed on former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Prayong said he would head a meeting next week of all investigators to give instructions on how the inspection should be carried out. The PACC was also considering doing a guidebook on how to investigate cases tied to mortgages of agricultural products for officials who have to examine and collecting evidence, he said.
The 986 cases the PACC is probing for malfeasance relate to state officials who worked on the rice-pledging scheme. They were said to be liable for 80 per cent of state funds lost under the scheme. The other 20 per cent of losses were blamed on former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:dYeT5UfWfb4J:www.nationmultimedia.com/news/breakingnews/30299849+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=pk
MRF allows 3
months of rice exports
Submitted by Eleven on Sun, 11/13/2016 - 15:58
Writer: Nilar
The Myanmar Rice
Federation says it will export 300,000 tonnes of
rice from now until January, in cooperation with its
members. The move would encourage domestic rice
demand, stimulate the market and bring great benefits
to everyone in the supply chain, it said.
The country would
earn around US$90 million from 300,000 tonnes of rice, the
trade body said.
The MRF said it
would not support exports that would harm small- and
medium-sized rice millers at a time when the
country should lay down
a clear-cut policy for long-term development.
Entrepreneurs
should think about exports only after getting the nod
from the government.
According
to state-owned newspapers, Dr Than Myint, union
commerce minister,
said the ministry would allow entrepreneurs to
export rice in November temporarily to help farmers cover their production
costs.
The
commerce ministry held talks with rice organisations and
export companies on declining prices. The ministry decided
to allow rice exports for a limited time
and tonnage.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:OCuqc3GmOecJ:elevenmyanmar.com/business/6586+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=pk
Rice Prices
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Thai exporters sign MoUs to sell rice, tapioca
Competitive prices help buoy exports
- 15 Nov 2016
- NEWSPAPER SECTION: BUSINESS | WRITER: POST REPORTERS
Thai exporters yesterday signed five
memorandums of understanding (MoUs) for a combined 11,000 tonnes of rice and
800,000 tonnes of tapioca chips with Hong Kong buyers at a business matching
event organised by the Commerce Ministry.Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn
said of the five, CEC International Holding Ltd, which runs 759 supermarkets in
Hong Kong, would buy 10,000 tonnes of Thai hom mali
rice from Siam Diamond Export Rice Co.Kui Fat Yuen Ltd would buy 100 tonnes of
gaba rice from Bangsue Chia Meng Rice Mill Co.
Dah Chong Hong Ltd, one of Hong Kong's leading
hom mali and glutinous rice importers, would buy 600 tonnes of high-value
riceberry, while Kwong Sun Hong Ltd is set to buy 400 tonnes of riceberry from
Thai Standard Rice Co.Values of the rice deals were not disclosed.Yesterday, Fu
Lai Chun Group also signed a MoU to buy 800,000 tonnes of tapioca chips from PR
Intertrade Ltd for US$156 million (5.5 billion baht).
According to Mrs Apiradi, apart from the five
MoUs, the three-day business matching event, which attracted 300 traders from
41 countries and 100 local traders of rice, tapioca and their by-products, is
expected to generate 63 billion baht worth of combined purchase orders for
related products."We hope the event will help rev up the disposal of our
farm products in the remaining months of the year, which would help drive up
domestic prices accordingly," he said. "We expect rice prices to
improve once we are able to export more."Sanya Kasetchareonkij, managing
director of Siam Diamond Export Rice Co, said the prospects of Thai rice
exports remain promising thanks to competitive prices, particularly against
grain from Vietnam.
He also expects domestic rice prices to recover
sometime soon after the government introduced myriad measures to shore up
prices and teamed up with the private sector to promote sales.The cabinet last
Tuesday approved a fresh rice subsidy programme worth 18 billion baht for
farmers who grow white rice and Pathum Thani fragrant paddy and store it in
barns for a designated period of time.Under the programme, 7,000 baht per tonne
will be paid to white rice paddy growers and 7,800 baht to those who grow
Pathum Thani fragrant rice.
Growers of both rice varieties will also
receive 1,500 baht for storage costs and 2,000 baht for harvesting and quality
improvement.Most of the farmers who grow these two kinds of rice are in the
Central Plains.As for those who do not have barns, the government will
encourage growers in the Central Plains to contact agriculture cooperatives in
their areas for ways to store rice.Unlike farmers in the Northeast, most of the
rice farmers in the Central Plains have no barns for storing rice because they
usually sell it immediately after harvest.The government earlier launched a
subsidy scheme worth more than 20 billion baht to help hom mali farmers
suffering from falling rice prices in the North and Northeast, sparking anger
among farmers from other parts of the country who grow different strains and
want equal treatment.For the first nine months, Thailand has shipped a total of
6.85 million tonnes, up 3.7% from the same period last year, worth $3.08
billion, down 4.4%. Key markets include Benin, China, the US, South Africa and
Ivory Coast.
http://www.bangkokpost.com
Rice stocks hampering new harvest
Government urged to take old grain
- 13 Nov 2016
- NEWSPAPER SECTION: NEWS | WRITER: POST REPORTERS
Rice farmers have begged the government for
help as their stockpiles, which were not bought last year because of
oversupply, are backing up and leaving no room for this year's looming harvest.
The
problem is particularly bad in Surin where farmers are racing against time to
harvest Hom Mali paddy from fields that have been hard hit by floods from
swollen waterways.Paddy that has already been harvested is being laid out on village roads in a desperate attempt to dry it.
Nga Sukjit, 57, of tambon Muang Leang in Chom Phra district, said harvesting was underway, but barns were still full from last year. The grain was withheld from the market under the storage-pledging programme.
Mr Nga urged the government to find ways to help farmers release their stockpiles so they can free-up space for this year's harvest.
In tambon Muang Leang, 73 of 157 households joined the storage-pledging scheme for the 2015 harvesting season carried out by the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives.
Only five households have discharged their stocks.
In the past two weeks, the government has rolled out new subsidy schemes to help farmers who grow Hom Mali, white rice and Pathum Thani fragrant paddy and store it in barns for a designated period. This has upset growers who do not have their own storage.
In Pathum Thani, Kingkan Thongkaew, 31, of Thanyaburi district, complained she had no barns to store rice and needed to sell her output directly to buyers.
Ms Kingkan said the price for her Pathum Thani fragrant paddy had dropped from above 10,000 baht a tonne to between 5,000 and 6,000 baht. She needed to sell her harvest quickly to pay for other expenses, including debts.
Praphai Thongkaew, a 60-year-old farmer in Lam Luk Ka district, said rice prices were too low and it was up to the government to find ways to push up the prices to at least 8,000-9,000 baht a tonne.
In Phitsanulok's Muang district, local authorities allowed farmers to sell their produce in front of the provincial hall yesterday in a bid to help growers suffering from low prices. However, only a handful of the buyers turned up.
Supannika Onsri, head of a rice quality improvement group in Phrom Phiram district, said members needed to sell their grain as many still had 10 tonnes of rice stockpiled.
In Nakhon Ratchasima, space at the iconic Thao Suranari Monument was set aside for rice sales yesterday to help farmers. Rice was priced between 25 and 30 baht per kilogramme.
The event in Muang Nakhon Ratchasima municipality drew a huge response from buyers.
At least 10 tonnes of rice was expected to be sold by the end of today.
Government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd said the Prayut administration supported the grouping of farmers into cooperatives as part of sustainable measures to tackle falling crop prices.
He said the groups would help farmers to have more bargaining power and get access to help provided by the authorities.
The government has set up 107 distribution centres for cooperatives' products and more are likely, Lt Gen Sansern said. Total sales through the centres registered more than 6.3 billion baht in revenue in the first six months since the centres were formed in October last year.
The administration has also increased sale channels for farmers to customers worldwide through www.co-opclick.com.
"The state-sponsored online market would help farmers and cooperatives reduce expenses and cost," Lt Gen Sansern said.
Meanwhile, about one quarter of people in northeastern provinces believe the recent fall in rice prices was caused by a lack of preparation, according to E-Saan Poll.
Just over 17% blamed middlemen and rice mills,
and 16% believe the government had failed to cut back on paddy fields.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1133897/rice-stocks-hampering-new-harvest
Old rice
stocks: Farmers ask govt to take old grain
13/11/2016
Post Reporters
Farmer stockpiles not bought last year because of an oversupply of rice are backing up and leaving no room for this year's looming harvest.
Rice farmers have begged the government for help and to buy their old grain.
The problem is particularly bad in Surin where farmers are racing against time to harvest Hom Mali paddy from fields that have been hard hit by floods from swollen waterways.
BARN FULL OF GRAIN WITHHELD FROM MARKET UNDER GOVT PROGRAMME
Nga Sukjit, 57, of tambon Muang Leang in Chom Phra district, said harvesting was underway, but barns were still full from last year.
The grain was withheld from the market under the government rice scheme, now known as the storage pledging programme.
Mr Nga urged the government to find ways to help farmers release their stockpiles so they can free-up space for this year's harvest.
ONLY 5 OF 73 HOUSEHOLDS HAVE DISCHARGED THEIR STOCKS IN ONE TAMBON
In tambon Muang Leang, 73 of 157 households joined the storage pledging scheme for the 2015 harvest season.
The scheme was carried out by the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC).
Only five households have discharged their stocks.
FARMERS WITHOUT BARNS UPSET
In the past two weeks, the government has rolled out new subsidy schemes to help farmers who grow Hom Mali, white rice and Pathum Thani fragrant paddy and store it in barns for a designated period.
This has upset growers who do not have their own storage.
In Pathum Thani, Kingkan Thongkaew, 31, of Thanyaburi district, complained she had no barns to store rice and needed to sell her output directly to buyers.
WITH PRICE DROPPING QUICKLY NEED TO SELL RICE QUICKLY
Ms Kingkan said the price for her Pathum Thani fragrant paddy had dropped from above 10,000 baht a tonne to between 5,000 and 6,000 baht.
She needed to sell her harvest quickly to pay for other expenses, including debts.
Praphai Thongkaew, a 60-year-old farmer in Lam Luk Ka district, said rice prices were too low and it was up to the government to find ways to push up the prices to at least 8,000-9,000 baht a tonne.
GOVT-SPONSORED FARMERS' MARKETS
In Phitsanulok's Muang district, local authorities allowed farmers to sell their produce in front of the provincial hall yesterday in a bid to help growers suffering from low prices.
However, only a handful of the buyers turned up.
Supannika Onsri, head of a rice quality improvement group in Phrom Phiram district, said members needed to sell their grain as many still had 10 tonnes of rice stockpiled.
In Nakhon Ratchasima, space at the iconic Thao Suranari Monument was set aside for rice sales yesterday to help farmers.
Rice was priced between 25 and 30 baht per kilogramme.
The event in Muang Nakhon Ratchasima municipality drew a huge response from buyers.
At least 10 tonnes of rice was expected to be sold by the end of today.
FARMER COOPERATIVES TO GIVE FARMERS MORE BARGAINNING POWER
Government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd said the Prayut administration supported the grouping of farmers into cooperatives as part of sustainable measures to tackle falling crop prices.
He said the groups would help farmers to have more bargaining power and TO get access to help provided by authorities.
The government has set up 107 distribution centres for cooperatives' products and more are likely, Lt Gen Sansern said.
Total sales through the centres registered more than 6.3 billion baht in revenue in the first six months since the centres were formed in October last year.
GOVT-SPONSORED ONLINE RICE MARKET
The administration has also increased sale channels for farmers to customers worldwide through www.co-opclick.com (see here).
"The state-sponsored online market would help farmers and cooperatives reduce expenses and cost," Lt Gen Sansern said.
Meanwhile, about one quarter of THE people in northeastern provinces believe the recent fall in rice prices was caused by a lack of preparation, according to E-Saan Poll.
Just over 17% blamed middlemen and rice mills, and 16% believe the government had failed to cut back on paddy fields
The administration has also increased sale channels for farmers to customers worldwide through www.co-opclick.com (see here).
"The state-sponsored online market would help farmers and cooperatives reduce expenses and cost," Lt Gen Sansern said.
Meanwhile, about one quarter of THE people in northeastern provinces believe the recent fall in rice prices was caused by a lack of preparation, according to E-Saan Poll.
Just over 17% blamed middlemen and rice mills, and 16% believe the government had failed to cut back on paddy fields
http://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/advanced/1134428/old-rice-stocks-farmers-ask-govt-to-take-old-grain
Mendocino Co. is part of
Lundberg Family Farms' quinoa diversification
JAMES DUNN
NORTH BAY BUSINESS JOURNAL TECHNOLOGY EDITOR |
November 14, 2016, 7:01AM
Lundberg rice dominance
Bulk: 9
bins Lundberg organic rice, $1.89 to $3.99 a pound
Packages:
16 stock-keeping units Lundberg rice, $3-$4 a pound
Rice
cakes: 12 Lundberg SKUs, $3.99 for 8.5 ounces
Sweet
Dreams rice syrup, $6.29 per 21 oz. jar
Source: Community Market,
Santa Rosa
Quinoa competition
Lundberg
tri-color quinoa, $7.99 for 1 pound
Cadia
quinoa, $7.99 for 1 pound
Ancient
Harvest quinoa, $7.89 for 12 oz.
TruRoots
quinoa, $8.49 for 12 oz.
Bob’s
Red Mill quinoa, $14.49 for 26 oz.
Bulk
organic quinoa, recently lowered price, $3.29 a pound
Bulk red
quinoa, $4.99 a pound
Source: Community Market,
Santa Rosa
Arsenic in wallpaper, pesticides, chemical
weapons
Arsenic
was used liberally in herbicides, pesticides, glass manufacturing, and in the
copper chromated arsenate preservative for the pressure-treated wood used for
fence posts and decks.
In
technology, gallium arsenide is used to make lasers, light-emitting diodes,
photovoltaic cells, semiconductors and discrete microwave devices. The poison
is also used in ant killers and animal dips as insecticides. Additives in the
feed for chickens, used to increase weight and control parasites, contained
arsenic.
In the
1920s, chlorovinyl dichloroarsine was developed as a vesicant — causing severe
skin burns and blistering — for chemical warfare then declared obsolete about
30 years later; U.S. stockpiles were neutralized. In the 1800s, arsenic was a
component of paint and dyes for clothing, paper and wallpaper.
The
United States halted production of arsenic. China, Chile and Peru continue to
use it in various products.
Lundberg Family Farms overview
After
75 years in the rice business, Lundberg Family Farms found itself in 2012
confronted with a crisis it did not cause. Rice grown on most farms in
California and other states absorbs inorganic arsenic, a toxin that can cause
cancer.
The crisis has slipped out of the headlines,
but the issue arose again in April when the Food and Drug Administration set
arsenic guidelines of 100 parts per billion for rice eaten by infants. There is
no current FDA standard for arsenic in rice eaten by adults. Lundberg rice
tests at an average of 93 parts per billion.
In a “Letter from the CEO” published on the
Lundberg website on April 21, CEO Grant Lundberg said, “We support consumers’
right to know about the food they are eating, and remain committed to
transparency on all issues.”
Enter quinoa, a tiny seed consumed like a
grain, that has surged into the American natural foods market. Quinoa had been
mostly imported from Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Argentina. Now, Lundberg Family
Farms aims to become the king of domestic quinoa. Lundberg has acquired land to
grow quinoa in cool growing zones nearby, particularly in Humboldt County.
“We want to become the leading organic quinoa
supplier in the U.S.,” CEO Lundberg said. “We have some learning to do. It
could be a little bloody on the startup (he lost a couple of crops due to
storage mistakes) At the end, we think there’s value there. We will figure it
out.”
Lundberg headquarters are located about 17
miles south of Chico. The company, with 369 employees, has estimated annual
revenue of $120 million, mostly from rice or rice products. Lundberg has 16,384
acres under rice cultivation and expects a 2016 crop at 100 million pounds.
Rice from Lundberg sells in half the roughly 38,000 supermarkets in the United
States, according to Lundberg, the company’s CEO since 1998.
The market for quinoa is expanding fast, and
Lundberg’s timing is good. Unlike rice, quinoa does not absorb much arsenic.
“It doesn’t have the same plant biology,” said Lundberg.
“When it originally hit,” Lundberg said of the
arsenic issue, “that Dartmouth study” and there was “another shaking of the
trees about a year later, we really saw impact on our sales.”
Quinoa is actually a goosefoot seed that
absorbs very little arsenic. That fact, plus the explosion of quinoa’s
popularity as a food in the past few years due in part to its high content of
complete protein, could play an increasing role in Lundberg’s future. Packaged
quinoa sells for nearly twice the price of packaged organic rice. Quinoa has
more and higher quality protein than rice, and cooks in 15 minutes, compared to
45 minutes for long-grain brown rice.
Starting in 2013, a year after the arsenic
issue, the multi-generation family owned company began to look into quinoa. “In
a few years, imports grew by 300 percent,” Lundberg said. “We had a number of
retailers come to us” and ask for domestic production of quinoa. “We got our
directors to approve a strategy. We don’t expect to make a return for at least
a couple of years. This built on our strengths. We have farming operations, a
nursery, seed development for rice and other crops, storage systems, milling
systems.”
QUINOA PREFERS COOL
Lundberg Family Farms already cultivates 800
acres of quinoa and seeks to expand production. But quinoa prefers cool, dry
growing conditions. If temperatures rise above 95, common during August in
Butte County near Chico, quinoa crops fail. Most land under production for rice
by Lundberg is unsuitable for quinoa.
Washington
State University researches quinoa, which grows well in the western part of the
state. “We joined with them and invested in some of their programs,” Lundberg
said. “We set up plots all over the West,” including the Olympic peninsula down
to the Imperial Valley in southeastern California. He looked for climate zones
where quinoa might thrive.
“We found a few growers” who were succeeding
with quinoa, including Blake Richard, who dry-farms quinoa in Ferndale, 20
miles south of Eureka in Humboldt County, and sells it to Veritable Vegetables,
an organic-produce distributor based in San Francisco. In 2015, Richard began
selling quinoa under contract to Lundberg Family Farms.
Lundberg has 567 acres under quinoa cultivation
in Humboldt County, 85 acres in Mendocino County, 20 acres near Smith River in
Del Norte Co., 35 acres in San Mateo Co. and 31 acres on the Olympic Peninsula.
RAW EDGE OF FAILURE
Foggy, coastal climates work well for quinoa.
“We had to earn some credibility to grow this,” Lundberg said. The company
bought about 50 acres near Loleta, 13 miles south of Eureka. “We’re learning
everything, from seed varietals, how to purify the lines, understand
processing, removing the saponin layer. This is the first year we have done
large bulk storage” of quinoa, he said. “We are out there on the raw edge of
failure and success based on this gamble,” he said. “It’s a great food. The
opportunity to grow it here is beneficial to our local community. We can add a
stability in supply and quality that we think is very competitive to the market.”
Domestic production could also allow lower
prices. Quinoa typically sells for more than twice the price of rice, at nearly
$8 or more a pound in Lundberg packages.
“We want to build a stable price. Growers can
depend on certain economics, and that builds the crop’s value and local
community,” Lundberg said.
Lundberg Family Farms is experimenting with a
reasonable level of production for quinoa from an acre of farmland. “We thought
it was around 1,000 pounds,” he said. “Now we’re seeing it might be double
that. You want crops that have a good gross and net.”
This year Lundberg’s quinoa yield was about 1.5
million pounds off nearly 800 acres, producing an estimated $5 million in
revenue.
LUNDBERG DOMINATES RICE
Starting in 1969, Lundberg made its name as a producer
of top-quality organic brown rice, a staple in the health-food industry and the
macrobiotic diet. The company dominates the market for organic rice, used in
many gluten-free products.
In 2015, United States consumers ate nearly 4
million metric tons of rice. People in China, the biggest rice market in the
world, consumed close to 150 million metric tons. India devoured nearly 100
metric tons. Those two countries combined account for half the global
consumption of rice, which delivers some 20 percent of total calorie input for
more than half the world’s population, especially poor people. For nearly half
a billion impoverished people in Asia, rice provides half their calories. In
Latin America, annual average rice consumption is about 100 pounds.
Lundberg isn’t giving up on rice. Though
Lundberg Family Farms has sold rice since 1937 and organic brown rice for some
47 years, there’s plenty of room to expand even if consumers limit their intake
of rice in a balanced diet. There are roughly 110 million households in the
United States. “We’re in about 4 million,” Lundberg said. “From that point of
view, we’ve got market growth. Just add new households.”
Lundberg
Family Farms sells its products in half the grocery stores in the U.S. There
are about 38,000 supermarkets in the country with gross sales above $2 million
a year. The company’s first packaged tri-color quinoa went into Whole Foods
stores starting more than a year ago.
“Perception is changing, and we need to stay up
with trends,” Lundberg said about his company’s move into quinoa. “Just like
with organic brown rice, we were one of the first in 1969. That got us that
heritage label that is so valuable. This is another piece of that opportunity.
We could be the first.”
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More Chinese experts coming to
Namibia to teach farming technologies
Source: Xinhua | 2016-11-14 19:07:53 | Editor:
huaxia
Photo taken on May 5, 2016 shows Chinese
agriculture expert Liao Zuoquan checked rice plant in Kalimbeza Rice Research
and Production Station in north-eastern Namibia. In April, 2015, 15 Chinese
agricultural experts and technicians arrived in Namibia to conduct a two-year
program of technology transfer and guidance. Tasked to help support the
Southern African nation's agricultural development, they were separated into
four regions to work with their Namibian counterparts in the fields of rice,
gardening and husbandry. (Xinhua/Wu Changwei)
The experts also touched on rice production,
which was equally interesting," she added.Photo taken on May 5, 2016 shows
Chinese agriculture expert Yin Zaizhong in the vegetable garden in Kalimbeza
Rice Research and Production Station in north-eastern Namibia. In April, 2015,
15 Chinese agricultural experts and technicians arrived in Namibia to conduct a
two-year program of technology transfer and guidance. Tasked to help support
the Southern African nation's agricultural development, they were separated
into four regions to work with their Namibian counterparts in the fields of
rice, gardening and husbandry. (Xinhua/Wu Changwei)
Mbanga also expressed wishes for the Chinese
experts to go into fields to better train the farmers."A practical touch
is needed for the trainings that we get. A hands-on approach in the form of
farm demo and trials, is needed, so that we also can be able to teach other
members of the community," she said.Calling for more of such training
sessions, Mushabati, director of the Directorate of Agriculture Production,
Extension and Engineering Services in the Zambezi Region, described the
training as an eye opener."I encourage similar training to take place in
future to improve food security in the Region," he added.The 1.5
million-U.S.-dollars SSC agreement signed by Namibia, China and the Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO), will run for two years and hopes have run high
for more benefits to be delivered
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-11/14/c_135828607.htm
Brown rice promotion gets boost
Published November 14, 2016, 10:00 PM
By Nestor L. Abrematea
Tabontabon, Leyte – A group of rice retailers in Eastern Visayas
vowed support for the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in
promoting the eating brown rice, known for its numerous health benefits.
Brown rice (Image courtesy of livescience.com)
Tags: Brown rice promotion gets boost, diabetes, health benefits, Manila Bulletin, mb.com.ph, rice, senior
http://news.mb.com.ph/2016/11/14/brown-rice-promotion-gets-boost/
Local scientist brings in rice knowledge from Egypt
Sammy Sadaka, PE.
Monday
Posted
Nov 14, 2016 at 2:08 PM
By Dawn Teer / Stuttgart Daily Leader
Editor's Note: This is the eighth
in a series of question and answer articles on scientists at Stuttgart's
University of Arkansas Rice Research and Extension Center (UARREC).
Name: Sammy Sadaka, PE.
Education: I obtained my bachelor and master degrees from Ag. Eng.
Department, Alexandria University Egypt. Additionally, I obtained my Ph. D.
through a joint program between Ag. Eng. Department, Dalhousie University,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and Ag. Eng. Department, Alexandria University,
Alexandria, Egypt. In 2015, I obtained anther master credential in grain
operations management from Grain Elevator and Processing Society and Kansas
State University.
Field of study or expertise: Grain operations management and renewable energy
Hometown: Little Rock
Family: Wife, Heba Sadaka, RN, MSN, nursing instructor; daughter, Monica
Sadaka; and son, Kyrilos Sadaka.
When did you become interested in
rice research?
Rice is a major crop is Egypt,
where I was born. Therefore, I become interested in overcoming the challenges
related to rice production. While working in the field of bioenergy, I
developed a technique to convert rice hulls and rice straw to biochar, a soil
amendment product. Biochar has the potential to increase the water holding
capacity in soil. During the last few years, my focus on developing extension
tools that could help rice producers increased tremendously. These tools cover
rice drying and storage as well as farm safety. They include on-line courses,
fact sheets and smart phone apps that can help rice producers to receive
answers on their smart phones. These tools are available on the University of
Arkansas-Cooperative Extension Service website.
What courses did you take that
steered you into the field that became your career?
In addition to my three degrees, I
obtained a master credential degree in grain management as was mentioned
earlier. During this program, I studied 18 courses covering almost all aspects
related to grain drying, storage, handling and food safety.
What do you do at UARREC?
I succeeded to establish bioenergy
labs, where I developed tools to instruct county extension agents, producers
and high school students on the techniques of how to produce biodiesel as well
as how to conserve energy on the farm. I also developed some grain-drying tools
such as a fluidized bed dryer that I believe it might help in expediting the
on-farm rice drying process as well as it might save some energy.
What are you currently working on
or developing? And why?
During the last few years, I
developed a simple technique to measure rice or corn respiration rate.
Currently, I am working with several colleagues from University of Arkansas at
Fayetteville campus to explore any correlation between rice respiration, dry
matter loss and rice discoloration. It is known that one of the reasons of rice
yellowing or stackburn is elevated respiration rates caused by storage at
either high moisture content or temperature. Obtaining such a correlation could
help us obtain the values of the parameters that lead to rice discoloration and
may be helping us to overcome this challenge during rice storage.
