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OPEN LETTER TO PM TO SAVE SME UNITS FROM CLOSURE
SEPTEMBER 1 2017
The
Union of Small and Medium enterprises (UNISAME) has sent open letter to prime
minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to take prompt steps to save the SME units
of textiles, rice, foodstuffs and light engineering from closure.
President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver invited the attention of the PM to the difficulties faced by the sector and urged him to take high impact steps to stimulate the dying SME units and revive them to meet the challenges.
The Union has expressed the need for lowering rates of electricity to reduce cost of production and secondly demanded low cost finance for alternate energy.
The Union requested the PM not to increase fuel prices and to in fact reduce them as transportation has become very costly. The other very urgent and important requirements are affordable bridge finance, low insurance premium,reduction in import duties on raw materials and last but not the least is marketing support.
There is no marketing support for the SME sector and the small to medium sized entrepreneurs have no platform which can introduce them to the international markets. The Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) caters to the big industrialist and big exporters and has no specific agenda for the SMEs.
The Union has reminded the PM that time is short for his government and he needs to take bold and immediate steps for serious remedies for the sector. The rice units have closed down and also the textile sector is n turmoil. Both these are foreign exchange earners for the country. The light engineering sector has vast scope for growth and up gradation and needs technical support.
Thaver said the SME sector expects encouragement, support and facilitation from the business friendly government of PML and firmly believes that it can contribute towards economic growth if the government reduces taxes, duties and offers low mark up for sectors which have high potential for growth.
Thaver urged the PM to do brainstorming with UNISAME, Pervaiz Malik federal commerce minister and Murtuza Jatoi federal minister for industries and chairman of the Small and Medium Development Authority (SMEDA) for fast track revival of the SME sector on modern lines.
President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver invited the attention of the PM to the difficulties faced by the sector and urged him to take high impact steps to stimulate the dying SME units and revive them to meet the challenges.
The Union has expressed the need for lowering rates of electricity to reduce cost of production and secondly demanded low cost finance for alternate energy.
The Union requested the PM not to increase fuel prices and to in fact reduce them as transportation has become very costly. The other very urgent and important requirements are affordable bridge finance, low insurance premium,reduction in import duties on raw materials and last but not the least is marketing support.
There is no marketing support for the SME sector and the small to medium sized entrepreneurs have no platform which can introduce them to the international markets. The Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) caters to the big industrialist and big exporters and has no specific agenda for the SMEs.
The Union has reminded the PM that time is short for his government and he needs to take bold and immediate steps for serious remedies for the sector. The rice units have closed down and also the textile sector is n turmoil. Both these are foreign exchange earners for the country. The light engineering sector has vast scope for growth and up gradation and needs technical support.
Thaver said the SME sector expects encouragement, support and facilitation from the business friendly government of PML and firmly believes that it can contribute towards economic growth if the government reduces taxes, duties and offers low mark up for sectors which have high potential for growth.
Thaver urged the PM to do brainstorming with UNISAME, Pervaiz Malik federal commerce minister and Murtuza Jatoi federal minister for industries and chairman of the Small and Medium Development Authority (SMEDA) for fast track revival of the SME sector on modern lines.
How an angry lolly man
revolutionised the modern sushi industry
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Tom Redmond, Nao Sano and Naomi Schanen
Kisaku Suzuki, creator of the world's first sushi robot, once ran a company that made
lolly-wrapping machines. And he was angry.
Why had the Japanese government embarked on a policy to
limit rice production, effectively paying some farmers to
keep their paddy fields idle?
Is
your sushi made by a
robot?
In the 1970s Kisaku Suzuki invented the sushi robot
which revolutionised the market. Today most of the sushi eaten in
Japan is made by a robot.
For Suzuki, rice was the sacred heart
of the country's economy. He started to think about how to make the staple food
more popular, so that Japan had no reason to restrict the crop.
And that's when it came to him: he would use his firm's
knowledge of sweets-packaging machines to develop the robot. The idea, while
off-the-wall in the mid-1970s, had a simple premise. If he could lower the cost
of making sushi by mechanising parts of the process and
reducing the need for highly paid chefs, he could bring the previously elite
Japanese dish to the masses, and in doing so increase demand for rice.
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Four decades later, Suzumo Machinery Co.'s robots are used by
about 70,000 customers around the world, ranging from sushichains to factories, and account for about 70 per
cent of the market for the equipment at restaurants, according to Suzumo's
estimates.
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Cheap sushi "couldn't have happened without our
machines," says Ikuya Oneda, who succeeded Suzuki as Suzumo president in
2004, a year before the founder died, and took over his life's work. "You
can certainly say that."
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When Suzuki started to create his robot, he met nothing but
resistance. In 1976, sushi was still largely a food for special
occasions. It was mostly sold through a legion of small restaurants, where
artisan chefs dispensed morsels with no price tags and charged how they saw
fit.
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Not surprisingly, those chefs were up in arms when they heard
about Suzumo's plan. In their view, it took 10 years to train someone to
make sushi. No machine could possibly do the job.
Suzumo asked some of the very
people it was trying to depose to give their opinions on the prototype.
"They said, 'This is no good, this is terrible, I don't know what this
is,'" said Oneda, 73, who became chairman of the company this year.
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After three years, Suzumo was
nowhere near its goal and running out of cash. We thought "the company
would go down the tubes," Oneda said. "We thought about
quitting."
Suzumo stuck with the task, and two years later the sushi chefs finally said the machine was usable.
In 1981, the company completed its first robot, which formed sushi rice into balls called nigiri. These days,
it offers 28 different sushi machines.
"What they've done is allow kaiten restaurants to
democratise and make good Japanese food affordable and accessible," says
Robin Rowland, chairman and chief executive officer of Yo!, a British sushi chain with almost 100 restaurants globally.
"We serve 7 million guests a year. You're talking about 500 to 600 dishes
on our belts in the UK. It's a lot of food. And you need to automate some of
that."
But even so many years later, the
debate still rages about the machines. For purists, if you use robots, it just
isn't the same.
"It's an entirely different genre," says Yoshikazu
Ono, son and heir of Jiro Ono, the masterchef featured in the documentary
"Jiro Dreams of Sushi." "Sushi isn't just balls of rice. The process is the
most important thing. It requires relentless practice to make just one piece
of sushi rice -- things like how you select, prepare
and cook the rice, how much water you use, and so on. You can't get that from a
robot."
At the headquarters of Kura Corp., about an hour south of Osaka,
Kunihiko Tanaka bristles when he hears that argument. For the president and
founder of Japan's second-largest sushichain, and a longtime Suzumo customer, the
artisans are on the wrong side of history.
"The era where it's OK
to make sushi with your bare hands is over," Tanaka says, referring to artisan sushi chefs in general. "They still do that,
and say that is the real sushi. Things that should be changed should be
changed."
Already, about three-quarters of Japanese people say that when
they eat sushi, it's from a conveyor belt, according to a survey
published by fishery company Maruha Nichiro in March. Almost half of them
choose which restaurant based on price.
Michael Booth, a food writer whose
latest book, "The Meaning of Rice," is set for publication in
October, sees room for both types.
"I want everyone to get a chance to taste what
amazing sushifrom Jiro tastes like, because it's a very, very
different experience," Booth says. "But then again, cheap,
mass-produced sushi is like the entry drug into the sushi world, and that can be a good thing, too.
People are exposed and may become curious as to what great sushi tastes like."
In a sense, Suzumo dealt a blow to one part of traditional
Japan, the artisan sushi business, so that another could prosper: the rice
industry. It was an act of political subversion, attempting to derail the
government's policy of controlling the price of rice.
"As tastes became
westernised, demand for rice began to decline," says Eiji Minemura, an
official at Japan's agriculture ministry. "We took the policy of decreasing
production to adjust to oversupply."
A chef at a Kura Corp. sushi restaurant
near Osaka uses a Suzumo sushi robot. Photo: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
Oneda and his colleagues' actions show they never agreed. After developing
their first sushi machines, they helped pioneer an iconic
Japanese hamburger that uses rice patties instead of bread. They helped
mechanize the kitchens of rice-bowl restaurants. And they even made a
California roll sushi robot, as they targeted U.S. demand for the
food as a healthy and trendy choice.
It's true that by one narrow definition, Suzumo didn't succeed.
Japan has kept controlling rice production since first introducing the policy
in 1971. And demand for rice has fallen.
Still, the company's share price has more than tripled since a
low in February last year. Investors think Suzumo will benefit from the labour
shortage in Japan, and the overseas sushiboom, Oneda says. Of the three analysts covering
the stock, all recommend buying. The shares rose 1 per cent in morning trading
in Tokyo on Thursday.
But for all the fanfare, Oneda --
as he carries on Suzuki's legacy -- is still thinking about the rice.
"Do you eat a proper
breakfast?" he asks the Japanese reporter. "What do you eat? I bet
it's bread, right?
http://www.smh.com.au/business/world-business/how-an-angry-lolly-man-revolutionised-the-modern-sushi-industry-20170831-gy80nm.html Helping farmers dispose off
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India is a country whose
population largely depends on agriculture, with 50% of its population being
employed in agriculture, and revenue from agriculture and other allied fields
contributing 13.7% of our country’s GDP. Most farmers in India face various
challenges on a day-to-day basis and disposing off the agricultural residue
that remain after a crop is successfully harvested, is one such major issue
faced by millions of farmers.
Agricultural residues include
various parts of the crop that cannot be used as food, like the stalk,
stubbles, leaves, husks and seed pods. Conventional ways of disposing these
residues have generally relied on using these residues as fodder, as
fertilizers after being ploughed into the ground, or burning them completely.
Additionally, newer methods of utilizing and disposing these crop residues,
like converting them into biofuels, are all promising, but have not yet been
fully developed. Thus, there is a genuine need for further study and research
in this area to come up with more functional, practical and efficient ways of
disposing or recycling the crop residues. One such study by the scientists from
CSIR- Indian Institute of Petroleum and AS College, looks at enhancing and
optimising the burning efficiencies of four agricultural residues: corn cob,
wheat straw, rice straw and rice husk, in order to produce the maximum amount
of bio-oils as a by-product.
The scientists carefully studied
the pyrolysis of crop residues. Pyrolysis refers to the thermal degradation of
organic matter in the absence of oxygen under high temperatures, and is known
to release liquid and gaseous by-products, while leaving a carbon- enriched
char behind. The process of pyrolysis is frequently used to get rid of
vegetation and agricultural residues as it is quick, easy and convenient. The
scientists studied the effect of pyrolysis temperatures and biomass type on the
yield of bio-oils as a by-product. While wheat and rice straw yielded maximum
bio-oils at 400 ℃, corn cob
and rice husk yielded maximum bio-oils when burnt at 450℃. Corn cob was also shown to yield the maximum
amount of bio-oils, while rice husk yielded the least. Such studies could help
our farmers dispose off these agricultural residues in more efficient ways in
the future
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Minister
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Vijayawada on Monday
Vijayawada: Civil supplies Minister Prathipati
Pulla Rao said on Monday the State and Central Governments are spending Rs.630
crore every year to supply rice to the white ration card holders through the
Public Distribution System. He said the Government is trying to ensure food
security by distributing nutrition food to the pregnant women and lactating
mothers.
Pullarao participated in the one- day workshop conducted on National Food Security Act 2013 and The Andhra Pradesh Food Security Rules 2013 organised by Department of Civil supplies in a hotel on Monday.
Pullarao participated in the one- day workshop conducted on National Food Security Act 2013 and The Andhra Pradesh Food Security Rules 2013 organised by Department of Civil supplies in a hotel on Monday.
Addressing the gathering, Prathipati
Pullarao said the Government is using modern technology to ensure supply of
rice through the fair price shops. He said efforts were on to transform the
fair price shops as the mini shopping malls with various products.
He said 750 employees are working in
real time governance to verify the functioning of the Government machinery and
to get feedback on the services of the Government to the people.
Minister
for women development and child welfare Paritala Sunitha said Andhra Pradesh
has become a role model for rice distribution by implementing e-pose
system. She asked the officials to give directives to the dealers to give
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IRICA Sets Deadline for Rice Import
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Tuesday, September 05, 2017
IRICA Sets Deadline for Rice Import Clearance
The
Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration announced on Monday that rice
importers have until Friday to clear their shipments from customs terminals.
Rice imports are banned in Iran every year from late June to
late November to support local farmers and domestic production, Mehr News
Agency reported.
The ban pertains to grain order registrations during the
abovementioned period, meaning orders placed before the ban may be entitled to
customs clearance past the deadline.
Iranians consume 3.2 million tons of rice a year, of which about
1 million tons are imported.
https://financialtribune.com/articles/economy-domestic-economy/71779/irica-sets-deadline-for-rice-import-clearance Feast and famine
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Nepal needs a home-grown plan that includes
incentives for farmers who have been suffering from depressed prices due to the
largesse that rich countries heap upon their farmers
Sep 5, 2017-Is Nepal still devoted to farming as it was before? It would not be incorrect to say no. If the country’s food import bill for the last couple of years is any indication, the answer is an emphatic no. Nepal’s agricultural imports reached the Rs200 billion mark in the last
fiscal year. This is equivalent to one-fifth of that year’s total imports, and roughly eight times the figure from a
decade ago. Agricultural imports have been increasing for more than a decade.
For an economy where agriculture accounts for one-third of the Gross Domestic
Product and employs three-fourths of the country’s households, this is a matter of intellectual
curiosity. Here are two contradictory views in this regard.
One, according to optimists, the
increased farm imports reflect a growing demand for high quality food
following a rise in people’s income. As families lift themselves out of
poverty, they start to buy higher quality cereals, like basmati rice for
instance, and consume more meat which puts greater stress on grain production
and imports. Since this argument is based on people’s
increased income and their tendency to consume more food, the growing
agricultural imports are nothing to be concerned about. Although
food imports can enlarge the trade deficit, we need not
worry as long as the country’s net receipts of foreign exchange, for
example, remittance sent home by migrant workers, can cover the importbills.
On the other hand, pessimists
question the country’s increased dependency on food imports and its food security in the long run. There
are two explanations behind this view. While imports of subsidised farm products have surpassed
domestic output, the country’s farms lie fallow due to a shortage of farm
labour. If both problems deepen, Nepal’s dependency on agricultural imports will grow further. The country will inevitably sink into a food crisis if
food exporting countries rein in shipments or farm subsidies are outlawed
internationally. Moreover, the country will face a grave situation if nothing is
done to improve farming at home. Nepal’s agriculture sector, thus, deserves protection
at least on the basis of food security as commonly practiced globally.
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"I've been diagnosed with
terminal cancer," the CEO told his vice-presidents. "The doctors say
that I have two years to live. You three have run this business for years, but
I want to hand it over to just one of you as sole owner.
"So, for the next two
years, I'm giving you an extra task."
He reached into his desk, and
pulled out three small burlap bags. "Seeds," he said. "I'm not
going to tell you what to do with them."
Two years later, he called the
three vice-presidents to his hospice bedside.
"Tell me what you did with
my seeds," he ordered.
The first vice-president
stepped forward. "I knew that the seeds were a challenge," he
explained. "Obviously, the seeds themselves were worthless. You wanted to
see what I could do with nothing. So I put them on e-bay. I traded them for
someone's left shoe. Which I traded up for a broken skateboard. And I traded
that for a package of bubblegum that had never been chewed…
"Every day for the last
two years, I have made a trade of some kind on your behalf.
"And so, today, I'm happy
to present to you this certificate. You are currently the sole owner of the
country of Liberia."
The dying CEO glanced at the
title document, and placed it on his bedside table without comment.
The second vice-president
stepped up.
"Unlike my associate
here," he said, nodding at the first vice-president, "I realized that
the seeds you gave me had a symbolic value. They represented the agricultural
industry. So I leveraged your seeds into commodity futures. I bought on margin.
I sold short. I patented basmati rice and maple syrup—no one can use them now
without paying you a royalty.
"I manipulated
international transfer payments to minimize declared incomes and maximize intercorporate
profits. I stored the revenue in untraceable offshore bank accounts.
"At this point, you
control the world market for coconut palm oil, cassava roots, and tofu-burger
patties."
The CEO looked at the third
vice-president.
"I have to disagree with
both of my colleagues," he said. "I assumed that the seeds were, in
fact, seeds. I didn't know what kind of seeds, so I planted them. I got
sunflowers, which produced more seeds. I got salvia, and lupines, and
marigolds. There were some funny looking little bulbs; they gave me gladiolus,
allium, and oriental lilies.
"I took some surplus
seedlings to a church yard sale, and exchanged them for wisteria and
honeysuckle vines, and some dahlia tubers.
"I now have deep pendulous
purple blossoms over my patio. I have more than 40 varieties of roses. The
compost that I dig into the vegetable garden gives me tomatoes, beans, and
peas. Butterflies flit around the buddleia bushes in the day; bees buzz in the
lavender; koi swim in the pond.
"It's beautiful, and
peaceful. After a tough day at the office, it feels like a deep pool of calm
when I go home. Would you like me to take you to see what your seeds have
become?" he offered.
The CEO shook his head.
"No need," he said. "I've made my choice. I'm turning my company
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India is paying the price of rice exports to Iran; the story is of crashed
markets, reneging buyers
There are whispers in the market that Iranian
buyers are yet to pay for 1.25 lakh tonnes of rice—valued at nearly Rs 875
crore—that had been shipped out in 6,000 containers a few months back.
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There is now the risk of non-payment/delayed payment/outright
loss against large volumes of basmati rice shipped to Iran. There are whispers
in the market that Iranian buyers are yet to pay for 1.25 lakh tonnes of
rice—valued at nearly Rs 875 crore—that had been shipped out in 6,000
containers a few months back. Small- and medium-sized exporters had entered
into contracts with Iranian buyers for rice priced at Rs 65,000-70,000 per
tonne—with the average value almost 25% higher than those realised in 2016-17.
Reportedly, the Iranian rice market has crashed and buyers have reneged
on the contract price. But after protracted negotiations, cargoes are being
accepted at a discounted value of around Rs 44,000-50,000/tonne—which
effectively means a price cut of about 30%, or an outright loss of Rs 260
crore.
Even then, the payment is being offered on a deferred basis,
against future purchases by inflating invoice values. This is as per mutual
convenience. However, such settlement may vary depending on the understanding
between the parties. The result of non-payment/loss at such scale is that
payments to farmers for the paddy could also get delayed. Suppliers of PP bags,
transporters and handling agents at the port may also remain unpaid. Since
exporters generally avail pre-shipment credit from banks, ultimately, banks are
exposed to the risk of non-payment—that may worsen the bad loan count. Iran has
a regular requirement of Indian Pusa 1121 (parboiled) basmati rice, varying
between 0.7 million tonnes (mt) to 1 mt annually depending upon its domestic
output. Value-wise, Indian shipment to Iran touched $1.8 billion in FY14, but
was down, at $0.57 billion, in FY17. India ships out about 4 mt of such rice in
to international markets annually without any serious payment problems.
It is not the first time that shippers have had to face
delayed-/non-payment by Iranian buyers. There have been defaults/short payments
in past as well. There has been frequent recurrence of such non-payment,
wherein sellers have either suffered a total loss or loss of profit. Even
soyabean meal cargoes in the past have met a similar fate. It is immaterial
whether the buyer is a private party or an entity run by the government of
Iran.
The distinctive feature of this trend is that the same Iranian buyers often front new companies as purchasers, while Indian counter-parties conclude rice contracts at seemingly advantageous prices. Once the shipment is made, shipping documents are forwarded usually on DP (documents to be delivered to buyer by the bank against payment) or other terms, but seldom against letters of credit.
The distinctive feature of this trend is that the same Iranian buyers often front new companies as purchasers, while Indian counter-parties conclude rice contracts at seemingly advantageous prices. Once the shipment is made, shipping documents are forwarded usually on DP (documents to be delivered to buyer by the bank against payment) or other terms, but seldom against letters of credit.
Iranian buyers dither in making payments through banking
channels; shipping documents are allowed to stagnate in Iranian banks or are
declared deficient while rice is not lifted from the destination port. With the
stalemate on payment and fear of cargo going bad, sellers rush to Iran to
settle the matter—resulting in the Iranians forcing discounts or settlement at
arbitrary terms.At a time when the government is focusing on farm income
growth, it is important that this issue is resolved once and for all. The
Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Apeda)
is the India’s controlling body for export of basmati rice. Allowing open and
free exports of rice to Iran must be reviewed, and such exports need to be
secured with suitable restrictions.
Put simply, this could be enforced through a “canalised payment
mechanism” via an authorised agency like Apeda. A possible procedural format
for this could be as follows: An exporter/seller may sign a contract with an
Iranian buyer with the stipulation of 100% advance payment to be made to Apeda
within 7-10 days of the contract signing. The date of receipt of payment by
Apeda could be treated as the effective date of contract. Apeda then notifies this
date to both the seller and buyer; custom may clear cargo offered by seller for
shipment after receipt of written acknowledgement from Apeda of payment having
been received from Iran. The buyer can nominate its inspection agency with the
condition that inspection at loading port being deemed final.
Apeda should effect payment to the seller after receipt of
shipping documents that require compliance—as agreed in the contract—and issue
a “no objection certificate” to the bank of the seller so that foreign exchange
earnings accrue to the seller/shipper. In case the seller defaults in making
shipment, Apeda should remit the funds back to the buyer at the cost of seller,
including any difference in the rate of exchange, and it shall not be liable
for any quality/quantity/delayed shipment claims whatsoever. Apeda/the
directorate general of foreign trade will also list buyers who have earlier
reneged on commitments, as also the brand names of the rice they sell in the
Iranian market, and maintain an abeyance list for them.
The government can also nominate another trading PSU for the
said purpose if Apeda is not willing to undertake this activity. Such a payment
security system should be tried for at least two years, and depending upon its
efficacy, can be reviewed thereafter. Exports without receipt of full payment
retard economic activity. When a suitable security mechanism is introduced and
fake importers are filtered out, buyers with respectable credentials and
financial capabilities will trade with Indian counter parties. Exports will be
truly rewarding when transactions are considered clean and above board and
probability of disputes diminish
http://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/how-india-is-paying-the-price-of-rice-exports-to-iran-the-story-is-of-crashed-markets-reneging-buyers/833856/ Rice basmati strengthens on rising demand
PTI | Sep 2, 2017, 23:17 IST
New Delhi,
Sep 1 () Rice basmati prices strengthened by Rs 100 per quintal at the
wholesale grains market today on rising demand.
However,
other grains moved in a narrow range in scattered deals and pegged at last
levels.
Traders
besides rising demand from stockists and retailers against restricted supplies
from producing regions mainly kept rice basmati prices higher.
In the
national capital, rice basmati Pusa-1121variety edged higher by Rs 100 to Rs
5,200-5,300 per quintal. Non-basmati rice permal raw, wand and IR-8 also
settled higher at Rs 2,200-2,225, Rs 2,250-2,275 and Rs 1,850-1,875 from
previous levels of Rs 2,150-2,175, Rs 2,200-2,225 and Rs 1,825-1,850 per
quintal respectively.-
Following
are today's quotations (in Rs per quintal):
Wheat MP
(desi) Rs 2,100-2,350, Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,755-1,760, Chakki atta
(delivery) Rs 1,760-1,765, Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 260-300, Shakti Bhog (10
kg) Rs 255-290, Roller flour mill Rs 950-960 (50 kg), Maida Rs 990-1,000 (50 kg)and Sooji Rs 1,030-1,040 (50 kg).
Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, Super Basmati Rice
Rs 9,800, Basmati common new Rs 6,400-6,600, Rice Pusa (1121)
Rs 5,200-5,300, Permal raw Rs 2,200-2,225, Permal wand Rs 2,250-2,275, Sela Rs
2,300-2,400 and Rice IR-8 Rs 1,850-1,875, Bajra Rs 1,205-1,210, Jowar yellow Rs
1,425-1,475, white Rs 2,800-2,900, Maize Rs 1,320-1,325, Barley Rs 1,460-1,470.
SUN KPS ADI MKJ
Sumayya Usmani's culinary
journey: North Indian cookery in the Highlands
Sumayya Usmani
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SITTING
in a lovely kitchen in a Highland town that straddles the River Lossie,
listening the story of two North Indian sisters and their journey of flavour
and authentic home-cooking, was a surreal way to spend a weekend. Manjinder
Deshi-Dhami (Manju) and Sharanjit Deshi (Sharan), both moved separately
to Scotland a
couple of decades ago. They carried with them endearing memories of their
father’s cookery and a wealth of North Indian culinary techniques.
Sharan
moved to Elgin from a tiny village in Shahpur, Uttar Pradesh, with her then
husband, and some years later, Manju did the same, leaving behind their
parents. I was lucky enough to meet their mother, who told me of how wonderful
peaceful their little village is: "Everyone lives together in harmony and
celebrate each others festivals together."
The
Deshi sisters grew up in a home where, unusually, their father cooked all the
meals, and as Manju recalls: "My mother was really spoilt, as Dad did all
the cooking." The sisters grew up watching and helping their beloved
father in the kitchen, learning the fundamentals of cooking North Indian
cuisine. "We were told how you heat the oil, add the spices, wait until it
is time to add onions then wait until they are cooked before adding other
ingredients."
A
farmer by birth, their father much preferred driving trucks and cooking for his
family and others. They remember fondly that many ladies from the village would
bring over their ingredients for their father to make them mango achar or
semolina ladoo (round sweets). Their home was always filled with people, food
took centre-stage in their lives, and all this revolved around their father.
The
Dhesi sisters were happy in Scotland, until their father passed away early in
2009. Suddenly their whole lives felt empty and they felt lost in this country
now that this strong pillar in their lives was no more. They struggled for a
while, and then realised that the way to carry his memory was through the
flavour he had taught them.
Then
around 2011, determined to be strong for their mother and find inner peace, the
Deshi sisters began to cook the recipes they grew up with and had learned from
their father, not only for themselves but for other people, by going to homes
and catering for dinner parties. Their aim was to cook together, share their passion
for North Indian food, family recipes and memories of their childhood and their
father with others. This helped them feel close to their father, even though he
was no longer with then. "When we cook," say the sisters, "we
don’t talk to each other, we both do different jobs, but feel like our father
is talking to us through our cooking, telling us how to make the recipe the way
we watched him cook, carrying his flavours through us and keeping us on the
right path."
The
Deshi sisters also host cookery classes in Murray College and
Oakwood Cookery School and
their catering operation is called Authentic Indian Kitchen, which they feel
clearly defines their food: authentic. Sharing their knowledge of flavour and
memory is a deep passion and doing so doesn’t feel like work, they tell me
sisters say.
We
spent the morning sharing stories of the flavours of North India that I
recognise, as my father’s family was from Uttar Pradesh as well. The cooking
styles I learnt from my Dadi (paternal grandmother) were so similar to the ones
the Deshi sisters teach. We laughed and shared the ideas of cooking by
"andaza" (estimation and sensory cooking), the resulting difficulties
in recipe writing and the fact no two people can ever replicate the same recipe
exactly. This has to do with the "weight of the hand that is measuring
spices", the sisters say; different hands will change the way the recipe
tastes, even if it is merely a little. Growing up, I was told by my
grandmothers that each person has their own "haath may mazza"
(flavour in one’s hand), which results in this subtle change of flavour in
recipes.
The two
sisters say they plan to one day open a restaurant, but for now they are
content sharing their flavour with others in this way. They admit that can not
cook without each other. Sharing their father’s love of cooking, creating
dishes close to their hearts with others and remembering him fondly through
this process is what keeps them happy, positive, but most of all, helps
preserve his legacy of flavour.
Special
thanks for Ghillie Basan and Manju Deshi-Dhami and Sharan Deshi
Authentic
Indian Kitchen, Elgin: http://authenticindiankitchen.com
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Urad ki
Daal (White Lentil)
By
Deshi-Dhami and Sharanjit Deshi
This
recipe is very close to our hearts as it was one of our dad’s favourites. So
make sure you don't over-cook your lentils and it has a nice thick gravy
texture, not too runny or too dry. This particular dish goes really well with
rice and is a very simple summer and early autumn comfort food.
Preparation
time: 5-10 minutes
Cooking
Time: 15-20 minutes
Ingredients:
White
lentils: 150g
Onion:
1, finally chopped
Garlic:
8 cloves
Fresh
green chillies: 2 ( small and thin), finally chopped
Cumin
seeds: 1 tsp
Asafoetida:
1/2 tsp
Cooking
oil: 2 tbsp
Turmeric:
1 tsp
Garam
Masala: 1/2 tsp
Salt to
taste
Method
Wash
the lentils properly under cold water. Now add lentils to a pan with 350ml
water and cook on medium heat for about 10 minutes, making sure you keep the
crunchiness to the lentils.
Turn
the heat off and add chopped green chillies and put the lid on. At this point
don't stir your lentils too much
Now put
a shallow pan on a medium heat and add cooking oil. Let the oil heat up and
check it before adding any spice by throwing in a few seeds of cumin. If
starts
to sizzle straight, away then it's ready.
Add
cumin seeds, cook for few seconds and add whole garlic cloves and cook until
slightly golden brown.
Add
chopped onion and cook them until deep brown in colour
Add
salt and turmeric and cook for few seconds
Now
turn the heat off and add asafoetida, mix well and add this mixture to the
lentils.
Add
garam Masala and give a gentle stir
Serve
hot with plain basmati rice or with chapatis
Annabel
Langbein: Father's
Day breakfast ideas
2 Sep,
2017 2:10pm
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minutes to read
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I was going through my
mother's old recipe cards the other day, hunting in her vast collection of
handwritten formulas for an old favourite sweet treat. Travelling down memory
lane, recalling Millie's boozy pudding, Maude's shortbread and Hazel Hogg's rum
balls, I came across some cards penned in my father's precise, neat hand. My
mother's recipes ran all over the page like riddles that few other people could
ever decipher but Dad had a crisp, italic style that was easy to read and, as
you might expect from an engineer, his recipes made sense. There they were,
neatly written with capped headings: Tamarillo Chutney - Lois Daish, Gherkins -
Maude, Pickled Onions, Pickled Beetroot.
While Mum ensured the larder was kept stocked with preserved fruits and jams, the savoury pickles and preserves were largely our father's domain. Each year he would fill the pantry shelves with his creations, which my mother would draw on for our meals and entertaining.
While Mum ensured the larder was kept stocked with preserved fruits and jams, the savoury pickles and preserves were largely our father's domain. Each year he would fill the pantry shelves with his creations, which my mother would draw on for our meals and entertaining.
She loved having
people over and disliked eating out, informing us that it was a waste of money
when she could easily make something more delicious at home. Through his work,
my father often had lunch meetings at different cafes and restaurants. At
dinner I would quiz him at length about where he had been for lunch and what he
had eaten.
I was about 9 when he
started to take me out to eat in the city. We would head downtown, usually on a
Friday night, and find little hole-in-the-wall cafes to try. One of our
favourite haunts was a tiny, slightly grungy Chinese cafe in Vivian St,
Wellington. It had Formica tables and fluorescent strip lighting, and a
bathroom you just knew you didn't want to go to, but the food was delicious. As
soon as we sat down they would come out with a big stack of thin-sliced
buttered supermarket white bread, which always seemed weird when we were about
to eat an Asian meal.
I guess I would have
been about 13 when Dad took me to a snazzy new restaurant around the waterfront
on Oriental Bay. I remember ordering the sauteed scallops and insisting there
was something wrong with them. Poor Dad was so embarrassed, this precocious kid
making such a fuss, but there was no stopping me. I wangled my way into the
kitchen and asked to see how the scallops were cooked. As soon as I saw the
white wine going into the steel pan after the scallops had been browned in
butter, I knew what was giving them the nasty metallic taste. I informed the
chef that the sauce had oxidised and he needed to change the pan. He nodded his
head in disbelief as I explained the chemistry. Had we not already eaten I have
no doubt he would have stomped on the scallops before serving them to me, so
outraged was he by my challenge. I'm pretty sure that was the last time Dad
took me out to eat - my culinary lexicon had now expanded to places that made
me a complete pain in the neck as a dining companion.
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Thinking back, there
are so many things I learned from my father that, at the time, I never
appreciated. As well as practical things, such as learning to drive, growing a vegetable garden and keeping bees, Dad taught me to be curious, to keep asking questions, to ask if I needed help, and to go that little bit further to be the best I could be. His mantra of kindness, charm, honesty and diligence, taught me what you need to get you all the places you might want to be in life.
appreciated. As well as practical things, such as learning to drive, growing a vegetable garden and keeping bees, Dad taught me to be curious, to keep asking questions, to ask if I needed help, and to go that little bit further to be the best I could be. His mantra of kindness, charm, honesty and diligence, taught me what you need to get you all the places you might want to be in life.
If he was here today I
would love to make him breakfast in bed this Father's Day to thank him.
Here are some ideas of
what you might cook for your dad.
Creamy Smoked
Fish Kedgeree
Ready
in 30 mins
Serves 4
Serves 4
4-6 eggs
2 Tbsp butter
1 large onion, diced
2 Tbsp curry powder
A pinch of chilli flakes or cayenne pepper
4 cups cooked basmati rice
2 cups flaked boneless, skinless smoked fish
1 cup sour cream or lite sour cream
3 Tbsp lemon juice
Salt and ground black pepper, to taste
¼ cup parsley leaves, finely chopped
Lemon wedges, to serve (optional)
2 Tbsp butter
1 large onion, diced
2 Tbsp curry powder
A pinch of chilli flakes or cayenne pepper
4 cups cooked basmati rice
2 cups flaked boneless, skinless smoked fish
1 cup sour cream or lite sour cream
3 Tbsp lemon juice
Salt and ground black pepper, to taste
¼ cup parsley leaves, finely chopped
Lemon wedges, to serve (optional)
Place eggs in a pot,
cover with water, bring to a boil and simmer for 8 minutes. Cool under cold
water before removing shells and cutting boiled eggs into wedges. While eggs
cook, heat butter in a large, heavy-based frying pan and fry onion over medium
heat until softened and starting to brown (about 8 minutes). Add curry powder
and cayenne and cook for about another 30 seconds. Stir in cooked rice, smoked
fish, sour cream and lemon juice, season with salt and pepper and cook over
high heat for about 3 minutes until warmed through. Transfer to a serving dish,
top with wedges of egg and sprinkle with parsley. Serve with lemon wedges, if
using, to squeeze over the top.
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Annabel
says: Created in the melting pot of the British Raj, this
delicately spiced rice with hard-boiled eggs and smoky fish is a weekend brunch
classic. It's also a great way to use up leftover cooked rice.
Tomato Wiggle
Photo
/ Annabel Langbein Media
Ready
in 30 mins
Serves 3-4
Serves 3-4
2 Tbsp olive oil
2 onions, finely diced
2 large red peppers, finely diced
6 tomatoes, cut into 1cm dice
A pinch of chilli flakes or cayenne pepper
Salt and ground black pepper, to taste
6 eggs, lightly whisked
2 Tbsp parsley leaves, chopped
To serve (optional)
Crispy bacon rashers
Toast
2 onions, finely diced
2 large red peppers, finely diced
6 tomatoes, cut into 1cm dice
A pinch of chilli flakes or cayenne pepper
Salt and ground black pepper, to taste
6 eggs, lightly whisked
2 Tbsp parsley leaves, chopped
To serve (optional)
Crispy bacon rashers
Toast
Heat oil in a large
frying pan and cook onions, peppers, tomatoes and chilli over a medium heat,
stirring occasionally, until onions are softened and the liquid from the
tomatoes has almost all evaporated (about 20 minutes). Season to taste with
salt and pepper. Add eggs to pan while stirring so they cook like a scramble
through the tomato mixture. Sprinkle with parsley and extra pepper and serve
hot with bacon and toast, if desired.
Annabel
says: This breakfast dish was one of my mother's specialties that
Dad always loved. How it got this name is a piece of family history I will
never know, but essentially it's just a tender scramble of egg through tasty,
homemade tomato sauce.
Bubble and
Squeak
Photo
/ Annabel Langbein Media
Ready
in 30 mins
Serves 4-6
Serves 4-6
3 cups cooked mashed
potato
1 cup cooked shredded cabbage or brussels sprouts
Salt and ground black pepper, to taste
¼ cup water
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp butter
To serve (optional)
Fried eggs
Crispy bacon rashers
Toast
1 cup cooked shredded cabbage or brussels sprouts
Salt and ground black pepper, to taste
¼ cup water
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp butter
To serve (optional)
Fried eggs
Crispy bacon rashers
Toast
Mix mashed potato with
cabbage or brussels sprouts, salt, pepper and water. Heat oil and
butter in a heavy-based frying pan, add potato mixture and cook over medium heat without turning until well crusted and golden (about 10 minutes). Turn in large sections and cook the other side (another 10 minutes). Serve with eggs, bacon and toast, if using.
butter in a heavy-based frying pan, add potato mixture and cook over medium heat without turning until well crusted and golden (about 10 minutes). Turn in large sections and cook the other side (another 10 minutes). Serve with eggs, bacon and toast, if using.
Annabel
says: Leftover potato fried with cooked cabbage or brussels
sprouts is the ultimate breakfast. Mixing the potato with water makes a wetter
mixture, which, as it cooks, produces steam that creates a thick, golden crust.
Don't be tempted to flip it until the crust is well formed - it takes a good 10
minutes over medium heat on each side.
For more great
breakfast recipes see Annabel's new guide to affordable eating, Cheap Thrills (Annabel Langbein Media, $24.95), on sale now at
Paper Plus, The Warehouse and all good bookstores. Find out more at
annabel-langbein.com or follow Annabel on Facebook or Instagram
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One of the best things about doing an annual Christmas show is
learning new recipes for food and cocktails from a selection of brilliant
professionals. High on my list of favourites is Angela Malik, who is such a
kind and encouraging teacher. I hope my passion for all things Indian comes
through loud and clear in the book, but learning this recipe from Angela really
changed my cooking because there is nothing you cannot cook in her masala
sauce. Ben brings all sorts of stuff home – rabbit, pheasant, mutton and
various kinds of fish – and all have been chucked in the masala and come out
the better for it. Biryani is an all-in-one rice dish containing
meat and veg. Angela’s version, with lamb koftas, dried fruit and masala sauce, is superb. I
particularly like the crusty bits of rice at the bottom of the pan.
SERVES 8
FOR LAYERING
THE BIRYANI
3 oranges, zest of 2 and juice of all 3
100g
pitted prunes
100g
dried apricots
1 tbsp sunflower oil, for frying
2 onions, peeled and sliced
50g butter
FOR THE RICE
450g basmati rice
3 litres water
2 tsp salt
2 black or green cardamom pods
2 x 5cm cinnamon sticks
4 cloves
2 bay leaves
bunch of fresh coriander, stalks chopped and leaves roughly
chopped
FOR THE MASALA SAUCE
3 tbsp sunflower oil
2 medium onions, peeled and finely chopped or whizzed in a blender
2 tbsp ginger paste
1 tbsp garlic paste
1 cinnamon stick
1 bay leaf
1 black or green cardamom pod
200g chopped tomatoes (tinned or fresh)
100ml water
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp garam masala
½ tsp ground turmeric
¼ tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp salt
3 tbsp plain yoghurt
FOR THE KOFTAS
500g leg of lamb meat, minced, or use 500g lamb mince
1 onion, peeled and grated
1 large egg, beaten
2 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp garlic paste
2 tsp garam masala
½ fresh green chilli, chopped
2 tsp chopped coriander leaves
salt, to taste
1 tbsp sunflower oil
● Start by
soaking the fruit for layering the biryani and preparing the rice. Put half the
orange zest into a bowl, then add all the orange juice and the dried fruit. Set
aside. Wash the rice in a sieve, tip into a large bowl and cover with cold
water. Set aside.
● Now prepare the masala sauce. Heat the oil in a heavy-based
saucepan. Add the onions and fry over a moderate heat, stirring occasionally,
until golden brown. This will take at least 10 minutes. Add the ginger, garlic
and whole spices. Fry for about a minute, until you feel the ginger paste
starting to stick to the pan. Add the tomatoes and water. Cover and cook on a
medium heat, mashing the mixture down every now and then, until it becomes a
pulp, about 10 minutes. Add the ground spices, the salt and yoghurt and stir
thoroughly.
● To make
the koftas, put the lamb in a bowl and add the onion,
egg, ginger, garlic, spices, coriander and salt. Mix well. Shape the mince
mixture into balls about 3cm-5cm in diameter. Heat the oil in a large frying
pan. When hot, fry the koftas, in batches, on all sides for 2-3 minutes. Set
aside on a plate.
● While
the koftas are cooking, fry the ‘layering’ onion in the
oil in a saucepan until golden, at least 10 minutes. Stir frequently, then set
aside once done.
● Drain the rice. Boil the 3 litres of water in a large saucepan
with the salt. Add the spices, bay leaves and some of the chopped coriander
leaves to the pan. Once it reaches a rolling boil, add the rice. Bring back to
the boil and cook for about 4 minutes: it should still be hard in the middle.
Drain the rice and remove the cinnamon and bay, then add extra salt to taste.
Mix in the orange zest reserved from the layering ingredients. Decant the rice
into a large bowl.
● Preheat
the oven to 170C/fan 150C/gas 3. Drain the fruit, reserving the liquid. Now you
have to layer the biryani. In a large, wide ovenproof casserole pan,
melt the butter. Add half the rice and spread evenly in the bottom of the pan.
Add a layer of half the fried onions, then half the apricots and prunes. Add all the koftas in one layer, then cover with the masala
sauce. Spoon the remaining rice on top and spread it over the koftas. Top with the remaining fruit and finish with
the rest of the fried onions.
● Pour the reserved orange juice all over the layers. Cover the
pan tightly with a lid and cook on a high heat for 5 minutes. Transfer to the
oven for a further 30-40 minutes. After 30 minutes, pinch a few rice grains
between your fingers. If they are tender, take the dish out of the oven. If
overcooked, the rice will turn mushy.
● The biryani can be served straight from the pan or
turned on to a large, flat dish. In both cases, garnish with the remaining
coriander. The crusty layer from the bottom of the pan is a delicacy.
ON THE SIDE Angela Malik would serve this with
pomegranate raita (seasoned with cumin, chilli, black pepper and fresh
coriander) – such an interesting change from the usual cucumber version. See
the full recipe in the book
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Farmer Josh Sikes holds a soybean plant in his
field near Vinton, La. Sikes has 1,200 acres of soybeans, but not all of it
flooded from Tropical Storm Harvey.
Harvey creates problems for Louisiana farmers
Soybean
fields flooded. Rice sprouting. Pastures too wet to harvest.
Farmers Adam Habetz and Josh
Sikes were getting their first look at their crops on Aug. 30 just after
Tropical Storm Harvey had passed over western Calcasieu Parish.
“I was not expecting this,” Sikes
said as he looked over about 80 acres of flooded soybeans. “I’m going to lose a
lot of beans.”
But a larger area of his soybeans
on higher ground appeared to have been spared from high water.
Rice that should have been
harvested was already sprouting in Sikes’ and Habetz’s fields, not from
flooding but from being continuously wet with constant rainfall.
Near the Texas-Louisiana line,
Habetz has about 115 acres left to harvest after harvesting 125 acres, and
Sikes said he still had 600 acres remaining after harvesting 250 acres.
LSU AgCenter extension rice
specialist Dustin Harrell said sprouted rice can still be
sold and milled, although farmers will get less money for damaged grain.
If the grain is broken, it can be used for pet food.
A phone survey revealed that about
10,000 acres of first-crop rice remains left for harvest in south Louisiana, he
said. The state has almost 400,000 acres of rice this year.
The biggest losses appear to be in
Calcasieu, Cameron, Vermilion and Jefferson Davis parishes.
Ratoon rice big unknown
“The big unknown at the moment is
the ratoon rice in that area,” Harrell said. “Ratoon rice is very important
economically, and it, too, can be lost if the ratoon stubble remains submerged
for several days.”
That’s what farmer Paul Johnson
tried to prevent Wednesday. He was in a boat and used hay bales to plug levee
breaks that were flooding his ratoon crop. “That seems to be holding right now.
I don’t think it’s coming up anymore,” he said of the water level in the field.
Johnson’s farm near Bell City got
17 inches of rain from Thursday to Wednesday, and most of it fell Tuesday. But
he said he’s keeping an eye on two potential threats: a storm brewing in the
Atlantic and an area of disturbed weather in the Bay of Campeche.
The north Louisiana harvest was
shaping up to be a bumper crop before Harvey, Harrell said.
Keith
Collins, LSU AgCenter extension agent in Richland Parish, said it’s
too early to know if the storm hurt north Louisiana rice. He said winds were
about 25 miles an hour, and rain has not been excessive.
“Hopefully in next two to three
days with sunshine predicted, we will dry out enough for folks to get out and
assess damage,” Collins said.
Cotton crop
The cotton crop in north Louisiana
is close to harvest, and about 20 percent of the corn remains to be harvested.
AgCenter cotton and corn specialist Dan
Fromme said he’s not heard of any damage to either crop from
Harvey.
“It’s still a little early to
tell,” he said. “We’ll know more next week.”
No crop flooding from Harvey has
been reported in north Louisiana.
Sikes still was concerned about
what Harvey could do to his 3,000 acres of cotton in Tensas Parish.
“I was ready to defoliate before
this,” Sikes said. “If Harvey will get on out of here, I don’t think we will
see much more of a yield loss than what we were predicting we were already
going to lose from all the previous bad weather cycles recently.”
Habetz checked a field of
second-crop rice that wasn’t completely covered by high water. Muddy conditions
for the first crop harvest resulted in rutted fields that have left large gaps
in the rice.
Pastures too wet to harvest
Habetz also is concerned about hay
for his cattle. Pastures have been too wet to harvest hay throughout the
summer, and field conditions have been too wet to bale rice straw.
“It’s been so wet all summer,” he
said. “Nobody’s got any hay.”
Habetz’s cousin, Fred Habetz, said
his rice just a few miles from the Texas state line had gotten 12 inches of
rain since the downpours started Thursday, Aug. 24.
Not fully matured
Most of Fred Habetz’s fields
hadn’t fully matured, so his rice had not started sprouting. But he was worried
that his fields might flood again from the opening of the dam at Toledo Bend
just like they flooded in spring 2016.
Fred Habetz said he had to replant
his rice this year because ducks ate his seed.
Craig Zaunbrecher, of Welsh, said
he had 300 acres of rice that flooded. He had to replant that field because of
flooding in the spring.
“We’re very concerned about it,”
he said. “Looks like we’re going to lose it twice.”
Problems aren’t limited to rice
and soybeans, however.
Andrew
Granger, LSU AgCenter extension agent in Vermilion Parish, said
westerly winds Wednesday afternoon started blowing sugarcane down as Harvey
moved inland.
“Tall cane and muddy ground are
not a good combination,” Granger said.
Granger said the cane will
continue growing, but it will start curving, and that makes planting whole
stalks of cane difficult. Farmers may have to use cut pieces of stalk, called
billets, for planting.
Lodged cane also can affect
yields, Granger said. “That remains to be seen.”
Herds moved to higher ground
Many cattle owners had moved their
herds to higher ground, but they may wait until after the hurricane threat has
passed to relocate them, Granger said.
Jimmy
Meaux, LSU AgCenter extension agent in Calcasieu Parish, said water
is continuing to rise in some areas, particularly near Creole. Some cattle
herds there are in standing water up to 36 inches deep.
Water in the east side of the
parish is likely to recede before the west side, where more flooding from the
Toledo Bend release is likely, he said.
Kevin
Savoie, LSU AgCenter and Sea Grant extension agent in Cameron
Parish, said floodwater from the north will have to pass through Cameron
Parish, and that will cause high water to remain in the area.
“We’re trying to get back to
normal,” Savoie said. The storm surge only amounted to 1-2 feet of water, and
heavy rains caused most flooding.
“We’ve got a bad mosquito problem
on the way,” he said. Spraying operations for the insects have been stalled
because of stormy weather, giving mosquitoes a head start.
Bradley Pousson, LSU AgCenter
extension agent in Cameron Parish, said cattle owners are worried about feeding
their herds. “We are searching for hay right now,” he said. “It’s scarce, and
some are already asking for some.”
Keith
Hawkins, LSU AgCenter extension agent in Beauregard Parish, said the
water release from Toledo Bend will cause problems for loggers working near the
Sabine River.
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From left, C.J., Jeff and Greg Durand agree that improving soil
health is key to the long-term health of their south-central Louisiana farming
operation.
Rice, crawfish, and healthy soil: Durands' recipe for future
For
the Durand family of St. Martin Parish, La., rice and crawfish are important
ingredients in their special recipe for improving soil health.
Rice and crawfish are staples of
Louisiana cuisine. But for the Durand family of St. Martin Parish, La., rice
and crawfish are also important ingredients in their special recipe for
improving soil health.
While rice and crawfish farming
offer unique soil health management challenges, the Durands are undaunted in
their desire to improve the health of the resource they see as the future of
their family’s farming operation.
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“Soil health gives us the ability
to grow a good crop, to be sustainable for the future,” says Jeff Durand. “We
have to take care of the soil we’re blessed with to grow food for our families,
our neighbors and the world — so it can be productive for generations to come.”
Jeff, along with this brothers,
Greg and C.J., began farming with their father in the early 1970s, raising
exclusively crawfish, but by 1980, the Durands began growing rice as part of
their farming operation. From the beginning, the Durands utilized no-till rice
planting.
To ensure proper water depth and
distribution across the fields, precision land-levelling is a necessary
practice in both rice and crawfish production. Unfortunately, that requires
excavating some higher areas of the fields, which removes soil organic matter
and adversely affects soil health.
The Durands initially began
looking for ways to improve soil health in the excavated areas of their fields,
but the more they learned about restoring soil health in low-yielding areas,
the more they realized those principles could be applied to their
higher-yielding areas, too.
Greater Profitablity
Durand now hopes these soil health
practices will translate into greater farm
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Rice basmati strengthens on rising demand
Basmati rice (Lal
Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, Super Basmati Rice Rs 9,800,
Basmati common new Rs 6,300-6,400, Rice Pusa (1121) Rs 4,950-5,025, Permal raw
Rs 2,150-2,175, Permal wand Rs 2,200-2,225, Sela Rs 2,300-2,400 and Rice IR-8
Rs 1,825-1,850, Bajra Rs 1,170-1,175, Jowar yellow Rs 1,400-1,450, white Rs
2,800-2,900, Maize Rs 1,310-1,320, Barley Rs 1,450-1,460
New Delhi,
Aug 12 Rice basmati prices advanced by up to Rs 200 per quintal at the
wholesale grains market today on increased demand from stockists.
However, barley slipped on reduced offtake by consuming
industries.
Traders said increased demand from stockists against restricted
supplies from producing belts mainly kept rice basmati prices higher.
In the national capital, rice basmati common and Pusa-1121
variety strengthened to Rs 6,300-6,400 and Rs 4,950-5,025 from previous levels
of Rs 6,200-6,300 and Rs 4,800-4,825 per quintal, respectively.
On the other hand, barley fell by Rs 25 to Rs 1,450- 1,460 per
quintal.
Following are today's quotations (in Rs per quintal):
Wheat MP (desi) Rs 2,100-2,350, Wheat dara (for mills) Rs
1,780-1,785, Chakki atta (delivery) Rs 1,785-1,790, Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs
260-300, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 255-290, Roller flour mill Rs 970-980 (50
kg), Maida Rs 1,010-1,020
(50 kg)and Sooji Rs 1,040-1,045 (50 kg).
Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300,
Super Basmati Rice Rs 9,800, Basmati common new Rs 6,300-6,400, Rice Pusa
(1121) Rs 4,950-5,025, Permal raw Rs 2,150-2,175, Permal wand Rs 2,200-2,225,
Sela Rs 2,300-2,400 and Rice IR-8 Rs 1,825-1,850, Bajra Rs 1,170-1,175, Jowar
yellow Rs 1,400-1,450, white Rs 2,800-2,900, Maize Rs 1,310-1,320, Barley Rs
1,450-1,460
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http://menafn.com/1095801627/Rice-tops-Irans-imports Export Summary-South Korea buys corn, Taiwan tenders for corn
Reuters | Apr 25, 2017, 02.51 AM IST
April 24
(Reuters) - Snapshot of the global export markets for grains, oilseeds and
edible oils as reported by government and private sources as of end of business
on Monday:
CORN
PURCHASE: South Korea's Feed Leaders Committee
(FLC) purchased about 65,000 tonnes of corn to be sourced from optional origins
in a deal late last week, European traders said.
FEED WHEAT
PURCHASE: Malaysian interests have in past days purchased an unknown volume of
feed wheat from Moldova in east Europe for May
shipment in containers, European traders said on Monday.
CORN
TENDER: Taiwan's MFIG purchasing group has issued an
international tender to buy 40,000 to 65,000 tonnes of corn which can be
sourced from the United States, Argentina, Brazil or South Africa, European traders said.
The tender closes on April 26, they said. Shipment is sought in July.
DURUM
TENDER: Algeria's state grains agency OAIC has issued an international tender to
purchase a nominal 50,000 tonnes of durum wheat, European traders said. The
tender closes on April 26, they said. Shipment was sought in the first and
second half of June. Volumes in Algeria's tenders are nominal and the country
frequently purchases more than the volumes initially sought.
FEED GRAIN
TENDER: A group of Israeli private buyers has issued international tenders to
purchase up to 100,000 tonnes of corn, 45,000 tonnes of feed wheat and 30,000
tonnes of feed barley all to be sourced from optional origins, European traders
said. The tenders close on April 26, traders said.
PENDING
TENDERS:
WHEAT
TENDER UPDATE: The lowest price offer in a tender from Iraq's state grains board for at least 50,000 tonnes
of hard wheat was from Russia, an origin not permitted under the tender
terms, European traders said. The tender had requested wheat sourced only from
the United States, Canada or Australia, they said. No purchase was
believed to have been made and negotiations continue.
RICE
TENDER: Iran's state grains buyer GTC issued tenders to buy at least 65,000 tonnes
of rice from Thailand and India, signaling a
return to seeking international bids after the easing of sanctions, European
traders said. Traders said Iran had largely purchased rice through lengthy
direct negotiations before the relaxation of Western sanctions, which were
imposed over the nation's nuclear program. The new tenders, with a closing date
of April 18, sought 50,000 tonnes from Thailand and 15,000 tonnes from India
for May shipment.
CORN
TENDER: Turkey's state grain agency TMO has issued an international tender to
purchase and import up to 44,000 tonnes of animal feed corn to be sourced from
the European Union and Moldova. The
tender closes on April 25, with offers having to remain valid until April 26.
WHEAT AND
CORN TENDER UPDATE: A Libyan state grain buying agency again delayed the offer
deadline in an international tender to purchase 100,000 tonnes of milling
wheat, 50,000 tonnes of durum wheat and 75,000 tonnes of yellow corn, this time
until May 9, European traders said. The tenders were originally issued in
February but have been repeatedly postponed. Shipment of the grains was
originally sought in April and May. (Compiled by Karl Plume in Chicago)
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/export-summary-south-korea-buys-corn-taiwan-tenders-for-corn/articleshow/58352010.cms Minister: Nigeria’ll be self-sufficient in rice by end of 2017
Nigeria will be self-sufficient in rice production by the end of
this year, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Chief Audu Ogbeh has said.
Ogbeh, who gave the assurance at the First International Cocoa
Summit, organised by the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment, in
collaboration with Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CAN), in Abuja, noted
that rice production had improved tremendously across the country as a result
of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP).
According to him, the programme has supported farmers through
inputs distribution and loans to boost rice production across the country.
While pointing out that rice is one major staple food consuned by almost every
Nigerian, Ogbeh said the move was in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s
agenda to diversify the economy through the agric sector. He, however, advised
rice farmers to reduce the price of a tonne of paddy rice from N150,000 to
N120,000 to make it affordable for millers and discourage smuggling. ”By the
end of this year, we can tell you that we are self-sufficient in rice,” Ogbeh
declared, expressing regrets on the increasing number of malnourished children
across the country.
He hinted that the Federal Government, through his ministry,
would encourage land clearing, fertiliser application through extension workers
to promote cocoa production. He said:“We are planning a re-launch of cocoa to
draw national attention to its strategic importance, but the big thing is to
help processors at home and increase consumption. Everything is not about
export; nowadays, the export market is choked, forcing prices down while
farmers are losing money.
http://thenationonlineng.net/minister-nigeriall-self-sufficient-rice-end-2017/ Rice
sowing lags behind by 1.5% so far
PTI | Sep 2, 2017, 23:20 IST
New Delhi,
Sep 1 () Sowing of rice, the main kharif crop, is lagging behind by 1.5 per
cent at 366.30 lakh hectare so far this crop year, but the gap is likely to be
covered coming weeks in Tamil Nadu and Assam.
Apart from
rice, area so far sown to pulses, oilseeds, coarse cereals and even jute/mesta
is lower than the year-ago period, according to the Agriculture Ministry's latest data.
Sowing of
kharif (summer) crops begin with the onset of southwest monsoon from June and
the harvesting from October. The sowing operations is almost coming to the
closure.
As per the
data, rice has been sown in 366.30 lakh hectare so far in the 2017-18 kharif
season as against 372.03 lakh hectare in the same period last year.
Similarly,
less area has been covered under pulses at 137.61 lakh hectare as against
143.08 lakh hectare, while that of coarse cereals in 180.60 lakh hectare as
against 183.44 lakh hectare and oilseeds in 166.80 lakh hectare when compared
with 180.81 lakh hectare in the said period.
"The
gap in rice coverage was mainly because of Tamil Nadu and Assam. The sowing window is open till December in
these states. Planting will get a boost with current good rains," a
senior Agriculture Ministry official said.
Among cash
crops, area sown to sugarcane has increased to 49.88 lakh hectare so far this
kharif season from 45.64 lakh hectare in the year-ago period.
Similarly,
cotton acreage has also gone up to 119.88 lakh hectare from 101.72 lakh hectare
in the said period.
However,
sowing area of jute/mesta remained lower at 7.05 lakh hectare so far this
season when compared with 7.56 lakh hectare in the year-ago period.
Total area
sown to all kharif crops was also down at 1,028.14 lakh hectare from 1,034.28
lakh hectare in year-ago period.
The Met Department has projected 'normal'
southwest monsoon rains this year. So far, there is 6 per cent shortfall. LUX
SRK
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/rice-sowing-lags-behind-by-1-5-so-far/articleshow/60342459.cms SEPTEMBER
1, 2017 / 4:06 PM / 6 DAYS AGO
Thailand approves $2.2 billion in help for
rice farmers
FILE
PHOTO: A woman works in a rice field in Khon Kaen, Thailand July
13, 2017. REUTERS/Panu Wongcha-um
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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand’s government on Friday
announced $2.2 billion in loans and handouts to help stabilize prices for rice
farmers, a politically influential group whose heartland is in regions where
opposition to the military junta is strongest.
Thailand’s staple food has long
been a factor in its politics.
The announcement by the commerce ministry came a week after
former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra fled into
exile ahead of a court verdict in a criminal negligence case over a rice subsidy
scheme that cost billions of dollars.
The
ministry said it would provide $1.57 billion in handouts to farmers and $633
million in loans that will cover 3.7 million households. The program will span
the seasonal harvest from the start of November this year to the end of
February 2018.
“This is to help take 2 million tonnes of rice from the
market,” Nuntawan Sakuntanaga, head of the
commerce ministry’s department of internal trade, told reporters.
The
government introduced similar short-term loans and cash handouts for rice
farmers last year that cost the state $2.3 billion to cover 4 million
households during the same period.
“This subsidy program is essentially similar to past rice subsidies introduced by
previous governments,” said Somporn Isvilanonda, a senior
fellow at the Knowledge Network Institute of Thailand who is critical
of subsidies.
“The
bottom line is these cash handouts create more debt for farmers,” Somporn said.
After
hitting a four-year high earlier this year, the price of benchmark Thai
5-percent broken white rice has tumbled by nearly 20 percent over the last two
months to $372.50 per tonne, its lowest since April.
Thailand’s main rice-growing areas
are the northeastern and central regions, which have traditionally been
strongholds of support for the populist Shinawatra movement of Yingluck and her
brother Thaksin, who was overthrown in a
2006 coup.
Reporting by Aukkarapon Niyomyat, Panarat Thepgumpanat and Panu
Wongcha-um; Writing by Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Panu Wongcha-um; Editing by
Matthew Tostevin and Dale Hudson
SEPTEMBER 5,
2017 / 10:57 AM / UPDATED 5 MINUTES AGO
Hurricane Irma leaves 11 dead as it tears through Caribbean
·
·
SAN
JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Hurricane Irma plowed past the Dominican Republic
on Thursday after devastating a string of Caribbean islands and killing at
least 11 people as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century took
aim at Florida.
With
winds of around 180 mph (290 kph), the storm lashed several small islands in
the northeast Caribbean, including Barbuda, St. Martin and the British Virgin
Islands, tearing down trees, flattening homes and causing widespread damage.
The
eye of the hurricane passed north of Puerto Rico early Thursday, battering the
U.S. territory with high winds and heavy rains and leaving nearly 70 percent of
the population without electricity, Governor Ricardo Rossello said.
The
eye of Irma was moving west-northwest off the northern coast of the Dominican
Republic on Thursday morning, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
Irma’s
precise course remained uncertain but it was likely to be downgraded to a
Category 4 storm by the time it makes landfall in Florida, according to the
NHC.
Irma
has become a little less organized over the past few hours but the threat of a
direct hurricane impact in Florida over the weekend and early next week was
increasing, the NHC said.
Authorities
in the Dominican Republic ordered the evacuation of towns along the northern
Atlantic coast, as the storm ground toward the port and tourist destination of
Puerto Plata.
“There
is a lot of wind and rain,” Puerto Plata Assistant District Attorney Juan
Carlos Castro Hernandez told Reuters by telephone. “We expect things to get
worse.”
At
least 8 people were killed in the tiny French-Dutch island of Saint Martin,
with 23 others injured, and the toll was likely to rise as emergency services
reached isolated communities, officials said.
“ENORMOUS
DISASTER”
“It
is an enormous disaster. Ninety-five percent of the island is destroyed. I am
in shock,” Daniel Gibbs, chairman of a local council on Saint Martin, told
Radio Caribbean International.
Television
footage from the island showed a damaged marina with boats tossed into piles,
submerged streets and flooded homes. French President Emmanuel Macron spoke
with British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday to coordinate an emergency
humanitarian response
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Government to evaluate implementation of rice ceiling price
5th September 2017 | 1.553 Views
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The government will evaluate the
implementation of the ceiling price of rice in modern and traditional markets,
with the commoditys average price currently at Rp10,610 per kilogram (kg) for
medium-quality rice.
Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita stated here on Tuesday that rice traders claimed they still had earlier rice stocks bought at a higher price due to which they will need a transition period before they can adhere to the ceiling price for medium- and premium-quality rice.
"The regulation (of the rice ceiling price) came into effect on Sept 1, and there are previous stocks. Next week, we will evaluate to review its implementation. We can warn (the traders)," Enggartiasto noted.
Ministerial Regulation No. 57 of 2017 on the rice ceiling price will be effective not only for modern markets but also for traditional markets.
"We have summoned the Indonesia Retailers Association, as they could sell their previous stocks, but the price must be lowered. In traditional markets, they still have a transition period, as they have to first sort out the rice types," the minister added.
The government has set the rice ceiling price for medium and premium quality in a bid to maintain the peoples purchasing power and control the inflation rate.
The ceiling price for medium-quality rice in the regions of Java, Lampung, South Sumatra, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, and Sulawesi was set at Rp9,450 per kg while for premium quality at Rp12,800 per kg.
For Sumatra region except Lampung and South Sumatra, East Nusa Tenggara, and Kalimantan, the ceiling price for medium-quality rice was set at Rp9,950 per kg and Rp13,300 per kg for premium quality.
For Maluku, including North Maluku and Papua, the ceiling price of medium-quality rice was set at Rp10,250 per kg and Rp13,600 per kg for premium quality.
The government has categorized the commodity into three types based on Agriculture Ministers Decree No. 31 of 2017 on rice quality.
The first type is medium-quality rice, with minimum 95 percent of milling degree, maximum 14 percent of moisture content, and maximum quantity of broken rice at 25 percent.
Medium-quality rice can be sold in bulk or packages, with labels detailing the quality and its ceiling price.
The second type is premium-quality rice, with 95 percent of milling degree, maximum moisture content of 14 percent, and maximum quantity of broken rice at 15 percent.
This type of rice must be sold in packages, with labels detailing the quality and its ceiling price.
Another rice category was special rice including Thai Hom Mali, Japonica, Basmati, sticky rice, organic rice, and rice, with a geographical indication certificate.
The commoditys average price has also recorded an increase since the implementation of the ceiling price in early September.
According to the ministrys Basic Necessities Monitoring System, the national average price for medium-quality rice as of Tuesday was Rp10,610 per kg, a slight increase from Rp10,596 per kg on Monday.(*)
Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita stated here on Tuesday that rice traders claimed they still had earlier rice stocks bought at a higher price due to which they will need a transition period before they can adhere to the ceiling price for medium- and premium-quality rice.
"The regulation (of the rice ceiling price) came into effect on Sept 1, and there are previous stocks. Next week, we will evaluate to review its implementation. We can warn (the traders)," Enggartiasto noted.
Ministerial Regulation No. 57 of 2017 on the rice ceiling price will be effective not only for modern markets but also for traditional markets.
"We have summoned the Indonesia Retailers Association, as they could sell their previous stocks, but the price must be lowered. In traditional markets, they still have a transition period, as they have to first sort out the rice types," the minister added.
The government has set the rice ceiling price for medium and premium quality in a bid to maintain the peoples purchasing power and control the inflation rate.
The ceiling price for medium-quality rice in the regions of Java, Lampung, South Sumatra, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, and Sulawesi was set at Rp9,450 per kg while for premium quality at Rp12,800 per kg.
For Sumatra region except Lampung and South Sumatra, East Nusa Tenggara, and Kalimantan, the ceiling price for medium-quality rice was set at Rp9,950 per kg and Rp13,300 per kg for premium quality.
For Maluku, including North Maluku and Papua, the ceiling price of medium-quality rice was set at Rp10,250 per kg and Rp13,600 per kg for premium quality.
The government has categorized the commodity into three types based on Agriculture Ministers Decree No. 31 of 2017 on rice quality.
The first type is medium-quality rice, with minimum 95 percent of milling degree, maximum 14 percent of moisture content, and maximum quantity of broken rice at 25 percent.
Medium-quality rice can be sold in bulk or packages, with labels detailing the quality and its ceiling price.
The second type is premium-quality rice, with 95 percent of milling degree, maximum moisture content of 14 percent, and maximum quantity of broken rice at 15 percent.
This type of rice must be sold in packages, with labels detailing the quality and its ceiling price.
Another rice category was special rice including Thai Hom Mali, Japonica, Basmati, sticky rice, organic rice, and rice, with a geographical indication certificate.
The commoditys average price has also recorded an increase since the implementation of the ceiling price in early September.
According to the ministrys Basic Necessities Monitoring System, the national average price for medium-quality rice as of Tuesday was Rp10,610 per kg, a slight increase from Rp10,596 per kg on Monday.(*)
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http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/112518/government-to-evaluate-implementation-of-rice-ceiling-price Thailand rice
consumption, exports increase with government sales
04.09.2017
With the
restart of government rice stock sales in Thailand, utilization of the crop in
swine and poultry feed rations is expected to increase along with exports,
according to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural
Service (FAS).
Exports in 2016-17 are expected to reach 11 million tonnes, and almost all of the government stocks are likely to be depleted. The government restarted sales in August following a two-month suspension.
Strong demand from Middle Eastern and African countries pushed exports to 6.4 million tonnes from January through July. Parboiled rice exports increased to 1.5 million tonnes, up 40% from a year ago.
“Exports of white rice also increased 10% to 15% from the same period last year driven by the sale of government stocks, which makes Thai rice price more competitive than Vietnamese rice,” the FAS said.
As the government continues the sale of feed/industrial quality and deteriorated rice stocks, consumption for 2016-17 was revised up to 12 million tonnes. That’s a 32% increase from 2015-16 due to the utilization of rice from government stocks for the production of energy, fertilizer, and poultry and swine feed.
The government has sold approximately 3.7 million tonnes of feed/industrial quality rice, and 500,000 tonnes of deteriorated rice since January 2017. Feed-quality rice stocks are being used for swine and poultry feed as a substitution for broken rice and corn. Prices of feed-quality rice stocks are 25% below the current market prices for broken rice, and 15% below the market prices for corn, the FAS said.
With the expected depletion of the government’s rice stocks this year, rice consumption for 2017-18 is expected to drop 4% to 11.5 million tonnes.
The FAS also noted that flooding in July and August has had minimal impact on 2017-18 rice and corn production. About 90% of the flooding during the monsoon depressions occurred in main-crop rice growing area, accounting for 2% to 3% of total rice production.
However, it involved mainly the 2017-18 rice that was in the vegetative stage and can be replanted. Off-season rice for 2016-17 was not hit by flooding.
The rice production forecast for 2017-18 remains unchanged at 20.4 million tonnes, the FAS said.
“This is approximately a 6% increase from MY2016-17 due to favorable weather conditions and sufficient irrigation supplies,” the FAS said in the report
Exports in 2016-17 are expected to reach 11 million tonnes, and almost all of the government stocks are likely to be depleted. The government restarted sales in August following a two-month suspension.
Strong demand from Middle Eastern and African countries pushed exports to 6.4 million tonnes from January through July. Parboiled rice exports increased to 1.5 million tonnes, up 40% from a year ago.
“Exports of white rice also increased 10% to 15% from the same period last year driven by the sale of government stocks, which makes Thai rice price more competitive than Vietnamese rice,” the FAS said.
As the government continues the sale of feed/industrial quality and deteriorated rice stocks, consumption for 2016-17 was revised up to 12 million tonnes. That’s a 32% increase from 2015-16 due to the utilization of rice from government stocks for the production of energy, fertilizer, and poultry and swine feed.
The government has sold approximately 3.7 million tonnes of feed/industrial quality rice, and 500,000 tonnes of deteriorated rice since January 2017. Feed-quality rice stocks are being used for swine and poultry feed as a substitution for broken rice and corn. Prices of feed-quality rice stocks are 25% below the current market prices for broken rice, and 15% below the market prices for corn, the FAS said.
With the expected depletion of the government’s rice stocks this year, rice consumption for 2017-18 is expected to drop 4% to 11.5 million tonnes.
The FAS also noted that flooding in July and August has had minimal impact on 2017-18 rice and corn production. About 90% of the flooding during the monsoon depressions occurred in main-crop rice growing area, accounting for 2% to 3% of total rice production.
However, it involved mainly the 2017-18 rice that was in the vegetative stage and can be replanted. Off-season rice for 2016-17 was not hit by flooding.
The rice production forecast for 2017-18 remains unchanged at 20.4 million tonnes, the FAS said.
“This is approximately a 6% increase from MY2016-17 due to favorable weather conditions and sufficient irrigation supplies,” the FAS said in the report
http://www.blackseagrain.net/novosti/thailand-rice-consumption-exports-increase-with-government-sales
Rice
basmati strengthens on rising demand
PTI | Sep 2, 2017, 23:17 IST
New Delhi,
Sep 1 () Rice basmati prices strengthened by Rs 100 per quintal at the
wholesale grains market today on rising demand.
However,
other grains moved in a narrow range in scattered deals and pegged at last
levels.
Traders
besides rising demand from stockists and retailers against restricted supplies
from producing regions mainly kept rice basmati prices higher.
In the
national capital, rice basmati Pusa-1121variety edged higher by Rs 100 to Rs
5,200-5,300 per quintal. Non-basmati rice permal raw, wand and IR-8 also
settled higher at Rs 2,200-2,225, Rs 2,250-2,275 and Rs 1,850-1,875 from
previous levels of Rs 2,150-2,175, Rs 2,200-2,225 and Rs 1,825-1,850 per
quintal respectively.-
Following
are today's quotations (in Rs per quintal):
Wheat MP
(desi) Rs 2,100-2,350, Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,755-1,760, Chakki atta
(delivery) Rs 1,760-1,765, Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 260-300, Shakti Bhog (10
kg) Rs 255-290, Roller flour mill Rs 950-960 (50 kg), Maida Rs 990-1,000 (50 kg)and Sooji Rs 1,030-1,040 (50 kg).
Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, Super Basmati Rice
Rs 9,800, Basmati common new Rs 6,400-6,600, Rice Pusa (1121)
Rs 5,200-5,300, Permal raw Rs 2,200-2,225, Permal wand Rs 2,250-2,275, Sela Rs
2,300-2,400 and Rice IR-8 Rs 1,850-1,875, Bajra Rs 1,205-1,210, Jowar yellow Rs
1,425-1,475, white Rs 2,800-2,900, Maize Rs 1,320-1,325, Barley Rs 1,460-1,470.
SUN KPS ADI MKJ
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/rice-basmati-strengthens-on-rising-demand/articleshow/60342385.cms BUSINESS
Rice mills seek
removal of GST on branded rice
COIMBATORE,SEPTEMBER 02, 2017
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too should be free of tax, demand industry bodies
Implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has not gone
well for many rice millers, especially those who produce branded rice in the
southern States.
Gummadi Venkateswara Rao, chairman of All India Rice Millers’
Federation, said that earlier, some States had nil tax on rice while some had
5% tax. Under GST, there is no tax on rice and hence, prices have come down in
many places.
However, branded rice, which is just 2% to 3 % of the market,
attracts a 5% rate. “We have sought bringing branded rice also under 0% GST.”
Similarly, rice bran sold for solvent purposes attracts 5% GST
while there is no tax on bran meant for cattle or poultry feed. More than half
the volume goes to the feed industry. GST on bran should be removed, he said.
K.S. Jagadeesan, former president of the Tamil Nadu Federation
of Rice Mill Owners and Paddy, Rice Dealers’ Association, said southern States
are major rice consumers.
Awareness on rice brands had been high in Tamil Nadu and there
are more than 100 brands in the State, he said. “It is the Government that
supported and encouraged millers in Kangeyam to modernise mills and develop
brands. We did that and now branded rice attracts 5%. This increases the cost
of rice,” according to Mr. Jagadeesan.
D. Thulasingham, president of the Tamil Nadu federation, added
that after implementation of GST, many millers in the State do not use the
brand. The federation representatives met State Government officials recently
and said the State should appeal to the Centre to remove the GST on branded
rice. “The council should at least remove the GST on all non-basmati rice,” he
said. Similarly, a rice mill owner supplies bran to a trader and would not know
what the bran would be used for. Hence, GST on bran should be removed. Though
job work attracts 18%, it would not be applicable for the rice sector. The
Government should give a clear notification on this, he said
http://www.thehindu.com/business/rice-mills-seek-removal-of-gst-on-branded-rice/article19611298.ece Rice
sowing lags behind by 1.5% so far
PTI | Sep 2, 2017, 23:20 IST
New Delhi,
Sep 1 () Sowing of rice, the main kharif crop, is lagging behind by 1.5 per
cent at 366.30 lakh hectare so far this crop year, but the gap is likely to be
covered coming weeks in Tamil Nadu and Assam.
Apart from
rice, area so far sown to pulses, oilseeds, coarse cereals and even jute/mesta
is lower than the year-ago period, according to the Agriculture Ministry's latest data.
Sowing of
kharif (summer) crops begin with the onset of southwest monsoon from June and
the harvesting from October. The sowing operations is almost coming to the
closure.
As per the
data, rice has been sown in 366.30 lakh hectare so far in the 2017-18 kharif
season as against 372.03 lakh hectare in the same period last year.
Similarly,
less area has been covered under pulses at 137.61 lakh hectare as against
143.08 lakh hectare, while that of coarse cereals in 180.60 lakh hectare as
against 183.44 lakh hectare and oilseeds in 166.80 lakh hectare when compared
with 180.81 lakh hectare in the said period.
"The
gap in rice coverage was mainly because of Tamil Nadu and Assam. The sowing window is open till December in
these states. Planting will get a boost with current good rains," a
senior Agriculture Ministry official said.
Among cash
crops, area sown to sugarcane has increased to 49.88 lakh hectare so far this
kharif season from 45.64 lakh hectare in the year-ago period.
Similarly,
cotton acreage has also gone up to 119.88 lakh hectare from 101.72 lakh hectare
in the said period.
However,
sowing area of jute/mesta remained lower at 7.05 lakh hectare so far this
season when compared with 7.56 lakh hectare in the year-ago period.
Total area
sown to all kharif crops was also down at 1,028.14 lakh hectare from 1,034.28
lakh hectare in year-ago period.
The Met Department has projected 'normal'
southwest monsoon rains this year. So far, there is 6 per cent shortfall. LUX
SRK
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/rice-sowing-lags-behind-by-1-5-so-far/articleshow/60342459.cms Indonesia caps rice prices in bid to keep food costs
stable
Published 4:06 AM ET Tue, 5 Sept
2017Reuters
JAKARTA, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Indonesia's trade ministry has capped
retail prices for most types of rice, looking to "maintain stability"
in the cost of the commodity which lies at the heart of cuisine in the
Southeast Asian nation.
Although prices for the grain have been relatively steady this
year, the step comes as authorities intensify measures to ensure food prices
remain in check as they are politically-sensitive due to their impact on the
poor.
Rice prices also carry a heavy weighting in calculating the
country's consumer price index.
The decree, issued last week with immediate effect, puts ceiling
prices at between 9,450 rupiah to 10,250 rupiah ($0.71-$0.77) per kilogram (kg)
for 25-percent broken rice, or what authorities call "medium rice,"
depending on where the grain is sold in the archipelago.
Those ceiling prices were below national average of medium rice
prices in 2017, which have so far fluctuated between 10,540 rupiah to 10,756
rupiah a kg, according to trade ministry data.
The government also set the maximum prices for 15-percent broken
rice, or "premium rice" at 12,800 rupiah to 13,600 rupiah per kg.
Other types of rice the government considers "special"
are exempt from the new rules.
The move comes in the wake of a crackdown on some Indonesian
rice companies. Last month, police detained the chief executive of rice company
PT Indo Beras Unggul, a unit of food company PT Tiga Pilar Sejahtera Food, over
allegations of false product labeling.
Indonesia's annual inflation rate has been manageable so far in
2017, the central bank has previously said. In August, the rate was 3.82
percent, comfortably inside Bank Indonesia's 3-5 percent target range for 2017,
the statistics bureau reported on Monday.
($1 = 13,339.0000 rupiah) (Reporting by Bernadette Christina
Munthe; Writing by Gayatri Suroyo; Editing by Joseph Radford)
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/05/reuters-america-indonesia-caps-rice-prices-in-bid-to-keep-food-costs-stable.html SEPTEMBER
5, 2017 / 1:21 PM / 2 DAYS AGO
Nagpur Soybean, Soyoil, Soymeal Open- September 5, 2017
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Nagpur, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Coconut KP oil prices today zoomed up in Vidarbha region of Western
Maharashtra on increased offtake by vanaspati millers amid a firming trend in producing region.
Buying activity in this edible oil picked up because of festival season. Trading activity in
major edible and non-edible oil reported weak as no trader was in mood for any commitment,
adopting wait and watch move, according to sources.
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VIDARBHA MARKETS
OILS
* Cottonseed, Groundnut loose, Groundnut refined, Sunflower refined, Linseed, Rapeseed,
Castor and Coconut KP oil ruled steady here in thin trading activity.
* Traders expect nearly steady trend in major edible and non-edible oils here.
SOYMEAL
* Soymeal prices today ruled steady here on subdued demand from South-based traders
amid ample stock in ready position.
NAGPUR
Tuesday’s open Previous close
Soyoil refined crushing plant delivery 709 709
Soyoil solvent crushing plant delivery 669 669
Cottonseed refined 715 715
Cottonseed solvent 695 695
Groundnut oil (loose) 1,050 1,050
Groundnut oil refined (15 Litre) 1,650 1,650
Sunflower oil refined 750 750
Linseed oil 770 770
Rapeseed oil (for 15 kg) 1,180 1,180
Castor oil (for 15 kg) 1,600 1,600
Coconut KP oil (for 15 kg) 2,600 2,550
AMRAVATI
Soyoil refined 703 703
Soyoil Solvent 662 662
Cottonseed refined 715 715
Cottonseed solvent 695 695
AKOLA
Soyoil refined 702 702
Soyoil Solvent 661 661
Cottonseed refined oil 715 715
Cottonseed solvent 695 695
DHULIA
Soyoil refined 715 715
AURANGABAD
Soyoil refined
716 716
JALNA
Soyoil refined
716 716
NANDED
Soyoil refined 715 715
Soyoil refined prices at other places in Maharashtra : Adilabad – 717,
Baramati – 717, Latur - 716, Parbhani – 718, Koosnoor – 716, Solapur – 715,
Sangli – 717.
Nagpur soymeal prices in rupees per tonne
Tuesday’s open Previous Close
Soymeal (Nagpur) 27,000-27,500 27,000-27,500
Soymeal prices at other places in Maharashtra : Adilabad – 27,700
Akola – 27,400, Washim – 27,300, Dhulia – 27,000, Hingoli – 28,500,
Jalna – 27,500, Nandurbar – 28,100, Khamgaon – 27,300, Latur – 28,500,
Nanded – 28,700, Parbhani – 27,900, Solapur – 28,500, Supa – n.a.,
Dharwad – 28,800, Sangli – 28,600
WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 33.2 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 24.1 degree Celsius
Rainfall : Nil
https://in.reuters.com/article/nagpur-soya/nagpur-soybean-soyoil-soymeal-open-september-5-2017-idINL4N1LM31W
SEPTEMBER 6,
2017 / 12:59 PM / A DAY AGO
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- Septmember 06, 2017
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Nagpur, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Gram and tuar prices reported down in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and
Marketing Committee (APMC) here on poor demand from local millers amid good supply from
producing regions. Easy condition in other foodgrain mandis in the regions and fresh fall in
Madhya Pradesh pulses also affected prices here.
About 700 of gram and 300 bags of tuar were available for auctions, according to sources.
FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Gram varieties moved down in open market on poor buying support from local traders.
TUAR
* Tuar varieties declined in open market in absence of buyers amid good supply from
producing regions.
* Moong varieties reported weak in open market on lack of demand from local traders
amid release of stock from stockists.
* In Akola, Tuar New – 4,300-4,500, Tuar dal (clean) – 6,300-6,500, Udid Mogar (clean)
– 8,200-8,800, Moong Mogar (clean) 6,600-7,100, Gram – 5,500-5,800, Gram Super best
– 8,600-9,000
* Wheat, rice and moved in a narrow range in scattered deals and settled at last
levels in thin trading activity.
Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg
FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close
Gram Auction 4,800-5,940 5,000-5,950
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction 3,600-4,275 3,700-4,400
Moong Auction n.a. 3,900-4,200
Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800
Wheat Mill quality Auction 1,600-1,650 1,600-1,670
Gram Super Best Bold 8,500-9,200 8,800-9,500
Gram Super Best n.a. n.a.
Gram Medium Best 7,600-8,000 7,800-8,200
Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a
Gram Mill Quality 5,900-6,000 6,000-6,100
Desi gram Raw 5,800-6,000 5,900-6,050
Gram Kabuli 12,500-13,500 12,500-13,500
Tuar Fataka Best-New 6,700-7,000 6,800-7,200
Tuar Fataka Medium-New 6,400-6,600 6,400-6,700
Tuar Dal Best Phod-New 6,200-6,400 6,300-6,500
Tuar Dal Medium phod-New 5,700-6,000 5,800-6,200
Tuar Gavarani New 4,400-4,600 4,600-4,800
Tuar Karnataka 4,800-5,000 4,950-5,150
Masoor dal best 5,200-5,400 5,200-5,400
Masoor dal medium 4,600-4,900 4,600-4,900
Masoor n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold (New) 7,200-7,500 7,300-7,700
Moong Mogar Medium 6,700-7,000 6,700-7,200
Moong dal Chilka 5,500-6,200 5,600-6,400
Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 7,000-8,000 7,000-8,000
Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 8,600-9,600 8,600-9,600
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 6,500-7,600 6,500-7,600
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 4,800-5,300 4,800-5,300
Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 5,000-5,500 5,000-5,500
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 3,000-3,200 3,000-3,200
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 2,900-3,000 2,900-3,000
Watana White (100 INR/KG) 3,500-3,700 3,500-3,700
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 3,600-4,800 3,600-4,800
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,000 1,900-2,000
Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 1,850-1,950 1,800-1,900
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,300 2,100-2,300
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,400 2,100-2,400
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,000 1,900-2,000
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,600 3,000-3,600
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,700 2,200-2,700
Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) 3,300-3,500 3,300-3,500
Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) 2,900-3,200 2,900-3,200
Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,900 2,600-2,900
Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) 2,500-2,700 2,500-2,700
Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,400 2,300-2,400
Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) 3,800-4,200 3,800-4,200
Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,500-4,000 3,500-4,000
Rice Shriram best(100 INR/KG) 5,000-5,500 5,000-5,2500
Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG) 4,600-4,900 4,600-4,900
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 10,000-14,000 10,000-14,000
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,100-7,600 5,100-7,600
Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG) 4,800-5,000 4,800-5,000
Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) 4,300-4,500 4,300-4,500
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,200 2,000-2,200
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,800-2,000 1,800-2,000
WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 34.0 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 24.9 degree Celsius
Rainfall : 2.6 mm
FORECAST: Partly cloudy sky with possibility of thundery development. Maximum and minimum
temperature would be around and 34 and 24 degree Celsius respectively.
Note: n.a.--not available
(For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but
included in market prices)
https://in.reuters.com/article/nagpur-foodgrain/nagpur-foodgrain-prices-open-septmember-06-2017-idINL4N1LN2XJ
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11:45 IST
The total sown area for kharif
crop stood at 1,028.14 lakh hectare, as on September
1, 2017, as compared to 1,034.28 lakh hectare at this time last
year, reported data published by the Ministry of Agriculture.
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at 1,028.14 lakh hectare, as on September 1,
2017, as compared to 1,034.28 lakh hectare at this time last year,
reported data published by the Ministry of Agriculture.The report said that rice has been sown in 366.30 lakh ha, pulses in 137.61 lakh ha, coarse cereals in 180.60 lakh ha, sugarcane in 49.88 lakh hectare, and cotton in 119.88 lakh ha. Whereas, sowing of oilseeds stood at 166.80 lakh ha in 2017-18 as against 180.81 lakh ha sown in 2016-17 and sowing of jute and mesta stood at 7.05 lakh ha as compared to 7.56 lakh ha sown in 2016-17.
Kharif crops or monsoon crops are plants that are cultivated and harvested in South Asia during the rainy season, which lasts from April to October depending on the area. The kharif crops include rice, maize, sorghum, pearl millet/bajra, finger millet/ragi (cereals), arhar (pulses), soyabean, groundnut (oilseeds), cotton, etc. The rabi crops include wheat, barley, oats (cereals), chickpea/gram (pulses), linseed, mustard (oilseeds), etc.
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IRICA Sets Deadline for Rice Import
Clearance
1.
Economy
Tuesday,
September 05, 2017
IRICA
Sets Deadline for Rice Import Clearance
The
Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration announced on Monday that rice
importers have until Friday to clear their shipments from customs terminals.
Rice imports are banned in Iran every year from late June to
late November to support local farmers and domestic production, Mehr News
Agency reported.
The ban pertains to grain order registrations during the
abovementioned period, meaning orders placed before the ban may be entitled to
customs clearance past the deadline.
Iranians consume 3.2 million tons of rice a year, of which about
1 million tons are imported.
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lifts import restrictions on US paddy rice
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Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and the U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer
Aug. 17 announced an agreement reached with the government of Colombia to allow for expanded market access for United States exports of paddy rice.
A previous agreement in 2012 between both countries enabled exports of U.S. paddy rice to Colombia, but under strict and costly
requirements related to phytosanitary concerns. The new agreement lifts these
requirements and expands access beyond the single port of Barranquilla, which
was the only port previously open to U.S. exporters.
The new agreement reflects the close trade ties between the U.S. and Colombia, and the high quality and safe rice
produced by the U.S. rice industry. The agreement, combined with preferential
access under the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, will further
accelerate increased U.S. exports
of food and agriculture to Colombia.
Perdue said the announcement “is another great testament of our determination
to expand export opportunities
for America’s farmers and ranchers and to ensure fair trade with our international partners.
This agreement expands opportunities for U.S. rice producers in the important Colombian market. It also underscores the value of
improved relationships to solve problems, based on a solid trade agreement that benefits both parties
and on a commitment to science-based rule-making.”
Lighthizer said, “I welcome this new agreement and the expanded marketaccess and opportunity it will afford to
U.S. exporters of paddy rice. This outcome is a result of
the administration’s efforts to enforce international tradecommitments on behalf of the American
people, and to deepen our bilateral ties with key trading partners,
particularly allies like Colombia.”
Colombia is
the United States’ 12th largest export market for food and agricultural
products, with exports
valued at over $2.4 billion in 2016—a sharp increase over exports prior to completion of the CTPA, when Colombia ranked as the 26th market for U.S. food and agricultural exports in 2011, with an associated value of
$1.12 billion. Exports
of milled rice to Colombia have
increased dramatically since entry into force of the CTPA in 2012, averaging
$79 million per year compared to $3 million in 2011.
Exports
of paddy rice since 2012, when the CTPA
entered into force and the letter exchange provided for market access, have constituted a small
but growing share of total U.S. rice exports to Colombia, reaching $15 million in 2016. Under
the new agreement on paddy rice,
costly and unnecessary fumigation and processing requirements are rescinded,
and access expanded to all ports of entry in Colombia.
Paddy rice,
also known as “rough rice,” is the whole rice grain, along with its hulls. It
is harvested directly from rice fields or paddies and transported or exported to processing facilities. As part of
the processing, the protective hull is removed, leaving only the actual rice
kernel for consumption. By leaving the sturdy hull on, it is possible to store
the kernels for several months without incurring product losses due to spoiling
or infestation.
“USA Rice has worked for years to mitigate Colombia’s import restrictions on U.S. paddy and yesterday’s announcement caps
this effort,” said Dick Ottis, chairman of the USA Rice Merchants’ Association.
“We can now ship paddyrice
to any port in response to market demand
and under commercially viable fumigation requirements.”
Through the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, Colombia went from being the 51st largest export market for U.S. rice in 2011 to the
U.S.’s 11th largest export market in 2012. Exports have remained high each year including
last year where the U.S. exported
over 140,000 metric tons of rice to Colombia, 41 percent of which was rough rice.
Even though Colombia has
been a strong market for
U.S. rice for the past five years, fairly onerous restrictions have hindered
additional exports
of paddyrice. The elimination of these
restrictions is welcome news to the rice industry.
“USA Rice would like to thank Secretary Perdue, Ambassador
Lighthizer and our strong partners at the Foreign Agricultural Service and the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for their persistent work in
ensuring U.S. rice is given the ability to compete freely and fairly in our export markets,” said USA Rice President and CEO
Betsy Ward.
Larry Dreiling can be reached at 785-628-1117 or ldreiling@hpj.com.
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