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Four varieties top national rice
competition
Chea Vannak / Khmer Times Share:
Four varieties of premium
fragrant rice and one variety of fragrant rice have come out on top at a
national rice competition held yesterday and will be representing the kingdom
in this year’s World’s Best Rice Competition later this month in Macau, China.
The chosen premium fragrant rice
varieties were Phka Rumduol, Phka Rumdeng, Somaly and Phka Knhei, while the
fragrant rice was Sen Kra Oub.Twelve premium fragrant rice varieties, eight
brands of fragrant rice and three types of long grain white rice were entered
in the competition, vying for the title of best rice in Cambodia.
The 20-member judge panel was composed of representatives from
the Cambodia Chef Association, the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF), the Cambodia
Agricultural Research and Development Institute and a number of other
international rice experts, who sampled the rice for external appearance and
taste.Millers and agricultural
communities from across the nation sent samples of their grain to the
competition, said CRF vice-president Hun Lak.“The competition is very important
because it has given us the opportunity to choose Cambodia’s best rice,” Mr Lak
said.“Now we have a strong contender for the title of world’s
best rice. If we win, our rice will attain even more international
recognition.”The winners of yesterday’s competition will receive their
certificates in an annual rice forum that will take place in mid-November.
CRF president Sok Puthyvuth
applauded the fact that agricultural communities entered the competition,
saying it represents progress for the rice sector.
“We are proud this year’s contest
has drawn in agricultural communities, which means they also want their rice
and their millers to be recognised nationally and internationally,” Mr
Puthyvuth said.
Cambodian rice variety Phka
Rumduol, often called Phka Malis or Cambodia jasmine rice by millers and
traders, won the international competition from 2012 to 2014, but lost its
crown in 2015 to a rice variety from California.
“I cannot say whether or not
Cambodia will win the international contest this year, but I can tell you that,
as a sector, we have improved in a variety of areas, including production
efficiency, quality of rice and quality of packaging,” Mr Puthyvuth said.
Phou Puy, the president of Green
Rice Miller in Battambang province, said participating in the international
contest alone will enhance the reputation of the Cambodian grain.
“It is an important contest and
can make our brands be known internationally,” Mr Puy said.Mr Puy said
purchases of Cambodian rice will increase following the competition, whether a
Cambodian brand comes out on top or not.“Whether we win or lose, we can expect
more orders from international buyers, as the competition will serve as a
window to showcase our products,” he said.
From January to September 2017,
Cambodia exported 422,000 tonnes of milled rice, a 16 percent increase compared
with the same period a year earlier.
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5088803/four-varieties-top-national-rice-competition/
An 87-year-old
scientist may have just unlocked the secret to growing rice in saltwater
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Scientists in China have developed more than 200 new
strains of high-yield, saltwater-tolerant rice.
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The research team hopes the crops will eventually be grown
in boggy swamps and coastal areas, and feed as many as 200 million people.
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Recent tests were conducted in diluted salt
water that has roughly 10% of the level of salt
naturally found in sea water.
Growing rice in swamps, bogs, and
clay-like or salty coastal waters, which comprise about a third of the
total arable land in China, has typically been impossible because salt
stresses the plants. That makes photosynthesis and respiration a challenge for
the stalks, causing them to stop growing and die. An increasing
amount of land is expected to face this problem as sea levels rise.
If Chinese farmers can start
planting rice in the vast salty swaths of their country, however,
that could dramatically increase the country's food supply.
Early success
Longping's first test
results look promising: A crop of 200 different saltwater-tolerant strains of
rice that his research group grew this year yielded up to 8,030
pounds of rice per acre, according to China’s Xinhua News Agency.
That's more rice than most commercial US growers harvest in their yields (which usually range between
7,200-7,600 pounds per acre.)
Growing rice in saltwater would
also free up stretches of soil that's currently devoted to rice
for other crops. Chinese diets are changing as more affluent
consumers demand more meatand fewer
grains, but space to raise livestock and vegetables is limited, since
so much of China's arable land is reserved for rice.
“That could, of course, have a
huge impact on the overall food security and supply in China,” Ren Wang,
assistant director general for agriculture at the United Nations' Food and
Agriculture Organization, told Business Insider.
Longping's initial
success came just as the 2017 global rice production forecast has taken a downturn. South Korea and Sri
Lanka are suffering from “abnormal dryness,” according to the UN
FAO, while Bangladesh recently
experienced some of the worst flooding to hit South Asia in a decade. India and
Nepal were hit by both floods and droughts this year, so are also
expecting rice prices to tick up.
Feeding 200 million people
But although
Longping's experimental planting, which was conducted at the Qingdao
Saline-Alkali Tolerant Rice Research and Development Center on the Yellow
Sea, showed the rice was able to grow in sea-like water, the
salt concentration was diluted.
“It’s still only maybe 10% the
level of salt in sea water,” Wang said, cautioning that the rice
is still “quite far” from any practical application for farmers.
The Chinese research team behind
the new strain hopes that in three to five years, they’ll be able to
produce enough of the saltwater-powered grain to feed 200 million Chinese
people, and possibly hundreds of millions more around the world. Wang says the
technique could also be adopted in other areas, including Bangladesh, Vietnam
and parts of Africa.
The goal sounds lofty, but
Longping knows a thing or two about how to grow new kinds of rice. The Chinese
researcher won the 2004 World Food Prize for his work on some of the first
high-yield hybrid rice varieties that were developed in the
1970s, which helped shift his country from food deficient
to food secure.
New breeds
Rice has been a staple crop for
more than 7,000 years, and today, more than half of the world’s population relies on the fingernail-sized grain for
sustenance, according to the United Nations. High-yield varieties like those
Longping has developed feed more mouths than traditional techniques, but
are also more energy-intensive and
require more non-organic fertilizer.
With the saltwater
technique, rice growers are hoping to cut back on energy use. One successful
strain, called Green Super Rice, has been shown to grow in salty water and
is already being cultivated with some success in the Philippines. It's more environmentally
friendly than typical high-yield
rice, and it fetches a higher price due to its high-quality, reddish
grains, according to the International
Rice Research Institute.
In addition to increasing
the total volume of rice that can be produced, rice grown in saltwater may
offer health benefits, since there’s more calcium and other micronutrients
in alkaline waters.
But the scientists will have
to make sure that consumers actually want to eat this new rice.
The saltwater-tolerant strains in
China were developed with crosses from wild rice relatives, and Wang says he
hasn't found any detailed report on the rice quality. That makes him
skeptical about how the new breeds taste.
“I personally would imagine
there’s still a long way to go,” he said.
Pakistan will
join global rice seed exporters club by November
Pakistan will join the global rice seed exporters club after
Guard Agricultural Research and Services (Pvt) Limited is expecting to start
exporting hybrid rice seed to Philippines by the end of November. 'We have a
good harvest of rice seed of hybrid varieties, which is now in the processing
phase in Lahore and it is expected that we may be able to export 50-70 metric
tons of seed this year,' said Guard Agricultural Senior Executive Seed
Division, Shah Rukh Malik while talking to Business Recorder at
the Company's 10th sales conference here the other day.
The hybrid varieties developed and tested in collaboration with the Chinese partners and it is aimed that in next five years export of hybrid rice seed should reach to 2000-5000 metric tons, he added. Earlier speaking to the participants of the sales conference, he also disclosed that they have also launched a project to develop hybrid for Basmati rice too. He said that 15 to 20 senior Chinese scientists come to Pakistan every year to work on the Basmati hybrid. He hoped that soon this hybrid will also be available to farmers of the country.
Throwing achievement of his company, he said that they have also started production of maize hybrid locally. He said that his company has a share of 59 percent in the total hybrid rice market of the country. Another Senior Executive Shahjahan Malik said that their company is growing at the rate of average 22 percent. He said year 2015 was a tough year for rice sector but 2016 saw a growth of 27 percent of their domestic sale while in 2017 they have achieved a growth of 22 percent till date.
Shahzad Ali Malik, Chief Executive Officer of Guard Agri said that efforts of his company to promote hybrid rice seed in Pakistan helped farmers in some of the poorest rice growing areas of Sindh and Balochistan to double the per acre yield, incomes and improving living standard.
The hybrid varieties developed and tested in collaboration with the Chinese partners and it is aimed that in next five years export of hybrid rice seed should reach to 2000-5000 metric tons, he added. Earlier speaking to the participants of the sales conference, he also disclosed that they have also launched a project to develop hybrid for Basmati rice too. He said that 15 to 20 senior Chinese scientists come to Pakistan every year to work on the Basmati hybrid. He hoped that soon this hybrid will also be available to farmers of the country.
Throwing achievement of his company, he said that they have also started production of maize hybrid locally. He said that his company has a share of 59 percent in the total hybrid rice market of the country. Another Senior Executive Shahjahan Malik said that their company is growing at the rate of average 22 percent. He said year 2015 was a tough year for rice sector but 2016 saw a growth of 27 percent of their domestic sale while in 2017 they have achieved a growth of 22 percent till date.
Shahzad Ali Malik, Chief Executive Officer of Guard Agri said that efforts of his company to promote hybrid rice seed in Pakistan helped farmers in some of the poorest rice growing areas of Sindh and Balochistan to double the per acre yield, incomes and improving living standard.
https://fp.brecorder.com/2017/11/20171102231598/
LSU AgCenter names new Rice
Station administrators
Dr. Don Groth, right, is the new director of the H. Rouse Caffey
Rice Research Station while Dr. Dustin Harrell is the new assistant director.
Both will continue their research and Extension duties, with Groth working in
plant pathology and Harrell maintaining his agronomy projects.
Groth has worked at the Rice
Research Station for 34 years. He replaces Dr. Steve Linscombe, who retired
Oct. 1.
Groth earned his bachelor’s
degree in botany from Eastern Illinois University, and his master’s and
doctorate from Iowa State University, according to a university news release.
Harrell, the Extension rice
specialist and research agronomist, obtained his bachelor’s degree from Texas
A&M in agriculture science, his master’s degree from Stephen F. Austin
State University in soil fertility, and his doctorate from LSU in soil
fertility and chemistry.
He has worked at the Rice
Research Station since 2006. Previously, he was high school science teacher and
a U.S. Department of Agriculture soil scientist.
Dr. Rogers Leonard, LSU AgCenter
associate vice president for plants, soils and water, said Groth and Harrell
will continue the tradition of excellence at the station.
Leonard said Groth will have
administrative oversight for all fiscal and physical resources at the station.
Harrell will be the station’s research coordinator to support all faculty
research efforts with projects at the station.
Both scientists will maintain
most of their current responsibilities for research and Extension activities
http://www.ricefarming.com/departments/industry-news/lsu-agcenter-names-don-groth-rice-station-dir
EU sets Dec 31 deadline to adhere
to new Basmati import norms
PTI|
Updated: Nov 02, 2017, 03.30 PM IST
Two aromatic Basmati varieties - PB1 and 1401 - are maximum
exported to the EU.
"The European Union has asked
us not to send Basmati rice to them because of some plague or technical points.
We requested them to at least give us time, we have to make the farmer aware
not to use this pesticide. They have given us time till December 31, 2017. But
we have to maintain our quality," Chaudhary said while addressing a
conference organised by Assocham here.
However, experts believe it may
take two crop cycles for India to meet the new import norms.
Two aromatic Basmati varieties -
PB1 and 1401 - are maximum exported to the EU. The shipments of these varieties
with Tricyclazole MRL at 0.03 mg per kg were accepted so far from India.According
to industry experts, Pakistan stands to
gain from the new norms as it does not use Tricyclazole on its crop and is
looking at the opportunity to ship more from January 2018, even as India's
Basmati exports to the bloc worth around Rs 1,700 crore are likely to be hit.
India, the world's top rice exporter, shipped 3.5 lakh tonnes valuing Rs 1,744
crore of Basmati to the EU in 2016-17. The Basmati export to the bloc comprises
10 per cent of the total 40 lakh tonnes undertaken annually, as per the
industry data.
Besides, the minister exuded confidence that India will be among
the top 50 nations in ease of doing business ranking in 2019 on the back of implementation
of GST.
"After the GST is factored in, we will certainly be in the
top 50 when the World Bankreleases its Doing Business report in 2019," Chaudhary
said.
Pakistan will join global rice seed exporters club by November-end:
Malik
Pakistan will join the global rice seed exporters club after Guard
Agricultural Research and Services (Pvt) Limited is expecting to start
exporting hybrid rice seed to Philippines by the end of November. 'We have a
good harvest of rice seed of hybrid varieties, which is now in the processing phase
in Lahore and it is expected that we may be able to export 50-70 metric tons of
seed this year,' said Guard Agricultural Senior Executive Seed Division, Shah
Rukh Malik while talking to Business Recorder at the Company's 10th sales
conference here the other day. The hybrid varieties developed and tested in
collaboration with the Chinese partners and it is aimed that in next five years
export of hybrid rice seed should reach to 2000-5000 metric tons, he added.
Earlier speaking to the participants of the sales conference, he also disclosed
that they have also launched a project to develop hybrid for Basmati rice too.
He said that 15 to 20 senior Chinese scientists come to Pakistan every year to
work on the Basmati hybrid. He hoped that soon this hybrid will also be
available to farmers of the country. Throwing achievement of his company, he
said that they have also started production of maize hybrid locally. He said
that his company has a share of 59 percent in the total hybrid rice market of
the country. Another Senior Executive Shahjahan Malik said that their company
is growing at the rate of average 22 percent. He said year 2015 was a tough
year for rice sector but 2016 saw a growth of 27 percent of their domestic sale
while in 2017 they have achieved a growth of 22 percent till date. Shahzad Ali
Malik, Chief Executive Officer of Guard Agri said that efforts of his company
to promote hybrid rice seed in Pakistan helped farmers in some of the poorest
rice growing areas of Sindh and Balochistan to double the per acre yield,
incomes and improving living standard.
Author Name: https://fp.brecorder.com/2017/11/20171102231598/
Asia Rice-
Thailand aims to boost exports; India rates dip on fresh supply
The country has exported 8.23
million tonnes of rice since January to September this year. BENGALURU, Nov 2
(Reuters) d this week as the country aims to attract more foreign buyers to
boost exports, while prices in India slipped amid increasing supplies from the
new season's crop. Thailand's benchmark
5-percent broken rice was quoted at $382-$386 a tonne, free-on-board (FOB)
Bangkok, which compared with $375-$388 a tonne last week. The country has exported 8.23 million tonnes
of rice since January to September this year, according to Thailand's Ministry
of Commerce, who have a target to reach 11 million tonnes in exports by the end
of the year. The Ministry of Commerce
aims to host an event that would bring more than 200 foreign buyers to
negotiate with 100 Thai entrepreneurs. The ministry expects that after the event
586 million baht worth of rice will be ordered immediately and orders worth
another 30 billion baht will follow within a year. "I think 8.23 million tonnes is already
a success as every year it is around this much," said a Bangkok-based rice
trader. "The ministry is trying to
boost exports in the final quarter of the year. However, personally, I don't
think it's possible." Meanwhile
India's 5 percent broken parboiled rice prices fell by $2 per tonne to
$400-$403 per tonne as supplies from a new season crop were starting to pick up
in some spot markets. "We are
getting inquiries from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh but they are quoting low
prices," said an exporter based in Kakinada in the southern state of Andhra
Pradesh. Bangladesh, which has become a
major importer this year after floods hit its crops, has imported more than 1.4
million tonnes of rice in the July-October period, the country's food ministry
data showed. Traders and officials in
Bangladesh expect more imports in the coming months as domestic rice prices are
still high, which poses a problem for the government. India's rice exports during April-August rose
7.4 percent from a year earlier, to 5.13 million tonnes, as shipments of
non-basmati rice surged. The country mainly exports non-basmati rice to African
countries and premier basmati rice to the Middle East. Iran's state grains buyer GTC has issued an
international invitation to tender to buy 30,000 tonnes of rice to be sourced
from India for shipment in early 2018, European traders said on Wednesday. In Vietnam drying rice stockpiles kept the
price for the benchmark 5-percent broken rice unchanged from last week at as
high as $405 per tonne, FOB Saigon, discouraging buyers from clinching new
deals. "We couldn't sell much
because our prices are around $20-30 higher than Thailand. Importers came to
negotiate with us but in the end no new contracts were made," a trader in
Ho Chi Minh City said. Rice traders
expected that the market would stay quiet on thin trading until January,
despite new supply from the upcoming harvest of autumn-winter crops. A monthly government report last Sunday
showed Vietnam would have shipped an estimated 400,000 tonnes of rice in
October, down from 516,000 tonnes in September.
Basmati
exporters reap rich dividends
Register 25% more returnsThanks to
high basmati prices in the overseas market, exporters have registered a better
realisation in the first six months of the current fiscal as compared to the
previous year. While the export of basmati has risen marginally by 3% during
the period, the realisation was 26% more per tonne in dollar terms in the
current year. As per the Agricultural
and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) data, basmati exports during
April-September (2017-18) was 21.32 lakh tonne as compared to 20.67 lakh tonne
during the corresponding period previous year.Further, in the current fiscal,
the per-tonne realisation was $997 as compared to $789 in the corresponding period
last year.The total export value during the period was $2,126 million (Rs
13,690 crore) in 2017-18 as compared to $1,631 (Rs 10,923 crore). Gurnam Arora,
Joint MD, Kohinoor Foods, said, “Basmati exports have been encouraging because
of demand from Iran in the first four months of the current fiscal. As far as
realisation is concerned, it was due to high price of the commodity in the
domestic market and better price in the overseas market.”On being asked about
the outlook for the current year, he said, “It is very difficult to predict at
this moment as Iran has again discontinued the import of basmati rice from
India. So, resumption of import by Iran will decide the fate of exporters and
volume.” He, however, said Iran might resume the import by this month. “Rating
agency, ICRA expects the demand concerns in the form of Iran import ban and
sluggishness in other countries would be overcome and export volumes in FY2018
to be around 4.1 million MT i.e 4% higher than FY2017. It also added that
higher paddy prices in the last procurement season and current procurement
season are expected to push up the average realisations in FY2018.Arora said
basmati production this year is down by 7-8% and total production would be
anywhere between 90 and 95 lakh tonne. In the current season, there has been
rainfall deficit in the key basmati producing states of Uttar Pradesh and
Haryana. These factors can translate into lower paddy production in the current
crop season, and thus the paddy prices are likely to open firm in the upcoming
procurement season.
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http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/business/basmati-exporters-reap-rich-dividends/490976.html
Iran issues
tender to buy 30,000 tonnes rice from India: traders
Iran's state grains buyer GTC has
issued an international tender to buy 30,000 tonnes of rice to be sourced from
India, European traders said on Wednesday.The tender closes on Dec. 12.
The rice is sought in three consignments of 10,000 tonnes for
shipment in early 2018, they said.
Author Name: http://www.newindianexpress.com/business/2017/nov/01/iran-issues-tender-to-buy-30000-tonnes-rice-from-india-traders-1689315.html
Thailand boosts rice exports to Hong Kong
Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce has bolstered rice exports
to Hong Kong (China) and invited rice importers from Hong Kong to discuss the
import of Thai rice in the coming time, reported Thai media on November 1.A delegation
of 37 major businesses led by the Chairman of the Rice Merchants’ Association
of Hong Kong arrived in Thailand last weekend to discuss rice markets.
The delegation held working
sessions with about 100 rice producers of Thailand from October 30 to November
2.
Nearly 760 companies are expected
to sign memorandum of understanding on buying 14,000 tonnes of jasmine rice,
brown rice, organic rice and riceberry rice from Thailand.
Hong Kong is among major rice
export markets of Thailand, with Thai rice accounting for 70 percent of the
market share.-VNA
https://en.vietnamplus.vn/thailand-boosts-rice-exports-to-hong-kong/120461.vnpNOVEMBER 2, 2017 / 5:20 PM /
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Thailand aims
to boost exports; India rates dip on fresh supply
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Rice
prices were relatively stable in Thailand this week as the country aims to
attract more foreign buyers to boost exports, while prices in India slipped
amid increasing supplies from the new season’s crop.
A man works in a rice field in
Khon Kaen, Thailand July 12, 2017. REUTERS/Panu Wongcha-um/Files
Thailand’s benchmark 5-percent
broken rice was quoted at $382-$386 a tonne, free-on-board (FOB) Bangkok, which
compared with $375-$388 a tonne last week.The country has exported 8.23 million
tonnes of rice since January to September this year, according to Thailand’s
Ministry of Commerce, who have a target to reach 11 million tonnes in exports
by the end of the year.The Ministry of Commerce aims to host an event that
would bring more than 200 foreign buyers to negotiate with 100 Thai
entrepreneurs. The ministry expects that after the event 586 million baht worth
of rice will be ordered immediately and orders worth another 30 billion baht
will follow within a year.
“I think 8.23 million tonnes
is already a success as every year it is around this much,” said a
Bangkok-based rice trader.“The ministry is trying to boost exports in the final
quarter of the year. However, personally, I don’t think it’s possible.”Meanwhile
India’s 5 percent broken parboiled rice prices fell by $2 per tonne to
$400-$403 per tonne as supplies from a new season crop were starting to pick up
in some spot markets.
“We are getting inquiries from
Sri Lanka and Bangladesh but they are quoting low prices,” said an exporter
based in Kakinada in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.Bangladesh, which has
become a major importer this year after floods hit its crops, has imported more
than 1.4 million tonnes of rice in the July-October period, the country’s food
ministry data showed.Traders and officials in Bangladesh expect more imports in
the coming months as domestic rice prices are still high, which poses a problem
for the government.
India’s rice exports during
April-August rose 7.4 percent from a year earlier, to 5.13 million tonnes, as
shipments of non-basmati rice surged. The country mainly exports non-basmati
rice to African countries and premier basmati rice to the Middle East.Iran’s
state grains buyer GTC has issued an international invitation to tender to buy
30,000 tonnes of rice to be sourced from India for shipment in early 2018,
European traders said on Wednesday.
In Vietnam drying rice
stockpiles kept the price for the benchmark 5-percent broken rice unchanged
from last week at as high as $405 per tonne, FOB Saigon, discouraging buyers
from clinching new deals.“We couldn’t sell much because our prices are around
$20-30 higher than Thailand. Importers came to negotiate with us but in the end
no new contracts were made,” a trader in Ho Chi Minh City said.
Rice traders expected that the
market would stay quiet on thin trading until January, despite new supply from
the upcoming harvest of autumn-winter crops.
A monthly government report
last Sunday showed Vietnam would have shipped an estimated 400,000 tonnes of
rice in October, down from 516,000 tonnes in September.
https://in.reuters.com/article/asia-rice/thailand-aims-to-boost-exports-india-rates-dip-on-fresh-supply-idINKBN1D21LF
Over 5 million tonnes of rice exported in ten
months
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam shipped 5.05 million tonnes of rice worth 2.25 billion USD in the first ten months of 2017, up 22.3 percent in volume and 21.1 percent in value year on year, said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.The country earned 206 million USD from exporting 430,000 tonnes of rice in October alone.
From January to October, China remained the biggest importer of Vietnamese rice when it was the destination of 39.3 percent of Vietnam’s exported rice. It is followed by the Philippines (9.6 percent) and Malaysia (8 percent).
According to the Vietnam Food Association (VFA), regional countries’ demand for imported rice will rise sharply in the last months of the year. The recent serious flooding in Bangladesh damaged about 1million tonnes of rice in this country, turning the South Asian nation into a big rice importer with a forecast volume of up to 1.5 million tonnes in 2017.
The Philippines’s rice stockpile declined, forcing its Government to step up purchasing rice. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka is predicted to import 650,000 tonnes of rice this year, compared to just 60,000 tonnes in 2016. African markets are also recovering their rice import, the association said.Amid positive signs like a strong increase in the number of contracts registered for export in the remaining months, the VFA raised the rice export target this year from 5.2 million tonnes to 5.6 million tonnes.-VNA
https://en.vietnamplus.vn/over-5-million-tonnes-of-rice-exported-in-ten-months/120448.vnp
Nagpur
Foodgrain Prices Open- November 03, 2017
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices – APMC/Open Market-November 3
Nagpur, Nov 3 (Reuters) – Gram prices showed weak tendency in Nagpur Agriculture Produce
Marketing Committee (APMC) on lack of demand from local millers amid high moisture content
arrival. Easy condition on NCDEX, downward trend in Madhya Pradesh gram prices and release of
stock from stockists also affected prices , according to sources.
FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Gram varieties ruled steady in open market here but demand was poor.
TUAR
* Tuar gavarani quoted weak in open market in absence of buyers amid good supply from
producing regions.
* Rice Shriram variety recovered in open market on good demand from local traders
amid thin supply from producing regions.
* In Akola, Tuar New – 3,950-4,075, Tuar dal (clean) – 5,700-6,000, Udid Mogar (clean)
– 7,700-8,300, Moong Mogar (clean) 6,900-7,200, Gram – 4,700-4,800, Gram Super best
– 7,100-7,300
* Wheat, other varieties of rice and other foodgrain items moved in a narrow range in
scattered deals and settled at last levels in weak trading activity.
Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg
FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close
Gram Auction 3,500-4,800 3,600-4,800
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction n.a. 3,500-3,950
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 1,600-1,700 1,600-1,690
Gram Super Best Bold 7,500-7,800 7,500-7,800
Gram Super Best n.a. n.a.
Gram Medium Best 6,200-7,000 6,200-7,000
Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a
Gram Mill Quality 5,000-5,100 5,000-5,100
Desi gram Raw 4,800-4,850 4,800-4,850
Gram Kabuli 12,500-13,200 12,500-13,200
Tuar Fataka Best-New 6,200-6,400 6,000-6,400
Tuar Fataka Medium-New 5,700-6,000 5,700-6,000
Tuar Dal Best Phod-New 5,300-5,600 5,300-5,600
Tuar Dal Medium phod-New 4,750-5,150 4,800-5,200
Tuar Gavarani New 3,700-3,800 3,750-3,850
Tuar Karnataka 4,100-4,400 4,100-4,400
Masoor dal best 4,900-5,400 4,900-5,400
Masoor dal medium 4,500-4,800 4,500-4,800
Masoor n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold (New) 6,800-7,400 6,800-7,400
Moong Mogar Medium 6,300-6,600 6,300-6,600
Moong dal Chilka 5,600-6,200 5,600-6,200
Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 7,000-7,500 7,000-7,500
Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 8,000-8,500 8,000-8,500
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 6,100-7,100 6,100-7,100
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 5,200-6,200 5,200-6,100
Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 5,000-5,400 5,000-5,400
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 2,800-3,000 2,800-3,000
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 2,900-3,000 2,900-3,000
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 3,400-3,800 3,400-3,800
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,000 1,900-2,000
Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 1,750-1,900 1,750-1,90
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,300 2,100-2,300
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,450 2,200-2,400
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,150 1,900-2,100
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) 3,000-3,500 3,000-3,500
Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) 2,800-2,900 2,800-2,900
Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,400 2,200-2,400
Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) 2,500-2,600 2,500-2,600
Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,400 2,300-2,400
Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) 3,600-4,000 3,600-4,000
Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,250-3,600 3,250-3,600
Rice Shriram best(100 INR/KG) 4,700-5,000 4,600-5,000
Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG) 4,300-4,500 4,200-4,400
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 10,000-14,000 10,000-14,000
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,000-7,500 5,000-7,500
Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG) 5,000-5,500 5,000-5,500
Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) 4,700-5,000 4,700-5,000
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,200 2,000-2,100
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,800-2,000 1,700-2,000
WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 31.3 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 14.4 degree Celsius
Rainfall : Nil
FORECAST: Mainly clear sky. Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 32 and 15 degreeCelsius respectively.
Note: n.a.--not available
https://in.reuters.com/article/nagpur-foodgrain/nagpur-foodgrain-prices-open-november-03-2017-idINL4N1N92S8
Provinces to face 36pc water
shortage in Rabi season
The Irsa spokesperson said that
Sindh, Punjab and Wapda have submitted their working paper regarding the water
availability in the reservoirs and rivers. The advisory committee reviewed the
data and forecasted that the water shortage for
the Rabiseason will be 36 percent.
Earlier, the advisory committee
estimated that Punjab and Sindh will face up to 20 percent water
shortage for upcoming Rabi season . It was estimated the
total water availability of 29.48 million acre feet (MAF) including 24 MAF from
river flows and about 7.8 MAF currently stored in two reservoirs. Earlier, the
advisory committee allocated 1.90 MAF for Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
(KP). Balochistan would get 1.2 MAF, while KP would get 0.70 MAF. Punjab will
get 15.72 MAF and Sindh would get 11.90 MAF.
During October, the rivers have
received 4.1 MAF water which was 17 percent less than the earlier anticipation
of 4.9 MAF, he said. Rana said that the currents flows in rivers are 46,000
cusecs which is 20 percent less than the earlier anticipation. Similarly, the
water in reservoir is 5.9 MAF which is 30 percent less than the forecast. The
anticipated water availability in the rim stations will be 12.4 MAF, and the
losses are going to be around 1.7 MAF, he added.
The provinces have
already received 7.3 MAF water during the first month
of Rabiseason which is 16 percent less than the anticipation. The
sowing season in Sindh has started while in Punjab it’s going to
start during the current week, he maintained. Rana said, “Now it has been
estimated that the country will receive 23.94 MAF water against the earlier
anticipation of 29.48 MAF.” Since Balochistan and KP were exempted from cuts in
the share, the water shortage would be distributed between Sindh and
Punjab. Both Balochistan and KP is going to get their full share of 1.9 MAF and
the remaining water will be distributed between Punjab and Sindh. Since
the provinces have already utilised 7.3 MAF of its allocated water;
therefore, the remaining water the provinces will receive is 16.68
MAF water during the remaining five months of the Rabi season .
In view of the new estimates,
Punjab will get 12.6 MAF water against the earlier allocation of 15.72 MAF
while Sindh will get 9.5 MAF against the allocation of 11.9 MAF. He said that
last year they have a carryover of 10.5 MAF from the
Kharif season but during current year the carryover was 8.5 MAF which
was 2 MAF less.
The Water Accord 1991 empowered
the Irsa to determine water availability in the country and allocate provincial
share twice a year, once for Kharif season and the other
for Rabi season . Rabi season starts from October
1 and Kharif starts from April 1.
Replying a query, he said the
carryover from Kharif was less as water was released to Sindh and Punjab to
save the Kharif crops. He further said that during the meeting both Punjab and
Sindh have requested to provide full share during the wheat
sowing seasonand adjust the 36 percent shortage during the remaining
months of the season .
Source The Nation
Ag Groups Say a NAFTA Withdrawal Notice Would Cause 'Immediate'
Harm
By Frank Leach
WASHINGTON,
DC -- Last week, a coalition of more than 80 major food and agricultural
industry groups, including USA Rice, responded to President Trump's threat to
send a notice to Congress to withdraw from NAFTA and recent comments by
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross that the potential danger of a NAFTA withdrawal
to U.S. agricultural producers is an "empty threat." The groups warned that if the administration
issues the notice to pressure Canada and Mexico into meeting U.S. demands, it
risks causing substantial harm to the U.S. economy.
In a
letter sent to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, the groups argued, "We are
sadly confident that issuance of a notice of withdrawal from NAFTA would
trigger a substantial, immediate response in commodity markets as market-specific
focus would turn to a scheduled return to trade-prohibitive tariff rates."
The
letter also noted that, "Contracts would be canceled, sales would be lost,
able competitors would rush to seize our export markets, and litigation would
abound, even before withdrawal would take effect." The groups added, "A move to send a
NAFTA withdrawal notice and wager that renegotiation could be completed within
the six-month withdrawal period outlined in the agreement's rules gravely
underestimates the business complexity and contracting periods involved."
The
in-depth letter described the impact withdrawal from NAFTA could have on
multiple commodity sectors, including rice.
"By signing on to this letter, we've made it clear to Secretary
Ross that the global market is distorted by subsidies and government import
controls that artificially increase world rice stocks," said USA Rice
President & CEO Betsy Ward.
"NAFTA is a proven shield against these distortions, and the
infrastructure and trade relationships built through NAFTA are not transferable
to other markets."
Ward
continued, "Mexico and Canada account for nearly 30 percent of all U.S.
rice exports and exiting NAFTA will open these markets to competitors from Asia
and Brazil with no obvious home for displaced U.S. sales as the global market
is not short of rice." The threat
of NAFTA's collapse is being taken seriously and Mexico is making preparations
to identify alternative sources of commodities.
Last year the Mexican government removed the tariff on rice from
Southeast Asia, and in July of this year, began importing rough rice from
Guyana - the first time it's imported paddy from a country other than the
United States. Additionally, last month
Mexico signed a phytosanitary agreement with Argentina to allow for the
importation of wheat for the first time.
Quote of the Day
"If the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail."
- Abraham Lincoln
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