Monday, August 06, 2018

6th August,2018 daily global regional local rice e-newsletter

Flawed bill favors rice cartel, crooks

GOTCHA - Jarius Bondoc (The Philippine Star) - August 6, 2018 - 12:00am

Congress is to vote today on a bill to free up rice trading – yet can cartelize it via government crooks. Expect the measure thus to perpetuate present soaring prices and hoarding of the staple.

Malacañang’s efforts to cheapen rice would be futile. Only last week President Rody Duterte warned a big trader against supply-price manipulating. But with forthcoming legal cover from Congress, cartelists would render empty his threats of stern actions.

Lawmakers have finished debates on House Bill 7735 – safety nets for rice farmers and consumers through import tariffication. Grains users and millers, like restaurant-hotel chains and poultry feed makers, will be allowed to import directly from best sources. Thirty-five percent duties will be levied, to raise P21.6 billion a year. The money will aid tillers and raise domestic harvests.

But there’s a catch. The bill empowers the National Food Authority to license importers and issue shipment permits. That’s on top of its basic food-security duty to maintain sufficient national buffer stock.

In effect the bill retains the present rotten set-up. NFA will still have discretion over whom to license for how much imports. Discretion breeds corruption. NFA crooks can demand bribes for hasty licensing and higher quotas. Corruption has been plaguing NFA for decades; the National Economic Development Authority wants it abolished.

Restaurateurs, hoteliers, millers are disgruntled. NFA can force them to deal with preferred cartels, instead of being let freely to import.

Successions of NFA administrations have conspired with cartels to corner and hoard imports and local harvests. Three groups are vying for lordship of the cartel, by influencing the NFA governing council, the management, and the agriculture department.

Last week grains trader Jojo Soliman admitted to the press being cussed on the phone by Duterte for suspected hoarding. Denying any misdeed, he supposedly replied that rivals were badmouthing him. Duterte gave him 72 hours to unload rice stocks. Insinuating closeness, he told ABS-CBN News he considers Duterte his father. Soliman inherited the business from his late father, whom senator Tito Guingona in the 1980s had exposed among the “Binondo rice cartel.”

Last July authorities charged Soliman with smuggling 100,000 bags of rice in 200 cargo containers at the Manila port. Auction of the first 150 containers of contraband netted P178 million for the government. The law calls for non-bailable raps of economic sabotage for illegal shipment of at least P1 million in staples. Soliman claimed to have government clearances, but NFA management denied it.

Soliman washttps://www.philstar.com/opinion/2018/08/06/1839987/flawed-bill-favors-rice-cartel-crooks among traders called to Malacañang by Duterte in April, on suggestion of Agriculture Sec. Manny Piñol. Rice prices were soaring then due to sudden depletion of newly delivered NFA buffers. NFA Administrator Jason Aquino and Chairman Leoncio Evasco, the Secretary to the Cabinet, openly had been feuding about corruption and import volumes. Evasco wanted the agency audited to trace the vanished stocks. Days after the meeting with traders, Duterte removed Evasco as NFA chairman. The position has since been vacant.

A month earlier Sen. Cynthia Villar examined the rice situation as head of the agriculture committee. She noted that the persons involved were the same ones she had investigated in 2013 under the past Presidency. One is David Tan, aka Davidson Bangayan, implicated in smuggling and fake farmers’ groups posing as importers. Another is Bong Lim Sui, allegedly Tan’s ex-partner, tied in 2016-2017 to the Aquino-Evasco tiff.

Soliman was linked to an alleged P2.5-million bribery of an Evasco subordinate, who subsequently was fired. He and Evasco’s aide denied the reports. Soliman in 2014 accused newbie NFA head Arthur Juan of extorting P25 million for the reopening of his warehouse. Weeks earlier then-Interior Sec. Mar Roxas and NFA chairman Francis Pangilinan had charged Soliman with adulterating good rice with feeds unfit for human consumption. Before that, past NFA chiefs were linked to large-scale rice smuggling in Subic Freeport, and to overpriced imports from Vietnam.

In his third State of the Nation last July Duterte warned hoarders and cartels to “stop messing with the people” or else “the full power of the State will be upon you.”

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Gotcha archives on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jarius-Bondoc/1376602159218459, or The STAR website https://www.philstar.com/columns/134276/gotcha

https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2018/08/06/1839987/flawed-bill-favors-rice-cartel-crooks

Scrapping QR to allow more rice imports will harm PHL farmers–Ibon

By Samuel P. Medenilla

August 6, 2018

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AN independent research group said the plan of lawmakers to pass a new measure to remove the quantitative restriction (QR) on rice to slash prices will also cut the income of farmers.IBON Foundation said in a statement that a bill that would amend Republic Act (RA) 8178, or the Agricultural Tariffication Act of 1996, will cause the farm-gate price of unmilled rice to go down due to more rice imports, but not necessarily lower the retail price of the staple.“If higher importation will decrease farm-gate prices, then the already insufficient income of farmers will fall further,” IBON said.

The group said the current farm-gate price of palay at P21 per kilogram (kg) is “insufficient” for the needs of farmers.“Computing the average yield of 80 cavans of palay from 1 hectare, which is equivalent to 4,000 kg, a rice farmer earns only P36,000 until the next cropping,” IBON said.

“Each cropping commonly lasts for six months, which means that the farmer’s average monthly income of P6,000 is 76 percent short of the estimated monthly family living wage [FLW] of P25,454 for a family of five,” it added.

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippine (TUCP) earlier said the government could help boost the competitiveness of local farmers to compete head to head with their overseas counterparts by providing them technical support using the a portion of the tariffs from rice importation.

In his third State of the Nation Address last month, President Duterte said he will certify as urgent a bill that would replace the QR on rice with tariffs.The move is aimed at arresting the spike in rice prices, which have increased for six straight months—by P2.53, from P37.83 per kg to P40.36 per kg for regular milled rice and by P1.61, from P42.58 per kg to P44.19 per kg for well-milled rice.

IBON also said the new legislative measure will not address the root cause of high prices for the Filipino food staple: rice cartels.

“Congress may be misguided for placing its hopes on unlimited rice importation for stabilizing supply and prices, while the rice industry remains dominated by an alleged trading cartel that dictates rice prices,” IBON Foundation said.

The group said this was “apparent” during the rice crisis of 2008 up to 2010, when the country imported an annual average of 2.2 metric tons of rice, but the retail prices of the cereal grain continued to increase by an annual average of P1.20 until 2016.

https://businessmirror.com.ph/scrapping-qr-to-allow-more-rice-imports-will-harm-phl-farmers-ibon/

Cameroon, Benin’s low tariffs aid rice smuggling

August 6, 2018

By Bayo Akomolafe, Paul Ogbuokiri and Kunle Olayeni

The high spate of rice smuggling into Nigeria from the neighbouring countries has been traced to porous borders as well as high import duty and levy at the nation’s seaports. New Telegraph learnt that while Nigerian rice importers pay 110 per cent tariff on $443 Thailand parboiled rice per metric ton, Cameroon importers pay Zero tariff. Also, Benin Republic has reduced its rice import duty from 35 per cent to seven per cent to attract Nigerian rice merchants to patronise Cotonou Port. This newspaper also gathered that landing price of Thailand parboil rice is $22 (N6,689) per bag at the Benin port, leading to massive smuggling of the grains into the country.

It was revealed that all the rice discharged from vessels at ports in Benin, Togo and Ghana found their way to Nigeria, the only country, which consumes parboiled rice in the West African region. Already, Thai Rice Exporters Association (TREA) had complained that direct rice importation from Thailand through the Nigerian seaports had dropped.

The association now depends on Benin port to export the grain to Nigeria through the porous borders. According to TREA, Benin imports had jumped up from 805,765 tons in 2015 to 1.6 million tons as at last November 2017, while imports to Nigeria declined from 1.23 million metric tons in 2014 to 23,192 tons as at the same period last year.

Despite the drop in the imports from Nigerian ports, further investigation showed that between January and June 2018 alone, the anti-smuggling unit of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operation Unit, has impounded 40,370 bags of rice from borders, vehicles and warehouses. Also, statistics obtained from the Ogun State Area Command of NCS by our correspondent also revealed that 12,000 bags of 50kg rice were seized within the last six months.

The command said that 276 bags of rice were intercepted from smugglers in January 2018. The seizures rose to 2,030 bags in February and 1,264 bags in March. Also, in April and May 4,531 and 3,888 bags of rice were seized respectively. The Controller, Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller Muhammed Uba, who was worried about the huge influx of the grain into the country, confirmed that smuggling of rice through unapproved routes was on the increase. Investigation revealed that rice are being smuggled into the country through the Lagos creeks, borders in Ogun, Kwara, Niger, Kebbi, Sokoto and Katsina states. In Ogun State alone, rice is smuggled through Idiroko, Owode, Atan, Alapoti, Lusada, Sango-Ota, Oja- Odan, Ilara and Imeko-Afon.

The Federal Government had, in October 2015, imposed a ban on the commodity through the land border, having realised that the special levy on imported parboiled rice from 40 per cent to 100 per cent in addition to the 10 per cent statutory duty at the port was no longer working. In 2016 alone, Customs Service said it seized N597.7 billion of rice between January and August as against N330.5 billion seized in the same period in 2015. Concerned by the recurring problem of smuggling, the Federal Government recently announced its intention to shut down the land borders with Benin Republic to check rice smuggling. It said the move is aimed at encouraging local production of rice and protecting the nation’s economy. Speaking with New Telegraph on efforts to fight rice smuggling, the NCS Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Command, Abdullahi Maiwada, said that the command had been proactive in combating the menace. Maiwada attributed the rise in smuggling activities to the porous nature of the nation’s borders. “Our borders are indeed porous.

We have the creeks and we have so many outlets that lead to Benin Republic within Ogun. We use our little resources to man the borders. Although there may be some shortcomings, but we are doing our best,” he said. He stated that the Customs had sanctioned erring officers who connived with smugglers. Maiwada noted: “There are bad eggs in every profession. So many have been in orderly room trial and have been dismissed. Anybody who is found wanting and has been proven beyond reasonable doubt is going to face the full wrath of the law.” Speaking in separate interviews with our correspondent, some youths who engage in smuggling of rice and other imported commodities along the border areas alleged that law enforcement agents were involved in the illicit business. A transporter, Sunmonu Adegbenro, noted that he had been involved in rice smuggling business for more than seven years. Adegbenro accused Customs officials of aiding their smuggling activities. He said: “From our experience as a team, Customs officials are the ones that usually tell us the date and time when federal patrol team would be visiting the border areas. By doing that, they will tell us not to move on those days because we usually move in convoy, sometimes at night or at dawn.

“There is something we call ‘booking’ with OD (Officer-on-Duty) and the Quarantine. So, immediately those people collect money, they would open the road for any smuggling team that had paid. It is only those who refuse to pay or underpay that usually have problem with Customs.” On the complicity of law enforcement agents in smuggling in his area, a community leader, Chief Raji Alade, said: “I am of the opinion that if government wants to end smuggling, they should make Customs officials to swear to the deities of the land that would discourage them from collecting money offered from smugglers or colluding with them.”

https://newtelegraphonline.com/2018/08/cameroon-benins-low-tariffs-aid-rice-smuggling/

EDITORIAL - Striking a balance

(The Philippine Star) - August 6, 2018 - 12:00am

From aiming to make the country self-sufficient in rice, the government now wants to flood the market with imports. The objective is to cut rice retail prices by about P7 per kilo, as announced by President Duterte.

How could this be possible? Quantitative restrictions will be lifted and replaced with a 35 percent tariff, which is expected to spur more rice imports. The tariff collected will go to a so-called rice competitiveness enhancement fund or RCEF that will finance interventions for boosting local rice production, lowering costs and enabling farmers to compete with imports, thus cutting prices.

Or at least that’s the plan. Considering the inefficiency and corruption that chronically plague the bureaucracy, however, this plan calls for a thorough fine-tuning before implementation. Especially because corruption scandals have erupted over rice importations and the misuse of farm subsidies in the past.

The agriculture chief himself has reportedly cautioned consumers that it could take from three to four years before rice prices can be cut by P7 per kilo even after the government has implemented the interventions financed through the estimated P20 billion expected in tariff collections. This is presuming that the funds will go to their intended purpose and the importations will be graft-free.

While waiting for the interventions, what will be felt immediately is the impact of the flood of imported rice, a number of them cheaper than local crops of comparable variety, on Filipino farmers. For those living a hand-to-mouth existence, this could spell catastrophe. A flood of cheap imported or smuggled items killed the local textile and apparel industry. Cheap imports also cut local production of garlic, even if the Ilocos variety is one of the best in the world.

Rice, the country’s staple, is a politically sensitive crop. Striking a balance between shielding consumers from price surges and protecting local farmers has always been a challenging task. There are enough cautionary tales surrounding other products and sectors to make policy makers move with extra care in rice tariffication.

https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2018/08/06/1839972/editorial-striking-balance

Consumer group, farmers' party-list question rice tariffication bill

ABS-CBN News

Aug 06 2018 03:30 PM

MANILA - Lifting the import quotas on rice in favor of tariffs will not bring down prices of the staple, a consumer group and farmers party-list congressman said on Monday. Economic managers have said that removing quantitative restrictions on rice imports would increase local supply, give the public access to cheaper rice from abroad, and force local producers to lower prices.
Anakpawis Partylist Representative Ariel Casilao however said there is no guarantee that this will happen as rice traders operating as a cartel will still be able to manipulate prices.
"They can easily negotiate and agree upon themselves what price to set in the market," Casilao said in an interview with ABS-CBN News.
Bantay Bigas Spokesperson Cathy Estavillo also said that removing import quotas may worsen the grip of "rice cartels" on the rice market.
"Mas lalala yung cartel, lalala yung hoarders, lalala yung smuggling," Estavillo said.
Congress is holding hearings on House Bill 7735, or the Agricultural Tariffication Act, which President Rodrigo Duterte said was an urgent measure during his third State of the Nation Address.
Farmers groups however fear cheap imported rice will flood the market and put local rice growers at a disadvantage.

Farmers bat for 'maximum tariffs' on rice

Casilao said the Makabayan Bloc will oppose rice tariffication.
- Report from Warren De Guzman, ABS-CBN News

http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/06/18/consumer-group-farmers-party-list-question-rice-tariffication-bill

Govt working for development of agriculture, farmers: DG BRRI

Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Rangpur | Published: 00:15, Aug 05,2018

‘The farming cost of these rice varieties is low and profit is more. Rice of BRRI dhan 48 is tasty and fine in quality. Moreover, attack of blast and BLB diseases was very low,’ he said hoping that he would cultivate the rice varieties on more land next time.Agriculturist Sarker, in his concluding remarks, highlighted different aspects of agronomical managements of cultivation to get more yield from these varieties of Aus rice.He said, ‘Planting of seedlings aged between 20 and 25 days should be done maintaining recommended distance between second week of April and second week of May.’

During transplantation of seedling, 200 grams of urea, TSP 210 grams, potash 300 grams, gypsum 180 grams and 25 grams of zinc fertilisers should be mixed in every one decimal of land.‘After 20 and 40 days since transplantation, 200 grams of urea fertiliser should be applied twice. The farmland should be kept completely weed-free clean from 30 to 35 days since transplantation,’ he added.

http://www.newagebd.net/article/47662/govt-working-for-development-of-agriculture-farmers-dg-brri

Genetically modified rice may help prevent HIV

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THE JAKARTA POST

Jakarta | Sun, August 5, 2018 | 03:15 am

The transgenic rice produces one antibody and two sugar-biding proteins – the monoclonal antibody 2G12; and the lectins griffithsin and cyanovirin-N – that bind with the HIV virus to prevent further interaction with the human cells. (Shutterstock/File)

For many years now, scientists have been altering genomes of plants and animals to achieve various benefits. Recently, new research has found that genetically modified strains of rice can produce HIV-neutralizing proteins, paving the way to end the HIV epidemic.

According to Newsweek, researchers from the United Kingdom, the United States and Spain have teamed up to develop a strain of rice that produces HIV-neutralizing proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published the post-lab report where the group described the techniques they used and how the results could be used to prevent the spread of HIV.

“Our paper provides an approach for the durable deployment of anti-HIV agents in the developing world,” the team writes.

Infection takes place when the virus interacts with human cells. The transgenic rice produces one antibody and two sugar-biding proteins – the monoclonal antibody 2G12; and the lectins griffithsin and cyanovirin-N – that bind with the HIV virus to prevent further interaction with the human cells. Once the crop has fully grown, the seeds can be ground and processed into a paste that can then be applied to the skin as a topical cream. This will allow the active compounds to enter the body.

Additionally, the rice seeds can offer an easier platform to produce HIV-preventing medications, as it is cheaper and allows virtually anybody anywhere to have access to the treatment when needed.“Plant-produced pharmaceutical proteins can be scaled up very easily and inexpensively without the need for expensive fermenter facilities simply by planting as many plants as needed to achieve a certain production target,” team leader Paul Christou told Labiotech.eu (https://labiotech.eu/medical/hiv-prevention-transgenic-rice/). “Costs are minimal after the creation of the first plant producing the microbicide. And in our case, the three molecules can be produced in one plant, thus reducing the costs even further.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found that a lot of progress has been made in treating HIV. For instance, US citizens have come a long way: in 1985, about 135,000 were infected but the number dropped to 50,000 in 2010.

Unfortunately, an effective vaccine has not yet been developed for HIV. Therefore, for now, only oral medications and educating people about the virus have been the best line of defense. In underdeveloped countries however, oral medications are not always available. (saz/kes)

Two Chinese researchers charged in rice seed heist

By Max Brantley on Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 12:34 PM

THEFT TARGET: Bumpers Rice Research Center in Stuttgart.

The U.S. attorney's office in Little Rock today announced federal charges against two rice researchers from China who allegedly conspired to steal rice production technology, a scheme that included contacts in Arkansas.

Liu Xuejun, 49, and Sun Yue, 36, were charged with conspiracy to steal trade secrets and conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property.

An indictment returned Friday said they were involved in the theft of rice seeds to be used in medicine. They were developed by Ventria Bioscience to produce proteins used in medicine and drugs.

The government news release said Ventria, which is headquartered in Colorado and has a rice production facility in Kansas, had invested $75 million in developing the intellectual property behind these rice seeds.

Said the release:

Liu and Sun visited the United States in 2013. At that time, they both worked at the Crops Research Institute in Tianjin, China. Liu was a professor, and Sun was a research associate. They came to the United States to visit several rice research and production facilities, and their visit included a stop at the Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center in Stuttgart.

Their trip was organized by Weiqiang Zhang, who was a rice breeder at Ventria in Kansas, and Wengui Yan, who worked at the Dale Bumpers Rice Research Center in Stuttgart. When Liu and Sun ended their trip, they flew to Honolulu, Hawaii, on their way back to China. At the Honolulu airport, U.S. Customs and Border Protection found stolen rice seeds in Liu and Sun’s luggage, including seeds from the Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center as well as seeds from the Ventria rice production facility in Kansas.The researchers who helped organize Liu and Sun’s trip were convicted of their involvement in the scheme in a connected case in Kansas. Zhang, 47, was convicted at trial and sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment. Yan, 63, who worked in Stuttgart, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one year in prison.

https://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2018/08/03/two-chinese-researchers-charged-in-rice-seed-heist

Advanced greenhouse will amp up rice research in Stuttgart

By Sarah Cato U of A System Division of Agriculture

Aug 4, 2018

Fast facts:New greenhouse and growth chambers added to the Rice Research and Extension Center in Stuttgart

Facilities will enable hybrid rice breeding program and selection of rice lines for tolerance to high nighttime temperatures

$1.88 million cost fully funded by Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board.

http://newtoncountytimes.com/news/advanced-greenhouse-will-amp-up-rice-research-in-stuttgart/article_0d3afefc-972c-11e8-bb02-3fe9af2637d9.html

Chinese nationals charged with conspiracy to steal rice technology

By Log Cabin Democrat

Posted Aug 4, 2018 at 1:01 AM

LITTLE ROCK—Two rice researchers from China have been charged in a conspiracy to steal rice production technology in an alleged attempt to bring this proprietary science back to China.

Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Diane Upchurch, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Little Rock Field Office, announced the indictment of Liu Xuejun, 49, and Sun Yue, 36, both of China, for conspiracy to steal trade secrets and conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property.

A federal grand jury returned an indictment against Liu and Sun on Friday for their involvement in the theft of rice seeds designed for use in the medical field. The rice seeds were developed by a company called Ventria Bioscience, which used technology to create rice seeds that contained certain proteins. These proteins could then be removed from the rice and used in medicines and pharmaceutical products. Ventria, which is headquartered in Colorado and has a rice production facility in Kansas, has invested approximately $75 million in developing the intellectual property behind these rice seeds.

“These rice seeds may be small, but the research and investment that went into the science that made them possible is of great value,” Hiland said. “We remain vigilant in our efforts at protecting both intellectual and real property from theft by other nations, and it is our intention to present our case to an Arkansas jury based on the crimes alleged in the indictment.”

Their trip was organized by Weiqiang Zhang, who was a rice breeder at Ventria in Kansas, and Wengui Yan, who worked at the Dale Bumpers Rice Research Center in Stuttgart. When Liu and Sun ended their trip, they flew to Honolulu, Hawaii, on their way back to China. At the Honolulu airport, U.S. Customs and Border Protection found stolen rice seeds in Liu and Sun’s luggage, including seeds from the Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center as well as seeds from the Ventria rice production facility in Kansas.

“Today’s indictment of Liu and Sun should not go unnoticed by those who seek to steal our trade secrets and technology,” FBI SAC Upchurch said. “This type of crime is consistent with China’s social and economic five-year plan to modernize their seed industry. We appreciate the efforts of the United States Attorney’s Office and together we will remain steadfast in protecting the United States’ intellectual property.”

The two rice researchers who helped organize Liu and Sun’s trip to the United States were convicted of their involvement in the scheme in a connected case in the District of Kansas (see link to press release below). Zhang, 47, was convicted at trial and sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment. Yan, 63, who worked in Stuttgart, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one year in prison.

A violation of conspiracy to commit theft of trade secrets, under Title 18, United States Code, Section 1832, carries a maximum penalty of not more than 10 years’ imprisonment, not more than a $250,000 fine, and not more than three years of supervised release. A violation of conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property, under Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, carries a maximum penalty of not more than five years’ imprisonment, not more than a $250,000 fine, and not more than three years of supervised release.

The case was investigated by the FBI, and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Allison W. Bragg. An indictment contains only allegations. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

http://www.arkansasnews.com/news/20180804/chinese-nationals-charged-with-conspiracy-to-steal-rice-technology

‘DA must run after rice hoarders’

August 03, 2018 at 10:30 pm by Maricel Cruz

The chairman of the House of Representatives’ committee on appropriations has urged the Department of Agriculture to run after rice hoarders and smugglers in compliance to President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to get rid of rice syndicates, rice smugglers and rice hoarders.

“The President, in his State of the Nation Address, gave a very stern warning to all of these rice syndicates, rice smugglers, rice hoarders and all of these people. So what can you say about it?” Davao City Rep. Karlo Nograles, the panel’s chairman, asked DA Secretary Manny Piñol during the panel’s deliberations on the agency’s proposed budget of P55.9 billion for 2019.

Before throwing this question, Nograles said the current shortage of “NFA rice” was the cheapest rice variety in the market at P27 per kilo.

This is about half the price of commercial rice and is the one usually bought by poor Filipinos, if they have money for food at all.

Also on Thursday, Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Raymund Villafuerte said the bill liberalizing rice imports would result in a decrease in the price of the staple by as much as P7 per kilo and set up a support fund that would enable palay growers to raise their harvests while lowering their production costs.

Villafuerte said that with the President’s endorsement of the rice tariffication bill, it was incumbent upon both chambers of the Congress to prioritize its passage to reduce rice prices.

The price of the staple has been going up owing to the supply shortfall and volatile prices of the grain in the domestic retail market.

“The rice tariffication bill will hit two birds with one stone: it will help pull down rice prices and stabilize its supply while helping our farmers become competitive,” Villafuerte, vice chairman of the House committees on appropriations and local government, said.

Nograles said certain rice traders were purposely hoarding rice.

“[There] is a problem with how we distribute the NFA rice and make it accessible to people with the presence of rice hoarders, rice syndicates who create the artificial shortage,” Nograles said.

In response, Piñol said that Nograles’s observation was “not unfounded.”“Last year, in General Santos City, the NBI [National Bureau of Investigation]raided a warehouse where NFA rice was being repacked. So it was not unfounded, but it was not as rampant as people believe it to be,” claimed the DA chief.Piñol said dubious rice repacking activities involved the mixing of cheap NFA rice into commercial rice varieties.

This way, rice traders can turn a bigger profit.

“I am happy to report that since the President made his statement at the Sona, the Bureau of Customs [BoC], NBI and the police have already been scouring warehouses. In fact, there was already a raid conducted in Laguna which yielded P25 million worth of undocumented rice,” he told the Nograles panel.Piñol added that BuCor had done a “splendid job” in curbing rice smuggling in the country’s southern backdoor where smuggled rice from Malaysia used to enter.

http://manilastandard.net/news/national/272128/-da-must-run-after-rice-hoarders-.html

Rice prices to go down with tariffs in place, says solon

By Panay News

Sunday, August 5, 2018

Government-subsidized NFA (National Food Authority) rice is seen being sold at a Quezon City market. ABS-CBN NEWS

MANILA – Taxing rice imports will help bring down the price of the staple grain by P7 to P8 per kilo, a lawmaker who is pushing for the tariff said Thursday.A bill seeking tariffs on rice in place of import quotas will be put to a vote on second reading next week, said House Agriculture and Food Committee chairman Jose Panganiban, who represents the ANAC-IP party list.

Revenue from tariffs will be used to fund subsidies for farmers, Panganiban told ANC.Without tariffs, imported rice costs P27 per kilo, lower than the P34 to P35 per kilo production cost of local rice, he said.President Rodrigo Duterte’s economic managers are also pushing for rice tariffs to help tame inflation. (ABS-CBN News)

https://www.panaynews.net/rice-prices-to-go-down-with-tariffs-in-place-says-solon/

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By Shekhar Gajul on August 4, 2018

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https://www.redfieldherald.com/2018/08/04/rice-flour-market-industry-analysis-geographical-segmentation-drivers-challenges-trends-forecasts-by-2022/

Senator Villar eyes P10-B rice competitiveness fund

By Lilian Mellejor August 4, 2018, 6:13 pm

DAVAO CITY – Senator Cynthia Villar is eyeing PHP10 billion for the rice competitiveness enhancement fund to help rice farmers mechanize and produce good seeds.Villar, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, said the move will help rice farmers who will be affected by the scrapping of the quantitative restriction (QR) on the importation of rice.Villar explained that the government will have to liberalize the importation of rice and abandon its protectionist rice policies in compliance with its obligations to the World Trade Organization (WTO).The QR, a preferential trade deal secured by the Philippines after becoming a TWO member in 1995, prevents the influx of cheap rice from abroad to protect local farmers from foreign competition. The country has been imposing the QR for years but chose not to renew it with the WTO in June last year.

The removal of QR paves way for traders to import additional volumes of rice from Southeast Asian countries on a 35-percent tariff. The collected tariffs will then be used to fund mass irrigation, warehousing, and rice research.

Villar noted that liberalizing rice imports has been certified by the President as an urgent "to help ease inflation and bring down prices of the food staple by as much as PHP7 per kilo."“This is also one of my focus," she said in an interview on Friday on the sidelines of the mass oath-taking of the Hugpong Pagbabago members in Tagum City.Earlier, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said the national government must spend PHP20 billion to roll out interventions to help rice farmers.

However, Villar said the proposed PHP10 billion could be an initial allocation given that all rice tariffs would go to the rice competitive enhancement fund.“PHP 10 billion muna tapos lahat ng tariffs pasok ng pasok sa competitive enhancement fund (PHP10 billion first, then all rice tariffs will go to the competitive enhancement fund),” Villar said.

The senator sees the need for farmers to mechanize and produce good seeds to increase production from four metric tons to six metric tons per hectare.Mechanization also helps farmers cut down on labor cost, which is half of the total production cost, she said.Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III earlier said that liberalizing rice imports through the passage into law of the rice tariffication bill now pending in Congress is vital in helping low-income households cope with inflation, given that rice accounts for 20 percent of their consumption.

The bill will complement the social mitigation measures the government is implementing to further ease the impact of inflation on poor households, Dominguez said.The House of Representatives appropriations committee has already approved the funding provision for the consolidated version of its rice tariffication bill, while its counterpart in the Senate is still being discussed at the committee level. (Lilian C. Mellejor/PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1043782

Govt working for development of agriculture, farmers: DG BRRI

Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Rangpur | Published: 00:15, Aug 05,2018

More than 200 male and female farmers, scientists of BRRI and officials of Gaibandha district and sadar upazila offices of DAE, public representatives and elite were present.Shahjahan Kabir suggested farmers to contact scientists of BRRIs for all information related to cultivation and production of rice, new seed, latest technologies, agronomical management methods and technical assistance.On the occasion, the farmers harvested their cultivated BRRI-evolved BR 26, BRRI dhan 48 and BRRI dhan65 varieties of Aus rice on their exhibition plots and got yield rates of 17, 15 and 14 mounds of Aus crop in terms of paddy respectively.

While expressing his experience about cultivation Aus rice, farmer Aynal Haque said that farming of the BRRI-evolved BR26, BRRI dhan 48 and BRRI dhan 65 Aus rice varieties needed less time, fertiliser and irrigation water.‘The farming cost of these rice varieties is low and profit is more. Rice of BRRI dhan 48 is tasty and fine in quality. Moreover, attack of blast and BLB diseases was very low,’ he said hoping that he would cultivate the rice varieties on more land next time.

Agriculturist Sarker, in his concluding remarks, highlighted different aspects of agronomical managements of cultivation to get more yield from these varieties of Aus rice.He said, ‘Planting of seedlings aged between 20 and 25 days should be done maintaining recommended distance between second week of April and second week of May.’During transplantation of seedling, 200 grams of urea, TSP 210 grams, potash 300 grams, gypsum 180 grams and 25 grams of zinc fertilisers should be mixed in every one decimal of land.‘After 20 and 40 days since transplantation, 200 grams of urea fertiliser should be applied twice. The farmland should be kept completely weed-free clean from 30 to 35 days since transplantation,’ he added.

http://www.newagebd.net/article/47662/govt-working-for-development-of-agriculture-farmers-dg-brri

Rice Starch Market 2017 By Top Manufacturers, Growth, Trends, Size, Share, Analysis and Forecast to 2022

By Shekhar Gajul on August 4, 2018

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Baked Goods & Bakery Fillings
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Ingredion
AGRANA
Bangkok starch
Thai Flour
WFM Wholesome Foods
Golden Agriculture
Anhui Lianhe
Anhui Le Huan Tian Biotechnology

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Boozman to spend week with Arkansas agriculture

· Aug 4, 2018

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, will visit farmers, ranchers and educators during his annual agriculture tour on August 6 – 9. The tour covers a wide variety of agriculture operations throughout the state and will highlight the diversity and future of Arkansas’ largest industry.

“The agriculture industry is an economic driver for our state. As Congress finalizes the 2018 farm bill, it’s important for me to hear the ideas of our farmers, ranchers and producers about the impact the legislation has on their operations. Talking directly with these stakeholders and experts is vital to ensuring we eliminate provisions harmful to the industry,” Boozman said.

On Wednesday Boozman was named a Senate conferee to the Farm Bill conference committee between the House and Senate. Arkansans can follow the tour via social media on the hashtag: #ARisAg.

http://newtoncountytimes.com/news/boozman-to-spend-week-with-arkansas-agriculture/article_76eafc72-973a-11e8-823a-43bab0379eea.html

Rice Milk Market Analysis And In-Depth Research on Market Dynamics, Trends, Emerging Growth Factors And Forecasts To 2022

By Shekhar Gajul on August 4, 2018

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MPCA ADMITS NO SOLUTION IN SIGHT ON WILD RICE SULFATE ISSUE

Steve Giorgi | Range Municipalities & Schools

Aug 3, 2018

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) finally released the comprehensive independent report conducted by Bolton & Menk, Inc. and Barr Engineering Company on the affordability of sulfate removal from wastewater, as well as looking at alternative treatment methods for sulfate removal. Minnesota is the only state in the nation that has a sulfate standard for wild rice waters. The standard developed from research in the 1940’s is intended to protect wild rice but has never been enforced since put into law in 1973.

The Minnesota legislature providing financing and a directive to the MPCA in recent years, to undergo new research on the impacts of sulfate on wild rice, conduct public hearings, develop a new standard and determine the cost of treatment for local municipalities and industrial dischargers. After several years of contested research, many public hearings, and a new proposed standard, an administrative law judge determined the new rule was “constitutionally vague and unenforceable”. Subsequently, the legislature passed bills to abolish the standard and provide additional funding for wild rice restoration, which Governor Dayton vetoed (twice). All of this occurred before this affordability report was completed and released calling into question the wisdom of spending all that time and effort at the Capitol last session on this issue.

The report states in plain English the following determination: “The study results show that reverse osmosis is the one treatment method that is closest to being feasible – but that it is NOT currently affordable. The 30 other treatment processes evaluated either would not effectively remove sulfate from wastewater, were not yet developed enough to be used, or would cost even more than reverse osmosis.” This is virtually the same testimony provided at the MPCA public hearing on this matter by RAMS, and the same position taken by our organization on behalf of the 13 Iron Range communities targeted as having wastewater plants that discharge to wild rice waters as identified by the MPCA.

At the end of the legislative session, after twice vetoing bills to correct this situation, Governor Dayton issued an executive order to establish a task force on wild rice. The task force would be made up by a diverse group of people representing industry, our native tribes, environmentalist, independent scientists, a public waste water operator and a non-government representative along with staff from the MPCA and DNR. The task force was to meet and develop recommendations for the 2019 legislative session by December 15, 2018. To date the task force has not been selected making their task virtually untenable for this important issue.

Two final points of interest. The firms conducting this independent study were allowed to analyze treatment options that would result in a final sulfate limit of 250 mg/L, not the current standard of 10 mg/L. For those who don’t know the standard for potable water is 250 mg/L, so why is the standard for wastewater so much lower? The report also states: ”Sulfur in wastewater is most commonly present as sulfate or sulfide, which originates primarily from drinking water sources, human waste, and industrial discharges. More than 95% of municipalities in Minnesota use groundwater as the source for their drinking water. The concentrations of sulfate in the groundwater vary geographically across the state from less than 10 mg/L to over 500 mg/L.

Unfortunately, this issue was not addressed in the last session and will once again be in front of the legislature and the new Governor in 2019. Perhaps common sense can be applied to the problem this time now that much needed information around costs and feasibility of treatment options are now available.

This should not be that difficult. Make a permanent funding source available for wild rice growth and rehabilitation efforts. Allow our native people to control water levels and invasive species proven to be one of the most detrimental factors to wild rice growth and Minnesota will have a vibrant natural wild rice crop for generations. Isn’t that what we all want?

https://www.virginiamn.com/opinion/mpca-admits-no-solution-in-sight-on-wild-rice-sulfate/article_5e2537a0-978c-11e8-a498-53f8ae6a8de3.html

2 Chinese men indicted in Little Rock, accused of conspiring to steal rice production technology

By Linda Satter

August 4, 2018 at 4:30 a.m.

Two rice researchers from China were indicted Friday in Little Rock on accusations that they conspired to steal rice production technology to take the proprietary science back to China.

Cody Hiland, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Diane Upchurch, special agent in charge of the FBI's Little Rock office, announced the indictments of Liu Xuejun, 49, and Sun Yue, 36, on charges of conspiracy to steal trade secrets and conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property.

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Hiland and Upchurch said the men were indicted over their involvement in the theft of rice seeds designed for use in the medical field. The seeds were developed by Ventria Bioscience, a company based in Colorado with a rice production facility in Kansas. They said the company used technology to create rice seeds that contained certain proteins, which could then be removed from the rice and used in medicine and pharmaceutical products.

"These rice seeds may be small, but the research and investment that went into the science that made them possible is of great value," Hiland said in a news release, noting that Ventria has invested about $75 million in developing the intellectual property behind the seeds.

"We remain vigilant in our efforts at protecting both intellectual and real property from theft by other nations," he said.

In 2013, when Liu and Sun worked at the Crops Research Institute in Tianjin, China, they visited several rice research and production facilities in the United States, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center in Stuttgart. Liu was a professor and Sun was a research associate at the Chinese institute.

Upon the men's arrival at the airport in Honolulu on their way back to China, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents found stolen rice seeds in the men's luggage, the release said. It noted that the stolen seeds included some from both the Stuttgart research center and the Kansas production facility.

Weiqiang Zhang, a rice breeder at Ventria's Kansas facility, and Wengui Yan, who had worked at the Stuttgart facility since 1996 as a rice geneticist, helped organize Liu and Sun's trip to the United States, according to Hiland and Upchurch. Both Zhang and Yan were charged in a related federal case in Kansas in late 2013. In 2016, Zhang, 47, was convicted at trial and sentenced to 10 years in prison, while Yan, 63, pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements to the FBI and was sentenced to a year in prison.Both Zhang and Yan are natives of the People's Republic of China and were legally living in the United States when they were arrested, according to an earlier news release from the U.S. attorney's office in Kansas City, Kan.

"Today's indictment of Liu and Sun should not go unnoticed by those who seek to steal our trade secrets and technology," Upchurch said in the news release. "This type of crime is consistent with China's social and economic five-year plan to modernize their seed industry."Conspiracy to steal trade secrets is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000, while conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property is punishable by up to five years and a fine of up to $250,000.The case that was investigated by the FBI is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Allison Bragg.

http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2018/aug/04/2-chinese-men-charged-in-rice-seed-thef/

Global Rice Flour Market by Product Details , Application and Regional Forecast 2022

Umang.s August 4, 2018

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Rice Flour, Brown Rice Flour, Glutinous Rice Flour, Others

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Vietnam’s rice exports on the rise

VNA FRIDAY, AUGUST 03, 2018 - 18:06:00

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s rice exports in the first seven months of this year brought home 2 billion USD, rising 32 percent against the same period last year.From January to July, the country sold 3.86 million tonnes of the grain abroad, a year-on-year increase of 12.8 percent.In the first six months of the year, China remained the largest importer of Vietnamese rice with 1.13 million tonnes, followed by African market with 537,000 tonnes, the Philippines with 429,000 tonnes, Indonesia with 776,000 tonnes, and Malaysia with 305,000 tonnes.

Vietnamese exporters have paid due attention to the Chinese market, which accounts for 40 percent of country’s total rice exports. However, China’s import policies and technical barriers pose considerable challenges for Vietnamese firms, said Nguyen Trung Kien, Chairman and General Director of the Gentraco Feed Joint Stock Company.“China is a choosy market. If Vietnamese products, from pork to vegetables and fruits, do not meet quality requirements, they will be rejected”, he said.

Kien recommended that the Government support exporters in terms of policies and the agricultural sector should give guidance to farmers to produce high-quality products, meeting market’s demand.

Experts said that demands for rice will grow in the last quarter of the year. Five traditional importers of Cuba, Iraq, Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia possibly purchase 3-4 million tonnes of rice. However, the Philippines may prefer Thai rice due to its competitive price as the country is importing rice under the minimum access volume (MAV) scheme.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh intends to buy 400,000 tonnes of rice from Vietnam among 700,000 tonnes it will import in August. Vietnamese firms are sending 60,000 tonnes of rice to Cuban market, and 30,000 tonnes to Iraq every month.-VNA

https://en.vietnamplus.vn/vietnams-rice-exports-on-the-rise/135826.vnp

RiceBran Technologies Reports Q2 2018 Financial Results and Provides Business Updates

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Aug 02, 2018, 16:00 ET

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Aug. 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- RiceBran Technologies (NASDAQ: RIBT) (NASDAQ: RIBTW) (the "Company" or "RBT"), a global leader in the production and marketing of value added products derived from rice bran, announced today the Company's financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2018.

"We are making progress on many fronts positioning RiceBran Technologies for substantial growth," said Brent Rystrom, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. "We are pleased with our new bran supply agreement with Golden Ridge Rice Mills, which will provide our first source of supply from Arkansas, the largest rice producing state in the country. This agreement also provides us the option to acquire Golden Ridge Rice Mills, which we believe could be a transformational event for RBT and our shareholders by enabling us to substantially improve our supply chain management capabilities through outright control of a major source of bran supply and could position us for many other product and growth opportunities. We are excited by the progress of our sales team and their development of our sales pipeline, and our efforts to improve and expand bran supply emboldens our confidence that we can deliver on growth. And our balance sheet remains in strong position to fund our transition to growth."

Business Highlights:

Revenue in the second quarter totaled $3.2 million, better than our updated guidance but below our original expectations for the period. Net loss of $(2.2) million and adjusted EBITDA of $(1.8) million in the second quarter of 2018 compared to net loss of $(1.2) million and adjusted EBITDA of $(1.3) million in the same period in the prior year. Both revenue and margins were negatively impacted during the second quarter by the loss of production at our Mermentau, LA facility starting in mid-April, which limited our ability to grow the business and caused us to ship more from our California facilities at much higher freight costs. In addition, gross margin was negatively impacted by reduced production at our Dillon, MTfacility due to a large Cap Ex project related to attaining plant certification and an increase of approximately 37.9% in raw bran prices.
Our balance sheet remains liquid and strong. We received $3.9 million of proceeds from warrant exercises during the quarter, which more than offset cash burn from operations and helped to increase shareholders' equity. We ended the quarter with cash and cash equivalents of $7.7 million, debt of $14,000, and shareholders' equity of $16.8 million.
We entered into a new rice bran supply agreement with Golden Ridge Rice Mills. Golden Ridge Rice Mills will provide us with stabilized rice bran (SRB) from its location in Wynne, AR. This agreement positions RBT to expand our sourcing capabilities into Arkansas, the largest rice producing state in the U.S.
We also secured an option to purchase Golden Ridge Rice Mills. We believe that owning and operating rice mills and the related rice bran production facilities will be an important part of our future supply of SRB, in addition to working with our current rice mill partners. It would also provide us substantial space to develop new products derived from SRB, an area of concentration for us where we see many growth opportunities.
We are excited by the anticipated growth in our sales pipeline and are working to add additional production capacity to our system to meet expected growth this year and next.
The Company now sees 2018 revenue of $14.0-$15.0 million. We expect modest revenue growth in the third quarter and more substantial growth in the fourth quarter.

"We made important progress during the quarter in both our system-wide certification efforts, and through the development of our relationship with Golden Ridge Rice Mills," said Dr. Robert Smith, CEO and President. "As our Mermentau operations resume production in the third quarter and we add production supplies from Golden Ridge Rice Mills, we believe we are well positioned to pursue accelerating growth."

Highlights for the 2018 second quarter include:

Revenue of $3.2 million increased 1.7% from $3.1 million, driven mainly from food products. Growth in animal feed product revenue was limited by the production issues we experienced in Mermentau.
Gross profit margin declined 470 basis points, primarily due to the idling of our Mermentauplant, reduced production at Dillon due to a large Cap Ex project related to certification, higher raw rice bran costs, and higher freight costs related to supplying Mermentaucustomers from California.
SG&A increased 6% mainly due to higher sales costs, additional headcount in quality assurance and operations to support our certification, and higher professional fees.
Our financial condition improved during the quarter as a result of cash received from warrant exercises more than offsetting our net losses. Our cash and cash equivalents and shareholders' equity increased to $7.7 million and $16.8 million at June 30, 2018 compared to $5.1 million and $14.9 million, respectively, for those items at March 31, 2018. We received $3.9 million of proceeds from warrant exercises during the quarter and Cap Ex totaled $1.1 million.

"We are excited about the sales pipeline we are developing and how we believe this will translate into substantial growth," said Brent Rystrom, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. "We are confident that resumed production at Mermentau and our new supply starting from Golden Ridge Rice Mills positions us to pursue more substantial growth in the remainder of 2018 and beyond. We expect revenue growth to accelerate sharply starting in the 2018 fourth quarter as we get the benefits of improved rice bran supplies catching up to our expanding sales pipeline."

"Crop expectations are strong for California as well as near Mermentau, and favorable elsewhere. We are hopeful that the larger crop will drive down raw rice bran prices as harvesting takes place in August-September," Rystrom continued. "Adding new supply from Arkansas – the state that produces about half of the U.S. rice crop – should also help. Raw rice bran prices in Arkansas have been considerably lower than our other operating locations."

Guidance Updates:

RBT is lowering its 2018 annual revenue target to $14.0 million to $15.0 million from $16.0 million to reflect lower revenue in the second and third quarters due to the negative impact of the production losses we experienced in April-July at Mermentau leading to our decision to delay certain anticipated new customer additions until later in the year.
RBT expects adjusted EBITDA losses to improve in the third quarter from second quarter levels and expects a more considerable improvement in the fourth quarter as sequential revenue growth accelerates. We continue to target attaining positive adjusted EBITDA by mid-2019.
We continue to believe our balance sheet is sufficient to support our growth plan for 2018 and beyond.
Our guidance does not assume the financial impact that would result from exercising our option to purchase Golden Ridge Rice Mills.

Conference Call Information

RiceBran Technologies will host a conference call today, Thursday, August 2, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss these results. The conference call information is as follows:

Direct Dial-in number for US/Canada: (412) 317-6026
Toll Free Dial-in number for US/Canada: (877) 300-8521
Dial-In number for international callers: (412) 317-6026
Participants will ask for the RiceBran Technologies Q1 2018 Financial Results Call

This call is being webcast by ViaVid and can be accessed at http://public.viavid.com/index.php?id=130781.

The call will also be available for replay by accessing http://public.viavid.com/index.php?id=130781.

About RiceBran Technologies

RiceBran Technologies is a specialty ingredient company servicing the food, animal nutrition and specialty ingredient products markets. We utilize our proprietary and patented intellectual property to convert rice bran, one of the world's most underutilized food sources, into a number of highly nutritious and clean label ingredient products. The global target markets for our products include food and animal nutrition manufacturers and retailers, as well as specialty food, functional food and nutritional supplement manufacturers and retailers. More information can be found in the Company's filings with the SEC and by visiting our website

Forward-Looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements about RiceBran Technologies' expectations regarding the sufficiency of its cash position to pursue its plans in 2018, the supply agreement with Golden Ridge Rice Mills, the potential exercise of the option to purchase of Golden Ridge's milling operations and any resulting benefits to RBT of acquiring Golden Ridge if the option is exercised, the rice production volumes in California, Louisiana and Arkansas, the price of rice bran, the rice milling volumes in the Delta region and the impact of these volumes on its financial performance, and its business plans, future growth, revenue and adjusted EBITDA. These statements are made based upon current expectations that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including the risks that RBT does not exercise its option to acquire Golden Ridge Rice Mills or receive the resulting benefit from this acquisition if the option is exercised. RiceBran Technologies does not undertake to update forward-looking statements in this news release to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting such forward-looking information. Assumptions and other information that could cause results to differ from those set forth in the forward-looking information can be found in RiceBran Technologies' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent periodic reports.

RiceBran Technologies
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 and 2017
(Unaudited) (in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

					Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
					2018		2017		2018	2017

Revenues, net					$ 3,198		$ 3,146		$ 6,750	$ 6,761
Cost of goods sold					2,535		2,348		5,133	4,776
Gross profit					663		798		1,617	1,985
Selling, general and administrative expenses					2,830		2,667		5,683	4,933
Loss from continuing operations before other income (expense)					(2,167)		(1,869)		(4,066)	(2,948)
Other income (expense):
		Interest expense			(2)		(475)		(3)	(1,530)
		Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities			-		22		-	1,121
		Loss on extinguishment of debt			-		-		-	(1,680)
		Other income			9		33		9	37
		Other expense			-		-		(13)	(100)
			Total other income (expense)		7		(420)		(7)	(2,152)
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes					(2,160)		(2,289)		(4,073)	(5,100)
Income tax benefit					-		515		-	912
Loss from continuing operations					(2,160)		(1,774)		(4,073)	(4,188)
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax					-		304		-	117
Net loss					(2,160)		(1,470)		(4,073)	(4,071)
Less - Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
		in discontinued operations			-		(248)		-	(567)
Net loss attributable to RiceBran Technologies shareholders					(2,160)		(1,222)		(4,073)	(3,504)
Less - Dividends on preferred stock, beneficial conversion feature					-		-		-	778
Net loss attributable to RiceBran Technologies common shareholders					$ (2,160)		$ (1,222)		$ (4,073)	$ (4,282)

Basic earnings (loss) per common share:
		Continuing operations			$ (0.11)		$ (0.18)		$ (0.22)	$ (0.51)
		Discontinued operations			-		0.06		-	0.07
			Basic loss per common share - RiceBran Technologies		$ (0.11)		$ (0.12)		$ (0.22)	$ (0.44)

Diluted earnings (loss) per common share:
		Continuing operations			$ (0.11)		$ (0.18)		$ (0.22)	$ (0.51)
		Discontinued operations			-		0.06		-	0.07
			Diluted loss per common share - RiceBran Technologies		$ (0.11)		$ (0.12)		$ (0.22)	$ (0.44)

Weighted average number of shares outstanding:
		Basic			20,366,451		9,794,405		18,731,925	9,726,268
		Diluted			20,366,451		9,794,405		18,731,925	9,726,268

RiceBran Technologies
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017
(Unaudited) (in thousands, except share amounts)

						June 30		December 31
						2018		2017
ASSETS
Current assets:
	Cash and cash equivalents					$ 7,660		$ 6,203
	Restricted cash					225		775
	Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $16 at June 30, 2018					1,409		1,273
	Inventories - Finished goods					402		564
	Inventories - Packaging					84		114
	Deposits and other current assets					546		519
				Total current assets		10,326		9,448
Property and equipment, net						9,097		7,850
Other long-term assets, net						32		63
				Total assets		$ 19,455		$ 17,361

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities:
	Accounts payable					$ 785		$ 765
	Accrued salary, wages and benefits					693		773
	Accrued expenses					849		741
	Unearned revenue					22		75
	Escrow liability					258		258
	Current maturities of long-term debt					4		4
				Total current liabilities		2,611		2,616
Long-term debt, less current portion						10		12
				Total liabilities		2,621		2,628

Commitments and contingencies

Shareholders' Equity:
	Equity attributable to RiceBran Technologies shareholders:
			Preferred stock, 20,000,000 shares authorized:
				Series G, convertible, 3,000 shares authorized, 630 shares issued and outstanding		313		313
			Common stock, no par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized,
				24,254,013 and 18,046,731 shares issued and outstanding		285,722		279,548
			Accumulated deficit			(269,201)		(265,128)
				Total shareholders' equity attributable to RiceBran Technologies shareholders		16,834		14,733
				Total liabilities and shareholders' equity		$ 19,455		$ 17,361

USE OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL INFORMATION

We utilize "Adjusted EBITDA" as a supplemental measure in our ongoing analysis of short term and long term cash requirement and liquidity needs. Adjusted EBITDA does not represent cash flows from operations as defined by generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), is not a measure derived in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to net income (the most comparable GAAP financial measure to EBITDA). Management uses Adjusted EBITDA as an indicator of our current financial performance. By eliminating the impact of all material non-cash charges as well as items that do not regularly occur, we believe that Adjusted EBITDA provides a more accurate and informative indicator of our cash requirements.

The table below contains a reconciliation of net income (GAAP) and Adjusted EBITDA (Non-GAAP) for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017. We do not provide a reconciliation of forward-looking net income (GAAP) to Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP). Due to the nature of certain reconciling items, it is not possible to predict with any reliability what future outcomes may be with regard to the expense or income that may ultimately be recognized in future periods. Any forward-looking Adjusted EBITDA information that we may provide from time to time consistently excludes the same items from projected net income that are excluded from actual net income in the table below.

RiceBran Technologies
Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation
For the three months ended June 30 (in thousands)

			2018	2017
Net income (loss)			$ (2,160)	$ (2,289)
	Interest expense		2	475
	Depreciation & amortization		172	181
		Unadjusted EBITDA	$ (1,986)	$ (1,633)
Add Back Other Items:
	Change in fair value of derivative liabilities		-	(22)
	Other income/expense		(9)	(33)
	Share-based compensation		171	361
	Corporate relocation associated expenses		-	30
	Other		-	7
		Adjusted EBITDA	$ (1,824)	$ (1,290)
RiceBran Technologies
Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation
For the six months ended June 30 (in thousands)

			2018	2017
Net income (loss)			$ (4,073)	$ (5,100)
	Interest expense		3	1,530
	Depreciation & amortization		371	414
		Unadjusted EBITDA	$ (3,699)	$ (3,156)
Add Back Other Items:
	Change in fair value of derivative liabilities		-	(1,121)
	Loss on extinguishment of debt		-	1,680
	Other income/expense		7	63
	Share-based compensation		431	654
	Corporate relocation associated expenses		-	75
	Other		-	7
		Adjusted EBITDA	$ (3,261)	$ (1,798)

Investor Contact:

Ascendant Partners, LLC

Richard Galterio

(732) 410-9810

rich@ascendantpartnersllc.com

SOURCE RiceBran Technologies

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Chinese Researchers Who Visited AR Charged with Conspiracy to Steal Rice Technology

Posted: Aug 03, 2018 02:31 PM CDT

Updated: Aug 03, 2018 02:31 PM CDT

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Two rice researchers from China who visited a center in Stuttgart five years ago have been charged in a conspiracy to steal rice production technology in an alleged attempt to bring this proprietary science back to China.That's according to a news release issued by Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Diane Upchurch, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Little Rock Field Office. The release announced the indictment of Liu Xuejun, 49, and Sun Yue, 36, both of China, for conspiracy to steal trade secrets and conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property.

Continued news release:
A federal grand jury returned an indictment against Liu and Sun on Friday for their involvement in the theft of rice seeds designed for use in the medical field. The rice seeds were developed by a company called Ventria Bioscience, which used technology to create rice seeds that contained certain proteins. These proteins could then be removed from the rice and used in medicines and pharmaceutical products. Ventria, which is headquartered in Colorado and has a rice production facility in Kansas, has invested approximately $75 million in developing the intellectual property behind these rice seeds.

"These rice seeds may be small, but the research and investment that went into the science that made them possible is of great value," Hiland said. "We remain vigilant in our efforts at protecting both intellectual and real property from theft by other nations, and it is our intention to present our case to an Arkansas jury based on the crimes alleged in the indictment."

"Today’s indictment of Liu and Sun should not go unnoticed by those who seek to steal our trade secrets and technology," FBI SAC Upchurch said. "This type of crime is consistent with China’s social and economic five-year plan to modernize their seed industry. We appreciate the efforts of the United States Attorney’s Office and together we will remain steadfast in protecting the United States’ intellectual property."

https://www.kark.com/news/local-news/chinese-researchers-who-visited-ar-charged-with-conspiracy-to-steal-rice-technology/1344829787

Chinese Nationals Charged with Conspiracy to Steal Rice Technology

LITTLE ROCK—Two rice researchers from China have been charged in a conspiracy to steal rice production technology in an alleged attempt to bring this proprietary science back to China.

Link to related Kansas case:

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ks/pr/two-agricultural-scientists-chinacharged-stealing-trade-secrets

This news release, as well as additional information about the office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, is available on-line at

http://www.justice.gov/edar

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edar/pr/chinese-nationals-charged-conspiracy-steal-rice-technology

Govt working for development of agriculture, farmers: DG BRRI

Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Rangpur |

Published: 00:15, Aug 05,2018

Director general of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute Md Shahjahan Kabir has said the present farmer-friendly government is working relentlessly for development of agriculture and farmers.
‘The scientists of BRRI are always with farmers for making commercial-basis farm activities, especially rice cultivation, more profitable by resolving any problem being faced by them,’ he said
Kabir said this while addressing the harvesting of Aus rice, farmers field day and training on modern technologies of rice cultivation programme held at village Balata under Sadar upazila in Gaibandha on Saturday as chief guest, said a press release.
Principal scientific officer and chief of Rangpur Regional Station of BRRI agriculturist Md Abu Bakar Siddique Sarker presided over the event jointly organised by Rangpur Regional Station of BRRI and Department of Agricultural Extension.
More than 200 male and female farmers, scientists of BRRI and officials of Gaibandha district and sadar upazila offices of DAE, public representatives and elite were present.
Shahjahan Kabir suggested farmers to contact scientists of BRRIs for all information related to cultivation and production of rice, new seed, latest technologies, agronomical management methods and technical assistance.
On the occasion, the farmers harvested their cultivated BRRI-evolved BR 26, BRRI dhan 48 and BRRI dhan65 varieties of Aus rice on their exhibition plots and got yield rates of 17, 15 and 14 mounds of Aus crop in terms of paddy respectively.
While expressing his experience about cultivation Aus rice, farmer Aynal Haque said that farming of the BRRI-evolved BR26, BRRI dhan 48 and BRRI dhan 65 Aus rice varieties needed less time, fertiliser and irrigation water.
‘The farming cost of these rice varieties is low and profit is more. Rice of BRRI dhan 48 is tasty and fine in quality. Moreover, attack of blast and BLB diseases was very low,’ he said hoping that he would cultivate the rice varieties on more land next time.
Agriculturist Sarker, in his concluding remarks, highlighted different aspects of agronomical managements of cultivation to get more yield from these varieties of Aus rice.
He said, ‘Planting of seedlings aged between 20 and 25 days should be done maintaining recommended distance between second week of April and second week of May.’
During transplantation of seedling, 200 grams of urea, TSP 210 grams, potash 300 grams, gypsum 180 grams and 25 grams of zinc fertilisers should be mixed in every one decimal of land.‘After 20 and 40 days since transplantation, 200 grams of urea fertiliser should be applied twice. The farmland should be kept completely weed-free clean from 30 to 35 days since transplantation,’ he added.

http://www.newagebd.net/article/47662/govt-working-for-development-of-agriculture-farmers-dg-brri

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Global Organic Rice Flour Market report also studies the growth opportunities and scope in the different regions. The major regions included into the report are: North America, United States, Canada, Mexico, Asia-Pacific, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Rest of Asia-Pacific, Europe, Germany, France, UK, Italy, Spain, Russia, Rest of Europe, Central & South America, Brazil, Argentina, Rest of South America, Middle East & Africa, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Rest of Middle East & Africa

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Table of Content of Global Organic Rice Flour Market

The Global Organic Rice Flour Market Research Report offers deep insights about the market trends and forecast in more than 12 chapters which provides qualitative as well as quantitative analysis of the report.

Chapter 1, 2 and 3 includes methodology & data sources, market overview and market analysis by application. The market overview chapter provides segment information by type including the revenue (million USD) and sales volume (K Units) along with market share and year-on-year growth analysis. Market analysis by application provides insights on the different application/end users of the Global Organic Rice Flour Market including the sales volume by sub application types.

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MPCA ADMITS NO SOLUTION IN SIGHT ON WILD RICE SULFATE ISSUE

Steve Giorgi | Range Municipalities & Schools

Aug 3, 2018

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APAC Rice Noodles Market 2017-2021 Focuses on New Opportunities in the Global Industry

Sampada.p August 5, 2018

Global APAC Rice Noodles industry 2017-2021 report focuses on types, applications, key drivers, challenges, and Opportunities, are outlined to determine the overall attractiveness and to single out profitable trends to gain a stronger foothold in the APAC Rice Noodles industry. APAC Rice Noodles market is estimated to rise at a significant CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 5.11% during the years 2017-2021.

APAC Rice Noodles Market report provides market forecast information, according to the history of the industry and the future of the industry faces what situation, growth or failure. With the slowdown in global economic growth, the APAC Rice Noodles market has also suffered some impact, but still continued a fairly positive progress, the past four years, market size to maintain the average annual growth rate.

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Top Manufacturers of APAC Rice Noodles Market covers Leong Guan Food Manufacturer, NISSIN FOODS, President Rice Products, THAITAN FOODS INTERNATIONAL, THAI PRESERVED FOOD FACTORY, ACECOOK VIETNAM, BICH CHI FOOD JOINT STOCK COMPANY, J.D. Food Products (Kin Dee), MTR Foods, NONGSHIM, Penang Ah Lai White Curry Noodle, PT INDOFOOD SUKSES MAKMUR, Roland Foods, SA GIANG, The Kraft Heinz Company, Trident, VIFON (VIETNAM FOOD INDUSTRIES JOINT STOCK COMPANY), Win Chance Foods (Thasia), and Ying Yong Food Products., and many more.

Market Driver
• Increasing demand for gluten-free products in APAC
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• Increasing launches of other varieties of noodles in APAC
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Market Trend
• Variety of flavors available in rice noodles
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· Supply chain trends mapping the latest technological advancements

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· Manufacturing process, suppliers, price, production and consumption analysis, mode of transport and cost analysis, industry chain analysis

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Global Trend Expected to Guide Rice Protein Market from 2017-2022: Growth Analysis by Manufacturers, Regions, Type and Application

AUGUST 5, 2018

Rice Protein Market provides brief overview of the market focusing on definitions, market segmentation, end-use applications and industry chain analysis. This report studies Rice Protein Market by size (value & volume) by manufacturers, type, application, and region. This report focuses on the top manufacturers in different region.

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The Top Players covered in this report:

Axiom Foods
Shafi Gluco Chem
AIDP
Jiangxi Yiwanjia Organic Agricultural
OPW Ingredients
…

The global Rice Protein Market is valued at xx million US$ in 2017 and is expected to reach xx million US$ by the end of 2021, growing at a CAGR of xx.x % between 2018 and 2021.

The conclusions in this report assist in deep understanding of the market inclinations along with assisting in decision making with respect to geographical expansion, capacity expansions or identifying new growth opportunities.

The Geographical area covered in this report:

United States
North America
Europe
Asia-Pacific
South America
Middle East and Africa

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On the basis of Application, the market can be split into

Healthcare Food
Sports Nutrition
Beverage
Others

On the basis of type, the market can be split into

Healthcare Food
Sports Nutrition
Beverage
Others

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Executive Summary
Company Overview
Rice Protein Market Application
Market Effect Factors Analysis
Marketing Strategy Analysis, Distributors/Traders
Systems Sales Market Types
Market Effect Factors Analysis
Market and Forecast – By Country Wise (2017 – 2021)
Market and Forecast – By End Users (2017 – 2021)
Rice Protein – Driving Factors
Methodology/Research Approach

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Rice Milling Machinery Market Overview, Market by Type, by Manufacturers, Regions, Industry Analysis and Forecast by 2022

By Shekhar Gajul on August 4, 2018

Rice Milling Machinery Market report 2017 includes a comprehensive in-depth detailed analysis of the present state of the market. Rice Milling Machinery Market overview, which is the beginning of the report, consists of various factors such as definitions, applications, and classifications of the Rice Milling Machinery . Industry chain structure, industry news analysis, and industry policy analysis are also covered in the industry overview section of the market research report.

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Regional analysis includes: – North America, Europe, China, Japan, Southeast Asia, India

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Rice Milling Machinery Market Overview includes:

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Rice Milling Machinery Manufacturers Profiles/Analysis includes: Company Name, Company Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors, Rice Milling Machinery Product Category, Application and Specification.

Rice Milling Machinery Market Forecast (2017-2021)

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Rice Milling Machinery Market Overview
Global Rice Milling Machinery Market Competition by Manufacturers
Global Rice Milling Machinery Capacity, Production, Revenue (Value) by Region (2012-2017)
Global Rice Milling Machinery Supply (Production), Consumption, Export, Import by Region (2012-2017)
Global Production, Revenue (Value), Price Trend by Type
Global Market Analysis by Application
Global Manufacturers Profiles/Analysis
Rice Milling Machinery Manufacturing Cost Analysis
Industrial Chain, Sourcing Strategy and Downstream Buyers
Marketing Strategy Analysis, Distributors/Traders
Market Effect Factors Analysis
Global Rice Milling Machinery Market Forecast (2017-2021)
Research Findings and Conclusion

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The Rice Milling Machinery industry research report analyses Production, Sales and Revenue, Supply and Consumption and other analysis along with in-depth research. Several other factors such as import, export, gross margin, price, cost, and consumption are also analysed under the section Analysis of Rice Milling Machinery production, supply, sales and market status. In the end, Rice Milling Machinery Market report is a treasured source for both the individuals as well as the businesses as it provides detailed SWOT analysis along with the new project investments feasibility study.

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Rice Starch Market Growth Opportunities, Sales, Revenue, Consumptions, Industry Analysis and Forecasts 2022

By Shekhar Gajul on August 4, 2018

Rice Starch Market research report is a professional and in-depth study on the current state also focuses on the major drivers and restraints for the key players. Global Rice Starch Industry research report also provides granular analysis of the market share, segmentation, revenue forecasts and geographic regions of the market.

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Top Key Manufacturers of Rice Starch Market:

BENEO
Ingredion
AGRANA
Bangkok starch
Thai Flour
WFM Wholesome Foods
Golden Agriculture
Anhui Lianhe
Anhui Le Huan Tian Biotechnology

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By Types:

Cosmetic Grade
Food Grade
Pharmaceutical Grade

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Baked Goods & Bakery Fillings
Confectionery Coatings & Liquorice
Dairy Desserts & Yoghurt
Dairy Fruit Preparations
Body Powder
Dry Shampoo
Other

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Rice Transplanter Machines Market to Set Phenomenal Growth from 2018 to 2023

August 4, 2018

The study of the Rice Transplanter Machines market by HTF MI provides the market size information and market trends along with factors and parameters impacting it in both short- and long-term. The study provides a 360° view and insights, outlining the key outcomes of the industry. These insights help the business decision-makers to formulate better business plans and make informed decisions for improved profitability. In addition, the study helps venture capitalists in understanding the companies better and make informed decisions. Some of the key players in the Rice Transplanter Machines market are Yanmar, Iseki, Kubota, TYM, Jiangsu World Agriculture Machinery, CLAAS, Shandong Fuerwo Agricultural Equipment, Mitsubishi Mahindra Agricultural Machinery, Dongfeng Agricultural Machinery & Changfa Agricultural Equipment.

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Global Rice Transplanter Machines Capacity, Production, Revenue (Value) by Region (2018-2023)
Global Rice Transplanter Machines Supply (Production), Consumption, Export, Import by Region (2018-2023)
Global Rice Transplanter Machines Production, Revenue (Value), Price Trend by Type
Global Rice Transplanter Machines Market Analysis by Application
Global Rice Transplanter Machines Manufacturers Profiles/Analysis
Rice Transplanter Machines Manufacturing Cost Analysis
Industrial Chain, Sourcing Strategy and Downstream Buyers
Marketing Strategy Analysis, Distributors/Traders
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By Product Types: Mechanical & Manual
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Regional Markets: North America, China, Europe, Southeast Asia, Japan & India
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Transplanting Machines Market Growth Analysis, Demand by Regions, Application, Types and Analysis of Key Players- Forecasts to 2023

Sampada.p August 6, 2018

Transplanting Machines Market Report Delivers an in depth approximation of the succeeding technology, Key plans, Challenges, Market drivers, Standardization, organizational scene, distributing fashions, overtures, upcoming guide, admiration chain. The Transplanting Machines Market file likewise shows estimation for assumptions until 2023. Global Transplanting Machines marketplace promotes competition with the aid of pinnacle producers/gamers, with deals extent, Worth (USD/Unit), revenue (Million USD), Companies/Suppliers Profiles and Sales Statistics, Company Basic Information, Manufacturing Base and Opponents and a part of the general industry for all manufacturer/performer.

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Following are the Major Key Players of Transplanting Machines Market:

John Deere
Great Plains
Kubota
Mechanical Transplanter
Ackerman
Holland Transplanter
Kennco Manufacturing
Big John Manufacturing
Whitfield Forestry Equipment
Yanmar
Checchi & Magli
Kukje Machinery
Egedal
Zhongji Southern Machinery

Following are the Applications of Transplanting Machines Market:

Rice Transplant
Vegetable Transplant
Tree Transplant
Tobacco Transplant
Fruit Transplant

Following are the Types of Transplanting Machines Market:

Riding Type
Walking Type
Tractor Mounted

Global Transplanting Machines Market Overview:

Global Transplanting Machines Market by Type and Application

Global Transplanting Machines Market Business Distribution by Region

Transplanting Machines Business Profile

Top Consumer/End Users of Transplanting Machines

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Marketing Strategy Analysis, Distributors/Traders

Marketing Channel

Direct Marketing

Indirect Marketing

Marketing Channel Development Trend included in Transplanting Machines industry

Market Positioning

Pricing Strategy

Brand Strategy of Transplanting Machines market

Target Client

Distributors/Traders List

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Market Effect Factors Analysis

Technology Progress/Risk

Substitutes Threat

Technology Progress in Transplanting Machines Industry

Consumer Needs/Customer Preference Change

Economic/Political Environmental Change

Transplanting Machines Market in Global Forecast

Transplanting Machines Market in Global Capacity, Production, Revenue Forecast

Transplanting Machines Market in Global Production, Consumption Forecast by Regions

Transplanting Machines Market in Global Production Forecast by Type

Transplanting Machines Market in Global Consumption Forecast by Application

Transplanting Machines Price Forecast

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Transplanting Machines Market in Global Research Report

Transplanting Machines Market in Global Competition by Manufacturers

Transplanting Machines Market in Global Capacity, Production, Revenue (Value) by Region

Transplanting Machines Market in Global Supply (Production), Consumption, Export, Import by Region

Transplanting Machines Market in Global Production, Revenue (Value), Price Trend by Type

Transplanting Machines Market in Global Analysis by Application

Transplanting Machines Market in Global Manufacturers Profiles/Analysis

Transplanting Machines Manufacturing Cost Analysis

Industrial Chain, Sourcing Strategy and Downstream Buyers

Marketing Strategy Analysis, Distributors/Traders

Market Effect Factors Analysis

Transplanting Machines Market in Global Forecast

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Bright prospects for rice exports

Officials see 10m tonnes shipped this year and next on robust global demand

4 Aug 2018 at 07:00
NEWSPAPER SECTION: BUSINESS | WRITER: PHUSADEE ARUNMAS

Workers arrange rice for export at a processing plant in Ayutthaya province. The Foreign Trade Department says Thai rice prices are competitive in the world market.Trade officials expect rice exports to remain strong next year at a minimum of 10 million tonnes, boosted by continuously robust purchase demand.According to Adul Chotinisakorn, director-general of the Foreign Trade Department, the prospects for Thai rice exports are likely to stay in good shape until next year, with shipment volume expected to be on a par with the 10 million tonnes predicted for this year.
Mr Adul cited a forecast by the US Department of Agriculture that global rice imports will increase to 49.5 million tonnes of milled rice next year from 48.67 million tonnes this year.Thai rice prices are also competitive in the world market, he said.
As of Aug 1, 2018, Thailand had exported 6.4 million tonnes, down 0.2% year-on-year, with an export values of US$3.26 billion, up 17.9%.
According to Mr Adul, department officials are scheduled to speak with Chinese counterparts to follow up on China's plan to buy an additional 1 million tonnes of rice this year as part of an investment package that includes the initial high-speed rail project and sales of 2 million tonnes of rice and 200,000 tonnes of rubber agreed earlier.
Thai officials and their Chinese counterparts signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in December 2014 for 1 million tonnes each of old and new grains, along with the 200,000 tonnes of rubber.
The MoU was part of the Sino-Thai high-speed rail deal.
Thailand has already signed a 1-million-tonne contract for delivery this year.
Since the May 2014 coup, 16.84 million tonnes of state rice stocks have been sold through auctions, fetching 145.86 billion baht.The government controls just 70,000 tonnes of state rice stocks now, all of it inedible. Of the total, 20,000 tonnes will be sold for animal feed and the remaining 50,000 tonnes is earmarked for ethanol or biomass production.The department's responsible officials are scheduled to call an auction for the remaining state rice stocks some time this month.
In a related development, Mr Adul said the Foreign Trade Department expects to be able to finalise the exact amount of state rice stocks accrued by previous governments before the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) assumed management.The State Audit Office, which was assigned by the Rice Policy and Management Committee as an independent unit to handle the audit of state rice stocks controlled by two key state agencies (the Public Warehouse Organisation and the Marketing Organisation for Farmers), reported on July 2, 2014 that the government controlled a total of 18.7 million tonnes.
But the audit committee established by the NCPO to check out the state rice stocks later found that the supply totalled just 17.76 million tonnes -- meaning about 940,000 tonnes of rice stocks went missing."By September, we expect to have a conclusion on whether the questionable 940,000 tonnes of state rice stocks is really missing or it's just a numerical error," Mr Adul said. "But we all can rest assured that there must be people to take responsibility if the conclusion is reached that such an amount of rice stocks is really missing."

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