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Rice export & farmers
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Bengal, AP Traders Make Hay As
Govt Goes Slow
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Logistic agency distributes 53
thousand tons of rice through market operations
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Rice Stakeholders Set Agenda for
FG on Agric Devt
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Imported Rice This Year Halved
to 60,000 Tons
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Counterpoint: Yes, it's time ¬—
to uphold, not raise, sulfate limits
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Louisiana rice farmers
challenged by 2015 weather conditions
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Commodity Report-Dec. 22
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Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open-Dec
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Arkansas Farm Bureau Daily
Commodity
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APEDA Rice Commodity
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News $m boost for rice farming
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Yield increase: GRFs provide the
key
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Sales Drop at Rice Milling
Machine Maker
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VINECO to launch rice brand in
time for 2016
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Vietnam, Timor Leste sign MoU on
rice trade
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Fighting rice fungus
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FG reviewing Ali’s
counter-productive policy on rice imports
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Gov’t subsidies surge as funds
channeled to aid agriculture
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FIU scientists discover how
arsenic builds up in plant seeds
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Subscribe to Gene Silencing/Gene
Editing
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Japanese Scientists Perform
CRISPR/Cas9 Editing on Fungus Used in Sake, Soy Sauce Production
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Rice export & farmers
BASMATI rice is a long, slender grain aromatic variety of rice
traditionally grown in Pakistan and India. The two countries are
the exclusive grower and exporter of this superior quality of
rice.
Because of its aroma and
well-favoured taste, it is not only liked in Pakistan and India, there is a
growing demand for basmati rice in Aghanistan, Iran, the UAE, Kuwait, Saudi
Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries. Pakistanis and Indians living in
Europe and America use basmati rice as their choice food.
Owing to incentives and support
of the government, India controls over 70pc of the overseas market, while
Pakistan accounts for the remaining 30pc.For the last two years there has been
a considerable decrease in the export of basmati rice from Pakistan while
India, being the only competitor, has fully exploited our failure and increased
its export of basmati rice in the world market.Basmati rice is largely grown in
Gujranwala and Lahore where agricultural holdings of farmers are small and
there are no big landlords or feudals who may raise their voice in parliament
or influence the government policy.
The small rice farmer is merely
promised a small amount of Rs5000, which only a few of them are able to
procure. Why can’t the government also grant a subsidy of Rs13,000 a ton it has
announced for the export of sugar? The minister for commerce belongs to
Gujranwala. He must look after the interests and be fair to the people of his
area.
Maj (r) Mumtaz Bashir
Lahore
http://www.dawn.com/news/1227931
Bengal, AP Traders Make Hay As Govt Goes Slow
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Published: 22nd December 2015 03:41 AM
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Updated: 22nd December 2015 03:41 AM
BALASORE: With Bhadrak district administration
going slow on paddy procurement, rice millers and private traders from West
Bengal and Andhra Pradesh have gone for a kill by purchasing paddy much below
the MSP.The administration has set a target to procure seven lakh quintals of
paddy through 111 Primary Agriculture Co-operative Societies (PACS) and
Markfed. Although the mandis were supposed to be opened by December 18, only
seven PACS have opened procurement centres so far.
Farmers said traders from West Bengal and
Andhra Pradesh have already started procuring paddy through their agents in
seven blocks of the district at `400 to `500 less than the MSP of `1,410 per
quintal.Bidyadhar Patra, a farmer from Dhamnagar, said the traders are lifting
paddy directly from their houses and paying them instantly.Apparently, paddy
procurement in the district has been delayed as many millers, who were
given paddy for milling last year, are yet to deliver rice. At least 13
unscrupulous millers have not yet supplied 60,000 quintals of rice and it is
suspected that the stock has been misappropriated. As they are allegedly being
shielded by influential political leaders, no punitive action has been
initiated against them yet.
Officials concerned said most of the PACS have
not opened procurement centres as harvesting is continuing in many areas.Civil
Supply Officer Ramakanta Ranasingh said so far, 44,000 farmers have registered
for paddy procurement against the last year’s 35,000. Share croppers have also
been asked to get their names registered so that they can sell paddy.This time,
all seven blocks of the district along with 153 others in the State have been
included in the Paddy Purchase Automation System (PPAS) under which, registered
farmers will get the payment directly within seven days.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/Bengal-AP-Traders-Make-Hay-As-Govt-Goes-Slow/2015/12/22/article3190064.ece
Logistic agency distributes 53 thousand tons
of rice through market operations
Selasa, 22 Desember 2015 19:39 WIB |
Photo document of workers move sacks of rice in
Cipinang Rice Market, Jakarta. (ANTARA/Wahyu Putro A.)
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Rice distribution during
market operations conducted by state-owned logistics firm Bulog through the
Cipinang Rice Market in Jakarta from November 21, 2015, until now has reached
53 thousand tons.Director of Operations and Public Service Bulog Suparyono
stated while overseeing the market operations at the Cipinang Rice Market on
Tuesday that market operations are being conducted to stabilize the price of
medium-category rice, which has increased to over Rp nine thousand per kilogram
(kg).
"We have prepared 75 thousand tons of rice for
market operations in Jakarta. As of today, 53 thousand tons of rice has already
been distributed through the Cipinang Rice Market," he noted.He was
accompanied by Commercial Director of Bulog Fazri Sentosa, Chairman of the
Traders Association of Rice and Rice Milling (Perpadi) for Jakarta Nellys
Soekidi, and Director of Food Station Cipinang Arief Adi Prasetyo.According to
Suparyono, the market operations were not only conducted in Jakarta but also in
26 regional Bulog divisions throughout Indonesia. Some 25 thousand tons of rice
was made available for distribution in these divisions. He
said the monitoring results revealed that the national rice prices remained
relatively stable despite slight fluctuation.
However, he added that Bulog continued to conduct
market operations to ensure adequate supply of rice ahead of Christmas and New
Year."People should not harbor concerns, especially during Christmas and
New Year, so that consumption is maintained, and they could celebrate these
special days in peace," he affirmed.He said market operations would
continue until the price of medium-quality rice became stable at around Rp8,300
per kg in accordance with the price at which Bulog sold rice to the public.
(Uu.A014/INE/KR-BSR)
http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/102162/logistic-agency-distributes-53-thousand-tons-of-rice-through-market-operations
Rice
Stakeholders Set Agenda for FG on Agric Devt
22 Dec 2015
Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Audu Ogbeh
Stakeholders in the rice industry have tasked the new Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Audu Ogbeh, on various initiatives and policies, towards driving the nation's agricultural sector particularly rice to achieve self-sufficiency in the production of the commodity.
Group Managing Director, Elephant Group, Mr. Tunji Owoeye,
explained that rice stakeholders want government to step up the access to
credit for the value chain operators in the rice industry, improve the capacity
of the Nigeria Incentive Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending
(NISRAL) and also build more storage facilities to guard against food
insecurity in the nation.Owoeye during a press briefing, pointed out the need
for government to also increase the provision of processing facilities for all
products in the country, stating that the ten rice mills approved by the then
administration must come on stream to boost the processing of rice paddy in the
country.
"We want government to continue with what they did in the
past to continue working with stakeholders and together we believe 2016 will be
a successful year for the country.
We want government to step up the access to credit for the value chain operators, improve the capacity of NISRAL to take on insurance and risks much more to support the teeming value chain operators across all the products, agribusiness must be technologically driven as it is done in the western world," he said.In his words: "Ten rice mills where approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) of the previous administration.
We want government to step up the access to credit for the value chain operators, improve the capacity of NISRAL to take on insurance and risks much more to support the teeming value chain operators across all the products, agribusiness must be technologically driven as it is done in the western world," he said.In his words: "Ten rice mills where approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) of the previous administration.
We must ensure that those mills come on stream. If we put those
10 mills on stream with the capacity of 35,000 metric tonnes per mill, that is
about 350,000 metric tonnes, added to the nation's paddy processing."This
is going to encourage our farmers, create employment and also bring down the
pressure on the foreign exchange. This should not only be done for rice but for
all products.
"He however commended the Nigerian
Customs Service (NCS) in its tireless effort in combating the smuggling of rice
into the country by ensuring smugglers pay duties rather than go unchallenged,
saying that this move by the current Comptroller General, NCS has helped to
reduce the menace."We have started engaging the new government to ensure
that smuggling is minimised and we are also happy about the appointment of the
new Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)
in his effort to ensure that smuggling is tackled, he got approval to say
instead of this smugglers to bring in rice unchallenged, he got them to pay
duty, but we have seen that smugglers have taken advantage of that policy by
circumventing the policy, but I am happy to tell you that the customs is
addressing this challenge and I am sure before the next quarter, we would look
back on the progress we have made," he stressed.
He also stated the need to provide a market outlet for locally
produced goods, saying that as a group it is willing and have also expressed
its desire to work with the current minister to lend support in creating
additional market outlets and marketing companies in order to get sales outlet
for the products in the country."There is also a need to review the land
reforms, because without it we cannot have a sufficient increase in the
nation's scale of production and the need to also develop entrepreneurial
capacity to generate more employment and wealth," he said.According to
him, a lot of attention needs be paid to value creation, saying that processing
is one of the areas where the country has serious challenges."We need to
take processing to the next level. These are things our new minister of
agriculture should focus on.
The government should lay
emphasis on some products, provide enough funding to create employment for the
nation's teeming population and also earn foreign exchange for us," he advised.Also speaking at the event, the Group
Executive Director, Mr. Akin Ogunbiyi, said the the
focal point of this administration is to boost agriculture as a means of
creating alternatives to oil, creating employment and also diversifying the
economy, stating the urgent move by the ministry to swing into action by taking
immediate decisions that will impact positively in the industry.
"We should also look at research development in the agricultural sector and also boosting agriculture extension programmes. These are areas that needs to be focused on. We also need to need to narrow down on a number of products. Every economy of the world has what it is known for. I do not see the reason why Nigeria cannot focus on a few number of products. All we need to do is motivate and encourage farmers and everybody down the value chain to begin massive export of these products," he said.
"We should also look at research development in the agricultural sector and also boosting agriculture extension programmes. These are areas that needs to be focused on. We also need to need to narrow down on a number of products. Every economy of the world has what it is known for. I do not see the reason why Nigeria cannot focus on a few number of products. All we need to do is motivate and encourage farmers and everybody down the value chain to begin massive export of these products," he said.
"One of the things I expect to start happening in the non-oil sector is that agric export has to be incentivised. We need to revisit the existing incentives of government to boost the non-oil sector. Everywhere in the world there are incentives for export. Every economy must encourage and createincentives for export. Agriculture and everything that has to do with the value chain has to be encouraged. The Export Expansion Grant (EEG) has not been well managed. This is a major source of encouragement to the farmers and the players in the sector," he added.
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/rice-stakeholders-set-agenda-for-fg-on-agric-devt/228602/
Imported Rice This Year Halved to 60,000 Tons
Write : 2015-12-22 15:13:41 Update : 2015-12-22 15:14:50
Counterpoint: Yes, it's time — to
uphold, not raise, sulfate limits
Don't believe the mining industry's bluster. Believe the
science, and stick to our values.
By Paula Goodman Maccabee
DECEMBER
22, 2015 — 6:41PM
BRIAN
PETERSON • STAR TRIBUNE FILE 1991
Canoes pushed off for a day of wild-rice harvesting
on the White Earth Indian Reservation.The
Great and Powerful Oz was just a scared little man with a big microphone. All
it took to expose him was ordinary brains, heart and courage.Minnesotans are
intelligent, compassionate, brave people. With a bit more information about our
state’s sulfate standard, they will see beyond the mining industry’s bluster,
as in a recent commentary (“It’s time for the MPCA to raise the state’s sulfate
standard,” Dec. 14). Minnesotans will realize that it’s time for the Minnesota
Pollution Control Agency to upholdour existing limit on sulfate
pollution as reasonable and necessary to protect wild rice and the water
quality of lakes and streams we all hold dear.
Let’s start with the science.
Even in the 1940s, when field research on thousands of Minnesota lakes found
that wild rice beds thrived only when the water had 10 milligrams or less of
sulfate, scientists suspected that the chemistry affecting wild rice was
complicated. Recent groundbreaking studies by University of Minnesota
researchers supported by $1.5 million of taxpayer funds have proved how sulfate
harms wild rice.Sulfate becomes toxic to wild rice when it turns into sulfide
in the mucky bottom of lakes and streams where wild rice grows.
Sulfide can harm nearly every part of the
wild-rice life cycle — from stunting seedlings to reducing viable seeds for
next year’s plants. Sulfide is toxic to wild rice in very small amounts. Minnesota
research shows that when sulfide in the rooting area of wild rice is only 0.165
milligrams per liter — less than 2 percent of our 10-milligrams-per-liter limit
on sulfate in water — virtually no wild rice will survive.After Minnesota’s
recent wild rice studies were completed (but before mining industry pressure
went into overdrive), the MPCA concluded: “The 10 [milligrams per liter]
sulfate standard is needed and reasonable to protect wild rice production from
sulfate-driven sulfide toxicity.”
If an industry
lobbyist tries to tell you that Minnesota’s wild rice sulfate limit isn’t
needed because wild rice can survive a couple of weeks in a test tube with lots
of sulfate in it, tell them you know better.Next, let’s look to what we value
in Minnesota. Many of us care that wild rice is Minnesota’s state grain and
that it is vital to Ojibwe tribes as well as to the ecosystem that supports
fish and wildlife.In addition, as a result of the same chemistry that harms
wild rice, sulfate from mining and other industrial pollution increases the
release of phosphates, turning clear lakes into eutrophic green, slimy waters.
Sulfate pollution also increases methylation of mercury, allowing mercury to
concentrate in the food chain up to a million times and contaminate the fish we
eat.
Although we are all at risk, the developing
brains of unborn children are most vulnerable to mercury toxicity. In
Minnesota’s Lake Superior region, 1 out of 10 infants is already born with
mercury in the blood exceeding safe levels.Finally, along with brains to
understand why the sulfate standard is needed and heart to care, we need to
help the MPCA find the courage to stand up to the mining industry and defend
the existing sulfate limit of 10 milligrams per liter. Pollution already has decimated
wild rice, degraded some northern Minnesota streams and lakes so they can’t
support fish, and harmed Minnesota’s children. It is bad policy and just plain
wrong to let the mining industry decide what limits should be placed on sulfate
and other pollutants.It is time to pull away the curtain of corporate
self-interest and protect Minnesota’s wild rice, fish, lakes, streams and the
developing brains of our next generation.
Paula Goodman Maccabee is
advocacy director and counsel for the nonprofit group WaterLegacy.
http://www.startribune.com/counterpoint-yes-it-s-time-to-uphold-not-raise-sulfate-limits/363312791/
Louisiana rice farmers challenged by 2015
weather conditions
ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES
Dec.
22, 2015; 4:37 p.m.
Excessive rainfall in south Louisiana and hot temperatures in
the north were a challenge this year for many rice farmers, who saw a decline
in their first crop but an exceptional bounceback in the second crop in south
Louisiana.“Most everybody I’ve talked to is pleased with the second crop
yields,” said Steve Linscombe, director of the LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey
Rice Research Station. “Numerous producers say this is by far their best second
crop from the standpoint of yield, and the quality is very good, too.”
That will take some of the sting out of low prices and the lower
first crop yield, he said.Linscombe estimated the 2015 first crop harvest was
down 10 to 15 percent from last year. But the per-acre average for the second
crop would probably fall in the low to mid-20 barrel range, although he heard
of many who cut more than 30 barrels an acre.“I even heard of a few 40-plus in
the second crop,” he said.He said the north Louisiana rice crop endured
unusually hot, dry weather that could affect grain quality.
The crop year in south Louisiana started with heavy rainfall
that interfered with planting and spraying.“This has been one of the most
difficult years for rice producers that they’ve seen in a long time,” said
Dustin Harrell, LSU AgCenter rice specialist, who estimated the first crop
yield decrease at 10 percent.Harrell said the excessive spring rainfall
complicated the season because fertilizer applications were delayed.
In addition, early in the season, small rice plants were
submerged for a considerably long time, he said.Linscombe said disease also was
a factor for the first crop.Even though planting was delayed by weather, the
first crop harvest went smoothly with few rain interruptions, and dry weather
prevented farm equipment from rutting the fields, Linscombe said. That meant a
good start for farmers growing a second crop.
http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/news/14367612-75/louisiana-rice-farmers-challenged-by-2015-weather-conditions
Commodity
Report-Dec. 22
Published December 22, 2015
In today’s commodity report we
have the National Weekly Rice Summary, the California Shell Eggs: Daily Egg
Report, the California F.O.B. Price for Extra Grade and Grade A Nonfat Dry Milk
and other commodity end of the day market numbers.
National Weekly
Rice Summary
California
Shell Eggs: Daily Egg Report
Prices are steady. Trade sentiment is lower. Loose egg sales
range light to good with retail movement moderate to good. Offerings are
moderate to heavy. Supplies are light to moderate and reported as usually
adequate for anticipated needs. Market activity is slow to moderate. Monday’s
shell egg inventories declined 6.4% in the Southwest and increased 5.9% in the
Northwest.
Shell egg marketer’s benchmark price for negotiated egg sales of
USDA Grade AA and Grade AA in cartons, cents per dozen. This price does not
reflect discounts or other contract terms.
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RANGE
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JUMBO
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251
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EXTRA LARGE
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219
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LARGE
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215
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MEDIUM
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172
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California
F.O.B. Price for Extra Grade and Grade A Nonfat Dry Milk
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Week
Ending
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Avg.
Price($/lb.)
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Total
Sales (lb.)
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December
18, 2015
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$0.7864
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8,836,061
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December
11, 2015
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$0.7985
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9,590,696
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Now Tuesday’s
Commodity Market ending market numbers for other commodities:
Corn
March Corn ended at $3.66 1/4 losing 5 3/4 cents, May ended at $3.72 1/2 down 5 1/2 cents.
Soybeans
January Soybeans ended at 8.85 1/4 down 6 cents, March ended at 8.85 1/2 decreasing 6 cents.
Wheat
March Wheat ended at $4.71 3/4, decreasing 7 1/4 cents, December Wheat ended at $4.79 dropping 7 1/4 cents.
Rough Rice
January Rough Rice ended at 10.835 losing 0.115, March ended at 11.085 down 0.12.
Live Cattle
December Live Cattle ended at $125.60 increasing $2.20 and February ended at $131.80 up $1.775 and April ended at $133.125 gain $1.55.
Feeder Cattle
January Feeder Cattle ended at $158.65 gaining $3.15 and March ended at $155.90 increasing $1.525 and April ended at $156.575 up $1.475.
Lean Hogs
February Lean Hogs ended at $56.85 increasing $0.40, April ended at $62.80 up $0.80
Class III Milk
December Class III Milk ended at $14.53 unchanged, January ended at $13.41 decreasing $0.07 and February ended at $13.39 losing $0.02.
#2 Cotton
March #2 Cotton ending at 63.16 losing 0.16, May ended at 63.94 down 0.17.
Sugar #11
March sugar #11 ended at 15.04 up $0.07 and May ended at 14.65 increasing 0.06.
Orange Juice
January Orange Juice ended at 147.40 gaining $3.70, March ending at 145.55 up $2.15.
Crude Oil WTI
February Crude Oil WTI ended at $36.14 increasing $0.33, March ended at $37.05 up $0.19 and April ended at $37.83 gaining $0.10.
Brent Crude
February Crude Oil Brent ended at $36.11 losing $0.24, March ended at $36.57 decreasing $0.24 and April ended at $37.41 down $0.24
March Corn ended at $3.66 1/4 losing 5 3/4 cents, May ended at $3.72 1/2 down 5 1/2 cents.
Soybeans
January Soybeans ended at 8.85 1/4 down 6 cents, March ended at 8.85 1/2 decreasing 6 cents.
Wheat
March Wheat ended at $4.71 3/4, decreasing 7 1/4 cents, December Wheat ended at $4.79 dropping 7 1/4 cents.
Rough Rice
January Rough Rice ended at 10.835 losing 0.115, March ended at 11.085 down 0.12.
Live Cattle
December Live Cattle ended at $125.60 increasing $2.20 and February ended at $131.80 up $1.775 and April ended at $133.125 gain $1.55.
Feeder Cattle
January Feeder Cattle ended at $158.65 gaining $3.15 and March ended at $155.90 increasing $1.525 and April ended at $156.575 up $1.475.
Lean Hogs
February Lean Hogs ended at $56.85 increasing $0.40, April ended at $62.80 up $0.80
Class III Milk
December Class III Milk ended at $14.53 unchanged, January ended at $13.41 decreasing $0.07 and February ended at $13.39 losing $0.02.
#2 Cotton
March #2 Cotton ending at 63.16 losing 0.16, May ended at 63.94 down 0.17.
Sugar #11
March sugar #11 ended at 15.04 up $0.07 and May ended at 14.65 increasing 0.06.
Orange Juice
January Orange Juice ended at 147.40 gaining $3.70, March ending at 145.55 up $2.15.
Crude Oil WTI
February Crude Oil WTI ended at $36.14 increasing $0.33, March ended at $37.05 up $0.19 and April ended at $37.83 gaining $0.10.
Brent Crude
February Crude Oil Brent ended at $36.11 losing $0.24, March ended at $36.57 decreasing $0.24 and April ended at $37.41 down $0.24
http://agnetwest.com/2015/12/22/commodity-report-december-22/
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open-Dec 22
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices - APMC & Open Market-December 22
Nagpur, Dec 22 Gram prices firmed up in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and MarketingCommittee (APMC) here on increased demand from local millers amid weak supply from producingregions. Upward trend on NCDEX, fresh rise in Madhya Pradesh gram prices and reported demand
from South-based millers also jacked up prices, according to sources.
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FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Gram varieties ruled steady in open market here on subdued demand from local traders
amid ample stock in ready position.
TUAR
* Tuar gavarani recovered marginally in open market on renewed seasonal demand from
local traders amid tight supply from producing regions.
* Rice Basmati reported down in open market on poor demand from local traders amid
supply from producing regions.
* In Akola, Tuar - 9,000-9,300, Tuar dal - 15,300-15,700, Udid -
13,600-13,900, Udid Mogar (clean) - 17,000-17,600, Moong -
9,100-9,400, Moong Mogar (clean) 10,500-10,700, Gram - 4,200-4,400,
Gram Super best bold - 6,000-6,200 for 100 kg.
* Wheat, other varieties of rice and other commodities remained steady in open market
in thin trading activity.
Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg
FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close
Gram Auction 4,000-4,450 3,920-4,400
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction n.a. 6,350-8,990
Moong Auction n.a. 6,000-6,400
Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800
Gram Super Best Bold 6,000-6,500 6,000-6,500
Gram Super Best n.a. n.a.
Gram Medium Best 5,800-5,900 5,800-5,900
Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a
Gram Mill Quality 4,700-4,900 4,700-4,900
Desi gram Raw 4,500-4,600 4,500-4,600
Gram Filter new 5,100-5,300 5,100-5,300
Gram Kabuli 5,900-7,900 5,900-7,900
Gram Pink 6,400-7,300 6,400-7,300
Tuar Fataka Best 15,500-16,000 15,500-16,000
Tuar Fataka Medium 13,000-14,000 13,000-14,000
Tuar Dal Best Phod 12,500-13,000 12,500-13,000
Tuar Dal Medium phod 11,800-12,000 11,800-12,000
Tuar Gavarani New 8,250-9,250 8,200-9,200
Tuar Karnataka 10,000-10,500 10,000-10,500
Tuar Black 16,200-16,600 16,200-16,600
Masoor dal best 7,200-7,600 7,200-7,600
Masoor dal medium 6,600-7,200 6,600-7,200
Masoor n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold 10,200-10,500 10,200-10,500
Moong Mogar Med 9,300-9,500 9,300-9,500
Moong dal Chilka 8,800-9,600 8,800-9,600
Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 8,800-8,700 8,800-8,700
Udid Mogar Super best (100 INR/KG) 16,700-18,000 16,700-18,000
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 14,200-16,000 14,200-16,000
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 10,000-11,200 10,000-11,200
Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 5,600-6,000 5,600-6,000
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 4,600-4,800 4,600-4,800
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 3,100-3,300 3,100-3,300
Watana White (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,400 3,200-3,400
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 3,300-3,800 3,300-3,800
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,700 1,600-1,700
Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 1,850-1,900 1,850-1,900
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,800 1,600-1,800
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,300 2,100-2,300
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 1,950-2,150 1,950-2,150
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,400-4,000 3,400-4,000
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,700-3,000 2,700-3,000
Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,300 3,000-3,300
Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,800 2,600-2,800
Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG) 1,800-2,000 1,800-2,000
Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,550 2,200-2,550
Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,300 1,900-2,300
Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) 3,600-3,900 3,600-3,900
Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,400 3,200-3,400
Rice HMT Shriram best(100 INR/KG) 4,400-4,900 4,400-4,900
Rice HMT Shriram med.(100 INR/KG) 3,900-4,300 3,900-4,300
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 9,800-11,700 9,800-11,900
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 7,800-8,000 7,800-8,100
Rice Chinnor best(100 INR/KG) 5,400-5,900 5,400-5,900
Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) 4,800-5,500 4,800-5,500
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 1,800-2,200 1,800-2,200
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,700-1,800 1,700-1,800
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Maximum temp. 30.5 degree Celsius (86.9 degree Fahrenheit), minimum temp.
17.0 degree Celsius (62.6 degree Fahrenheit)
Humidity: Highest - 92 per cent, lowest - 55 per cent.
Rainfall : n.a.
FORECAST: Mainly clear sky. Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 31 and 15 degreeCelsius respectively.
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Weekly export sales were uninspiring at 37,000 metric tons, which is down 29%
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$m boost for rice farming
Losalini Bolatagici
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
"When we are able to provide Fijians with crops
grown right here in Fiji, we improve our food security and make ourselves more
resilient to changes in the global marketplace," Mr Bainimarama said.He
also thanked the Chinese Government for their continuous support saying the
technical co-operation between the two countries, the China Shandong
International Economic and Technical Co-operation Group Ltd has provided
much-needed assistance to rice farmers in Dreketi and Koronivia
."Government's commitment to building a robust rice industry does not
begin or end with this hand-over. We will continue to research new rice
varieties and rice cultivation techniques because we recognise the importance
the rice industry holds for our economy," he said.
"If this effort lacks our full dedication, our
rice industry will not live up to its potential. We need to get every
stakeholder involved and improve coordination among everyone involved in the
industry to unite us in our goal of achieving a self-sustaining rice sector,"
he added.Chinese Ambassador Zhang Ping said Fiji was endowed with favourable
climate and environmental conditions for rice farming.The machinery consists of
336 sets of farming machines of 11 categories with the total value of
$5million.They include excavators, bulldozers, tractors, graders, disc
trenchers, ploughs, trans-planters, harvesters, sprayers, water pumps and many
others.They are essential for different kinds of jobs of agricultural
production, particularly for each and every step of rice farming.
Image:Prime Minister Voreqe
Bainimarama tries out one of the 348 rice-farming machines given by the Chinese
Government at a ceremony at the Koronivia Research Station in Nausori last
week. Picture: ELIKI NUKUTABU
Fiji Times
Yield increase: GRFs provide the key
Three
independent genetic studies reveal that the GRF–miR396 module regulates rice
grain yield by controlling the number of spikelets or the size of individual
grains. These findings provide promising targets for significantly increasing
crop yiel
http://www.nature.com/articles/nplants2015210
Sales Drop at Rice Milling Machine Maker
Khmer Times/Sok Chan
Tuesday, 22 December 2015
A Japanese-owned company that
assembles rice milling machines and processing equipment here is seeing sales
decline due to lack of demand from rice millers, many of which are operating at
a loss or just scraping by, its president said yesterday.
Vuthy Monyrath, president of
Taiwa Seiki (Cambodia) Corporation, which assembles and provides spare parts
for rice milling and processing machinery, said sales are falling because the
price of rice is declining and some rice exporters have shut operations. High
production costs are making trice millers unprofitable, which is having a
knock-on effect on Taiwa Seiki’s business, Mr. Monyrath said, adding that his
company can assemble 10 rice milling machines per month. He also said that
although the government’s move to remove all taxes on the import of agriculture
machinery was welcome, his company has to pay taxes to import some machines and
accessories it uses to assemble agricultural machines here, including small
motors. Other costs include fees for import lists submitted to officials, Mr.
Monyrath said.
Uy Rasy, deputy director of Phnom Penh General Department of Customs and Excise Tax, told Khmer Times that agricultural equipment that can be imported tax free includes harvesting machines, rice milling machines, tractors, rice processing machines, and other agricultural spare parts and accessories. “If they [imported companies] have a specific master list to import those agricultural accessories, they can do so tax free,” Mr. Rasy said. “But they have to pay tax for some parts and accessories, such as motors and tires, and large machines that could be used for uses other than agriculture,” he added.
Hean Vanhan, a deputy general director at the agriculture ministry, said the government has many tax incentives to boost the agriculture sector including duty-free imports of agricultural equipment. He also said that the government sets the tax policy but it is up to the customs and excise officials to implement it Economist Srey Chanthy said the government should do more to help companies that assemble or make milling machines in Cambodia because it saves the cost of importing them, creates jobs, sparks entrepreneurship and broadens the manufacturing base.
What the government can do to accomplish this is provide
technical support and tax incentives, facilitate registration, encourage
trademark registration and protect intellectual property rights, he said. A
report by the Agriculture Ministry found over 80 percent of farms now use some
motorized equipment, including tractors and machines for cultivation, while the
rest rely on traditional cultivation methods.
VINECO to launch rice brand in
time for 2016
Image:VINECO
in co-operation with Trung An Company grow rice in Mekong Delta. – VNS Photo
Vietnam, Timor Leste sign MoU
on rice trade
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and Timor Leste Ministry
of Commerce, Industry and Environment signed a memorandum of understanding on
rice trade in Hanoi on December 21.
At the signing ceremony.
Addressing the signing ceremony,
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh said Vietnam will not only
be a trustworthy partner of Timor Leste in the fields of farm produce,
fisheries and rice but also in garment, leather and footwear and
electronics.Vietnam will also provide all possible support for Timor Leste’s
business operations, he said, adding that there remains room for cooperation in
energy, oil and gas, and processing.
He said Vietnam wants the Timor
Leste government to continue refining policies that encourage investment.Timor
Leste Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment Constancio da Condeicao
Pinto, for his part, affirmed that Timor Leste welcomes Vietnamese enterprises
to the country to do business.He hoped that both countries would work closely
together in the areas of oil and gas and mining in the future.The guest also
vowed to complete procedures to approve the bilateral free trade agreement as soon
as possible.According to the MoIT, Vietnam imported goods worth roughly 31
million USD from Timor Leste this year and exported 34 million USD, ranking
sixth among 35 countries exporting to the country.
VNA
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/149083/vietnam--timor-leste-sign-mou-on-rice-trade.html
Fighting rice fungus
Research may lead to new control
for devastating rice disease
IMAGE: THE RICE BLAST FUNGUS M. ORYZAEINFECTS RICE PLANTS THROUGH A STRUCTURE CALLED AN APPRESSORIUM.
IT EXERTS PRESSURE ON THE PLANT LEAF UNTIL IT PUNCTURES IT. PLANT SCIENTISTS AT
THE..
CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF
DELAWARE/BAIS LABORATORY
In a "clash of the microbes," University of Delaware
plant scientists are uncovering more clues critical to disarming a fungus that
is the number one killer of rice plants.The findings, published in December inFrontiers
in Plant Science and in Current Opinion in Plant Biology, may lead to a more effective control for Magnaporthe oryzae, the fungus that causes rice
blast disease.The studies were led by the laboratory of Harsh Bais, associate
professor of plant and soil sciences in UD's College of Agriculture and Natural
Resources.
The first author of both research articles was graduate student
Carla Spence. The co-authors included postdoctoral researcher Venkatachalam
Laksmanan and Nicole Donofrio, associate professor of plant and soil sciences,
in addition to Bais."Rice is a food the world relies on -- it accounts for
about one-fifth of all the calories humans consume," says Bais. "So
it's critical to find ways to reduce the impact of rice blast disease,
especially as global population is expected to exceed 9 billion by 2050, and
the need for more food increases."Previously, Bais and his research team
isolated Pseudomonas chlororaphis EA105, a bacterium that lives in the soil around the roots of
rice plants and found that this beneficial microbe can trigger a system-wide
defense against the rice blast fungus.Now, they have identified a stress
hormone that appears to play a crucial role in increasing the virulence of the
fungus.
When little water is available, rice plants make more abscisic
acid in their roots. This stress hormone travels up to the plant leaves to
close off tiny pores, halting the evaporation of water from the plant to the
atmosphere.Bais and his team have shown that when the rice blast fungus invades
a rice plant, an increase in abscisic acid occurs. But rather than boosting the
plant's defense mechanisms, the abscisic acid actually suppresses them, making
the pathogen even more potent."It's like a double-edged sword," Bais
says. "Abscisic acid can save the plant during drought. But when a
pathogen is present, this same molecule blocks the plant's innate defense
response."In studies at the Delaware Biotechnology Institute at UD, Bais
and his team treated spores of the rice blast fungus with abscisic acid. In 10
hours, 84 percent of these spores had germinated and formed a specialized infection
structure called the appressorium, which acts like a battering ram, exerting
pressure on a rice leaf until the fungus punches through the surface.
However, when spores of the fungus were treated with both the
beneficial bacterium EA105 and abscisic acid, only about 23 percent of the
spores formed this attack machinery."The rice blast fungus uses abscisic
acid to its own advantage, which is absolutely wild," Bais says.
"People have been struggling to find targets for controlling rice blast,
and now we have one, with abscisic acid. It's one of those classic holy grails
because this fungus affects not only rice, but also barley and
wheat."Although abscisic acid may be responsible for virulence in the rice
blast fungus, the molecule itself is not a feasible target for fungicides
because of its crucial roles in plants, from seed development to its modulating
effect during temperature extremes and high salinity, to its well-studied role
in drought tolerance.
However, targeting specific genes in the fungus that
biosynthesize abscisic acid could deliver the real knockout punch."Plants
and their microbial neighbors have this beautifully complex and intricate
system of communicating through chemical signals, with each trying to
manipulate the situation to maximize their own fitness," Bais says.
"We want to be able to manage some of these interactions, too, to enhance
food security."
###
The research is supported by the National Science Foundation.
FG
reviewing Ali’s counter-productive policy on rice imports
The Federal Government is reviewing
the recent lifting of restrictions on rice importation by the Nigerian Customs
Service, with a view to reversing the policy seen as counter productive to the
economy and a disincentive to local production. It was learnt that Godwin
Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) who has been…
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Gov’t subsidies surge as funds channeled
to aid agriculture
SUBSIDIES paid out by the national government surged month on month in October as it raised releases for three state-run firms geared towards helping farmers, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed.
AFP
Releases to government-owned and -controlled
corporations (GOCCs) stood at P6.48 billion for the month, much higher than the
P729 million it handed out in September after a rise in allocations to the
National Irrigation Administration (NIA), the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp.
(PCIC), and the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PRRI).Based on Treasury
data, the national government raised its subsidies to the NIA by P2.55 billion
in October, a sharp rise from the P271 million it released to the agency a
month earlier.PCIC, a state-run firm that gives loan credits and insurance
cover for farmers of rice, corn, livestock, and high-value crops, also received
P831 million in subsidies after two months without any funding support from the
state, while the PRRI -- a research unit of the Department of Agriculture --
got hold of an additional P182 million.
It was in October when typhoon Lando, internationally
known as Koppu, lashed parts of palay-rich Northern Luzon. This was also a
month into the “severe” El Niño expected to hit the country until mid-2016.The
National Electrification Administration also received P1.69 billion, the second
biggest allocation for the month.Other firms that received additional subsidies
in October were the train operator Light Rail Transit Authority with P530
million, the agency’s biggest so far for the year; private sector pension
Social Security System at P375 million; the National Power Corp. at P86
million, and the Philippine National Railways at P65 million.
The October subsidies brought year-to-date releases to P62.3 billion, down slightly from the P63.64 billion seen a year earlier.
The October subsidies brought year-to-date releases to P62.3 billion, down slightly from the P63.64 billion seen a year earlier.
The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. has received
the biggest subsidies so far at P32.62 billion, making up more than half of the
total.Subsidies form part of public expenditures, which were at P1.82 trillion
as of end-October. The government plans to release a total of P118.62 billion
in GOCC subsidies for 2015. -- Melissa
Luz T. Lopez
http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=Economy&title=gov&8217t-subsidies-surge-as-funds-channeled-to-aid-agriculture&id=120598
FIU
scientists discover how arsenic builds up in plant seeds
Researchers from FIU’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine are
part of an international team that has identified how arsenic builds up in the
seeds of plants similar to rice. The discovery holds the promise of the future
development of healthier rice grains.
Distinguished Professor Barry P.
Rosen, Ph.D.
Arsenic is both a toxin and a carcinogen that comes from
minerals and is used in some herbicides, animal growth promoters, and
semiconductors. It is a pervasive environmental contaminant of food and water
that threatens the health of tens of millions people worldwide. Rice is the
staple food for more than half of the people in the world. Even here in the
U.S. where we are not large consumers, the average American eats 25 pounds of
rice per year, according to the U.S. Rice Producers Association.
The major source of dietary arsenic is from eating plants such
as rice that have accumulated arsenic. And rice is a major component of the
diet of more than 2.5 billion people worldwide. In China, for example, about 60
percent of daily dietary arsenic comes from rice consumption.
As reported in an upcoming article in the prestigious journal Nature Plants, Rosen’s team discovered that the plant, A. thaliana, uses
transport systems for inositol, a type of sugar, to load arsenite, the toxic
form of arsenic, into seeds. This is the first identification of transporters
responsible for arsenic accumulation in seeds.
Rosen predicts that the same pathway is how arsenic accumulates
in the rice grain and that discoveries such as these will enable the
development of new rice cultivators with less arsenic in the grain, a major
advance toward minimizing the global health risks posed by arsenic in rice and
possibly, in the near future, in other food sources.
https://news.fiu.edu/2015/12/fiu-scientists-discover-how-arsenic-builds-up-in-plant-seeds/95733 o Gne Silencing/Gene Editing
Japanese Scientists Perform CRISPR/Cas9
Editing on Fungus Used in Sake, Soy Sauce Production
Dec
22, 2015
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Japanese scientists have
developed a technique to do CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in Aspergillus oryzae, a filamentous
fungus used in several industrial applications, including brewing rice wines
such as sake.By introducing plasmids carrying the Cas9 protein and guide RNAs
for targeted mutagenesis, the scientists were able to get mutation efficiencies
between 10 and 20 percent. The scientists, led by Jun-ichi Maruyama of the
University of Tokyo, published their results this week in Biotechnology Letters.
A. oryzae is the latest filamentous fungus
to get the CRISPR treatment. Other scientists have recently gotten the genome
editing system to work in Trichoderma reesei and Aspergillus aculeatus.
Filamentous fungi are used in a variety of industrial applications, including
the production of sugar-degrading enzymes, pigments, and pharmaceuticals. A. oryzae is instrumental to the production of
soy sauce, rice vinegar, sake, and other fermented soybean and rice products.
Its genome sequence was released in 2005.
Genome editing could help increase enzyme efficiency as well as
enzyme yield.
https://www.genomeweb.com/gene-silencinggene-editing/japanese-scientists-perform-crisprcas9-editing-fungus-used-sake-soy-sauce
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