Iran booster shot likely to raise
realisation to $800 per tonne from basmati exports this fiscal
After a
sluggish beginning in the first half of the current fiscal, realisation from
India’s basmati rice exports is likely to rise in the next couple of months,
with Iran likely to resume rice imports shortly.
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After a sluggish beginning in the first half of the current fiscal,
realisation from India’s basmati rice exports is likely to rise in the next
couple of months, with Iran likely to resume rice imports shortly.Official
sources told FE that the realisation from the exports of aromatic and
long-grain rice rose to $800 a tonne last month from $750 a tonne prevailing in
the last couple of months. A commerce ministry official said that exports
realisation could reach $900 a tonne in the next couple of months because of
lesser supplies because of lower production and firming up global demands.
Besides, Iran, the biggest exports destination for India’s
basmati rice, is likely to resume imports of rice shortly. The government is
sending a trade delegation to Iran later this month for working out modalities
for rice exports. According to official data, in the current fiscal, the volume
of basmati rice exports to Iran has been around 4.6 lakh tonne, which was
essentially from contracts agreed upon in the previous fiscal. The volume of
basmati rice exports to Iran had crossed a million tonne (mt) in in FY15.
“Iran is expected to take a call on resuming rice imports from
India shortly,” a commerce ministry official said.
The official also said that due to lower output of basmati rice
this year, the prices have started to appreciate in the last couple of weeks.
The sowing of basmati across the key growing areas of Punjab, Haryana, western
Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand had seen a sharp fall of 25% to 1.57 million
hectares in the last kharif season, from close to 2 million hectares reported
in 2015, thanks to a fall in realisation from exports.But exports of aromatic
and long-grained basmati rice fell more than 13% during April–October this
fiscal
http://www.financialexpress.com/economy/iran-booster-shot-likely-to-raise-realisation-to-800-per-tonne-from
Thursday, January 5, 2017 - 01:00
Investigations to be based on AG’s
audit reports:
Two reports handed over to Speaker,
COPE:
Handunnetti said the copies of the
audit reports would be distributed among all COPE members during its meeting
scheduled on Monday. “We have to give time for the members to study the
contents of the reports.In our next meeting we will fix a date to take up these
reports for consideration,” he said.
Meanwhile, Campaign for Free and
Fair Elections (CaFFE) Executive Director Keerthi Tennakoon issuing a press
release yesterday said the Auditor General in his report had stated that the
controversial coal procurement tender had resulted in a loss of Rs 4,145
million to the Government.The CaFFE had written to President Maithripala
Sirisena yesterday and on January 2 urging his intervention to terminate the
controversial tender to supply coal to the Lakvijaya Power Plant.
The Audit report in its conclusions
had questioned the conduct of the Lanka Coal Company over the past years and
had called on the authorities to study whether it is necessary to continue with
it.
The other Audit report is related
to importing large stocks of rice in 2014 without Cabinet approval or following
the tender procedure.
Handunnetti revealing full details
of the rice importation scam in Parliament on December 2 said a staggering
amount of Rs 18,597 million had been spent on importing these rice stocks when
there was no shortage of rice in the country.
Handunnetti said the loss the
Government had incurred by selling these imported rice stocks at cheaper rates
amounts to Rs 2,359 million. These stocks which were stored in warehouses for a
long period were declared as animal fodder after those were found to be
unsuitable for human consumption.
http://dailynews.lk/2017/01/05/local/103872
Stringent action
against defaulters of CMR, warns T'gana
Press Trust of India |
Hyderabad January 4, 2017 Last Updated at 17:22 IST
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month'Confident of Centre's nod to raise Telangana Assembly seats'Search for
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new districts
•
Telangana Commissioner of Civil Supplies, C V
Anand today warned that cases will be filed under the stringent Preventive
Detention (PD) Act against the rice millers who failed to deliver arrears of
CMR.
Anand, who convened a meeting today with the
Managers of Civil Supplies Corporation and defaulters of custom milled rice
(CMR), informed that 21 rice millers of Warangal, Medak, Nalgonda, Mahabubnagar
and Adilabad districts are yet to deliver 6000 MTs of CMR worth of Rs 17 crores
against 2015-16.
According to an official release, the
Commissioner of Civil Supplies directed the millers to deliver arrears of CMR
against the crop year 2015-16 immediately failing which cases under Preventive
Detention Act will be filed.
He has also stated that out of CMR dues of Rs
482 crores, already amount of Rs 465 crores (99 per cent) was realised and
instructions were issued to the officials to realise the balance amount of Rs
17 crores.
He also cautioned that each and every paisa due
from the millers to Government will be recovered without sparing anybody and if
any miller failed to co-operate with the Government, stringent action will be
initiated for recovery under Revenue Recovery Act (RR Act) and filing PD Cases
as per law. He informed that 100 per cent of CMR will be collected from this
year onwards without any arrears.
"The reason for getting back CMR on time
is very important. The state government and Civil Supplies Department pays
farmers upfront in the form of Rs 1510 per quintal on MSP. This paddy is handed
over to the millers to be converted into rice for use in the PDS programme. The
expenditure in thousands of crores towards payment to farmers is met from the
cash credit of SBI/other Banks and is reimbursed quarterly by the Government of
India," he said.
There is a monthly interest of 11 per cent to
be paid by the Civil Supplies Corporation. Therefore the delay in giving CMR to
the department increases the interest burden manifold, Anand pointed out adding
meanwhile, the millers mill the paddy and use the rice for other purposes -
some export it and some redivert it for PDS purposes etc. A break has been put
on this trend of the past decade. Anand expressed satisfaction over delivery of
CMR to the extent of 60 per cent in the present Kharif season, the release
added.(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is
auto-generated from a syndicated feed.
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/stringent-action-against-defaulters-of-cmr-warns-t-gana-117010400798_1.html
Zimbabwean Millers Want Government to Scrap 15% Rice Tax Plan
by Godfrey Marawanyika and Chengetai Zvauya
January 4, 2017, 2:14 PM GMT+5
Grain millers in Zimbabwe want the government to halt a plan to
impose a 15 percent tax on rice imports, which vie with corn as the southern
African nation’s staple food.Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa proposed
bringing back value-added tax on the grain, which was removed in 2009, in his
budget presentation last month.
“A reintroduction of value-added tax will immediately trigger” a
price increase of “at least 15 percent” and cut demand by about 40 percent,
Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe Chairman Tafadzwa Musarara said in a
letter to Chinamasa dated Dec. 30 that Bloomberg News received by e-mail.
Rice has become a key staple in Zimbabwe, with imports helping
alleviate food shortages as rural parts of the country have been hit by the
worst drought in at least two decades. Rice consumption has climbed fourfold to
200,000 metric tons annually since 2009, with the grain beating corn and wheat
as “the most cost-effective carbohydrate on the market,” the association said.Current
consumption levels account for more than 10,000 direct and indirect jobs, the
association said.Chinamasa is on leave until the end of January, his spokesman
said. Calls to Secretary for Finance Willard Manungo went unanswered
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-04/zimbabwean-millers-want-government-to-scrap-15-rice-tax-plan
Cases under
PD Act against defaulting millers’
STAFF REPORTER
HYDERABAD: JANUARY 05, 2017 00:44 IST
Civil Supplies Commissioner C.V. Anand issued
stern warning to the rice millers who have defaulted in delivering the Custom
Milled Rice (CMR) for the year 2015-16, and said cases will be filed under PD
Act if they do not comply immediately.During a meeting on Wednesday with the
managers of Civil Supplies Corporation and defaulters of CMR, he said 21 rice
millers in Warangal, Medak, Nalgonda, Mahabubnagar and Adilabad are yet to
deliver 6,000 metric tonnes (MT) of rice worth Rs.17 crore against the crop
year 2015-16.
Already the Central Government has extended the
time for delivery of CMR twice, up to December 30.Of the CMR dues of Rs.482
crore, already Rs.465 crore have been realised, he informed, and instructed the
managers to act firmly for recovery of the rest.
Explaining how important it is to get back the
CMR, Mr.Anand said the payment of minimum support price to farmers is met
through cash credit of banks, and reimbursed quarterly by the Government of
India. A monthly interest of 11 per cent needs to be paid by the corporation on
this credit, which means that the delay in delivery of CMR increases the
interest burden on the corporation
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/%E2%80%98Cases-under-PD-Act-against-defaulting-millers%E2%80%99/article16989569.ece
Despite bumper harvest, farmers resort to
distress sale
January 04 2017
Basudevpur: With the state government yet to
open mandis in Basudevpur area of Bhadrak, paddy farmers are mulling distress
sale. In Basudevpur, billed as rice bowl of Bhadrak, the farmers have got a
bumper harvest of the crop.Absence of mandies in the block has encouraged
traders to make a beeline for the village to buy paddy at low prices.The
government has decided to procure paddy from farmers at Rs 1470 per quintal
through cooperative societies, but the farmers are being forced to sell paddy
at Rs 900 to 1000 per quintal, losing almost Rs 400 to 500 per quintal, it is
alleged.
To make matters worse for farmers, cooperative
societies are facing lots of difficulties to make payments to farmers because
of demonitisation.Farmers alleged that lack of coordination between rice
millers, cooperative societies and the administration has worsened their
problems. With paddy stocks lying in the open unsold their problems are growing
with each passing day.
They are not being able to pay off their debts.
The farmers are an impatient lot. Without waiting for delay, they are compelled
to dispose of their paddy, they added.There are 22 cooperative societies in
Basudevpur. Farmers pointed out that distress sale has been forced on them by
the machinations of rice millers and cooperative staff. Brokers and traders are
cashing in on the situation and lift paddy at throwaway prices.Branch manager
of Balasore-Bhadrak Central Cooperative Bank (BCCB) Narendranath Bihari
admitted that there is a lack of coordination between rice milers and the
cooperative staff. Farmers demanded that the administration paid heed to their
plight and check distress sale. PNNhttp://www.orissapost.com/despite-bumper-harvest-farmers-resort-to-distress-sale/
Success in rice research in Bengal
Author: Ashis Biswas
Researchers in West Bengal have
succeeded in developing a new strain of rice capable of resisting arsenic
contamination in vast areas where the groundwater has been affected by chemical
poisoning.According to Agriculture department sources, scientists working on
the project for over a decade have reported their findings to the central
Government, which asked for certain clarifications. Responses have been sent.
It is hoped that the centre will give its permission towards the promotion of
the arsenic-resistance strain of rice, to be called ‘Muktosree’, shortly.
Bangladesh authorities are already
in touch with officials in West Bengal to explore possibilities of introducing
this variety in their country. The person being credited with making this
breakthrough is Dr Bijan Adhikari, who has been carrying out his research in
the Chisurah Rice Research Centre in West Bengal and at Lucknow’s Botanical
Research Institute, for some years.
Experts are hopeful that the use of
the new variety will bring major relief to agriculturists as well as common
people in most countries which have reported the presence of arsenic in their
groundwater resources. These include Australia, Chile, the US, China, Mexico,
Peru, Hungary, Thailand and Viet Nam.
In India, the problem first came to
light in 1976, at a time when manually operated pumps and spring water were
being used in cultivation, along with tubewells. Later the problem of
groundwater contamination was also reported from parts of Haryana, and Himachal
Pradesh as well.
In West Bengal, arsenic
contamination was first reported in 1983 . The first survey showed that 22
villages in 5 districts were affected. However, this turned out to be an
underestimation. It was found that 3417 villages in 111 blocks were affected,
shortly afterwards.
Latest studies put the figure of
people suffering from medical problems related to prolonged exposure to arsenic
poisoning to be around 50.4 million, or just over 50% of the state’s
population! No fewer than nine districts were affected.
In neighbouring Bangladesh, the
same problem was noticed in a more virulent form, if anything. Here, many
provinces in the country had reported the problem and no fewer than 80 million
people were found acutely vulnerable. The scale of the contamination and the
magnitude of the medical emergency made it clear that in the Bangladesh/West
Bengal belt, the problem of mass poisoning by arsenic contamination of
groundwater as well as in water used for irrigation, had emerged as the world’s
most critical medical challenge.
As experts point out, even the more
celebrated and better researched medical disasters like the Bhopal gas tragedy
of 1984 or the Chernobyl( in Ukraine) nuclear reactor explosion of 1996 , pale
into insignificance in terms of negative long term damage and impact.
For a long time it was suspected
that uncontrolled use of groundwater resources, causing a continual fall in the
water table, was the prime cause of sub soil arsenic coming in touch with the
groundwater and mixing with it.
While symptoms of arsenic poisoning
among persons affected began with skin sores that seemed incurable, the
problems mounted exponentially in the absence of an agreed systematic,
sustained treatment. As large scale areas were affected in both countries, the
problem became critical as the main rice crop grown in both countries was found
to be full of arsenic!
The permissible limit of arsenic in
the human body is around 50 ppb( parts per billion). But in the West
Bengal/Bangladesh areas, levels as high as 150 to 200 were common in most places.
The results for consumers of local
rice was a rapid growth of cancerous tumours or infections on the skin
eventually affecting their lungs, liver , bladder and pancreas, bringing an
early death for most victims. Economic factors also played a role. It was seen
that better off people enjoying a more substantial and balanced diet in
contrast to the normal fare for the poor, tended to escape with only minor
physical damage.
Medical research continued
throughout the 1990s to the present times. The United Nations and other
agencies earmarked a $52 million special medical programme and assistance to
Bangladesh. A interesting way to reduce the extent of arsenic affliction was
found by local and international experts.
Experiments in Bangladesh
demonstrated that iron plaque deposited at the roots of rice plants at
irrigated fields through a chemical process could significantly bring down the
levels of arsenic traces or presence. This phenomenon was most noticeable
during the last month of the 4-month rice production cycle. Also, widespread
floods caused by heavy monsoon showers by washing away quantities of arsenic,
could help the situation improve.On the other hand, the practice of resorting
to boring tubewells or even the random digging of ponds to store water could
cause problems. In ponds, carbon settled at the bottom, steadily seeping
underground, where microbes metabolised it, resulting in a mobilisation of sub
soil arsenic into the soil.
In rice, traces of both organic and
inorganic arsenic can be found. In India the contamination of the inorganic
variety is more common.Mr Purnendu Bose, Minister for Agriculture, appreciating
the breakthrough, said the state Government would arrange to provide farmers
with the seeds of the special Muktosree strain of rice as soon as the centre
sent its approval. Eventually it could be sold in the open market, he said.
(IPA)
Wednesday, 4 January, 2017
http://echoofindia.com/reflex-action/success-rice-research-bengal-122261
Sokoto: Customs rakes in over N2b from rice, mosquito repellent, oil,
others seizure
By Rakiya A.Muhammad, Sokoto |
Publish Date: Jan 4 2017 6:46PM
Customs' Comptroller-General,Col.
Ahmed Ali (rtd).
Sokoto/Kebbi/Zamfara Customs Command says it collected 2,094,428,602.00
billion naira representing 122.13 per cent of the 2016 Annual Revenue Target
and a surplus of 379,484,162 million naira above the annual target given by the
Service Headquarters. “However, 1,291,328,712.22 billion naira was collected in
2015, which shows an increase of 803,099,889.78 million naira or 62.19 per cent
over what was collected in 2015,” it added.This is just as the command made 161
seizures of various items and arrested 20 suspects in connection to the
seizures.Public Relations Officer of the Command ,Musa Aamu Yusuf who disclosed this is a statement made available
to journalists in Sokoto said the seized items
included 6000 bags of foreign rice, 5200 Jerri cans of vegetable oil,
1150 bales of secondhand clothes, mosquito repellent and used vehicles with
total Duty Paid Value of about 200 million naira.
He said the 20 suspects were
granted bail while investigation was on
going with a view to prosecuting them. “The
2016 revenue profile present a significant milestone in the history of the
Command being the first time such amount was collected. This height could not
have been attained without the enabling
peaceful environment in our states of operation, corporation of the
trading public and other stakeholders including Customs licensed Agents and
other security out fits particularly the Military and Police,” he stated.He
reiterated the ban on the importation of
foreign rice and vehicles through land borders and called on legitimate
importers comply with the Federal Government Fiscal Policies and explore other
legitimate alternatives and windows available for importation of the restricted
items.
The command also warned smugglers
to desist from such illicit actions, adding that soonest the law would catch up with them.“The
Area Command will not relent in its efforts at boosting revenue. We shall
continue to train and re-train our officers and men in order to fight smuggling
to a standstill, while Fear of God, Integrity, Honesty and Transparency will
remain cardinal in our operations,” he stated
http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/business/sokoto-customs-rakes-in-over-n2b-from-rice-mosquito-repellent-oil-others-seizure/179132.html
Cases under PD Act against defaulting millers’
STAFF REPORTER
HYDERABAD: JANUARY 05, 2017 00:44 IST
Civil Supplies Commissioner C.V. Anand issued
stern warning to the rice millers who have defaulted in delivering the Custom
Milled Rice (CMR) for the year 2015-16, and said cases will be filed under PD
Act if they do not comply immediately.During a meeting on Wednesday with the
managers of Civil Supplies Corporation and defaulters of CMR, he said 21 rice
millers in Warangal, Medak, Nalgonda, Mahabubnagar and Adilabad are yet to
deliver 6,000 metric tonnes (MT) of rice worth Rs.17 crore against the crop
year 2015-16.
Already the Central Government has extended the
time for delivery of CMR twice, up to December 30.
Of the CMR dues of Rs.482 crore, already Rs.465
crore have been realised, he informed, and instructed the managers to act
firmly for recovery of the rest.
Explaining how important it is to get back the
CMR, Mr.Anand said the payment of minimum support price to farmers is met
through cash credit of banks, and reimbursed quarterly by the Government of
India. A monthly interest of 11 per cent needs to be paid by the corporation on
this credit, which means that the delay in delivery of CMR increases the
interest burden on the corporation.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/%E2%80%98Cases-under-PD-Act-against-defaulting-millers%E2%80%99/article16989569.ece
Rice prices fall in India on ample supply, weaker rupee; Thailand,
Vietnam dull
A farmer spreads fertilizer in his rice field
on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File
Photo
By Rajendra Jadhav and Mai Nguyen |
MUMBAI/HANOI
Rice prices in India fell due to ample supply
and recent slide in the rupee, while the Thai and Vietnamese markets remained
subdued in the first week of the new year, traders said on Wednesday.In India,
the world's biggest rice exporter, 5-percent broken parboiled rice dropped $2
this week to $341 to $345 per tonne as a cash crunch in December prevented
farmers from offloading a summer-sown crop, and as the rupee depreciated
against the dollar.
In November, the Indian government scrapped
500-rupee and 1,000-rupee bills to crack down on corruption. The move disrupted
trading of farm commodities such as cotton, rice and soybean as most farmers
prefer payments in cash.India's summer-sown rice output is seen at a record
93.88 million tonnes in the crop year to June 2017, 2.81 percent higher than
last year, as a good monsoon help boost yields, the farm ministry said."Supply
pressure has been building up... Exports demand is improving, but it is not
sufficient to counter supply pressure," said an exporter based at Kakinada
in southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
India mainly exports non-basmati rice to
African countries and premier basmati rice to the Middle East. India exported
3.79 million tonnes of rice between April and October, down 3.1 percent from a
year ago.In Thailand, the world's second-biggest rice exporter, 5-percent
broken rice stood pat at $355-$360 a tonne, free-on-board (FOB) Bangkok,
unchanged from last week."Prices at the start of the year are still the
same; there isn't any change due to the long holiday," said Kiattisak
Kallayasirivat, a Bangkok-based director at Ascend Commodities-SA.
"If there are buyers from overseas, the
price will move up as rice production starts to thin out," Kiattisak said,
expecting purchase orders from the Philippines and Africa to move prices up by
$4 to $5 a tonne before the month-end.Traders in Vietnam, the world's third-biggest
exporter of the grain, quoted 5-percent broken rice at $335-$345 a tonne,
free-on-board basis, the same as a week ago.
"Buyers are still on a holiday mood... We
may not have any new offer until next week," said a Vietnamese trader.Last
year, Vietnam's rice exports fell an estimated 25.8 percent from 2015 to 4.88
million tonnes, the farm ministry said.
(Additional reporting by Pairat Temphairojana
in Bangkok; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)
http://in.reuters.com/article/asia-rice-idINKBN14O11O
Rice Prices
as on : 04-01-2017 08:10:26 PM
Arrivals in tonnes;prices in Rs/quintal in domestic market.
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Rice
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Gadarpur(Utr)
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1760.00
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-
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48230.00
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1805
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-
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-10.64
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Allahabad(UP)
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390.00
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-
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2210.00
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2240
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-
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13.13
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Pilibhit(UP)
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280.00
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-
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83620.00
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2240
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-
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2.52
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Gondal(UP)
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228.00
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-
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2976.50
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2050
|
-
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-4.65
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Bazpur(Utr)
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206.55
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-
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8654.05
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1450
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-
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-21.62
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Sainthia(WB)
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161.00
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-
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1562.85
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1910
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-
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-
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Birbhum(WB)
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154.50
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-
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2004.50
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1920
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-
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-
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Bahraich(UP)
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118.50
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-
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1331.00
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2220
|
-
|
6.73
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Kalna(WB)
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104.00
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-
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1063.00
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2950
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-
|
-
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Basti(UP)
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103.50
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-
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693.00
|
2110
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-
|
1.20
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Ballia(UP)
|
100.00
|
-
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910.00
|
2130
|
-
|
-
|
|
P.O. Uparhali Guwahati(ASM)
|
98.00
|
-
|
1536.80
|
2230
|
-
|
-
|
|
Siliguri(WB)
|
94.00
|
-
|
1205.00
|
2700
|
-
|
-
|
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Kesinga(Ori)
|
80.00
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-
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245.00
|
2400
|
-
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-7.69
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Aligarh(UP)
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75.00
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-
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1530.00
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2560
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-
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19.07
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Kalipur(WB)
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62.00
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-
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2529.00
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2200
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-
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-
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Cachar(ASM)
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60.00
|
-
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1410.00
|
2200
|
-
|
-18.52
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Ghaziabad(UP)
|
60.00
|
-
|
480.00
|
2250
|
-
|
9.76
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Mainpuri(UP)
|
60.00
|
-
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649.00
|
2280
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-
|
-
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Devariya(UP)
|
55.00
|
-
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642.00
|
2055
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-
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-
|
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Samsi(WB)
|
50.00
|
-
|
50.00
|
3200
|
-
|
14.29
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Kasimbazar(WB)
|
50.00
|
-
|
859.00
|
2400
|
-
|
3.45
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Saharanpur(UP)
|
47.00
|
-
|
1443.00
|
2280
|
-
|
-
|
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Gazipur(UP)
|
40.00
|
-
|
791.50
|
2165
|
-
|
-
|
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Yusufpur(UP)
|
40.00
|
-
|
385.00
|
2170
|
-
|
15.43
|
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Raiganj(WB)
|
40.00
|
-
|
464.50
|
2500
|
-
|
-3.85
|
|
Gauripur(ASM)
|
36.00
|
-
|
751.90
|
4500
|
-
|
NC
|
|
Srirampur(ASM)
|
35.00
|
-
|
945.00
|
2500
|
-
|
-16.11
|
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Beldanga(WB)
|
34.00
|
-
|
1523.50
|
2425
|
-
|
5.43
|
|
Khatra(WB)
|
34.00
|
-
|
544.00
|
2050
|
-
|
-
|
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Jorhat(ASM)
|
25.00
|
-
|
198.00
|
2700
|
-
|
-
|
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Kolhapur(Laxmipuri)(Mah)
|
25.00
|
-
|
377.00
|
3400
|
-
|
13.33
|
|
Pratapgarh(UP)
|
25.00
|
-
|
228.00
|
2250
|
-
|
-
|
|
Lakhimpur(UP)
|
25.00
|
-
|
343.00
|
2160
|
-
|
-
|
|
Purulia(WB)
|
20.00
|
-
|
372.00
|
2400
|
-
|
7.14
|
|
Bishnupur(Bankura)(WB)
|
20.00
|
-
|
405.00
|
2100
|
-
|
-
|
|
Udala(Ori)
|
18.00
|
-
|
186.00
|
2700
|
-
|
-
|
|
Banda(UP)
|
16.00
|
-
|
137.50
|
2200
|
-
|
-
|
|
Champadanga(WB)
|
16.00
|
-
|
242.00
|
2700
|
-
|
-
|
|
Medinipur(West)(WB)
|
16.00
|
-
|
155.00
|
2500
|
-
|
-
|
|
Dinhata(WB)
|
15.00
|
-
|
260.00
|
2250
|
-
|
-
|
|
Ranaghat(WB)
|
15.00
|
-
|
72.00
|
2300
|
-
|
-
|
|
Firozabad(UP)
|
12.00
|
-
|
64.50
|
2500
|
-
|
14.68
|
|
Haldibari(WB)
|
12.00
|
-
|
72.00
|
2250
|
-
|
-
|
|
Mirzapur(UP)
|
9.00
|
-
|
245.50
|
2000
|
-
|
4.44
|
|
Tamluk (Medinipur E)(WB)
|
9.00
|
-
|
201.00
|
2400
|
-
|
-
|
|
Dibrugarh(ASM)
|
8.00
|
-
|
266.30
|
2250
|
-
|
-
|
|
Cherthalai(Ker)
|
8.00
|
-
|
40.50
|
12350
|
-
|
-
|
|
Muradabad(UP)
|
8.00
|
-
|
111.00
|
2310
|
-
|
2.67
|
|
Kolaghat(WB)
|
8.00
|
-
|
191.50
|
2400
|
-
|
-
|
|
North Lakhimpur(ASM)
|
7.80
|
-
|
436.30
|
1900
|
-
|
NC
|
|
Chandoli(UP)
|
7.00
|
-
|
191.00
|
2000
|
-
|
-
|
|
Sheoraphuly(WB)
|
7.00
|
-
|
142.50
|
2900
|
-
|
16.00
|
|
Chengannur(Ker)
|
5.50
|
-
|
128.00
|
2400
|
-
|
-4.00
|
|
Karanjia(Ori)
|
5.50
|
-
|
86.30
|
2800
|
-
|
-9.68
|
|
Karsiyang(Matigara)(WB)
|
5.40
|
-
|
36.90
|
2700
|
-
|
-
|
|
Uluberia(WB)
|
5.00
|
-
|
91.20
|
2400
|
-
|
-
|
|
Kannauj(UP)
|
4.50
|
-
|
19.80
|
2200
|
-
|
NC
|
|
Chhibramau(Kannuj)(UP)
|
4.50
|
-
|
72.50
|
2230
|
-
|
-
|
|
Bohorihat(ASM)
|
4.00
|
-
|
74.50
|
2400
|
-
|
14.29
|
|
Jeypore(Kotpad)(Ori)
|
4.00
|
-
|
134.00
|
4100
|
-
|
-
|
|
Buland Shahr(UP)
|
3.50
|
-
|
71.00
|
2240
|
-
|
-
|
|
Darjeeling(WB)
|
3.50
|
-
|
69.80
|
2950
|
-
|
-
|
|
Alibagh(Mah)
|
3.00
|
-
|
33.00
|
4000
|
-
|
-
|
|
Mangaon(Mah)
|
3.00
|
-
|
18.00
|
2800
|
-
|
-
|
|
Murud(Mah)
|
3.00
|
-
|
30.00
|
3000
|
-
|
-
|
|
Farukhabad(UP)
|
3.00
|
-
|
42.50
|
2230
|
-
|
0.90
|
|
Perinthalmanna(Ker)
|
2.90
|
-
|
2.90
|
2800
|
-
|
12.00
|
|
Jahangirabad(UP)
|
2.50
|
-
|
21.00
|
2270
|
-
|
-
|
|
Sirsaganj(UP)
|
2.50
|
-
|
37.50
|
2260
|
-
|
-
|
|
Melaghar(Tri)
|
2.00
|
-
|
34.50
|
2450
|
-
|
4.26
|
|
Gulavati(UP)
|
2.00
|
-
|
2.00
|
2245
|
-
|
9.78
|
|
Siyana(UP)
|
2.00
|
-
|
53.00
|
2260
|
-
|
10.78
|
|
Bonai(Bonai)(Ori)
|
1.80
|
-
|
6.60
|
2500
|
-
|
25.00
|
|
Bangarmau(UP)
|
1.50
|
-
|
85.50
|
2050
|
-
|
-
|
|
Kalimpong(WB)
|
1.40
|
-
|
20.90
|
2600
|
-
|
-
|
|
Kasipur(WB)
|
0.70
|
-
|
10.20
|
2200
|
-
|
-
|
|
Shillong(Meh)
|
0.60
|
-
|
22.00
|
3700
|
-
|
5.71
|
Rice Prices
as on : 05-01-2017 02:33:13 PM
Arrivals in tonnes;prices in Rs/quintal in domestic market.
|
Arrivals
|
Price
|
|||||
|
Current
|
%
change |
Season
cumulative |
Modal
|
Prev.
Modal |
Prev.Yr
%change |
|
|
Rice
|
||||||
|
English Bazar(WB)
|
168.00
|
-
|
661.00
|
2300
|
-
|
-
|
|
Akbarpur(UP)
|
125.00
|
-
|
812.50
|
2190
|
-
|
-
|
|
Dhing(ASM)
|
105.00
|
-
|
530.00
|
2100
|
-
|
16.67
|
|
Thodupuzha(Ker)
|
70.00
|
-
|
770.00
|
3000
|
-
|
15.38
|
|
Kalipur(WB)
|
60.00
|
-3.23
|
2589.00
|
2200
|
2200
|
-
|
|
Samsi(WB)
|
50.00
|
NC
|
100.00
|
3200
|
3200
|
14.29
|
|
Gauripur(ASM)
|
46.00
|
27.78
|
797.90
|
4500
|
4500
|
NC
|
|
Pandua(WB)
|
45.00
|
-
|
626.00
|
2950
|
-
|
22.92
|
|
Srirampur(ASM)
|
40.00
|
14.29
|
985.00
|
2500
|
2500
|
-16.11
|
|
Raiganj(WB)
|
40.00
|
NC
|
504.50
|
2500
|
2500
|
-3.85
|
|
Beldanga(WB)
|
35.00
|
2.94
|
1558.50
|
2425
|
2425
|
5.43
|
|
Ramkrishanpur(Howrah)(WB)
|
25.30
|
-
|
317.90
|
2500
|
-
|
NC
|
|
Jalpaiguri Sadar(WB)
|
22.00
|
-
|
94.00
|
2500
|
-
|
-9.09
|
|
Karimganj(ASM)
|
20.00
|
-
|
480.00
|
3100
|
-
|
47.62
|
|
Bethuadahari(WB)
|
15.00
|
-
|
45.50
|
2500
|
-
|
-
|
|
Dinhata(WB)
|
15.00
|
NC
|
275.00
|
2250
|
2250
|
-
|
|
Udala(Ori)
|
14.00
|
-22.22
|
200.00
|
2700
|
2700
|
-
|
|
Medinipur(West)(WB)
|
14.00
|
-12.5
|
169.00
|
2500
|
2500
|
-
|
|
Bohorihat(ASM)
|
12.50
|
212.5
|
87.00
|
2450
|
2400
|
16.67
|
|
Haldibari(WB)
|
12.00
|
NC
|
84.00
|
2250
|
2250
|
-
|
|
Champadanga(WB)
|
12.00
|
-25
|
254.00
|
2700
|
2700
|
-
|
|
Bankura Sadar(WB)
|
9.00
|
-
|
64.00
|
2100
|
-
|
-
|
|
Tamluk (Medinipur E)(WB)
|
9.00
|
NC
|
210.00
|
2400
|
2400
|
4.35
|
|
Kalyanpur(Tri)
|
8.00
|
-
|
33.60
|
2800
|
-
|
-
|
|
Sheoraphuly(WB)
|
8.00
|
14.29
|
150.50
|
2900
|
2900
|
16.00
|
|
Kolaghat(WB)
|
8.00
|
NC
|
199.50
|
2400
|
2400
|
4.35
|
|
Ranaghat(WB)
|
8.00
|
-46.67
|
80.00
|
2300
|
2300
|
-
|
|
Bolangir(Ori)
|
7.50
|
-
|
103.50
|
2300
|
-
|
4.55
|
|
Dibrugarh(ASM)
|
7.00
|
-12.5
|
273.30
|
2250
|
2250
|
-
|
|
Sealdah Koley Market(WB)
|
7.00
|
-
|
67.50
|
2600
|
-
|
-
|
|
Tusura(Ori)
|
6.50
|
-
|
90.00
|
2300
|
-
|
4.55
|
|
North Lakhimpur(ASM)
|
6.00
|
-23.08
|
442.30
|
1900
|
1900
|
NC
|
|
Chengannur(Ker)
|
6.00
|
9.09
|
134.00
|
2400
|
2400
|
NC
|
|
Jeypore(Kotpad)(Ori)
|
6.00
|
50
|
140.00
|
4100
|
4100
|
-
|
|
Karanjia(Ori)
|
5.80
|
5.45
|
92.10
|
2800
|
2800
|
-12.50
|
|
Uluberia(WB)
|
4.60
|
-8
|
95.80
|
2350
|
2400
|
-
|
|
Jeypore(Ori)
|
3.40
|
-
|
144.50
|
4100
|
-
|
NC
|
|
Alibagh(Mah)
|
3.00
|
NC
|
36.00
|
4100
|
4000
|
9.33
|
|
Darjeeling(WB)
|
2.30
|
-34.29
|
72.10
|
2950
|
2950
|
-
|
|
Hosanagar(Kar)
|
1.00
|
-
|
1.00
|
3900
|
-
|
-
|
|
Mangaon(Mah)
|
1.00
|
-66.67
|
19.00
|
2900
|
2800
|
-
|
|
Bonai(Bonai)(Ori)
|
1.00
|
-44.44
|
7.60
|
2500
|
2500
|
25.00
|
|
Shillong(Meh)
|
0.60
|
NC
|
22.60
|
3700
|
3700
|
5.71
|
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Low phosphorus rice offers fertiliser pollution
solution
Silencing gene that directs
phosphorus into rice grains could mean cheaper food and healthier rivers
A genetically-edited rice plant
produced can return more of the vital nutrient phosphorus to the soil than conventional
varieties.1 This offers several benefits, ranging from lower food prices to
healthier fish stocks.
Phosphorus is an essential
component of DNA, RNA and numerous other chemicals synthesised by all living
organisms. To increase crop yields, farmers usually apply phosphate fertiliser
every year. Cereals such as rice have evolved to divert most phosphorus to the grain. ‘In the time without phosphate fertiliser,
phosphorus was very low,’ explains Jian Feng Ma of Okayama University in Japan. ‘So plants needed to divert this
limited phosphorus to the grain for the germination and early growth of the
next generation.’ Unfortunately, if the grain is harvested and eaten, the
phosphorus is removed from the soil, requiring more phosphate fertiliser – a
non-renewable resource mined from phosphate rock – and increasing the rice’s
cost. Plants principally store phosphorus in the form of phytate salt, which
humans and some farm animals cannot digest and therefore excrete. Excreted
phosphorus often enters waterways, causing excessive growth of algae. When
these algae die, their decomposition lowers oxygen levels in the water, killing
fish and reducing biodiversity.
Source: © Nature
Expression of the phosphorus
directing gene in the stem of a transgenic rice plant is highlighted using
green fluorescent protein. Rice plants that direct phosphorus to their leaves
and stems could help farmers to use less fertiliser
Modifying cereal grains to lower
their phosphorus levels is, therefore, of interest to farmers and agribusiness.
‘People have tried for many years to reduce the concentration of phytate in
barley and maize, but they haven’t got good results,’ says Ma. ‘If they knock
out some genes involved in phytate synthesis, they can reduce the concentration
of seed phytate but, on the other hand, they also have a negative effect on the
growth and yield.’
In the new research, Ma and
colleagues found that a gene in rice transports phosphorus towards developing
shoots and seeds. They produced multiple mutant versions of rice with this gene
silenced and grew them alongside the wild type. Whereas the wild-type rice
diverted almost 65% of the phosphorus taken up into the seeds, the mutant
versions all diverted less than 45%. The remaining phosphorus ended up in the
leaf and stem material, which is composted and returned to the soil after the
grain is harvested. Crucially, in most cases yields were not significantly
affected.
‘It’s a very important problem
and this represents a significant advance,’ says Victor Raboy of the US Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research
Service in Idaho. Raboy questions Ma’s assertion, however, that previous
approaches to reducing seed phosphorus had been restricted to preventing
plants’ phosphorus uptake. ‘That’s one of the approaches people have taken, and
that has [reduced yields],’ he says. He notes, however, that, in 1998, his own
group produced a mutant
strain of barley that combined low seed phosphorus
with good yield by random chemical mutation of the barley genome2, and in 2011
Chinese and Australian researchers proposed that this was because of a mutation in a gene of the same family as that targeted by the present researchers.3’We’ve not only
published one very thorough field study, but we’ve also released cultivars of
barley with that gene for farmers to produce that have good yields,’ says
Raboy. ‘The major findings in this Nature paper are largely confirmatory, not novel.’
References
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/low-phosphorus-rice-offers-solution-to-fertiliser-pollution-problems/2500197.article
Five
to be inducted into Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame
Tuesday
Posted
Jan 3, 2017 at 10:58 AMUpdated
Jan 3, 2017 at 4:53 PM
By Arkansas News Bureau
LITTLE ROCK - Five people whose
leadership and service have brought distinction to the state's largest industry
will be inducted into the Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame in March, the
Arkansas Farm Bureau said Tuesday.
The newest class of honorees
includes forester Allen Bedell of Hot Springs, former state Sen. Neely Cassady
of Nashville, rice farmer Gary Sebree of Stuttgart, poultry company executive
Mark Simmons of Siloam Springs and the late Bobby Wells, who was a plant
breeder.
The five will be honored at the 29th annual Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame
induction luncheon March 3 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Little Rock.
Bedell was a longtime forester
for Georgia-Pacific in Fordyce and owned two whole-tree chipping operations,
Circle B Logging and Quality Stand Density Control. He is a former chairman of
the Arkansas Forestry Commission, a past president of the Arkansas Forestry
Association and current forestry representative on the Arkansas Department of
Agriculture board. He has an undergraduate degree in forestry from Louisiana
State University and a master's degree in forest management from Yale.
Cassady took over his father's
hatchery at the age of 18. He built and sold two poultry companies that
continue today as part of Pilgrim's and Tyson Foods. He was elected to the
Arkansas Senate in 1982 and served the people of southwest Arkansas for 14
years. He is a former president of the Arkansas Poultry Federation, a former
member of the Tyson Foods board of directors and a longtime member of Central
Baptist College board of trustees.
Sebree, a third-generation rice
farmer, spent 43 years as a farmer representative on the Producers Rice Mill
board of directors, 24 of those as chairman. He was on the first Arkansas Rice
Research and Promotion Board and served as chairman of the USA Rice Producers
Group and the USA Rice Federation. He attended Hendrix College majoring in
chemistry/pre-med, but had to leave due to tuberculosis, leading to his life's
work on the farm.
Simmons has been chairman of the
board of Simmons Foods since 1987. He first joined the family business in 1968
after graduating from the University of Arkansas. He was named president in
1974, following the death of his father. He was a founding member of the Northwest
Arkansas Council, serves on the board of trustees at John Brown University, and
is a board member of the Walton Family Charitable Support Trust.
Wells, who died in 1996, was a
world-renowned expert on rice production and worked closely with others in the
rice cultivation improvement program in Arkansas and adjoining states. After
receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas in 1964, he worked for two
years as an assistant professor at Murray State University in Kentucky. He then
came to UA's Rice Research Station in Stuttgart, where he spent 16 years before
moving to the Fayetteville campus in 1982
http://www.arkansasnews.com/news/20170103/five-to-be-inducted-into-arkansas