USA Rice
Outlook Conference
Rice Storytelling
Tuesday, December 12, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
218, Meeting Level
SAN ANTONIO, TX -- Every farmer has a story to tell. But getting people to listen is another story
entirely. In this session, you'll hear
from three California rice farmers who have built an audience - their stories
get viewed, liked, and listened to by people all over the world.
Nick Fox, Kurt Richter, and Matthew Sligar will share storytelling
know-how, including technical expertise, how to create content, crafting a
narrative for social media, and balancing all that with the real work of rice
farming.
Panel moderator Jim Morris, communications manager for the
California Rice Commission, will tease out their tips and tricks, and their
best advice on how you can get started telling your own story. Come get inspired.
Rice storytelling comes alive
Click the image for a storytelling preview
Arkansas Ag Committee Discusses Fake Rice, Begins Drafting
Resolution
By Lydia Holmes
LITTLE ROCK, AR -- Yesterday, Arkansas
Rice Federation Executive Director Lauren Waldrip Ward testified before the
Arkansas Joint Senate and House Committee on Agriculture on the industry's
concern of a current food trend where vegetables are being "riced"
and marketed as a "more healthy" form of rice.
Marketing campaigns are identifying these products as "riced vegetables" while some companies are marketing vegetables and other non-rice products as rice. These products often are stocked on grocery shelves alongside rice.
Ward explained many of the products, including Cauli Rice, Miracle Rice, Better than Rice, and Green Giant's Cauliflower Fried Rice do not contain a single grain of rice. Through packaging designed and displayed to mislead and with advertisements reading "Move over, rice," companies are likely causing confusion among consumers.
There is currently not an FDA Standard of Identity for rice, but Arkansas Rice and USA Rice agree with the existing Codex definition, which simply identifies rice as originating from the Oryza sativa L. plant.
"Our industry has made significant investments developing and building the brand we have for rice," said Ward. "These companies have made it clear that they intend to capitalize on that very brand. Our farmers are proud of the quality associated with the rice they grow and we must continue to preserve that image while also protecting consumers."
Ward continued, "Consumers have a right to know honestly and transparently what they are purchasing and these fake rice products are designed to mislead them. Consumers who want to purchase rice are being tricked into buying something other than rice. Rice is a grain, not a shape."
Committee members inquired about actions being taken at the federal level by the Food and Drug Administration and expressed strong interest in supporting those efforts.
"We'll do whatever is necessary to combat this issue," said State Senator Blake Johnson. "I would like to begin working with Arkansas Rice to develop a resolution addressing rice pretenders and protecting consumers' rights."
Marketing campaigns are identifying these products as "riced vegetables" while some companies are marketing vegetables and other non-rice products as rice. These products often are stocked on grocery shelves alongside rice.
Ward explained many of the products, including Cauli Rice, Miracle Rice, Better than Rice, and Green Giant's Cauliflower Fried Rice do not contain a single grain of rice. Through packaging designed and displayed to mislead and with advertisements reading "Move over, rice," companies are likely causing confusion among consumers.
There is currently not an FDA Standard of Identity for rice, but Arkansas Rice and USA Rice agree with the existing Codex definition, which simply identifies rice as originating from the Oryza sativa L. plant.
"Our industry has made significant investments developing and building the brand we have for rice," said Ward. "These companies have made it clear that they intend to capitalize on that very brand. Our farmers are proud of the quality associated with the rice they grow and we must continue to preserve that image while also protecting consumers."
Ward continued, "Consumers have a right to know honestly and transparently what they are purchasing and these fake rice products are designed to mislead them. Consumers who want to purchase rice are being tricked into buying something other than rice. Rice is a grain, not a shape."
Committee members inquired about actions being taken at the federal level by the Food and Drug Administration and expressed strong interest in supporting those efforts.
"We'll do whatever is necessary to combat this issue," said State Senator Blake Johnson. "I would like to begin working with Arkansas Rice to develop a resolution addressing rice pretenders and protecting consumers' rights."
How rice farmers
restore Sac endangered fish population
Native fish are cut off from historic Sacramento floodplain food
supply
Updated: 6:46 PM PST Dec 5, 2017
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YOLO COUNTY, Calif. (KCRA) —
The Sacramento region’s floodplain was once a rich food source
for the state’s thriving native fish population.
The essential food is still there. The problem is, for decades,
fish have been blocked from accessing the vital floodplain due to flood
control.
“There was once 2 million salmon that came back to the valley.
What allowed that abundance is the incredible productivity of these wetlands,”
Jacob Katz, with Cal Trout, said. "Now, we have about 5 percent of
historical wetlands; which means we have a small percentage of the food that
was once produced. Why are we surprised that we have only 5 percent of salmon
and other native fish?"
Rice farmers are now working with UC
Davis Watershed Sciences and Cal Trout, a
conservation nonprofit, to restore native fish populations cut off from their
food supply.
“We turned fields that we feed people (from) in the summertime,
and then we flood them for habitat for birds, and now we are also using those
fields to grow (food) for fish," Roger Cornwell, with River Garden Farms
in Yolo County, said.
During the wet season, the Sacramento River historically would
swell and spill over into the floodplain, and fish would spill over as well.
The natural occurrence is now largely blocked off due to levees.
“It’s a really simple thing: Sunlight makes algae. Algae makes
bugs. Bugs make fish,” Katz said. “The fish would then drain back to the river
with the receding floodwaters and you had this system that essentially created
a big bug buffet out on the floodplain."
CAL TROUT
The floodplain is drastically more nourishing than river water,
Katz explains.
"In the river, there is a lot of water but there is very
little surface area to catch that Sunlight," Katz said. “But as soon as that
water spills out into the floodplain, there is literally thousands of times
greater surface area. What's that mean? It means the floodplain is really the
solar panel, the energy source, for the river system. And what we are trying to
do is reconnect that to the river."
River Garden Farms is a partner, and one of a handful of farmers
that are part of the pilot project, allocating 3,000 acres for rice farming.
CAL TROUT
UC Davis scientists temporarily divert water from the Sacramento
River into the flooded rice fields and then use netting to gather the fish
food.
CAL TROUT
"We just borrow the water for a couple days and return it
full of food," Katz explained. “It's just spread out where natural
processes can fill it with the kind of nutrients the river needs, and then it
is returned, enhanced, back to the river."
CAL TROUT
Cal Trout's saying is “It’s not fish or farms, but fish and
farms.”
"Our state capitol, Sacramento, is out there on the
floodplain. The levees protect Sacramento and our population. The system isn't
going anywhere,” Katz said. “If we can understand how the natural system works,
in essence, looking back in order to move forward -- we build a system that
works much better for the entire state."
Los Angeles’ Metropolitan Water District and San Luis Delta
Mendota Water Authority contribute funding for the project.
http://www.kcra.com/article/how-rice-farmers-restore-sac-endangered-fish-population/14109504
Recipe: Crispy orange, pomegranate-glazed
chicken on herbed basmati rice
4
Food and Home
Crispy orange, pomegranate-glazed chicken on herbed basmati rice.
Chicken and rice have never looked
so dazzling!
Ingredients
Chicken
5 (750g) skinless chicken breasts, deboned
90g cake flour
65g cornflour
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, totaste
2 large eggs
15ml (1 tbsp) milk
Oil, to deep-fry
5 (750g) skinless chicken breasts, deboned
90g cake flour
65g cornflour
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, totaste
2 large eggs
15ml (1 tbsp) milk
Oil, to deep-fry
Glaze
250ml (1 cup) orange juice
180ml (¾ cup) pomegranate juice
100g brown sugar
30ml (2 tbsp) lemon juice
15ml (1 tbsp) Worcestershire sauce
5ml (1 tsp) garlic, finely chopped
5ml (1 tsp) ginger, finely grated
2,5ml (½ tsp) dried chilli flakes
Zest of 1 orange
30ml (2 tbsp) cold water
15ml (1 tbsp) cornflour
250ml (1 cup) orange juice
180ml (¾ cup) pomegranate juice
100g brown sugar
30ml (2 tbsp) lemon juice
15ml (1 tbsp) Worcestershire sauce
5ml (1 tsp) garlic, finely chopped
5ml (1 tsp) ginger, finely grated
2,5ml (½ tsp) dried chilli flakes
Zest of 1 orange
30ml (2 tbsp) cold water
15ml (1 tbsp) cornflour
Rice
20g cooked basmati rice, warm
60ml (¼ cup) fresh parsley, finely chopped
60ml (¼ cup) fresh coriander, finely chopped
30ml (2 tbsp) fresh basil, finely chopped
Salt and freshly groundblack pepper, to taste
20g cooked basmati rice, warm
60ml (¼ cup) fresh parsley, finely chopped
60ml (¼ cup) fresh coriander, finely chopped
30ml (2 tbsp) fresh basil, finely chopped
Salt and freshly groundblack pepper, to taste
To serve
180g pomegranate rubies
2 (50g) spring onions, thinly sliced
2 (5g) small green chillies, thinly sliced
60ml (4 tbsp) coriander, finely chopped
180g pomegranate rubies
2 (50g) spring onions, thinly sliced
2 (5g) small green chillies, thinly sliced
60ml (4 tbsp) coriander, finely chopped
Method
1. For the chicken, cut the breasts
into bite-size pieces. Combine the cake flour and 65g cornflour and season to
taste. Combine the eggs and milk and whisk until smooth.
2. Heat the oil in a deep fat fryer
or deep pot to 180°C (check the temperature with a sugar thermometer if using a
deep pot). Dip each piece of chicken into the egg mixture, followed by the
flour mixture. Fry the chicken pieces off in batches, 2-3 minutes each, until
crisp and golden. Drain on paper towel.
3. For the glaze, place the orange
juice, pomegranate juice, brown sugar, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce,
garlic, ginger, chilli flakes and orange zest in a saucepan over medium heat.
Bring to a boil and simmer, 10 minutes. Combine the water and 15ml (1 tbsp)
cornflour and whisk in 60ml (¼ cup) of the warm juice mixture. Pour it all back
into the remaining warm liquid and whisk until smooth. Simmer, 5 minutes, until
slightly thickened. Add the fried chicken pieces and simmer, 2 minutes. Season
to taste.
4. For the rice, stir all of the
ingredients together and season to taste.
5. To serve, place the chicken on
herbed rice and add a sprinkling of pomegranate rubies, spring onions, small
green chillies and scatter over 4 tbsp fresh coriander.
Bangladesh to
import 200,000 tonnes rice, wheat
The government has cleared proposals
to import an additional 200,000 tonnes of rice and wheat.
The Cabinet Committee on Government
Purchase endorsed the proposals at a meeting chaired by Finance Minister AMA
Muhith on Wednesday. Additional Cabinet Secretary Mostafizur Rahman told
reporters that the government will buy 150,000 tonnes of non-Basmati boiled
rice. The import will cost Bangladesh around Tk 5.49 billion at the rate of
$440 per tonne. The government will
also buy 50,000 tonnes of wheat from Singapore's Resington Enterprise Limited
in line with international quotation, Additional Secretary Mostafizur added.
The price will be around Tk 1.02 billion at $245.35 per tonne. The government
is importing food grains and easing import conditions after two spells of
floods devastated crops on hundreds of thousands of farmland, raising fear of a
food crisis in April. Prices of rice, the staple food grain in Bangladesh, have
since been multiplying. The government has decided to import 2 million tonnes
of rice and wheat in current fiscal to refill the stock.
Author Name:
https://bdnews24.com/economy/2017/12/06/bangladesh-to-import-200000-tonnes-rice-wheat
Commodities Buzz: Pakistan Rice Exports
Increase By 16 percent During July To October 2017
·
capital market | Mumbai | December 06, 2017
14:43 IST
·
Commodities Buzz: Pakistan
Rice Exports Increase By 16 percent During July To October 2017
·
Rice export from the
country during first 4 months (July-October) of current fiscal year increased
by 16.87 per cent as compared to same period of last year.
·
The rice export during the
period under review rose to $457.66 million from $391.595 million during
July-October 2016-17, according to latest data released by Pakistan Bureau of
Statistics (PBS).
·
On month-on-month basis,
the rice export also increased to $137.423 million in October 2017 from $96.306
million in September 2017, showing an increase of 42.69 per cent.
https://www.indiainfoline.com/article/capital-market-commodity-futures-mid-session-commentary/commodities-buzz-pakistan-rice-exports-increase-by-16-percent-during-july-to-october-2017-117120600529_1.html
Bangladesh to import 150,000 tonnes of rice from India at $440/T
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh will import 150,000 tonnes of rice
from India in a state deal priced at $440 a tonne, two food ministry officials
said on Wednesday, as the government races to restore depleted reserves and
combat high prices.A woman winnows rice in a field
on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India November 10, 2017. REUTERS/Amit Dave
Traditionally the world’s fourth-biggest rice producer,
Bangladesh’s imports of the grain are set to hit their highest levels in a
decade after floods damaged its crops.India’s state-run National Agricultural
Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED) will supply the non-basmati parboiled
rice within 60 days after signing the deal, which will take place soon, the officials
said.
The price includes shipping, insurance and discharge costs.Bangladesh
had already sealed a deal with India’s another state agency PEC to import
100,000 tonnes of rice at $455 a tonne.Rice is a staple food for Bangladesh’s
160 million people and high prices pose a problem for the government, which
faces a national election next year.Despite deals with several rice exporting
countries such as Vietnam, Bangladesh is still struggling to build its
reserves, after a deal with Cambodia for 250,000 tonnes was scrapped last month
over a delay in shipments.Strong demand from Bangladesh helped push Asian rice
prices to multi-year highs in June.Bangladesh’s state grains buyer has also
issued a series of invitations to tender as it looks to import a total of 1.5
million tonnes of rice in the year to June 2018.A local tender to buy 100,000
tonnes of parboiled rice to be sourced internationally, will close on Dec. 14.Rice
at government warehouses stood at nearly 400,000 tonnes, well below the normal
level of around 1 million tonnes.
In August, the government cut an import duty on rice for the
second time in two months. The lower duty has prompted purchases to be made by
private dealers, with most of the deals being struck with neighbouring India.Bangladesh
imported more than 1.8 million tonnes during July-November period, food
ministry data showed.
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- December 6, 2017
DECEMBER 6, 2017 / 2:18 PM /
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices – APMC/Open Market-December 6
Nagpur, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Gram prices showed upward tendency in Nagpur Agriculture ProduceMarketing Committee (APMC) on good demand from local millers amid weak supply from producing belts. Notable rise in Madhya Pradesh gram prices and repeated enquiries from South-based millers also helped to push up prices.About 400 bags of gram reported for auctions in Nagpur APMC, according to sources.
FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Gram varieties ruled steady in open market here but demand was poor.
TUAR
* Tuar gavarani firmed up in open market on renewed marriage season demand from local
traders.
* Wheat mill quality reported down in open market here on lack of demand from local
traders amid increased arrival from producing regions.
* In Akola, Tuar New – 4,000-4,150, Tuar dal (clean) – 5,700-5,800, Udid Mogar (clean)
– 8,200-9,000, Moong Mogar (clean) 7,000-7,300, Gram – 4,525-4,675, Gram Super best
– 7,300-7,500
* Wheat, rice and other foodgrain items moved in a narrow range in
scattered deals and settled at last levels in weak trading activity.
Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg
FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close
Gram Auction 3,500-4,320 3,400-4,300
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction n.a. 3,400-3,880
Moong Auction n.a. 3,900-4,200
Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800
Wheat Mill quality Auction 1,600-1,698 1,600-1,680
Gram Super Best Bold 7,000-7,500 7,000-7,500
Gram Super Best n.a. n.a.
Gram Medium Best 6,000-6,400 6,000-6,400
Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a
Gram Mill Quality 4,550-4,600 4,550-4,600
Desi gram Raw 4,550-4,850 4,550-4,850
Gram Kabuli 12,400-13,000 12,400-13,000
Tuar Fataka Best-New 6,200-6,400 6,200-6,400
Tuar Fataka Medium-New 5,900-6,100 5,900-6,100
Tuar Dal Best Phod-New 5,400-5,600 5,400-5,600
Tuar Dal Medium phod-New 5,100-5,300 5,100-5,300
Tuar Gavarani New 4,150-4,250 4,100-4,200
Tuar Karnataka 4,600-4,900 4,600-4,900
Masoor dal best 5,000-5,400 5,000-5,400
Masoor dal medium 4,700-4,900 4,600-4,800
Masoor n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold (New) 7,200-7,600 7,200-7,600
Moong Mogar Medium 6,600-6,900 6,600-6,900
Moong dal Chilka 5,600-6,500 5,600-6,500
Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 7,500-8,000 7,500-8,000
Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 8,500-9,500 8,500-9,500
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 6,000-7,500 6,000-7,500
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 5,600-6,800 5,600-6,800
Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 5,200-5,500 5,200-5,500
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 2,850-2,950 2,850-2,950
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 3,100-3,200 2,900-3,000
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 3,400-3,800 3,400-3,800
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,000 1,900-2,000
Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 1,750-1,850 1,850-1,950
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,300 2,100-2,300
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,400 2,200-2,400
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,100 1,900-2,100
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,100-3,600 3,100-3,600
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,700 2,300-2,700
Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,500 3,000-3,500
Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) 2,800-2,900 2,800-2,900
Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,400 2,200-2,400
Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) 2,500-2,600 2,500-2,600
Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,400 2,300-2,400
Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) 3,600-4,000 3,600-4,000
Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,250-3,600 3,250-3,600
Rice Shriram best(100 INR/KG) 4,900-5,200 4,900-5,200
Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG) 4,500-4,700 4,500-4,700
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 10,200-14,000 10,200-14,000
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,200-7,500 5,300-7,500
Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG) 5,000-5,500 5,000-5,500
Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) 4,700-5,000 4,700-5,000
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,200 2,000-2,100
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,800-2,000 1,700-2,000
WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 29.1 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 13.7 degree Celsius
Rainfall : Nil
FORECAST: Mainly clear sky. Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 29 and 14 degree
Celsius respectively.
Note: n.a.--not available
(For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but
included in market prices)
How rice farmers
restore Sac endangered fish population
Native fish are cut off from
historic Sacramento floodplain food supply
Updated: 6:46 PM PST Dec 5, 2017
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YOLO COUNTY, Calif. (KCRA) —
The Sacramento region’s
floodplain was once a rich food source for the state’s thriving native fish
population.
The essential food is still
there. The problem is, for decades, fish have been blocked from accessing the
vital floodplain due to flood control.
“There was once 2 million salmon
that came back to the valley. What allowed that abundance is the incredible
productivity of these wetlands,” Jacob Katz, with Cal Trout, said. "Now,
we have about 5 percent of historical wetlands; which means we have a small
percentage of the food that was once produced. Why are we surprised that we
have only 5 percent of salmon and other native fish?"
Rice farmers are now working
with UC Davis Watershed Sciences and Cal
Trout, a conservation nonprofit, to restore native fish populations
cut off from their food supply.
“We turned fields that we feed
people (from) in the summertime, and then we flood them for habitat for birds,
and now we are also using those fields to grow (food) for fish," Roger
Cornwell, with River Garden Farms in Yolo County, said.
During the wet season, the
Sacramento River historically would swell and spill over into the floodplain,
and fish would spill over as well. The natural occurrence is now largely
blocked off due to levees.
“It’s a really simple thing:
Sunlight makes algae. Algae makes bugs. Bugs make fish,” Katz said. “The fish
would then drain back to the river with the receding floodwaters and you had
this system that essentially created a big bug buffet out on the
floodplain."
CAL TROUT
The floodplain is drastically more nourishing than river water,
Katz explains.
"In the river, there is a lot of water but there is very
little surface area to catch that Sunlight," Katz said. “But as soon as
that water spills out into the floodplain, there is literally thousands of
times greater surface area. What's that mean? It means the floodplain is really
the solar panel, the energy source, for the river system. And what we are
trying to do is reconnect that to the river."
River Garden Farms is a partner, and one of a handful of farmers
that are part of the pilot project, allocating 3,000 acres for rice farming.
CAL TROUT
UC Davis scientists temporarily divert water from the Sacramento
River into the flooded rice fields and then use netting to gather the fish
food.
CAL TROUT
"We just borrow the water for a couple days and return it
full of food," Katz explained. “It's just spread out where natural
processes can fill it with the kind of nutrients the river needs, and then it
is returned, enhanced, back to the river."
CAL TROUT
Cal Trout's saying is “It’s not fish or farms, but fish and
farms.”
"Our state capitol, Sacramento, is out there on the
floodplain. The levees protect Sacramento and our population. The system isn't
going anywhere,” Katz said. “If we can understand how the natural system works,
in essence, looking back in order to move forward -- we build a system that
works much better for the entire state."
Los Angeles’ Metropolitan Water District and San Luis Delta
Mendota Water Authority contribute funding for the project.
http://www.kcra.com/article/how-rice-farmers-restore-sac-endangered-fish-population/14109504
Bangladesh to import 200,000
tonnes rice, wheat
Senior Correspondent,
Published: 2017-12-06 19:28:45.0 BdST Updated: 2017-12-06 19:28:45.0
BdST
The government
has cleared proposals to import an additional 200,000 tonnes of rice and wheat.The Cabinet
Committee on Government Purchase endorsed the proposals at a meeting chaired by
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday.Additional Cabinet Secretary
Mostafizur Rahman told reporters that the government will buy 150,000 tonnes of
non-Basmati boiled rice.The import will cost Bangladesh around Tk 5.49 billion
at the rate of $440 per tonne.
The government will also buy 50,000 tonnes of wheat from
Singapore's Resington Enterprise Limited in line with international quotation,
Additional Secretary Mostafizur added.The price will be around Tk 1.02 billion
at $245.35 per tonne.The government is importing food grains and easing import
conditions after two spells of floods devastated crops on hundreds of thousands
of farmland, raising fear of a food crisis in April.Prices of rice, the staple
food grain in Bangladesh, have since been multiplying. The government has
decided to import 2 million tonnes of rice and wheat in current fiscal to
refill the stock.
https://bdnews24.com/economy/2017/12/06/bangladesh-to-import-200000-tonnes-rice-wheatjust-food gives you the widest food
market coverage.
