Saturday, June 27, 2015

26th June (Friday),2015 Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter by Riceplus

Govt urged to examine pros and cons before setting up PRB

June 26, 2015
KARACHI - The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) urged the government before setting up Pakistan Rice Board (PRB) as suggested by the vested interest must first examine the pros and cons and question those suggesting it as to the injury caused to the rice industry by the Quality Review Committee (QRC) set up by the government on their recommendations and supported by them.he QRC eliminated the SME rice exporters and those adding value to the grains.

Unisame was against the QRC from day one and time and again requested the authorities to remove this committee which was used as an instrument to eliminate the SME rice exporters.President Unisame Zulfikar Thaver said ever since they have lost control of QRC they are trying to find ways and means to regain control in a different form and Mincom must not let them have another government sponsored tool for their vested interest like they did with QRC.ortunately Mincom finally comprehended the futility of QRC and decided to disband it but after the damage was done.
Unisame kept informing Mincom about its negative role and is on record.Thaver said the SME rice exporters even filed petitions and law suits against this defective body.Even if the government decides to form the PRB it must include experts from the growers, millers, processors and exporters to avoid conflict of interest but it is very important that the government must first study the role and function of the PRB as it would simply duplicate the functions of Mincom & Minfal and will entail huge expenditure in maintaining it when the matter of rice cultivation to its final exports are in the domain of the ministries of agriculture and commerce.Only thing which is needed is co-ordination between the two

.If co-ordination is achieved and integrated efforts are made a positive policy could be made for the betterment of the rice industry which is on the verge of collapse.The PRB will be another institution not worth its name because it entails policy making which is the function of the government through the Minfal and Mincom based on the recommendations of the Rice Commissioner in the Minfal, the Rice Research Institute and the stakeholders


CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures   
CME Group (Prelim):  Closing Rough Rice Futures for June 26
Month
Price
Net Change

July 2015
$9.960
- $0.085
September 2015
$10.245
- $0.080
November 2015
$10.515
 - $0.080
January 2016
$10.780
 - $0.080
March 2016
$10.985
- $0.080
May 2016
$10.985
- $0.080
July 2016
$10.985
- $0.080


The latest Texas Rice Crop Survey reports

The latest Texas Rice Crop Survey reports (updated through Friday, June 26, 2015) are available through the Beaumont Center web site at http://beaumont.tamu.edu/CropSurvey/

The crop survey provides detailed data on rice acreage across the Texas rice belt, including information on varieties and crop development.
incerely,
Ted

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Lloyd T. (Ted) Wilson
Professor and Center Director
Texas A&M AgriLIFE Research Center
1509 Aggie Drive
Beaumont Texas, Texas 77713

Rice Leadership Class Finishes Session II in Arkansas and Mississippi            
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS -- After leaving the great mid-west area of the country, the 2015/17 Rice Leadership Development Class traveled to Arkansas to study the state's rice farming practices and processing industries.  The itinerary included professional development seminars and meetings with executives at Producers Rice Mill and Riceland Foods. The group also discussed conservation practices with Ducks Unlimited President and rice farmer George Dunklin and toured the Arkansas Rice Research and Extension Center to learn about the latest developments in rice research.   

Class member Collin Holzhauer, with Southern Rice & Cotton, said, "The highlight of Session II for me was touring George Dunklin's farming operation south of Stuttgart. George is president of Ducks Unlimited, and is a devout conservationist who employs management practices that are truly incredible. He plants a few hundred acres of rice just for the ducks to eat over the winter, and operates a tree nursery where they grow containerized bottomland hardwood species for restoration.


Holzhauer continued, "George also graciously hosted a Rice Leadership Alumni dinner at his lodge.  There was an amazing turn out - more than seventy people attended, including some who drove from Mississippi and Louisiana.  That's how dedicated people are to this program."

From Arkansas, the class traveled to Mississippi to tour Farmers Grain Terminal, Inc. in Greenville, a regional grain marketing company serving over 2,900 producers/owners in the Mississippi delta, southeast Arkansas, and northeast Louisiana.

"As rice farmers and industry professionals, we watch our crops grow and see their progression throughout the growing season and harvest, but there are so many moving parts of the rice industry that we don't see on a daily basis that hold a vital role in the production of rice," said Nicole Creason, a class member and rice producer from Jonesboro, Arkansas. "In Session II, we got the chance to witness some of these processes in action and it was very enlightening."

The Rice Leadership Development Program is sponsored by John Deere Company, RiceTec Inc. and American Commodity Company through The Rice Foundation and is managed by the USA Rice Federation.

Contact:  
Chuck Wilson (870) 673-7541

APEDA India (News)
Price on: 24-06-2015
Product
Benchmark Indicators Name
Price
Apricots
1
Turkish No. 2 whole pitted, CIF UK (USD/t)
5975
2
Turkish No. 4 whole pitted, CIF UK (USD/t)
5375
3
Turkish size 8, CIF UK (USD/t)
4375
Raisins
1
Californian Thompson seedless raisins, CIF UK (USD/t)
2682
2
South African Thompson seedless raisins, CIF UK (USD/t)
2286
Sultanas
1
Australian 5 Crown, CIF UK (USD/t)
3037 
2
Iranian natural sultanas (Gouchan), CIF UK (USD/t)
1873
3
Turkish No 9 standard, FOB Izmir (USD/t)
2150
Source:agra-net
For more info
Market Watch
Commodity-wise, Market-wise Daily Price on 24-06-2015
Domestic Prices
Unit Price : Rs per Qty
Product
Market Center
Variety
Min Price
Max Price
Barley (Jau)
1
Dahod (Gujarat)
Other
1200
1250
2
Guna (Madhya Pradesh)
Other
1150
1150
3
Deoli (Rajasthan)
Other
1050
1130
Maize
1
Dhing (Assam)
Other
1320
1500
2
Meghraj (Gujarat)
Other
1300
1400
3
Khanna (Punjab)
Other
1000
1130
Pine Apple
1
Chala (Kerala)
Other
3200
3250
2
Shillong (Meghalaya)
Other
2000
2200
3
Ropar (Punjab)
Other
2400
2800
Carrot
1
Mannar (Kerala)
Other
2500
2700
2
Bonai (Orissa)
Other
2000
3000
3
Kamthi (Maharashtra)
Other
2600
3000
Source:agra-net
For more info
Egg
Rs per 100 No
Price on 24-06-2015
Product
Market Center
Price
1
Ahmedabad
397
2
Chittoor
440
3
Hyderabad
390
Source: e2necc.com
Other International Prices
Unit Price : US$ per package
Price on 24-06-2015
Product
Market Center
Origin
Variety
Low
High
Potatoes
Package: 50 lb cartons
1
Atlanta
Colorado
Russet
20
23.50
2
Baltimore
Idaho
Russet
16
19
3
Detroit
Wisconsin
Russet
19
19.50
Cauliflower
Package: cartons film wrapped
1
Atlanta
California
White
23.50
23.50
2
Baltimore
Mexico
 White
23
23
3
Miami
California
White
19.50
20
Grapes
Package: 18 lb containers bagged
1
Atlanta
Mexico
Red Globe
21.50
23.50
2
Dallas
Peru
Red Globe
28
28
3
Detroit
Mexico
Red Globe
24
26
Source:USDA


Pakistan Railways ‘out of intensive care’

26 Jun 2015
Description: Minister of Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique has said Pakistan Railways is now ‘out of intensive care’.PAKISTAN: Minister of Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique has said Pakistan Railways is now ‘out of intensive care’. The federal budget for 2015-16 has allocated Rs41bn for PR’s non-staff costs, a business class Karachi – Islamabad passenger service has been launched and freight services to Iran restarted.The 2015-16 budget allocation includes Rs0·9bn to acquire land for a container terminal and railway link at the port of Gwadar; Rs2·8bn for the mechanisation of track maintenance; Rs2·5bn for the procurement of 125 locomotives which would be assembled locally; Rs2·0bn for repairs to flood damage from 2010; Rs1·8bn for modernising the Karachi – Khanpur line; Rs2·5bn for resignalling the Lodhran Khanewal –  Shahdara Bagh route; and Rs1·0bn for doubling and upgrading the Port Qaism – Bin Qasim line.Additional wagons are also to be ordered, 100 existing locomotives will be repaired and returned to traffic and a feasibility study for a dedicated freight corridor will be commissioned.

A revived international freight service from Quetta to Zahedan in Iran was inaugurated on June 9, following an agreement between the two countries on May 18. PR had been operating a monthly train as far as Taftan to deliver post, food, water and salaries to employees, but freight trains have now returned to the Iranian section of the route after five years.It is envisaged that oil traffic from Iran to Pakistan will cover the service’s operating costs, with additional traffic to include sulphur, coal and chemical imports to Pakistan and rice exports to Iran. At the inauguration the Chief Minister of Baluchistan province expressed hope that a passenger service would also be reinstated.On May 14 Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated Greenline Train, a daily business class passenger service which is timetabled to cover the Karachi – Islamabad route in 23 h 15 min. It has sleeping cars, full air-conditioning, wi-fi, meals, newspapers, improved toilets and online booking. Passenger lounges are to be provided at Rawalpindi, Lahore and Karachi.Speaking at the launch of Greenline Train, the Prime Minister said he envisioned a train service would one day run from Kashi in China to Karachi, and from Pakistan to Turkey.
http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/policy/single-view/view/pakistan-railways-out-of-intensive-care.html

TMR : SNP Genotyping and Analysis Market: European Unstable Economy Continuously Tormenting Market Growth
by TRANSPARENCY MARKET RESEARCH on Jun 26, 2015 • 3:23 am

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According to a recent research report published by Transparency Market Research (TMR), the global SNP genotype and analysis market had reached value of US$10.70 billion in the year 2012. It is expected that this market will attain a value of US$17.65 billion by the end of 2019, increasing at a compound annual growth rate of 7.5% between the period of 2013 and 2019.The market analysis report is prepared after extensive study of the SNP genotype and analysis market offering both the quantitative as well as qualitative analysis of this industry.
Browse the full SNP Genotyping and Analysis Market Report @ :http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/snp-single-nucleotide-polymorphism-market.html
The market study provides an in-depth analysis on the basis of the past performance, current condition, and future prospects of the SNP genotype and analysis market across the globe. It is titled as “SNP Genotyping and Analysis Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 – 2019”.The global SNP genotype and analysis industry is evaluated on the basis of technology employed, applications used, and the regional distribution of this industry.On the basis of technology, the global market for SNP genotype and analysis is categorized into Mass ARRAY MALDI-TOF, SNP GeneChips and Microarrays, SNP by Pyrosequencing, AB SNPle, Taqman Allelic Discrimination, and others. Based on applications, pharmacogenomics and pharmaceuticals, agricultural biotechnology, diagnostic research, and breeding and animal livestock are the segments of the global SNP genotype and analysis industry.
Browse the full SNP Genotyping and Analysis Market Press Release @ :http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/pressrelease/snp-single-nucleotide-polymorphism-market.htm
A significant amount of revenue is used up on research to develop diagnostic products those are similar to companion diagnostics, which would enable a preview of how a genome would open out as an individual and grow older. There is a high amount of intensity in researching the food crops such as wheat, rice, oats, maize, corn, and other grasses. SNP genotyping in agriculture attained approval long before other applications. The GeneChip Rice 44K array provided by Affymetrix is one of the trendy platforms for rice genotyping that determines variants that affect the yield. SNP type assays of Fluidigm have been used by International Rice Research Institute that account for the largest ex-situ collection of rice germplasm in the world, and plays an important role in continuing this repository. The market for SNP genotype and analysis is expected to decline further as the efforts to introduce new technologies have been initiated. At the same time, slower and ineffective methods are being phased out.
North America held the largest market share in 2012 among all other regions, namely Europe, Asia Pacific, and Rest of the World. The unstable economy in Europe is tormenting the genomics market continuously, which SNP genotyping is a part of. The Asia Pacific SNP genotype and analysis market and various economies in Rest of the World are likely to hold the biggest potential during the period of 2014 to 2020, in terms of revenue.
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Research and Markets: South America Rice Market Report - Analysis And Forecast To 2020

June 25, 2015 07:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/f4hnb8/south_america) has announced the addition of the "South America: Rice - Market Report - Analysis And Forecast To 2020" report to their offering.

“South America: Rice - Market Report - Analysis And Forecast To 2020”
The report provides an in-depth analysis of the South American Market of Rice. It presents the latest data of the market value, consumption, domestic production, exports and imports, price dynamics and food balance. The report shows the sales data, allowing you to identify the key drivers and restraints. You can find here a strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market. Forecasts illustrate how the market will be transformed in the medium term. Profiles of the leading producers are also included.
Key Topics Covered:
1. Introduction
1.1 Report Description
1.2 Research Methodology
2. Executive Summary
2.1 Key Findings
2.2 Market Trends
3. Market Overview
3.1 Market Value
3.2 Consumption By Regions And Countries
3.3 Market Opportunities By Countries
3.4 Market Forecast To 2020
4. Production
4.1 Production, Harvested Area And Yield In 2007-2013
4.2 Production By Regions And Countries
4.3 Harvested Area And Yield By Regions And Countries
5. Imports
5.1 Imports In 2007-2013
5.2 Imports By Regions And Countries
5.3 Import Prices By Countries
6. Exports
6.1 Exports In 2007-2013
6.2 Exports By Regions And Countries
6.3 Export Prices By Countries
7. Prices And Price Development
7.1 Producer Prices
7.2 Producer Prices Index
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Mekong Delta enjoys bumper summer-autumn rice crops

The Mekong Delta Rice Research Institute has estimated that summer-autumn crops of the region would generate 9 million tonnes of rice this year, up 120,000 tonnes from the same period last year, despite the reduction in cultivated area.
Last update 10:26 | 25/06/2015


Description: Mekong Delta enjoys bumper summer-autumn rice crops


The Mekong Delta has harvested more than 300,000 hectares of rice to date, representing 18 percent of its rice growing areas.Average yield of the entire region is estimated around 5.45 tonnes per hectare while that of Can Tho, An Giang and Dong Thap provinces reaches 6.3-6.5 tonnes per hectare.The wholesale price for paddy rice is around 5,000-5,400 VND (0.23-0.25 USD) per kilogramme. Farmers earn a profit of 27-38 percent of the price as each kilogramme produced costs them about 3,917 VND (0.18 USD).

Mekong Delta provinces have followed a strict schedule of rice farming to avoid drought, flooding and diseases.Several new cultivation techniques have been spread among local farmers, notably “3 Down, 3 Up” (3 Down: seeds, fertilizers and pesticides; 3 Up: productivity, quality and economic efficiency), and “1 Must, 5 Down” (1 Must: must use of certified rice seeds; 5 Down: decreases in the amount of sowed seeds, in the use of crop protection chemicals, nitrogenous fertilizer and water, and in post-harvest losses).The provinces focused on growing high-quality rice with more than 85 percent of paddy areas while disease control and irrigation works were well-prepared.The farmers were also provided soft loans to purchase agricultural equipment for improved cultivation.

VNA

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/society/134221/mekong-delta-enjoys-bumper-summer-autumn-rice-crops.html

Union Cabinet approves transfer of CRRI land to set up police station

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday gave its approval for the proposal of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research to transfer 0.5 acre of land belonging to the Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI), Cuttack to the Police Department in Odisha on lease basis for a period of 33 years for the establishment of a police station.

By: ANI | June 25, 2015 10:15 am
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday gave its approval for the proposal of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research to transfer 0.5 acre of land belonging to the Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI), Cuttack to the Police Department in Odisha on lease basis for a period of 33 years for the establishment of a police station.A police outpost has been functioning inside the campus of the CRRI, Cuttack since 1982.

The Odisha Government has notified upgradation of this police outpost to that of a police station. The proposed land, after the transfer, will be used for construction, establishment and operation of the police station.Establishment of this station at Cuttack, adjacent to the CRRI, would strengthen the security of the Institute and its employees; and would also be beneficial to the people living in the area.

http://www.financialexpress.com/article/economy/union-cabinet-approves-transfer-of-crri-land-to-set-up-police-station/89635/
Thailand’s drought crisis could knock down growth

BY EDITORON 2015-06-26THAILAND

THE NATION
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Sommai says spending power will be hit if govt measures aren’t strong enough

BANGKOK: — IF government measures on tackling the drought are weak, the economy could be dragged down by more than half a percentage point this year owing to dampened spending power, Finance Minister Sommai Phasee warned yesterday. “If the growth rate forecast is at 3.5 per cent, it could shrink to 3 per cent,” he said, adding that if measures were strong enough, the growth rate should not be cut by any more than 0.5 percentage points.But he said the drought problem should be solved soon, as in-flows into dams tend to rise in the later months of the year. However, to help alleviate the problem immediately, state agencies should come up with measures to help farmers and consumers affected by the dry season, he added.The minister has instructed the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives to provide a debt moratorium – on both the principal and interest rate – to farmers for about six months.
Commerce Minister General Chatchai Sarikalya said his ministry and the Interior Ministry would send mobile units to 35 affected provinces to sell essential goods at cheaper prices to help people out.The ministry’s Business Development Department plans to encourage local businesses to employ affected farmers, while the ministry also plans to sell packs of rice directly to consumers.Apart from clearing the government rice stockpile, the ministry also plans to sell 1.33 million tonnes of rotten rice to ethanol-production plants.Supant Mongkolsuthree, chairman of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI), said that if the government’s measures cannot ease the crisis, there was a chance that domestic consumption would be affected further. Hence, he suggested the government should create farm zones to match water supply and encourage farmers to opt for crops that demand less water.
Meanwhile, Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Peetipong Phuengbun na Ayutthaya said some 4 million rai was used for rice farming in the Chao Phraya Basin.“Of that, some 500,000 rai are being worked on even after rice farmers in the area were told to delay sowing their crop,” he said, adding that more than 800,000 rai of paddy fields were at risk of withering given the water shortage.This year’s rainy season has yet to bring a significant amount of rain.Peetipong said the drought could become a real crisis if adequate rain does not arrive by early August.“If this happens, there will be an impact on tap water, on driving out seawater and on the agricultural sector,” he said.Somsak Chailert, a farmer from Pathum Thani province, said he sowed rice in his 100-rai farm early last month. “At that time, the government said it was okay to start growing rice,” he said.
 “We were told there would be irrigation for our farmland.”But now, he was really worried his crop would wither due to water shortage. The level of water in a local canal has dropped to just 40 centimetres, which has to be maintained to stop adjacent roads from crumbling. Somsak said he hoped the government would step in to help farmers.In Lop Buri, another province in the Chao Phraya Basin, the Pasak Jolasid Dam only has 69.84 million cubic metres of water, which accounts for just 7.3 per cent of the dam’s capacity.“Not a single drop of water has come into this dam for more than a week,” Attaporn Panyachom, the director of Irrigation Office 10 in Lop Buri, said.He said the amount of water discharged from the dam would have to be reduced, and warned fish farmers who rely on water from the dam to be ready.“If possible, please stop farming fish,” he said.In addition to local farmers, more than 150,000 people in Lop Buri’s Phattana Nikhom district are getting very worried that their taps may run dry.
http://news.thaivisa.com/thailand/thailands-drought-crisis-could-knock-down-growth/101683/
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- Jun 26

Nagpur, June 26 Gram and tuar prices recovered in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and
Marketing Committee (APMC) here on increased demand from local millers amid weak supply from producing regions. Notable rise in Madhya Pradesh pulses, weak overseas arrival and reported demand from South-based millers also pushed up prices, according to sources.

               *            *              *              *

    FOODGRAINS & PULSES
    GRAM
   * Gram varieties ruled steady in open market here but demand was poor.

     TUAR
   * Tuar varieties quoted static in open market here on subdued demand from local
     traders amid ample stock in ready position.     

   * Rice HMT Shriram recovered further in open market on increased demand from local
     traders amid weak arrival from producing belts like Chhattisgarh and Madhya
     Pradesh.
                                                                                             
   * In Akola, Tuar - 7,300-7,700, Tuar dal - 10,100-10,500, Udid at 9,500-9,900,
     Udid Mogar (clean) - 11,000-11,400, Moong - 7,000-8,000, Moong Mogar
    (clean) 9,800-10,100, Gram - 3,900-4,100, Gram Super best bold - 5,900-6,000
     for 100 kg.

   * Wheat, other varieties of rice and other commodities remained steady in open market
     in weak trading activity, according to sources.
      
 Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg

     FOODGRAINS                 Available prices     Previous close  
     Gram Auction                   3,600-4,430         3,520-4,420
     Gram Pink Auction            n.a.           2,100-2,600
     Tuar Auction                6,000-7,055         6,000-6,070
     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            6,000-6,100        6,000-6,100
     Gram Super Best            n.a.               
     Gram Medium Best            5,600-5,700        5,600-5,700
     Gram Dal Medium            n.a.            n.a.
     Gram Mill Quality            5,200-5,400        5,200-5,400
     Desi gram Raw                4,250-4,350         4,250-4,350
     Gram Filter new            5,700-5,900        5,700-5,900
     Gram Kabuli                5,500-7,000        5,500-5,700
     Gram Pink                6,400-6,600        6,400-6,600
     Tuar Fataka Best             10,500-10,800        10,500-10,800
     Tuar Fataka Medium             9,900-10,300        9,900-10,300
     Tuar Dal Best Phod            9,500-9,700        9,500-9,700
     Tuar Dal Medium phod            8,800-9,300        8,800-9,300
     Tuar Gavarani New             7,300-7,400        7,300-7,400
     Tuar Karnataka             7,900-8,000        7,900-8,000
     Tuar Black                 10,900-11,200           10,900-11,200
     Masoor dal best            8,000-8,200        8,000-8,200
     Masoor dal medium            7,500-7,900        7,500-7,900
     Masoor                    n.a.            n.a.
     Moong Mogar bold               10,000-10,300       10,000-10,300
     Moong Mogar Medium best        9,500-9,800        9,500-9,800
     Moong dal Chilka            8,600-9,200        8,600-9,200
     Moong Mill quality            n.a.            n.a.
     Moong Chamki best            9,600-9,900        9,600-9,900
     Udid Mogar Super best (100 INR/KG)    11,500-11,750       11,500-11,750
     Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG)    10,600-10,800        10,600-10,800
     Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG)        8,900-9,200        8,900-9,200
     Batri dal (100 INR/KG)        4,000-4,600        4,000-4,600
     Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg)           3,200-3,350         3,200-3,350
     Watana Dal (100 INR/KG)        3,200-3,400        3,200-3,400
     Watana White (100 INR/KG)        3,200-3,300         3,200-3,300
     Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG)    3,600-4,500        3,600-4,500
     Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG)        1,400-1,600        1,400-1,600
     Wheat Mill quality(100 INR/KG)    1,500-1,650        1,500-1,650
     Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG)        1,400-1,600           1,400-1,600
     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)    3,100-3,650        3,100-3,650
     MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG)    2,500-2,850        2,500-2,850
     Wheat 147 (100 INR/KG)        1,400-1,500        1,400-1,500
     Wheat Best (100 INR/KG)        1,900-2,100        1,900-2,100    
     Rice BPT New(100 INR/KG)        2,600-2,800        2,600-2,800
     Rice BPT (100 INR/KG)               3,000-3,300        3,000-3,300
     Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG)        1,500-1,750        1,500-1,750
     Rice Swarna new (100 INR/KG)      2,200-2,450        2,200-2,450
     Rice Swarna old (100 INR/KG)      2,500-2,700        2,500-2,700
     Rice HMT new(100 INR/KG)        3,100-3,600        3,100-3,600
     Rice HMT (100 INR/KG)               3,800-4,200        3,800-4,200
     Rice HMT Shriram New(100 INR/KG)    4,300-4,600        4,200-4,500
     Rice HMT Shriram old (100 INR/KG)    4,500-5,100        4,500-5,000    
     Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG)    8,000-10,000        8,000-10,000
     Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG)    7,000-7,500        7,000-7,500
     Rice Chinnor new (100 INR/KG)    4,500-4,800        4,500-4,800
     Rice Chinnor (100 INR/KG)        5,200-5,600        5,200-5,600
     Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG)        2,200-2,450        2,200-2,450
     Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG)        2,500-2,600        2,500-2,600

WEATHER (NAGPUR) 
Maximum temp. 33.9 degree Celsius (93.0 degree Fahrenheit), minimum temp.
24.6 degree Celsius (76.3 degree Fahrenheit)
Humidity: Highest - n.a., lowest - n.a.
Rainfall : nil
FORECAST: Generally cloudy sky. Rains or thunder-showers likely towards evening or night.
Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 35 and 25 degree Celsius respectively.

Note: n.a.--not available

(For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but included in market prices.)

http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/06/26/nagpur-foodgrain-idINL3N0ZC2YM20150626

Vietnam's Jan-June rice exports drop 6.2 pct y/y

Fri Jun 26, 2015 2:53am GMT

HANOI, June 26 (Reuters) - Vietnam's rice exports in the first half of 2015 are estimated to have dropped 6.2 percent from the same period last year to 3.05 million tonnes, the Agriculture Ministry said on Friday.Revenue from the grain exports in the six-month period will reach an estimated $1.32 billion, down 10.5 percent from a year ago, the ministry said in a monthly report.Vietnam, the world's third-largest rice exporter after India and Thailand, could ship 6.5 million tonnes of the grain in 2015, unchanged from the previous year, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization has said. (Reporting by Ho Binh Minh; Editing by Martin Petty)
http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL3N0Z922J20150626

Bountiful June showers boost kharif planting

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NEW DELHI/BENGALURU, JUNE 26:  
Description: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/multimedia/dynamic/02452/bl27_rice_acreage_2452638f.jpgThe rapid progress of the south-west monsoon across the country has accelerated the sowing pace of key kharif crops such as rice, pulses, oilseeds and cotton. The south-west monsoon, the lifeline of India’s agriculture, has covered the country two weeks ahead of schedule. Agriculture Ministry data showed that kharif planting has been done in 165.62 lakh hectares so far this year, against 134.18 lakh hectares in the corresponding period last year, up 23 per cent. The increase has been largely driven by higher plantings of pulses, coarse cereals, oilseeds and cotton.While rice has been sown/transplanted in 23.28 lakh ha (against 25.04 lakh ha last year), and pulses acreage stood at 11.04 lakh ha (6.14 lakh ha). Coarse cereals were sown in 19.28 lakh ha (16.74 lakh ha), oilseeds in 27.89 lakh ha (5.29 lakh ha), and cotton in 34.87 lakh ha (29.07 lakh ha), an official release said.
The country as a whole has received 167.5 mm of rains during the June 1-26 period, about 27 per cent excess over the normal weighted average for the period. Half of the 36 metrological sub divisions, covering 65 per cent of the country’s geographical area, have received excess rainfall so far.Thirteen sub divisions, accounting for 24 per cent of the area, have received normal rains, while only five sub divisions, accounting for 11 per cent of the country’s total area, have received deficient rainfall during the period.The better-than-normal rain so far has helped improve the water levels in the main reservoirs across the country that stood at 43.222 billion cubic metres as of June 25, accounting for 27 per cent of the total capacity of 155.799 billion cubic metres.
Water level higher
According to the Central Water Commission, which monitors the live storage of 91 important reservoirs, the current water level is 11 per cent greater than the corresponding last year period and 46 per cent higher than the last 10 years’ average.The States having better storage than last year for the corresponding period are Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Odisha, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Those having the same storage as the corresponding period last year are Maharashtra and Uttarakhand.Rajasthan, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have lesser storage than the previous year period.
(This article was published on June 26, 2015)

Effect of PM Modi’s China visit: Chinese inspectors may allow Indian beef exports

By Dilasha Seth, ET Bureau | 26 Jun, 2015, 04.45AM IST
Indian bovine meat and meat products have been denied entry into China on grounds of alleged foot-and-mouth disease.NEW DELHI: Beef may be having rough days under the BJP government, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to China last monthmay have cleared the way for export of the meat to the world's biggest market two years after an agreement was signed. Agri-products such as pomegranate, non-basmati rice and okra could also find their way to China as India steps up efforts to reduce the imbalance in bilateral trade. 

Beijing will send an inspection team next month to examine meat plants in India so that the facilities can be cleared for exports. Indian bovine meat and meat products have been denied entry into China on grounds of alleged foot-and-mouth disease. "China's quarantine inspectors are coming to inspect bovine meat facilities in July, which is two years after the memorandum of understanding was signed. We are hopeful that it will clear the way for our agri exports," said a government official. "This will help address the issue of trade deficit to some extent, which, if not addressed, could reach unsustainable levels." 
Description: Effect of PM Modi’s China visit: Chinese inspectors may allow Indian beef exportsIndia's trade deficit with China widened to $48 billion in 2014-15 from $36 billion the previous year. Taking no chances with the bilateral process, India also questioned China's decision to continue curbs on Indian buffalo meat imports at an agriculture committee meeting of the World Trade Organization in April. China's demand for Indian buffalo meat is estimated at about $1.5 billion a year. India became the world's top beef exporter last year.
Bovine meat overtook basmati rice as the country's single largest agri export item in 2014-15, posting a 10% growth to $4.79 billion. China is among the top beef consumers and depends on imports to meet domestic demand. India has also asked China to approve the export clearance process for agri items such as pomegranate, okra, non-basmati rice and cucumber. China recently allowed Indian mangoes, basmati rice, rape seed and oil cakes. "Chinese are mainly non-basmati rice consumers, with their annual imports ranging between $36-40 billion. So we are asking them to certify our clearance procedures for non-basmati rice.
Description: Indian bovine meat and meat products have been denied entry into China on grounds of alleged foot-and-mouth disease.They have said that they will look into it," said the official. India wants China to allow 17 farm products that it has restricted citing sanitary and phyto sanitary conditions, also considered non-tariff barriers. "Since mango they have already cleared, we are pushing for pomegranate, okra, grapes and cucumbers in the next lot," said the official. Indian fruit and vegetables and non-basmati rice have an export potential worth $1-2 billion annually, according to estimates. India has asked China to expedite export clearance for tobacco, bitter gourd, papaya, guava, brinjal, custard apple, cabbage, capsicum and beans, among others. India's exports to China fell almost 20% to $12 billion in 2014-15, while imports rose to $60 billion.
According to a foreign trade policy statement issued by India's department of commerce in April, the trade deficit with China could widen to $60 billion in the next two years if the two countries don't address market access constraints and non-tariff barriers imposed on Indian goods. India has proposed that exports from packaging units with certification from Indian quarantine authorities be recognised by the Chinese authorities. India has been strongly pushing for elimination of non-tariff barriers by China in various sectors including agriculture, IT, pharma and auto components.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/foreign-trade/effect-of-pm-modis-china-visit-chinese-inspectors-may-allow-indian-beef-exports/articleshow/47822924.cms
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Amira Nature Foods Ltd Participates in Summer Fancy Food Show 2015 in the United States

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Fri Jun 26, 2015 8:00am EDT
Amira Nature Foods Ltd Participates in Summer Fancy Food Show 2015 in the United States
Amira Nature Foods participates in largest specialty food trade event in North America; more than 25,000 buyers are expected to attend
Amira Nature Foods Ltd (NYSE: ANFI), a leading global provider of branded packaged Indian specialty rice, announced today that Amira will be showcasing their new organic collections and all-natural dry rice range products at the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York City on June 28th – 30th.
Amira creates an experience with a variety of Amira rice dishes to sample and a henna tattoo artist at booth #5413 in the North Hall of the show held in the Javits Center.Chef Daniel Shemtob, founder of the Lime Truck and winner of the Food Network’s The Great Food Truck Race, will be at the booth preparing an exclusive menu featuring Amira Basmati rice for a taste of India paired with modern cuisine to sample. Dishes will include Vegetable Green Curry, Middle Eastern Rice Salad and Pomegranate Walnut Stew over Amira Basmati rice.Amira will also have “Basmati Bikes” stationed in front of the Javits Center offering free pedicab rides to show guests.
“Summer Fancy Food Show is an ideal trade show for the Amira Brand as we build our brand in North America,” said Karan A Chanana, Chairman of Amira Nature Foods Ltd. “Participating in this show is another opportunity to introduce the Amira Brand to major industry retailers from around the world.”
About Amira Nature Foods Ltd
Founded in 1915, Amira has evolved into a leading global provider of branded packaged Indian specialty rice and other products, with sales in over 60 countries today. The Company primarily sells Basmati rice, which is a premium long-grain rice grown only in certain regions of the Indian sub-continent, under its flagship Amira brand as well as under other third party brands. Amira sells its products through a broad distribution network in both the developed and emerging markets. The Company’s global headquarters are in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and it also has offices in India, Malaysia, Singapore, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Amira Nature Foods Ltd is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol “ANFI.”
For more information, please visit www.amira.net
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 We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: our goals and strategies; our expansion plans; and our future business development. We would like to caution you not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and you should read these statements in conjunction with the risk factors disclosed in “Risk Factors” appearing in our Annual Report on Form 20-F as well as our other public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Amira Nature Foods : Participates in Summer Fancy Food Show 2015 in the United States


06/26/2015 | 08:02am US/Eastern
Amira Nature Foods participates in largest specialty food trade event in North America; more than 25,000 buyers are expected to attend
Amira Nature Foods Ltd (NYSE: ANFI), a leading global provider of branded packaged Indian specialty rice, announced today that Amira will be showcasing their new organic collections and all-natural dry rice range products at the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York City on June 28th – 30th.Amira creates an experience with a variety of Amira rice dishes to sample and a henna tattoo artist at booth #5413 in the North Hall of the show held in the Javits Center.Chef Daniel Shemtob, founder of the Lime Truck and winner of the Food Network’s The Great Food Truck Race, will be at the booth preparing an exclusive menu featuring Amira Basmati rice for a taste of India paired with modern cuisine to sample.
Dishes will include Vegetable Green Curry, Middle Eastern Rice Salad and Pomegranate Walnut Stew over Amira Basmati rice.Amira will also have “Basmati Bikes” stationed in front of the Javits Center offering free pedicab rides to show guests.“Summer Fancy Food Show is an ideal trade show for the Amira Brand as we build our brand in North America,” said Karan A Chanana, Chairman of Amira Nature Foods Ltd. “Participating in this show is another opportunity to introduce the Amira Brand to major industry retailers from around the world.”
About Amira Nature Foods Ltd
Founded in 1915, Amira has evolved into a leading global provider of branded packaged Indian specialty rice and other products, with sales in over 60 countries today. The Company primarily sells Basmati rice, which is a premium long-grain rice grown only in certain regions of the Indian sub-continent, under its flagship Amira brand as well as under other third party brands. Amira sells its products through a broad distribution network in both the developed and emerging markets. The Company’s global headquarters are in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and it also has offices in India, Malaysia, Singapore, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Amira Nature Foods Ltd is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol “ANFI.”
For more information, please visit www.amira.net
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We would like to caution you not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and you should read these statements in conjunction with the risk factors disclosed in “Risk Factors” appearing in our Annual Report on Form 20-F as well as our other public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Those risks are not exhaustive and reflect our expectations as of the date of this press release. We operate in a rapidly evolving environment. New risk factors emerge from time to time, and it is impossible for our management to predict all risk factors, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ from those contained in any forward-looking statement. We do not undertake any obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements except as required under applicable law.
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Saving Laos From Global Warming

BY JOSEPH HINCKS / JUNE 25, 2015 5:35 AM EDT
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Farmers stand ankle-deep in a muddy rice paddy field transplanting rice saplings in Vientiane, Laos, Feb. 17, 2013. Though the country is developing fast, the rice farmers that make up its backbone face an uncertain future due to deforestation and extreme weather. TIPS/ZUMA

Every May, when commercial airline pilot Benja Henderson flies in and out of Vientiane, the capital city of Laos, he has to navigate a perennial hazard: rockets flying over the great Mekong River.  These projectiles are not the products of battle, despite the area’s history of sky-borne destruction—a covert war waged by the CIA brought over 2 million tons of ordnance down on Laos between 1964 and 1973. They’re part of an ancient agrarian ritual. At the height of Laos’s dry season, says Henderson, flight paths are modified as thousands of villagers up and down the country fire ballistics at the troposphere during boun bang fai, or rocket festivals. The rockets—PVC tubes packed with charcoal, bat excrement, sulfur and sometimes more than 250 pounds of gunpowder—are meant to provoke the irascible sky god Phaya Thaen into stirring up storms and nudge him to honoring a rain-sending pact he made with the Toad King, an incarnation of the Buddha.Rocket festivals are a reminder that the fragile relationship between agriculture and climate in Laos is imperiled.

 From the riverine paddies to the limestone karst, Laos’ subsistence farmers—about 80 percent of the rural population—depend on getting the right amount of rain at the right time. But in recent years, changes in global climate have resulted in long dry seasons, and then short, intense rainy seasons that drown cropland. Flooding destroys around 60,000 hectares of rice in Laos annually, and that number is expected to rise.  Rigorous International Water Management Institute analyses of Mekong basin rainfall from 1953 to 2004 showed a trend of longer dry seasons, and wet seasons with shorter but more intense bouts of rainfall.  Extreme weather in Laos isn’t just destructive; it’s deadly. In 2011, the Southeast Asian floods destroyed over 140,000 homes in Laos, leaving nearly 430,000 homeless, and killed at least 30 according to the U.N. In 2013, floods killed 20 people.On a recent Sunday in Phognern Village, less than 10 miles outside of Vientiane, guards with rifles slung over their shoulders ushered garlanded Hyundai trucks past vendors selling scouring pads, laundry detergent and kitchen knives.
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 Some trucks carried rockets in 30-foot-long bamboo cases. On one truck, a monk sat atop stacked speakers that blared mor lam, the Laotian country music popular in the region; farmers in drag followed another truck, thrusting wooden phalluses at the sky.Under the eaves of a stilt house set back from the highway, Khanjana Ounmany pours rice whiskey for friends seated on plastic lawn chairs. “The fields are very dry, and the water from the river is not enough. That is why we need to ask for rain,” he says through an interpreter. Khanjana, who now works for an architecture firm in the capital, had come home to celebrate boun bang fai with his family. As he toasts the start of the planting season, a loud crash sends drinkers scampering under the awnings as a rocket lodged in the gap between two aluminum roofs scatters burnt plastic onto their plates of fried grasshoppers and bowls of duck-blood soup.Phognern’s growing population and the creep of the Vientiane suburbs has scaled down the rocket festival. “Before, there were few houses and no roads. It was all rice fields,” Khanjana says. For Laotians like Khanjana and his brother Kiengkay, a lecturer at National University of Laos, development has delivered opportunities unknown to their farmer parents. Economic growth helped reduce poverty rates from 46 percent in 1992 to around 23 percent in 2013, according to the World Bank.

The annual Rocket festival in North Laos is a tradition where rockets shot toward the sky are meant to summon rain, crucial for rice cultivation in the region. BERTRAND LINET/GETTY
But many in the village still depend on Phaya Thaen’s response to the rockets. Flooding and drought, which hit at different times and intensities across the country’s hilly topography, can be devastating to subsistence farmers, the majority of whom own less than two hectares of land. “We cannot get much yield from the rice if the rain pattern is not normal,” Kiengkay says.
Climate change isn’t the only threat to rural livelihoods. The spate of investment that has enabled Laos to post remarkable growth rates in its gross domestic product for the past nine years has added pressure to vulnerable systems. Between 2000 and 2009, Laotian land deals for agribusiness, mining, hydropower and other industrial development increased fiftyfold. The problem is that much of this development has clipped back Laotian forest.

According to the Laos government, only 41.5 percent of the country’s land area remains forested. Food and Agriculture Organization  studies indicate that deforestation makes soil more vulnerable to erosion and decreases fertility.Poorly regulated foreign investment has displaced people as well as forest. Land leases drive communities off their land without adequate consultation or compensation. There has also been government harassment, intimidation and arbitrary detention of land rights defenders who objected. One particularly troubling example of what can happen to those who speak out was the abduction of internationally acclaimed community development worker Sombath Somphone. CCTV footage showed Sombath being stopped by police in Vientiane in December 2012 and then driven off in a pickup truck. He has not been seen since. The same month, Anne-Sophie Gindroz, then country director of Swiss agricultural development organization Helvetes, was given 48 hours to leave Laos after writing a letter considered critical of the government.But despite the political peril, many are stepping up to help Laotian farmers. Aid agencies, for example, are improving water management systems and introducing more climate-resilient rice varieties.

And technologies such as the International Rice Research Institute’s prototype WeRise system—which combines real time weather forecasts with crop models and nutrient management tools to enable farmers to plant the most suitable crop at the right time—offer hope to some.The government has a plan to increase rice production, secure land rights, introduce more climate resilient varieties and improve quality to meet the demands of the export market.One option is to expand and modernize an ancient practice: rice-fish farming. In these biodiverse systems, fish and other aquatic creatures are cultivated alongside rice in flooded paddies. Commercialization of rice-fish farming in Indonesia and other countries has improved rice yields as well as aquatic protein for consumption and sale.But for upland subsistence farmers who till some 400,000 hectares outside the lowland paddies that the government has earmarked for protection and development, prospects remain bleak. Michael Trockenbrodt, who runs workshops about the value of biodiversity in some of Laos’s most remote areas, says farmers are left to debate why their crops are failing. “Some people say bad luck, some people say bad spirits.

Some people say straight away, deforestation—that we don’t have any forest anymore,” he says.Back in Phognern Village, a country band played to a crowd in a field strewn with empty beer bottles and taffeta. The last of the rockets had been launched, and revelers drank under fading vapor trails. On the horizon, thick cumulus created a haze that blocked out the afternoon sun.Phongsavanh Phommavongsa, dripping with sweat, smearing white makeup across his cheeks, was among the dancers near the stage. “The rockets are going to work,” he shouted over the music. “If the rains don’t come in 15 days, you can cut off my head.”


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