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Rice appearance is questioned
Study says rice paddies are good carbon sinks
Guv hails revival of Kashmirs traditional rice variety Mushkbudj
Rice seen ruling in ranges
A Second Rice Revolution Could Save Millions Of Lives
PPP will make Vietnam the worlds rice field, cook-house
Greater interest in Thai rice stocks'
Ten countries interested in buying Thai rice
Droughts latest effect? Sacramento Valley farmers fallow rice land
Rice Planting a Priority Amid Drought Angst
Rice stock jumps 13% on imports from Vietnam
NACC kicks rice fraud cases into high gearook
Malaysia to buy rice from Thailand at below-market prices
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices - APMC & Open Market-May 12
Farmers stage protest demanding MSP to wet paddy
New Market for U.S. Rough Rice in the Making
Crop Progress: 2014 Crop 75 Percent Planted
CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures
NEW RICE VARIETY DEVELOPED IN ASSAM FOR FLOOD-AFFECTED INDIAN FARMERS
Rice Production 2014/2015
Louisiana rice planting off to good start
News Detail
Rice appearance is questioned
May 13,2014


I commend Norwichs professor Dr. Rowland Brucken for questioning the upcoming June 19 lecture at
Norwich University by former National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, as noted in the May 4 issue of the
Times Argus/Rutland Herald. It would appear that Norwich University is paying Rice a substantial fee while
possibly giving her a platform to clean up her legacy of promoting torture and deception.In addition to Rices
part in promoting torture, she also assisted in the Bush administrations propaganda for making war on Iraq, a
sovereign nation that neither had a part in the 9/11 attacks nor had WMDs.
That country continues in a civil war caused in part by the sectarian death-squad training and equipment
provided by the Bush administration under the leadership of Gen. David Petraeus and Col. James Steele.After a
decade-long U.S. occupation of Iraq, some of the largest Western oil companies remain there, including
ExxonMobil, BP and Shell.Also, the Bush administration and Rice in particular had a close relationship with
Dr. Philip Zelikow, who was selected by the Bush administration to control what was and what was not to be
included in the official 9/11 Commission Report. The 9/11 Commission was supposedly convened to
investigate the events of Sept. 11, 2001, and determine who was responsible for the national security failures. It
appears that no one was held responsible for multiple security failures.
Two items blatantly missing from that 9/11 Commission Report were, first, the omission of N.Y. firemen first-
hand reports describing explosions during the collapse of the three World Trade Center high-rise skyscrapers on
9/11. Controlled demolition was later confirmed by evidence in the dust. Secondly, the third skyscraper, a 47-
story structural steel high-rise that was also destroyed on the afternoon of 9/11 was never even mentioned in the
commissions report. That little-reported 6.5-second free-fall collapse can be viewed at WTC7.net.Following
student and faculty protest at Rutgers University, Rice recently decided not to give the commencement address
there after all.Norwich President Richard Schneider commented in the article cited above, Dr. Rice is an
example of the type of leader that the university tries to develop in its students.
Study says rice paddies are good carbon sinks
[THIRUVANANTHAPURAM] Rice cultivation in flooded paddies, long vilified as a source of methane
emissions that contribute to global warming,
actually absorbs carbon rather emits it, says a
new study by Indian scientists.Like all plants,
rice takes in carbon dioxide from the air to
make food and releases some of it during
respiration. Post-harvest, decaying rice stalks
and organic matter in the paddies release
carbon back to the soil.When rice fields are
flooded during cultivation, conditions of low
oxygen availability are created favouring the
growth of anaerobic bacteria that release
carbon as methane.


According to the latest assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in April, flooded
paddy fields in tropical countries account for up to 11 per cent of man-made global methane emissions
estimated at between 493 and 723 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent a year.However, a study
published online in the journal Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment on 1 May shows that carbon inputs in
rice fields through photosynthesis, algal biomass and organic carbon added as manure exceed output, making
paddies carbon sinks rather than carbon emitters.
Pratap Bhattacharyya, author of the study and senior scientist at the Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack,
and his colleagues measured the amount of carbon dioxide and methane produced by a two-hectare rice field
over 20122013, including the wet (July-November) and dry (January-May) growing seasons.Both carbon
dioxide and methane are major greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming by trapping heat on the
surface of the earth. Using a novel eddy covariance approach that accurately measures carbon dioxide and
methane emissions, the researchers calculated the net gain (or loss) of carbon. They then calculated carbon lost
from the system by harvest, dissolution in water, fire, erosion and bacterial production of methane to
calculate the net carbon balance.
Although methane was a source of carbon loss, considering all the components of carbon balance, this
ecosystem has a good potential to store a considerable amount of carbon, Bhattacharya
tells SciDev.Net.Production of methane was found higher during the initial growth stages of the rice plant, when
there was plenty of soil organic matter available for anaerobic bacteria to flourish and produce
methane.Generally, during the growing season of a flooded rice field, there is a net carbon uptake because a lot
of carbon dioxide is being absorbed by the plant through photosynthesis and only part of it is released to the
atmosphere through respiration, explains Ma. Carmelita Alberto, a researcher with the International Rice
Research Institute, Manila.
Further studies are needed to check if other rice varieties, and other modes of rice cultivation, also act as
carbon sinks, she adds.
> Link to abstract of the research paper
This article has been produced by SciDev.Net's South Asia desk.
Guv hails revival of Kashmirs traditional rice variety Mushkbudj
GK NEWS NETWORK
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Srinagar, May 12: Governor, N N Vohra, today felicitated SKUSAT-K for its efforts to revive and market
Mushkbudj, a traditional rice variety of Kashmir.He said the initiative should be made as the steppingstone for
larger public-private partnerships in the arena of agriculture. The governor was speaking at the inaugural
function of third J&K Agricultural Science Congress, organized at SK University of Agricultural Sciences-


Kashmir, here. The theme of the congress is Organic Agriculture: Prospects in Jammu and Kashmir. The
Governor also released Kamad, another traditional variety of rice in Kashmir.
The Governor urged the scientists to work towards raising new
varieties and seeds and to change the cropping pattern as per the
changing climatic and weather conditions. He, according to an official
statement, said that scientists should concentrate on devising ways and
means to enhance the production and productivity of the crops in the
rain-fed areas as 60 per cent of the agricultural area in India is rain-
fed. He said that increased efforts in this direction would contribute
towards addressing issues of food security in the country.The Governor also lauded the establishment of Krishi
Vigyan Kendras at Gurez and Nyoma and hoped that these KVKs and the Research Station at Zanskar would
help in increasing wool and agricultural production in the arid region of Ladakh.
He appreciated the livestock improvement initiatives, especially regarding the Pashmina Goat, which are being
taken by the SKUAST-K.The Governor wished success to the participants of the Science Congress and hoped
that the deliberations would lead to important outcomes for enhancing agricultural production.The Governor
felicitated Allauddin Ahmad, Dr M.Y. Kamal and Prof. Anwar Aalam, former Vice Chancellors of the
SKUAST-K, and lauded Dr. Parray for his work to support the farmers of Sagam Village, District Anantnag, in
reviving Mushkbudji rice.Prof. Talat Ahmad, Vice Chancellor, Kashmir University; Dr. Trag, VC Islamic
University of Science and Technology; Dr. Pradeep K. Sharma, Vice Chancellor, SKUAST-J; B.B. Vyas,
Principal Secretary Finance; Rakesh Kumar Gupta, Principal Secretary to the Governor and Asgar Hassan
Samoon, Commissioner Agriculture Production were among the many dignitaries present on the occasion.
Rice seen ruling in ranges
OUR CORRESPONDENT
KARNAL, MAY 12:
Rice market may witness a steady to range-bound movement in the coming days, said market experts.On
Monday, Pusa-1121 varieties dropped further on lack of buying while all the other aromatic and non-basmati
varieties managed to maintain their previous quoted levels.
Tara Chand Sharma, proprietor of Tara Chand and Sons, told Business Line that slack domestic and overseas
demand pulled down prices of Pusa-1121 varieties.
In the physical market, Pusa-1121 (steam) dropped by 200 and sold at 8,700, while Pusa-1121 (sela) quoted
at 7,700 , 100 down. Pure Basmati (raw) quoted at 12,300 a quintal. Duplicate basmati (steam) sold at
7,200 a quintal.


Brokens of Pusa-1121 moved down by 50-100. Pusa-1121 (second wand) was at 7,200, Tibar at 6,100
while Dubar at 5,250 a quintal.
In the non-basmati section, Sharbati (steam) sold at 4,850 while Sharbati (sela) quoted at 4,300. Permal
(raw) was at 2,350, Permal (sela) at 2,320, PR-11 (sela) sold at 2,725 while PR-11 (raw) at 2,700. PR14
(steam) sold at 2,900 a quintal.
(This article was published on May 12, 2014)

A Second Rice Revolution Could Save Millions Of Lives

Technological breakthroughs in rice will boost harvests and cut poverty. They
deserve support.When, in 1961, the government of India asked a celebrated
wheat breeder, Norman Borlaug, for advice about new seeds, the subcontinent
was thought to be on the verge of starvation. China actually was suffering
from famine. Borlaug persuaded India to plant a new semi-dwarf variety of
wheat in Punjab.The next year, the country also tried out a dwarf variety of
rice called IR8. These short-stemmed crops solved a basic problem: old-
fashioned crops were long and leggy, so when fed with fertiliser they grew
too tall and fell over. Borlaugs varieties put out more, heavier seeds instead. They caught on like smartphones.
Over the next 40 years the green revolution spread round the world, helping ensure that, where its seeds were
planted, famines became things of the past. Now a second green revolution is stirring in the fields of Asia. It
will not be the same as the first one, since it will depend not on a few miracle varieties but on tailoring existing
seeds to different environments.
But it promises to bring similar benefits--this time to the poor lands and poorer farmers that the first version
passed by (see pages 21-23).Such lands are poor because they are prone to floods, drought and salinity. New
seeds have been developed which can survive flooding, and soon there will be varieties that tolerate drought,
extreme heat and saltiness, too, making the poorest lands fertile. So the second revolution could do even more
to cut poverty than the first.This revolution is all the more vital because the gains of the first are plateauing.
Annual yield growth has fallen to less than a third what it was in the green revolution and below the current rise
in population. Meanwhile demand for rice is rising by almost 2% a year in Asia and soaring by 20% a year in
Africa.The gap threatens to widen, because rice is exceptionally vulnerable to environmental change. Rice
farmers use almost a third of Earths fresh water, and water shortages are pervasive. The worlds rice bowls are
the deltas of Asias great rivers. These are subject to changing floods, rising salinity and growing heat stress.


(Climate change is sometimes seen as a new problem to worry about now that the issue of providing food is
settled. In reality it is a threat to future food supplies.).

A second revolution has been made possible by the sequencing of the rice genome in 2005 (the first cereal crop
to be sequenced). This enabled breeders to discover the genes for flood resistance in one obscure variety from
eastern India and transfer them to varieties all round the world. Breeders will soon do the same for genes that
provide other valuable traits.There are all sorts of things that governments could do to push this revolution
forward, such as getting rid of price subsidies and letting farms consolidate into bigger, more efficient units. But
they will also need to spend public money directly on research.

One grain at a time
The first green revolution was largely government-backed, with help from international research centres and
American charities. You might think that nowadays the big agribusinesses would be desperate to lead the way,
and they have indeed invested heavily in new strains of maize and wheat.But rice, the focus of the second
revolution, is different. Farmers can keep the seeds from one harvest and plant them in the next with no loss of
yield (unlike maize). The market for rice seeds is thus tiny, so almost all research is carried out by the state.The
amounts needed are small. By one calculation, $3 billion of rice research spread over the next 25 years would
pull 150m people out of extreme poverty. That is $20 a person, a bargain compared with any other anti-poverty
programme. And it has worked before. The cumulative economic benefits from public research into rice are
running at almost $20 billion a year, hundreds of times the cost of the investment.Governments, though, are
nervous.
Some politicians worry about publicly backing genetic research, despite all the lives it could save (the latest
Luddism is in Vermont--see page 41). Other health ministries have moved on to sexier causes, like fighting
obesity. They should think again. It is hard to think of a way to improve more peoples lives for less money.

PPP will make Vietnam the worlds rice field, cook-house


VietNamNet Bridge The unexpectedly successful results of agriculture projects implemented under the mode of PPP
(private public partnership) have raised high hopes that foreign direct investment (FDI) capital in agriculture may
witness a boom in the time to come.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development (MARD) has, for the first time
within one month, held a conference on PPP
investment in agriculture, which shows its high
interest in the investment model.Vietnam is one
of 11 countries in the world which has been
applying the PPP model in agricultural projects
on a trial basis, with the participation of the
worlds 20 leading conglomerates.All the PPP
projects belonging to six groups (tea, fruits and
vegetables, goods, fish, coffee and credit) have
been operating very well.According to Tran Vu
Hoai, Vice President of Unilever Vietnam, the
representative of the tea PPP group, Vietnamese
farmers and tea processing workshops have been
well-trained in sustainable agricultural production to obtain international certificates.

Unilever buys about 35,000 tons of tea, which has the Rainforest Alliance Certificate, every year, to process
products for export.The businesses joining the tea PPP group reportedly have invested 440,000 Euros in the
training program and in production cooperation with 23,000 farmers in six provinces.Promising results have
also been reported by the seafood PPP group. Philippe Bacac, Managing Director of Metro Cash & Carry
Vietnam, said Metro, together with Cargill and Fresh Studio, has successfully built up production chains
meeting international standards, which helps Vietnamese seafood products easily penetrate supermarket chains.

It is estimated that 4,000 tons of seafood products from the PPP projects is consumed by supermarkets
nationwide.It is hoped that PPP will help lure more investments into the agriculture sector, which, in the eyes of
investors, has never been attractive enough.Analysts think that once value chains can be set up, more foreign
investment will pour into the agriculture sector.I strongly believe that Vietnam has great opportunities to
attract FDI into agriculture through PPP projects, said Dang Kim Son, Director of the Institute for Policies and
Strategies on Agriculture and Rural Development.Also according to Son, injecting money into agriculture is a
growing trend in the world.

If the government of Vietnam can successfully carry out the agriculture restructuring process, Vietnam will see
investments in the sector increase sharply not only from FDI, but also domestic investments.Some
Vietnamese steel and seafood companies have tried to produce rice.The Vinh Hoan Seafood Company began


making rice two years ago.Vinh Hoan focuses on making fragrant and parboiling rice, two high-grade products.
Fragrant rice has been favored in China and Hong Kong. Khanh, who has returned from a market survey in
China, revealed that Vinh Hoan has signed a contract on providing rice to a Chinese restaurant chain.The 30-
year old Cam Nguyen Steel Company has also decided to grow rice. Its owner, Huynh Cam, said he made the
decision because he knows Vietnams rice is very famous in the world.

Mai C

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Greater interest in Thai rice stocks'
Petchanet Pratruangkrai
The Nation May 12, 2014 1:00 am
More than 10 countries have shown strong interest in purchasing rice from the Thai government's stocks, following high
demand because of a global drought."Countries from Asia, Africa and the Middle East have shown great interest in
procuring rice from Thailand. If Thailand can negotiate for the best prices and finalise the deals, it should help clear out
our inventory in a short time," Surasak Riangkrul, director-general of the Foreign Trade Department, said last week.Many
countries - both former buyers and new ones - have contacted the department directly, he said.
The combined quantity under discussion is about 4 million-5 million tonnes. If the deals are clinched, Thailand will have
only a few million tonnes of rice remaining in its granaries. Then there would not be an urgent need to release rice.The
sales with each country could be through government-to-government contracts or through brokers, or the rice could be
sold directly to private companies.The department will negotiate based on the best price for the countries, but not below
the market price. The department may give some discount for buying in bulk, but it will not sell rice at a low price in
order to speed up rice releases, as that could affect the market price.The rice price is expected to rise in the near future
because many countries have suffered drought, which has lowered outputs of rice and other cereals.
After the end of the rice-pledging scheme, the Thai government has no more rice entering its stocks, while large
quantities of rice have been sold, so Thailand should no longer face higher pressure to release rice, he said.The department
plans to continue selling about 800,000 to one million tonnes of rice from stockpiles this year. On Wednesday, it will open
bidding for 450,000 tonnes of rice.
9m tonnes still in govt storage
Caretaker Commerce Minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan has said before that Thailand had about 19 million tonnes
of milled rice in storage after the pledging scheme ended in February. Of that, six million tonnes have been sold and 3.5
million tonnes are husked rice, so there are still about 9 million tonnes of milled rice in government warehouses.


Chookiat Ophaswongse, honorary president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association, said global rice trading is not
currently active, as many countries already have some stocks. Not many traders would join the upcoming auction.The
government may get a low price for its rice, compared to its cost. Rice is currently quoted in the market at Bt11-Bt11.30 a
kilogram.A source from the rice trade said Thailand may fail to sell about 800,000 tonnes of rice to Malaysia. The
countries are negotiating the price.The source said Malaysia has high bargaining power as it used to purchase Thai white
rice at a low price of only US$375 a tonne. The Thai government may not be able to offer a low price to serve Malaysia's
demand.

Ten countries interested in buying Thai rice
Date : 12 2557
BANGKOK, 12 April 2014 (NNT) The Department of Foreign
Trade (DFT) says ten foreign countries have shown great interest
in Thai rice, expecting to sell up to 4-5 million tons of rice in
stock. Surasak Riangkrul, the Director General of the Foreign
Trade Department, revealed that the government had been
contacted by ten foreign nations which wanted to import Thai rice
under government-to-government agreements. If the deals went
through, Thailand would be able to sell up to 4-5 million tons of
rice stored in its warehouses.

According to him, rice prices are gradually increasing due to the declining rice production caused by widespread drought
in many areas. He asserted that the ongoing political unrest would not affect the departments monthly plan to sell
between 800,000 to 1,000,000 tons of rice, adding that more rice auctions would soon be held in Chiang Mai and Nakhon
Sawan.
Droughts latest effect? Sacramento Valley farmers fallow rice land

By Edward Ortiz
eortiz@sacbee.com
Published: Sunday, May. 11, 2014 - 12:00 am
Last Modified: Monday, May. 12, 2014 - 9:51 am


A number is written in red marker on a white board in Ed Sills office in Pleasant Grove. It marks the day, May
5, when the last rain fell on the 3,000 acres where Sills grows organic rice, beans and popcorn.In a normal year,
Sills gets allocated 2 acre-feet of water per acre from the South Sutter Water District. This year he is getting
half that. He has responded by switching 190 acres of his rice land to popcorn and dry beans, which will require
less water.Ive increased my popcorn growing by 30 percent, he said.Sills isnt the only rice farmer taking
land out of rice production.
At the 5,000-acre Montna Farms in Sutter
County, more than 1,800 acres are being
fallowed a third of the operation, said
managing partner Nicole Montna Van
Vleck.This has never happened in the last
20 years, she said.The Montna farm faces
stark water reductions from the Sutter
Bypass system. That water is divvied up by
the states Water Resources Control Board,
and Van Vleck is expecting that allocations
could be as low as zero this year.What
were hearing is that this is not an if but a
when situation, Van Vleck said. This
means that a third of our acreage wont get planted.Across the Sacramento Valley, as much as 100,000 acres of
the roughly 566,000 acres devoted to rice in the state last year will likely be fallowed this year, said James
Morris,spokesman with the California Rice Commission.
For Sills, the fallowing will mean he will take a 10 percent hit on his business this year, although the switch to
other crops means he wont have to lay off any of his 20 workers.On the consumer end, anticipation of a rice
shortage has nudged prices up 10 percent to 15 percent, though the movement has been small enough that
shoppers probably wont notice, said Chris Crutchfield, president of American Commodity Co., a rice marketer
based in Williams.The price of rice consumed in the Sacramento region does not depend heavily on what is
going on locally, since the rice sold here comes from all the major rice growing regions in the United States,
Crutchfield said. Last year, 22 percent of the rice harvested in the U.S. came from California.


Of that, 95 percent was harvested in the Sacramento Valley.Additionally, the rice being sold currently is from
the 2013 crop, which turned about to be one of the largest in recent memory, he said.When you take it in the
whole 100,000-acre reduction in the Sacramento Valley, while it is having a huge economic and environmental
impact, the actual overall affect on the price of rice to the retail consumer or at a restaurant will be minimal, if at
all, said Crutchfield.Not all the effects of drought on rice farms are financial ones, however.
When fields are taken out of production, farmers likely wont flood the fields after harvest, which is done in the
winter. That means fewer surrogate wetlands for the millions of waterfowl and other birds migrating through
the region on the Pacific Flyway.Were very invested in providing waterfowl habitat, said Van Vleck. There
is going to be a huge loss of valuable habitat this year.Van Vleck said that Montna will try to get water on
some of the fallowed acres. But without the decomposing rice straw left after harvest, they wont provide the
rich stew of decomposing organic matter that attracts the invertebrates that birds depend on for food.
Call The Bees Edward Ortiz, (916) 321-1071. Follow him on Twitter @edwardortiz.

Image:Ed Sills, on his farm in Pleasant Grove on Wednesday, has had to shift away from rice farming to reduce his water use

Rice Planting a Priority Amid Drought Angst
North Korea is utilizing its state-run media to encourage citizens to actively engage in this years rice planting
tasks amid growing fears of drought-related loss.Active assistance on the farms and good farming practice is
the road to happiness for everybody. Total mobilization must occur with all our strength as we face the rice
planting battle, the Rodong Sinmun announced on the 9
th
.In a three-page spread dedicated to the issue, it was
said that, All workers and laborers must exhaustively exhibit their loyalty to the party during the rice planting
period.
Despite calling for all regions to incite a rice-planting craze, the authorities continue to emphasize that the
cost of all farming supplies including vinyl seedbed coverings must be sourced at the individual unit
level.Assisting with farm work is ones natural civic task and duty. Should the rice planting be successfully
achieved in a short period of time then every citizen will in turn be helped by the farms, the piece went on,
calling for increased farm labor to counter abnormal climate conditions.Worsening drought conditions in


North Koreas western breadbasket regions is thought to be partly responsible for this years strong emphasis on
the rice planting season, and increased mobilization is hoped to bolster the national rice stores.
The regime is likely concerned with securing this years rations for the main centers including Pyongyang, as
well as producing sufficient food for its military.A defector from South Hwanghae Province told Daily NK,
North Korea shouts about its self-sufficiency and recovering through its own efforts, but it is proving once
again that all it has left is to push the people. They are emphasizing ideological warfare, and it seems that this
year especially they will utilize the rice planting season as a way to assess loyalty [to the Party], which
constricts the people even more.Meanwhile, Daily NK sources reported on the 28
th
that persistent drought
conditions in Hwanghae Province are seeing locals, including a large contingent of students, mobilized to the
state-run farms one month earlier than usual.
Rice stock jumps 13% on imports from Vietnam
By Ronnel W. Domingo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
12:09 am | Monday, May 12th, 2014
R Thanks to the continued arrival of rice imports from Vietnam, the National Food Administrations rice stock
jumped 13 percent over a months period to 520,000 metric tons as of April 1.At the same time, stocks of
households and commercial warehouses swelled by 25 percent and 26 percent, respectively, according to the
Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).This caused the national supply to arrest a downtrend in the previous five
months and jump 22 percent to 2.18 million tons amid the current harvest season that stretches until the middle
of May.The PSA said the overall inventory was good for 64 days consumption, which was 11 days more than
in the beginning of March.Of the total stock, the NFA was holding about 24 percent that is good for 15 days.
The NFA is mandated to maintain a buffer stock that should last for 15 days which, at a national consumption
rate of 34,000 MT daily, is about 500,000 MT.Based on the governments measure of rice self-sufficiency,
supply must exceed yearly demand by 90 days worth of buffer stock.Also, more than half or 35 days worth of
rice was in the hands of households while about 22 percent or 14 days worth was in commercial
warehouses.Households were keeping 1.19 million tons by volume while commercial warehouses kept 480,000
tons.The NFA expects to further beef up its buffer stock in the next three months following the award of
contracts to Vietnamese suppliers for 800,000 MT that will arrive in tranches starting this month.NFA
Administrator Orlan A.


Calayag earlier said in a statement the new cargo from Vietnam would form part of the government buffer
stock for the lean months of July to September.It will also serve as contingency stocks during natural or man-
made calamities, Calayag said.Thanks to the continued arrival of rice imports from Vietnam, the National
Food Administrations rice stock jumped 13 percent over a months period to 520,000 metric tons as of April
1.At the same time, stocks of households and commercial warehouses swelled by 25 percent and 26 percent,
respectively, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).This caused the national supply to arrest a
downtrend in the previous five months and jump 22 percent to 2.18 million tons amid the current harvest
season that stretches until the middle of May.The PSA said the overall inventory was good for 64 days
consumption, which was 11 days more than in the beginning of March.
Of the total stock, the NFA was holding about 24 percent that is good for 15 days.The NFA is mandated to
maintain a buffer stock that should last for 15 days which, at a national consumption rate of 34,000 MT daily, is
about 500,000 MT.Based on the governments measure of rice self-sufficiency, supply must exceed yearly
demand by 90 days worth of buffer stock.Also, more than half or 35 days worth of rice was in the hands of
households while about 22 percent or 14 days worth was in commercial warehouses.Households were keeping
1.19 million tons by volume while commercial warehouses kept 480,000 tons.The NFA expects to further beef
up its buffer stock in the next three months following the award of contracts to Vietnamese suppliers for
800,000 MT that will arrive in tranches starting this month.NFA Administrator Orlan A. Calayag earlier said in
a statement the new cargo from Vietnam would form part of the government buffer stock for the lean months of
July to September.It will also serve as contingency stocks during natural or man-made calamities, Calayag
said.

NACC kicks rice fraud cases into high gearook
Date : 12 2557
BANGKOK, 12 May 2014 (NNT) The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) is expediting the corruption case
against government officials in charge of the rice pledging scheme while contemplating whether more witnesses will be
necessary in the case against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Deputy Secretary-General of the NACC
Witthaya Arkompitak revealed that the commission was urgently pushing ahead with the fraud case against former
Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom, his deputy Phum Sarapol and other state officials who allegedly fabricated
the news of selling the mortgaged rice to China under a government-to-government (G2G) contract.
He said Mr Boonsong and Mr Phum had already acknowledged their charges but denied all allegations. However, after
deeper investigations were conducted, over ten more individuals were found to have played a part in such wrongdoing.
The NACC has notified all of them to report themselves and clarify their charges. As a result, more time will be needed
for the interrogation process and the collection of evidence and witness testimony.


Mr Witthaya added that all information gathered could also be used in the criminal case against Ms Yingluck, who was
the Prime Minister and the head of the National Rice Policy Committee when corruption was reported in the rice subsidy
program. As the ex-premier has requested the NACC to summon six more witnesses to testify in her case, the commission
is mulling over the necessity of doing so. Mr Witthaya confirmed that all the cases would not take longer than a year to
complete. Once conclusions could be drawn, he said the cases would be forwarded to the Supreme Courts Criminal
Division for Holders of Political Positions to deliberate.
Malaysia to buy rice from Thailand at below-market prices
MAY 12, 2014
Malaysia expected to buy broken rice from Thailand at below-market prices, May 12, 2014.

AFP pic

BANGKOK, May 12 Thailand said it is negotiating to sell between 600,000 and 800,000 tonnes of 5 per cent broken
white rice to Malaysia, a deal that traders forecast will have to be priced substantially below market rates if it is to be
clinched.The Thai government is rushing to sell rice from its state stockpiles so that it can pay arrears owed to farmers
under a controversial rice-buying scheme. The sale of state stocks has depressed international prices, with Thai rice this
year fetching rates below Vietnamese prices for the first time in two decades.We are still discussing with Malaysian
state-buying agency BERNAS on the question of price and we hope we can seal the deal soon, Surasak Riangkrul, head
of the Commerce Ministrys Department of Foreign Trade, told Reuters.Surasak declined to comment on the price the
Commerce Ministry is negotiating with BERNAS, saying revealing it could jeopardise the negotiations.

A senior BERNAS official declined to comment when contacted by Reuters. Malaysia has imported around 1.2-1.3
million tonnes of rice annually over the past decade, according to the Thai Rice Exporters Associations data.Thai 5
percent broken grade white rice was quoted at US$380 (RM1228) per tonne in the international market today.
Comparable grade rice from Vietnam was quoted at US$400 a tonne.However, traders and exporters said Thailand will
have to offer prices that are way below market to entice the buyer.It might be US$20-US$30 per tonne below market
prices as Thai rice is deteriorating as it was kept in stocks for years, said a Bangkok-based trader.

Thailands rice scheme, which has led to billions in losses and fuelled a political crisis in the country, came to an abrupt
end on Feb 28 as former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatras caretaker government had no authority to extend the
subsidy.Thailands anti-graft agency indicted Yingluck for negligence last week, a ruling that came a day after a court


threw her out of office.The rice subsidy scheme, the focus of the anti-corruption commission case, was a flagship policy
of Yinglucks administration, aimed at helping her rural supporters, under which the state paid farmers well above market
prices for their crops.As of April, about 94 billion Thai baht (RM9 billion) was still owned under the scheme to around
742,000 farmers. Reuters

Nagpur Foodgrain Prices - APMC & Open Market-May 12
Mon May 12, 2014 1:58pm IST
Nagpur, May 12 (Reuters) - Gram and tuar prices in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and Marketing
Committee (APMC) showed weak tendency on lack of demand from local traders amid increased supply from producing
regions. Fresh fall on NCDEX, increased overseas supply and downward trend in Madhya Pradesh raw pulses also pushed
down prices, according to sources.

* * * *

FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Gram super best bold and medium best recovered in open market on good marriage
season demand from local traders. Reported demand from South-based traders also
pushed down prices.

TUAR
* Tuar varieties ruled steady in open market here matching the demand and supply
position.

* Rice HMT and rice HMT Shriram reported sharp fall in open market in absence of
buyers amid good supply from producing belts like Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.


* In Akola, Tuar - 4,100-4,300, Tuar dal - 6,300-6,500, Udid at 6,100-6,500,
Udid Mogar (clean) - 7,200-7,700, Moong - 8,500-8,700, Moong Mogar
(clean) 10,000-10,800, Gram - 2,400-2,600, Gram Super best bold - 3,300-3,600
for 100 kg.

* Wheat, rice and other commodities remained steady in open market
in thin trading activity, according to sources.

Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg

FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close
Gram Auction 2,350-2,750 2,350-2,810
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction 3,850-4,355 3,940-4,355
Moong Auction n.a. 5,200-5,500
Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800
Gram Super Best Bold 3,800-4,000 3,700-4,000
Gram Super Best n.a.
Gram Medium Best 3,650-3,650 3,550-3,650
Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a.
Gram Mill Quality 3,300-3,450 3,300-3,450
Desi gram Raw 2,750-2,850 2,750-2,850


Gram Filter new 3,000-3,200 3,000-3,200
Gram Kabuli 8,700-10,600 8,700-10,600
Gram Pink 7,700-8,100 7,700-8,100
Tuar Fataka Best 6,500-6,700 6,500-7,000
Tuar Fataka Medium 6,300-6,400 6,300-6,700
Tuar Dal Best Phod 5,800-6,000 5,800-6,000
Tuar Dal Medium phod 5,400-5,700 5,400-5,700
Tuar Gavarani 4,300-4,400 4,300-4,400
Tuar Karnataka 4,650-4,750 4,650-4,750
Tuar Black 7,700-7,900 7,700-7,900
Masoor dal best 6,300-6,500 6,300-6,500
Masoor dal medium 6,000-6,150 6,000-6,150
Masoor n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold 9,100-9,500 9,100-9,500
Moong Mogar Medium best 8,500-8,800 8,500-8,800
Moong dal super best 8,800-9,000 8,800-9,000
Moong dal Chilka 8,500-8,700 8,500-8,700
Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 8,000-9,100 8,000-9,100
Udid Mogar Super best (100 INR/KG) 7,700-8,000 7,700-8,000
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 6,300-7,100 6,300-7,100
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 5,300-5,600 5,300-5,600
Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 4,700-6,000 4,700-6,000
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 3,050-3,150 3,050-3,150


Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 3,300-3,400 3,300-3,400
Watana White (100 INR/KG) 3,300-3,400 3,300-3,400
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 4,700-5,200 4,700-5,200
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,200-1,600 1,200-1,600
Wheat Mill quality(100 INR/KG) 1,200-1,500 1,200-1,500
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 1,300-1,500 1,300-1,500
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,300 2,000-2,300
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 1,700-1,800 1,700-1,800
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 2,900-3,200 2,900-3,200
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,800 2,300-2,800
Wheat 147 (100 INR/KG) 1,100-1,400 1,100-1,400
Wheat Best (100 INR/KG) 1,700-2,000 1,700-2,000
Rice BPT new(100 INR/KG) 2,700-2,900 2,700-2,900
Rice BPT old (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,600 3,200-3,600
Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG) 1,700-1,850 1,700-1,850
Rice Swarna old (100 INR/KG) 2,700-2,800 2,700-2,800
Rice Swarna new (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,450 2,300-2,450
Rice HMT new (100 INR/KG) 3,300-3,600 3,500-3,800
Rice HMT old (100 INR/KG) 3,500-3,700 3,600-4,000
Rice HMT Shriram (100 INR/KG) 4,300-5,200 4,500-5,500
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 10,000-13,500 10,000-13,500
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 7,000-9,500 7,000-9,500
Rice Chinnor (100 INR/KG) 5,600-6,000 5,600-6,000


Rice Chinnor new (100 INR/KG) 5,100-5,600 5,100-5,600
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 1,300-1,500 1,300-1,500
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,700 1,600-1,700

WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 42.3 degree Celsius (108.1 degree Fahrenheit), minimum temp.
24.6 degree Celsius (76.2 degree Fahrenheit)
Humidity: Highest - n.a., lowest - n.a.
Rainfall : nil
FORECAST: Partly cloudy sky. Maximum and Minimum temperature likely to be around 43 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.)

Farmers stage protest demanding MSP to wet paddy
The HinduA farmer looks at his wet paddy at IKP procurement centre at Parada in Nalgonda district on Friday. Photo;
Singam Venkataramana

Paddy farmers have staged a protest at Choutuppal and
Miryalagyuda agriculture markets demanding the district
administration to provide MSP to the wet paddy.The farmers
took to the streets following thousands of quintal of paddy
brought by them to IKP centres, other government procurement
centres and agriculture markets was inundated in rain water as
district witnessed incessant rains since Thursday evening.At


Choutuppal, a group of farmers staged a rasta-roko on National Highway 65 obstructing the traffic flow. They
were also joined by the BJP Munugode Assembly Contestant Gangidi Manohar Reddy, but they were removed
forcibly by the police.A farmer, K. Ramulu, from Choutuppal, has said that the paddy was inundated in rain
water due to failure of government in providing infrastructure at purchasing centre and its their responsibility
to purchase the damaged paddy at MSP.We have already suffered losses during the Kharif season due to
incessant rains in October last, he said. Appealing to the government to support them by providing MSP Rs.
1,345 quintal to even wet paddy, he urged the government to announce the compensation package to farmers
those who have suffered losses.
Keywords: wet paddy, farmers protest, Choutuppal agriculture markets, Miryalagyuda agriculture markets, rasta-
roko, Nalgonda district

New Market for U.S. Rough Rice in the Making

ARLINGTON, VA -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) has apparently come to an agreement with Peru's National Service of Agrarian Health (SENASA) regarding
imports of U.S. rough rice. The USA Rice Federation believes that SENASA has agreed to APHIS's proposal which
states that U.S. rough rice shipments must be accompanied by an official phytosanitary certificate containing the
following statement: "The rice described herein has been inspected and is considered free from quarantine pests, including
quarantine weed seeds identified by Peru." Additionally, U.S. rough rice must be treated with methyl bromide in
specified doses. USA Rice has been working with APHIS and SENASA for the past eight years to come to a workable
resolution to fully open the Peru market to U.S. rice exports.

In August 2007, USA Rice invited SENASA officials to visit U.S. farms and mills and to meet with USDA's Grain
Inspection, Packers & Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) in order to complete a pest risk assessment. Earlier this spring,
USA Rice estimated that the ban could be lifted by the end of this calendar year but events seem to be moving on a
quicker timeline. The status of imports of U.S. brown rice remains unclear, and USA Rice will continue efforts in support
of removal of unjustified phytosanitary obstacles by Peru.

There have been no restrictions on U.S. milled rice, which has entered Peru albeit in small amounts.The U.S.-Peru Trade
Promotion Agreement (TPA), which was implemented in 2009, allows for 99,000 milled tons (MT) of U.S. rice to enter
Peru duty free in 2014. Since the TPA, annual exports to Peru have been less than 4,000 MT, as phytosanitary barriers
have restricted U.S. paddy rice. In the first three months of 2014, however, U.S. exports have increased over 2,000
percent to 2,190 MT, valued at $1.4 million. Additional exports are expected, once paddy rice begins to be shipped.


Contact: Sarah Moran, (703) 236-1457

Crop Progress: 2014 Crop 75 Percent Planted
WASHINGTON, DC -- Seventy-five percent of the nation's 2014 rice acreage is planted, according to today's U.S.
Department of Agriculture's Crop Progress Report.
Rice Planted, Selected States
Week Ending
State
May 11,
2013
May 4,
2014
May 11,
2014
2009-2013
average
Percent
Arkansas 58 64 82 75
California 70 12 40 43
Louisiana 94 93 97 95
Mississippi 21 51 68 73
Missouri 72 55 80 69
Texas 99 85 91 96
Six States 67 57 75 73


CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures

CME Group (Preliminary): Closing Rough Rice Futures for May 12

Month Price Net Change
May 2014 $15.280 - $0.020
July 2014 $15.320 - $0.110
September 2014 $14.400 - $0.035
November 2014 $14.545 - $0.035
January 2015 $14.725 - $0.030
March 2015 $14.890 - $0.030
May 2015 $14.890 - $0.030

NEW RICE VARIETY DEVELOPED IN ASSAM FOR FLOOD-AFFECTED
INDIAN FARMERS

MAY 12, 2014 CHANDAN KUMAR DUARAH LEAVE A COMMENT
By Chandan Kumar Duarah


Climate change not only pushes farmers in Brahmaputra basin to adopt new varieties of crops that can resist
vageries of weather but also compels agro-scientists to merge into research works to invent modified better
varieties, espicially rice.
Recently the Regional.Agricultural Research Station (RARS) of Assam
Agricultural University at Titabor has developed a submergence
resistent gene in rice variety of Ranjit which will bring good harvest to
flood-hit farmers offering great relief to them. RARS is a research
institute of Assam Agriculture University in Jorhat and has been
devoting for better scientific cultivation and production for years. Since
flooding is one of the major hazards of rice cultivation in Brahmaputra
basin areas, tolerant varieties are urgently needed to help protect the
farmers from submergence. So as a result of this urgency, the research
works to develop new better varieties became a compulsion for the
scientists from Assam, a highly climate change effected state of India. Ultimately they have developed the new
variety of the rice last year after a three years research.
Though the variety has not been released to farmers yet, it will come out of experimental complex soon, said
Dr. Tomijuddin Ahmed , the Chief Scientist of the RARS. Scientists of RARS had started their work during
2010 for the introgression of submergence tolerance gene in the rice variety Ranjit and finally the project was
completed last year.RARS April-May experimentally. The variety will be drown into water in different stages
to test its tolerance, said Dr. Ahmed.According to Dr. Sanjay Kumar Chetia who is involed with the project said
submergence was a constraint to rice production in the areas of high rainfall. Intermittent flooding is common in
10-15 million hectares of rain fed lowland rice in south and southeast Asia.Dr. Chetia said, Biotechnology has
been instrumental in the development of new and improved crop varieties at a faster pace than conventional
breeding.
Conventional breeding requires 10-12 years for the development of a new variety. Chetia said that the
recognition of the specific genes responsible for desirable crop qualities has led to the development of varities
in a time framer of as little as 3-5 years, using a biotechnology called Marker Assisted Selection.Early,
breeding programmes for further improvement of submergence tolerence in rice was going on for over three
decades. The breakthrough came in the form of Swarn Sub1, a submergence tolerant variety in the background
of a mega variety Swarna at International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, with the help of Marker Assisted
Backcrossing.
At this institute the submergence gene, the SUB1, already been introduced in several mega varieties,
including Swarna, Samba Mahsuri, IR64, BR11, CR1009, TDK1 through Marker Assisted Backcrossing during
2007, Dr. T Ahmed said. Ahmed said- The submergence tolerant varieties survive by inhibiting elongation
growth during submergence, thereby conserving carbohydrate reserves. This allows them to survive for a longer
period of time under water and resume growth when de-submerged.


We are hopeful that another year or two, seeds will be available to the farmers for commercial cultivation.It is
to be noted that Assam have already completed a new variety rice production circulation experimentally. Flood-
hit farmers have successfully harvested from the submergence-resistant Swarna Sub-1 variety paddy in last
December (2013). In 2009 for the first time farmers of the state had harvested from the water-resistant variety
SS-1 in the flood prone areas. Impressed with the experimentation with Swarna Sub-1, the Agriculture
Department promoting it on a wider scale since that year.
It produces upto 3-3.5 tonnes per hectare when submerged, which can go upto 6 tonnes in normal conditions.
SS-1 is very shorter than other rice varities cultivated in India. Farmers get difficulties during harvesting this
variety. But Ranjit is a taller one and suitable for manual harvesting. So we are optimistic with this taller variety
and will be prefered by farmers, Dr. Ahmed said.The first variety developed in India through marker aided
selection is the improved Pusa Basmati during 2008, a bacterial leaf brightresistant introgressed variety
developed from Pusa Basmati. It is to be noted that Assam have already completed a new variety rice
production circulation experimentally. Scientists from RARS completed the research work of the four flood-
fighter varities.
The new variety will be a higher version of existing Suvarna Sub-1 with more aided features.Flood-hit
farmers have successfully harvested from the submergence-resistant Suvarna Sub-1(SS-1) variety paddy in last
December (2013). In 2009 for the first time farmers of the state had harvested from the water-resistant variety
SS-1 in the flood prone areas. Impressed with the experimentation with SS-1, the Agriculture Department
promoting it on a wider scale since that year. Scientists are working with drought and water submergence
resistant properties will also be instilled in other popular rice varities in India like Sambha masuri, IR-64 etc.
The Indian Agricultural Research (ICAR) along with Manila-based International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
is planning to come out with upgraded version of SS-1 which will have droughts damage standing paddy crops.
IRRI had released India-developed seed Suvarna Sub-1 seed in six countries which include Bangladesh,
Nepal, Cambodia and Myanmar.Suvarna Sub-1 named after gold was released in 2009 in India and has
become one of the most sought after seed varieties in the region over a period of three years. Around 1 million
hectares of land these seeds till 2012 and mostly in eastern Indian states of West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand,
Bihar and Assam, making it perhaps one of the fastest growing rice seeds. In total, rice is cultivated in around
44 million hectares of land every year, of which almost 40% is in the five eastern Indian states.Mubina Akhtar,
an environment journalist said Governments, civil societies and NGOs should work to popularise submergence
tolerence rice variety among flood-affected farmers in India and other flood prone areas. Environmentalists
warns that this new varieties should not be cultivated in non flood-affected areas. Because these type of hybrid
varieties are marginalising and wiping out our traditional as well as local varieties.
Rice Production 2014/2015
May 2014
This month the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates that the World Rice Production
2014/2015 will be 480.72 million metric tons, around 5.15 million tons more than the previous month's


projection.Rice Production last year (*) was 476.09 million tons. This year's 480.72 estimated million tons
could represent an increase of 4.63 million tons or a 0.97% in rice production around the globe.
World Rice Production by Country
(Values in Metric Tons)
China: 144,000,000
India: 106,000,000
Others: 38,808,000
Indonesia: 37,700,000
Bangladesh: 34,800,000
Vietnam: 27,800,000
Thailand: 20,500,000
Philippines: 12,200,000
Burma: 12,150,000
Brazil: 8,500,000
Japan: 7,700,000
United States: 6,811,000
Pakistan: 6,700,000
Egypt: 4,900,000
Cambodia: 4,900,000
Korea, South: 4,150,000
Nepal: 3,100,000

Louisiana rice planting off to good start
Posted: May 12, 2014 8:58 PM PSTUpdated: May 12, 2014 8:58 PM PST
Posted By Brandon Rodgers, Digital Content Producer - email

CROWLEY, La.(KNOE 8 News) Warm weather has perked up the 2014 Louisiana rice crop after a cold, wet
spring that delayed planting for many farmers.In general, the crop is off to a pretty good start, said Steve
Linscombe, rice breeder and director of the LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station.Linscombe said rice is
progressing well from the warm weather, combined with nitrogen fertilizer and permanent flood. Its probably
a little bit later than average but not as late as last year, and last year we had the best crop we ever had, he
said.Linscombe said the state acreage may increase by 10,000 to 15,000 acres this year, compared with last
years total of 412,000 acres. Considerably more medium-grain rice is being grown in Louisiana, especially in
north Louisiana, he said. Ive had several calls from producers planting medium-grain for the first time or the
first time in a long time.


Water allocation reductions in California where a large amount of medium-grain rice is grown had increased
medium-grain acreage in other rice-growing states, Linscombe said.LSU AgCenter rice specialist Johnny
Saichuk estimates the crop is about a month behind normal because of the delays in planting.Theyre still
planting in north Louisiana, Saichuk said. Water-seeded fields are doing well.The lateness in planting could be
a problem if this summer turns out to be seasonably hot when the plants are flowering.
If temperatures are normal or hotter-than-normal, well see a big hit in the yields, he saidLast year, Saichuk
said, temperatures were mild when the crop was flowering. If that happens again, well be OK.Most rice
fields in Vermilion Parish have a permanent flood, and warmer days have given the crop a boost, according to
LSU AgCenter agent Andrew Granger.Some of it is approaching green ring, he said, referring to the critical
growth stage. Its tillered very well for the most part.Some fields still producing crawfish will be planted late,
Granger said, but he estimated 95 percent of the rice acreage has been planted.

He said planting was delayed slightly because of cool, wet weather, and more
fields were water-seeded because of the wet conditions.Barrett Courville, LSU
AgCenter agent in Jefferson Davis and Acadia parishes, said the crop is
progressing well in his area. Were off to a pretty good start.Permanent
flooding is starting on many fields. Planting was stretched out longer than usual,
Courville said. But its all growing now.Bird problems after planting were
minor this year, and that probably was the result of many farmers using the bird
repellent AV1011, he said.Vince Deshotel,
LSU AgCenter agent in St. Landry Parish, said early-planted rice was set back by cold temperatures and high
winds, and some fields had to be replanted.Dry conditions have also been difficult for fields not yet flooded, he
said.Rainfall predicted late this week for southwest Louisiana was spotty. Any rain at this point will be
beneficial for all crops, said Keith Fontenot, LSU AgCenter agent in Evangeline Parish. The young rice
struggled until warm weather arrived. Its finally starting to move pretty good, he said.Seedlings had
difficulty because of a lack of moisture that caused leaves to dry, but flushing fields helped the plants, Fontenot
said.Wet, cold weather interfered with farmers who planted with seed drills, he said. Others just decided to
water plant.In north Louisiana, weather also affected planting. Keith Collins, LSU AgCenter agent in Richland
Parish, said farmers waited for dry weather that finally came by the end of April. Theres been an amazing
amount of seed put in the ground.Collins said he expects rice acreage in Richland Parish will increase by 10
percent this year because of falling corn prices.
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