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India to hold back export of grains due to poor monsoon
Philippines abandons timeframe for rice self-sufficiency
Pakistan capable of exporting 3.75 MT of rice to China
Golden rice: modified to 'save' millions
India to Keep Grain Supplies on Fears of Poor Monsoon Rains
FG approves plans to slash controversial 110% duty on rice
Millers to govt: Stop blaming us for rice supply, price mess
Mixing of animal feeds with premium rice bared
Rice harvest to reach 60 million MT from 2014 to 2016
Italy millers slam unfair EBA
Stockpiled rice mostly of good quality, ministry insists
Agricultural ministry helps rice farmers reduce costs of production
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices - APMC & Open Market-July 9
Vietnam rice exports fall 9%
Meeting to teach use of rice straw as cattle feed
News Detail
India to hold back export of grains due to poor monsoon
Posted by: Pallavi Sengupta
Published: Wednesday, July 9, 2014, 15:29 [IST]
New Delhi, July 9: World's largest supplier of grains, India, has
decided to hold on to the stockpiles for the fear of less rainfall. Fearing
depression, the Indian government has decided to hold back grains for
the domestic market, instead of boosting exports. This could push the
global prices for wheat and rice. India had lifted a ban on exports of


wheat and rice on September 11. A senior food ministry was heard saying,"We don't want to end up importing
grains. We have sufficient grain stockpiles, but naturally there will be an impact because of the weather
situation.
" In fact, the government has decided to drop the auctioning of 5 million tonns of rice in an open market.
Instead, they would be distributed to the poor through government welfare programs. The Central government
has also decided to keep on hold a program under which wheat was being sold regularly through state-run
trading companies to global bidders. The Indian government had approved exports of up to 2 million tons of
wheat by June 30. However, it did not issue fresh order after state-run agencies sold 1.5 million tons to global
bidders. India has received 43% below average rainfall at this time of the year as compared to the normal 70%
rainfall that it receives between June to September.
[Read full report by the Wall Street Journal] OneIndia News Related Articles Seven persons killed in rain-
related incidents in UP West India most affected by monsoon delay, experts worried for Vidarbha (Pics)
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Philippines abandons timeframe for rice self-sufficiency
BY ERIK DELA CRUZ
MANILA Wed Jul 9, 2014 3:03am EDT

(Reuters) - The Philippines has shifted away from setting a target date for its plan to be completely self-
sufficient in the production of rice, a senior government official said, likely keeping its doors open to imports
beyond the current goal of 2016.That will be welcomed by key supplier Vietnam, which is looking to follow up
on a string of deals to ship a total of 1.5 million tonnes of rice to Southeast Asia's biggest importer of the staple
grain.It could also be good news for Thailand, which wants to offload rice from a controversial stockpiling
scheme at the heart of political turmoil in the country this year.
"I'm happy with 90- to 95-percent self-sufficiency (in 2016) and then we import the rest," said Francis
Pangilinan, head of food security for the Philippines.Pangilinan, appointed two months ago by President
Benigno Aquino, added in an interview with Reuters that no new timeframe would be introduced for 100-
percent self-sufficiency.Critics have long said the Philippines' rice self-sufficiency goal, earlier set for 2013,
was unrealistic. The target seemed even more remote after swathes of paddy were hit by drought or ravaged by
typhoons, including last year's Haiyan.While bumper harvests in other countries have stoked a global rice glut,


prices in the Philippines have been pushed to record levels by the typhoons and as the government clamps down
on smugglers looking to avoid hefty taxes.
"Part of the reason for the spike in (local rice) prices was precisely because we missed our sufficiency targets,"
said Pangilinan, with the official title of Presidential Assistant for Food Security."There was this tendency to
downplay our import requirements, and therefore we did not import as much as we ought to, which created a
tightening of supply."The country's agriculture secretary has said the country achieved around 97 percent self-
sufficiency in 2013, but many observers are sceptical of that figure.The Philippines was Asia's fourth-biggest
rice importer in 2013, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and was the world's eighth-largest.
ANY MORE?
Pangilinan said the country could buy more rice this year in the wake of its deals with Vietnam.A government
panel will meet on July 16 to discuss local rice supply and whether more imports will be needed, he said. The
panel will factor in the possible return of the El Nino weather phenomenon in the third quarter, which in the
Philippines could mean drought followed by strong typhoons.
Pangilinan made a surprise announcement last month that the Philippines would import an additional 200,000
tonnes of rice from Vietnam to boost thin state stockpiles and stabilise retail prices that have fanned inflation
pressures.The National Food Authority, under Pangilinan's remit, has doubled the amount of cheap rice it is
releasing into local markets to stabilise prices, and this will continue during the lean production season from
July to September, he said.And the country will likely buy rice early for next year.
"Before the end of the year, we should be able to discuss ... and look at initial numbers in terms of our
requirements for 2015," he said.Pangilinan wants the private sector to take the lead next year in importing rice,
but he said the NFA would keep shipping in to bolster buffer stocks.The Philippines will loosen restrictions on
rice imports starting next year by reducing tariffs and increasing the volume the private sector is allowed to buy
overseas.
He also said he was open to scrapping a price subsidy scheme for local rice farmers and would propose that the
government absorb the NFA's estimated $3.7 billion debt, part of a set of reforms he would like to introduce in
the next two years.A huge chunk of the NFA's debt is money borrowed to pay for rice imports."I am open to the
proposal to remove the price subsidies, but the government should still help farmers bring down the cost of
production," Pangilinan said.


(Editing by Joseph Radford)
Pakistan capable of exporting 3.75 MT of rice to China
07/08/2014
Pak-China Joint Chamber of Commerce and industry (PCJCCI) President Shah Faisal Afridi has said
Pakistan has potential to export 3.75 million metric tons of rice to China. While talking to Alex Pan,
Chairman Ruidaloing Import and Export Company, he said China was emerging market for Pakistani
rice as data in this regard indicates 244 percent increase in rice export during the last two years.

He apprised the Ruidaloing Import and Export Companys Chairman about the rice crop in Pakistan and said
that new hybrid rice varieties were being developed which would give maximum yield by utilizing minimum
input costs during water scarcity. He said that the Rice Research Institute had developed new techniques to
cultivate rice through a broadcasting system instead of manual sapling plantation.
Under the new technique, if farmers succeed in planting 80,000 plants in a field, they will get 6-8 mounds more
production besides saving input costs up to Rs 14,000 per acre. This technique is not only cheaper but also helps
save 30-35 percent irrigation water, he added.Afridi said that PCJCCI has initiated an exclusive move to double
the exports of rice to China within a year.
He hoped that the dream of exporting around 10 million tons of irri-6 rice to China would be transformed into
reality in the near future if sustained efforts to market Pakistani rice to China are pursued with vigor focusing
attention to cater to the need of Chinese Population.The response showed by the Chinese importers is
overwhelming as compared to rice imported from Thailand and Vietnam, he said. It is the quality that attracted
Chinese importers to Pakistani rice, he added. He was of the view that Pakistan could not exploit rice export
potential mainly because of lacking proper planning. The government should help improve the rice exporters
capacity that could fetch more foreign exchange to national exchequer, he added.
Golden rice: modified to 'save' millions
2014-07-08 07:35
Paris - In 1992, a pair of scientists had a brainwave: how about inserting genes into rice that would boost its
vitamin A content?

By doing so, tens of millions of poor people who depend on rice
as a staple could get a vital nutrient, potentially averting hundreds
of thousands of cases of blindness each year.
The idea for what came to be called "golden rice", thus named for


its bright yellow hue was proclaimed as a defining moment for genetically-modified food.Backers said the
initiative ushered in an era when GM crops would start to help the poor and malnourished, rather than benefit
only farmers and biotech firms."It's a humanitarian project", Ingo Potrykus, professor emeritus at the Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), one of the co-inventors of golden rice, said in a recent interview with
AFP.Yet the rice is still a long way from appearing in food bowls, 2016 has become the latest date sketched for
commercialisation, provided the novel product gets the go-ahead.With $30m invested in it so far, the odyssey
speaks tellingly of the technical, regulatory and commercial hurdles that have beset the "biofortified food"
dream.

'Bio-efficacy'

First, it took scientists years to find and insert two genes that modified the metabolic pathway in rice to boost
levels of beta-carotene, the precursor to vitamin A.After that came the biosafety phase, to see if the rice was
safe for health and the environment, and if beta-carotene levels in lab plants were replicated in field trials in
different soils and climates.There were also "bio-efficacy" experiments to see whether the rice did indeed
overcome vitamin deficiency, and whether volunteers found the taste acceptable.

These tests are still unfolding in the Philippines, Indonesia and Bangladesh, said Bruce Tolentino, deputy
director general of the Philippines-based International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)."We have been working
on this for a long time and we would like to have this process completed as soon as possible", he said.But "it
depends on the regulatory authorities. That is not under our control."Antonio Alfonso at the Philippine rice
research institute, which partners IRRI in the not-for-profit development of golden rice, said "it will be two or
three more years before we can apply for commercialisation".The rice's yield may also have to be tweaked to
boost its appeal to farmers, whose buy-in is essential, he said.

Super banana

Coming on the heels of golden rice is the "super banana" developed by the Queensland University of
Technology in Australia with the help of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Genetically designed, like golden rice, to be enriched with beta-carotene, the bananas were sent to the United
States in June for a six-week trial to measure by how much they lifted vitamin A levels in humans.If all goes
well, they will start to be grown commercially in Uganda in 2020.
Project leader James Dale said so-called cooking bananas grown as the staple food in East Africa were low in
vitamin A and iron."Good science can make a massive difference here", he said.Other research into biofortified


food has looked at boosting levels of important micronutrients in cassava and corn, also called maize, but
progress has also been faltering.

It took 15 years of enclosed research in the lab for British scientists this year to decide to seek permission for
field trials of a plant called false flax.Engineered to create omega-3 fat, the plant could be used as feed in fish
farming. It would spare the world's fish stocks, which provide food pellets for captive salmon, trout and other
high-value species.Environmental groups are defiant about GM-fortified foods. Some have dubbed golden rice
"fool's gold."Greenpeace, the most vocal and influential of the critics, says the risks of GM contamination to
other plants and impacts on health may not emerge for years.There are also suspicions that developing countries
are being used as a technological testbed, and contentions that malnutrition will not be ended by a magic bullet
fired from a gene lab.
"This whole vitamin A issue is a red herring," said Janet Cotter, a scientist with Greenpeace at the University of
Exeter, southwestern England."Access to a better and diverse diet is what people need, not a technical fix, [not]
something based solely on rice or bananas."Andrea Sonnino, chief of the Research and Extension Unit at the
UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), said ensuring food security and a decent diet were very
complex.GM crops had a part to play in the solution, but not exclusively so."We have to go with a set of
possible answers to problems that in many cases are technological and in many cases are not, they are social,
economic and so on", he said."We have to work in different ways, and not only on the technological front."
- AFP
Image: Genetically modified rice, newly-developed 'golden rice'. (File, AFP)
India to Keep Grain Supplies on Fears of Poor Monsoon Rains
Government Plans to Hold on to Supplies for Domestic Market, Official Says
By BIMAN MUKHERJI
July 8, 2014 6:06 a.m. ET
NEW DELHIIndia's government, worried that poor monsoon
rains will depress the country's grain production, is planning to
hold on to supplies for its domestic market instead of boosting
exportssomething that could push up global prices for wheat
and rice.India is the world's No. 1 rice exporter and has also
become a prominent supplier of wheat ever since the government
lifted a ban on exports of the two grains in September 2011."We


don't want to end up importing grains," a senior food ministry official who declined to be named said in an
interview with The Wall Street Journal, explaining plans to scale back commodity sales. "We have sufficient
grain stockpiles, but naturally there will be an impact because of the weather situation."To avoid any shortfall,
the government has dropped a plan to auction 5 million tons of rice from state stockpiles in the open market, the
official said. Instead, the government plans to distribute the grain to the poor through government welfare
programs.

Central government officials have also decided to keep on hold a program under which wheat was being sold
regularly through state-run trading companies to global bidders, the official said.India in September approved
exports of up to 2 million tons of wheat by June 30. State-run agencies were able to sell 1.5 million tons to
global bidders in that time. The government hasn't issued another order for wheat exports because of the
uncertain weather, the official said."We have not received any orders for reviving wheat sales. We may or may
not decide to go ahead [with the program] only after the monsoon season," the food ministry official said.

Since the arrival of monsoon rains over the country's mainland in the first week of June, rainfall has been 43%
below average for this time of year, according to data from the India Meteorological Department. India gets
70% of its total annual rainfall during the June-September monsoon season.About a third of India's grains
production is bought by state agencies that maintain buffer stocks, while the rest is bought by private
traders.While government officials said they weren't planning to impose any curbs immediately on exports of
rice and wheat by traders, they said the direction of policy will be shaped by the quantity of rainfall and its
distribution through the season.

Weak rains have already delayed the planting of the summer rice crop in swaths of major producing states in
eastern India, said Trilochan Mohapatra, a director in the state-run Central Rice Research Institute. "The rainfall
situation appears to be serious," he said. "If it continues like this, it could affect our production. We are keeping
our fingers crossed."India's rice production could drop below 100 million tons from the 106 million metric tons
harvested last year, he said, adding the impact may be less if rains pick up. However, production concerns have
increased as the weather office has predicted an El Nio effecta weather event associated with below normal
rainslate in the monsoon season."The disappointing progress of the monsoon is a major worry," said Darren
Cooper, senior economist with the London-based International Grains Council. "If monsoon rains don't improve
substantially, then we are probably going to lower our forecast for India's rice exports.

"The council had forecast that India would export 9.7 million tons of rice this year, while No. 2 exporter
Thailand would ship out 9.2 million tons."If a problem with this year's kharif [summer] crop becomes


increasingly apparent, then I would expect the pace of India's exports to slow quite considerably and the
domestic market would then become the priority," Mr. Cooper said.Indian 5% broken rice grades are currently
quoting around $430 per ton, compared with $415 per ton for comparable Thai varieties.The effect of a poor
monsoon on wheat production won't become apparent until later, since winter is the main sowing period for the
crop. Wheat is less dependent on rainfall than rice, as the main cultivation areas are in the northwestern region,
which have an extensive network of canals and dams for irrigation.
Write to Biman Mukherji at biman.mukherji@wsj.com
I
mage: Women carry pitchers filled with water in Gibpura, Gujarat state, on July 2. Reuters
FG approves plans to slash controversial 110% duty on rice
July 8, 2014 | Filed under: Agricultural Business,main story | Author: AMAKA ANAGOR
As part of its
determination to
encourage investment in
the rice value chain
through backward
integration, the Federal
Government has
approved plans to slash
the controversial 110
percent import duty and
levy on rice.

Millers to govt: Stop blaming us for rice supply, price mess
By Anselmo Roque |Inquirer Northern Luzon
7:55 pm | Tuesday, July 8th, 2014


SAN JOSE CITY, PhilippinesA leader of a group of rice millers in this city in Nueva Ecija province has
appealed to the government to stop finger-pointing and acknowledge its fault in the rice supply mess.They are
just looking for scapegoats, possibly rice traders or millers, but the government officials concerned are the ones
to be blamed for the low supply of rice and its high cost in the market, said Edgardo Alfonso, president of the
San Jose City Rice Millers Association, on the heels of raids being conducted by teams from the National Food
Authority (NFA) and the police in Metro Manila and Central Luzon.

At best, [their action] is only pakitang-tao (just for show), he
said.Alfonso said that as early as March when the farm gate
prices of palay (unhusked rice) were raised to P20-P21 a
kilogram for the fresh harvest and P24-P25 a kg for dried
grains, he already warned that the prices of milled rice would
go up to more than P42 a kg.The farmers and farm workers
sold all their harvest because of the high buying price of palay.
Now all of them will be looking for cheap milled rice,
including the NFA rice, he said.For the palay bought at P25
or P26 a kg, rice millers would sell this to their wholesale
clients at P44-P45 a kg. It will cost much more to the
consumer, he said.

He said the governments rice self-sufficiency target has not been achieved, citing Agriculture Secretary
Proceso Alcalas public statements.Alfonso urged the government to continue its campaign against
unscrupulous traders because, he said, their actions would negatively impact on others who have been following
government regulations and who would rather earn honestly.He said his group has not been involved in
manipulating rice supply and price and would never be.We are more than 1,000 rice traders and rice millers.
We do not meet nor do secret talks for the alleged manipulation of supply and price of rice, he said. We are
busy meeting our rice supply quotas for our respective clients.

In Bulacan province, an official in Bocaue town said the NFA should prevent rice millers from buying NFA
rice to avoid the illegal remilling and repacking of cheap rice. The source, who asked not to be named for
security reasons, said while rice millers have been given permits only for milling, many have been able to buy
and stock NFA rice.Millers would rebag the NFA rice if they find the grains to be of superior quality, like
those coming from Thailand or Vietnam, the source said.Millers, the source said, would earn more because
they could sell good quality rice they bought for P30-P32 a kg for P42 a kg.The province has 151 rice mills and
warehouses and 870 NFA-registered retailers, according to Serafin Manalili, NFA manager in Bulacan. With a
report from Carmela Reyes-Estrope, I nquirer Central Luzon
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Mixing of animal feeds with premium rice bared
Government seizes NFA rice hoarded by traders
This is as President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the new three-year (2014-2017) fiscal policy measure on
rice with effect from May 26, 2014.The policy, which started in January 2013 with the aim of discouraging
importation and encouraging local rice production, was seen to have succeeded in promoting smuggling of the
commodity through the land borders.According to the new fiscal policy, imported husked-brown, paddy,
unprocessed and semi-milled or wholly milled rice was reduced to 20 percent levy and 10 percent duty for
investors that have rice milling capacity while importation by full-time traders would attract 60 percent levy and
10 percent duty.
The Federal Government had given all importers of rice with shiploads waiting at various nations seaports
Friday, June 13, 2014, to clear the rice upon submission of a letter of indemnity to the Nigeria Customs Service
(NCS). This indemnity enabled the importers to clear their consignments without paying additional
demurrage.Disclosing these, a senior government official close to the Ministry of Finance, said Ngozi Okonjo-
Iweala, coordinating minister for the economy and minister of finance, is expected to convey the presidents
approval to Anyim Pius Anyim, secretary to the government of the federation; Akinwunmi Adesina, minister of
agriculture; Olusegun Aganga, minister of industry, trade and investment; Abdullahi Inde Dikko, comptroller-
general of Customs and Kabir Mashi, acting chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, amongst others, to
ensure strict compliance and other necessary actions.
The circular dated June 16, 2014 reads in part: This is to inform that pending when the next fiscal policy
measures on rice are issued, all importers of rice with shiploads already awaiting clearance at Nigerian ports
should be allowed to clear their consignments upon the submission of a letter of indemnity to Customs. The
indemnity is to allow them clear their various consignments of rice without attracting further demurrage,
pending when the next 2014 duty rates and levies are announced, at which point they will pay the new rates
accordingly.


Rice harvest to reach 60 million MT from 2014 to 2016
Thursday 10th of July 2014
QUEZON CITY, July 10 -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) said that it targets to produce close to 60
million metric tons (MT) of rice in the next three years as part of the departments commitment to attain rice
self-sufficiency.Agriculture Secretary Assistant Secretary for Field Operations and concurrent National Rice
Program Director Edilberto de Luna in a statement said that the DA is shooting at producing 59,678,679 MT
from 2014 to 2016.To achieve this, de Luna said Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala already mandated, the
DA should expand the area harvested for rice and to increase the yield per hectare to achieve rice self-
sufficiency.

Rice production for the first quarter of 2014 was 4.3 million metric tons (MT), 3.28 percent higher than the
4.17 million MT during the same period last year.In 2013, the Philippines had its highest rice production in
history at 18.44 metric tons, which translates to a 96 percent self-sufficiency.In 2013, rice produced from 4,
746,082 hectares (ha) was 18, 439,406 MT, with a yield of 3.89 MT/ha.This year, the DA is aiming at 19,
070,249 MT of harvest from 4,829,420 ha, with an average output of 3.95 MT/ha.For 2015, the DA will pursue
20,089,172 MT of rice from 4,918,672 ha, at a rate of 4.08 MT/ha.In 2016, as it reaps 4.15 MT/ha, the
department aspires to produce 20,519,258 from 4,945,439 ha, according to de Luna.Region 3, the countrys rice
granary, will continue to be the leading rice producing region, de Luna added.For this year, Central Luzon is
expected to produce 3, 524,558 MT of rice; 3,758,938 MT in 2015; and 3,822,968 MT in 2016.Central Luzon
will be followed by the Cagayan Valley, which is anticipated to produce 2,504,984 MT of rice this year;
2,703,620 MT next year; and 2,770,427 MT the following year. (DA)
Italy millers slam unfair EBA

Wed, 9 July 2014
Daniel de Carteret

Cambodia duty-free rice exports to the European Union have this week come under fresh attack from producers
in Italy, who say the beneficial treatment is restricting the potential of Italian rice exports.An Italian agriculture
collective of farmers, which includes representatives from the Italian Association of Rice Industries, will protest
in some of Italys largest rice-growing areas, according to a July 7 report by rice industry publication Oryza.The
cause of the uproar, says Oryza, is the preferential treatment Cambodia receives under the European Unions
Everything But Arms scheme, which allows tax-free access to EU markets for all states on the UNs list of least
developed countries, which includes Cambodia. Italian rice producers say cheaper Cambodian imports create an
unfair playing field for their products.In a statement yesterday, the EU ambassador to Cambodia, Jean-Francois
Cautain, said he could not comment on any potential complaint the Italian rice industry has without it first being
officially registered.


In [the] case [that] the European Commission receives an official complaint, it will review it and see whether it
contains sufficient prima facie evidence that the conditions for imposing a safeguard measure are met or not,
Cautain said.If the European Commission would then decide to initiate the investigation, it will publish an
information notice . . . in the Official Journal.Cautain reiterated the intention of the Everything But Arms
program to foster growth in developing countries. He also noted that Italy itself isa signatory to the scheme.
We cannot speculate, however, on what Member States
may or may not plan to do regarding imports of individual
products and the Commission cannot comment on
discussions with potential complainants, Cautains
statement reads.Cambodian rice exports, a large majority of
which go to the EU, have increased dramatically, going
from 200,000 tonnes at the end of 2012 to nearly 380,000
tonnes at the end of last year.The acting secretary-general
of the Cambodia Rice Federation, David Van, responded to
the concerns of Italian farmers in an opinion piece
published in the Post on Monday.Van said Cambodian exports had merely replaced those from countries, such
as Thailand, that exported less than before. Therefore, he said, market pressure on Italian farmers would have
changed little from previous years.

Van said that one of the more popular Cambodian grain varieties jasmine rice was grown very little if at all
in the EU, thus creating room for exports from the Kingdom to meet demand.He also took aim at the EUs own
agricultural subsidies.The EU provides hundreds of euros per hectare annually to Italian rice farmers for
keeping the production of paddy and rice fields in operation, Van wrote. These are the very farmers lobbying
against Cambodian rice, which is not subsidised in any way by the Cambodian government.The General
Confederation of Italian Agriculture, or Confagricoltura, the members of which include 19 regional and more
than 2,000 local federations across Italy, did not respond to a request for comment by press time.
Image: A labourer harvests rice in Kandal provinces Prek Russey village earlier this year. Italy is arguing that tax-free
imports from Cambodia are making for unfair competition in the rice sector. Heng Chivoan

Stockpiled rice mostly of good quality, ministry insists
Petchanet Pratruangkrai
The Nation July 9, 2014 1:00 am
Most of the rice in the government's stocks is in good condition, the Commerce Ministry claims.


The statement followed daily reports from inspection teams about
low-quality rice in the government's warehouses after the
inspections started last Thursday.Boonyarit Kalayanamit,
spokesman for the ministry, said most of the rice had been stored
under good conditions and had not deteriorated as much as these
reports implied."Only some lots of rice, which had not been kept
according to standards, have deteriorated in quality. Rice
consumers and traders should not panic over the news reports.

The government has been highly efficient in its stockpiling of rice. The inspection has not yet been completed.
The government will surely not sell bad-quality rice," he said.He added that once the nationwide inspection is
complete, it would soon provide clear evidence rather than rumours about the total amount in the stockpiles and
rice quality.To ensure that consumers and foreign buyers do not lose their confidence in the quality of Thai rice,
the ministry has instructed its overseas trade officials to send clarifying letters to foreign importers and the rice-
import agencies of each trading partner.Since July 3, the military's ruling National Council for Peace and Order
has sent 100 teams to inspect rice volume and quality at more than 1,800 warehouses nationwide. The
inspection teams are to complete their work by the end of this month.
Agricultural ministry helps rice farmers reduce costs of production
Date : 9 2557
BANGKOK, 9 July 2014 (NNT) - The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives has instructed its local staff to approach
rice farmers as much as possible as part of the policy to reduce agricultural costs of production of the National Council for
Peace and Order (NCPO). Permanent Secretary for Agriculture and Cooperatives Chawalit Chukhachon said the policy
sought to decrease the cost of input by 432 baht/Rai on average in rice production.
The Department of Agricultural Extension would also help reduce agricultural costs of production through a project to
transfer production technology to rice farmers in the 2014/2015 crop year. The farmers would be advised on correct
agricultural practices in line with academic principles and geography, the official said. The project is scheduled for July to
November this year. Around one million farmers in 814 districts with rice fields are expected to participate in the project.
The Office of Agricultural Economics will evaluate the project after it ends.
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices - APMC & Open Market-July 9
Wed Jul 9, 2014 1:51pm IST
Nagpur, July 9 (Reuters) - Gram prices in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and Marketing Committee (APMC) firmed up
again on renewed demand from local millers amid thin supply from producing belts. Reports about weak monsoon in this
season, fresh rise in Madhya Pradesh gram prices and reported demand from South-based millers also pushed up prices,
according to sources.


* * * *
FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Gram mill quality reported higher in open market on good demand from local traders
amid weak supply from producing regions.

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

* Wheat MP Sharbati varieties recovered strongly on good demand from local traders
amid thin supply from producing regions like Punjab and Haryana.

* In Akola, Tuar - 3,900-4,200, Tuar dal - 5,800-6,100, Udid at 6,500-6,800,
Udid Mogar (clean) - 7,600-8,100, Moong - 7,200-7,600, Moong Mogar
(clean) 8,600-9,300, Gram - 2,200-2,400, Gram Super best bold - 3,200-3,500
for 100 kg.

* Other varieties of 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 2,100-2,560 2,040-2,470
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction n.a. 3,850-4,420
Moong Auction n.a. 4,400-4,700
Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800
Gram Super Best Bold 3,800-3,900 3,800-3,900
Gram Super Best n.a.
Gram Medium Best 3,400-3,600 3,400-3,600
Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a.
Gram Mill Quality 3,000-3,100 2,950-3,050
Desi gram Raw 2,750-3,000 2,750-3,000
Gram Filter new 3,300-3,500 3,300-3,500
Gram Kabuli 8,000-9,500 8,000-9,500
Gram Pink 7,200-7,400 7,200-7,400
Tuar Fataka Best 6,400-6,700 6,400-6,700
Tuar Fataka Medium 6,200-6,400 6,200-6,400
Tuar Dal Best Phod 5,800-6,000 5,800-6,000
Tuar Dal Medium phod 5,500-5,800 5,500-5,800
Tuar Gavarani 4,550-4,650 4,550-4,650
Tuar Karnataka 4,300-4,400 4,300-4,400
Tuar Black 7,700-8,000 7,700-7,800
Masoor dal best 6,100-6,300 6,100-6,300
Masoor dal medium 5,900-6,100 5,900-6,100


Masoor n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold 8,500-9,300 8,500-9,300
Moong Mogar Medium best 7,900-8,300 7,900-8,300
Moong dal super best 7,700-8,100 7,700-8,100
Moong dal Chilka 7,500-8,500 7,500-8,500
Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 7,800-9,000 7,800-9,000
Udid Mogar Super best (100 INR/KG) 7,600-8,000 7,600-8,000
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 6,200-7,000 6,200-7,000
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 5,500-6,400 5,500-6,400
Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 3,900-4,800 3,900-4,800
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 2,850-2,950 2,850-2,950
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 3,100-3,300 3,100-3,300
Watana White (100 INR/KG) 3,500-3,600 3,500-3,600
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 5,000-5,600 5,000-5,600
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,200-1,500 1,200-1,500
Wheat Mill quality(100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,850 1,600-1,850
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 1,200-1,400 1,200-1,400
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,200 1,900-2,200
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,800 1,600-1,800
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 2,600-3,300 2,500-3,200
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,500 2,000-2,400
Wheat 147 (100 INR/KG) 1,100-1,300 1,100-1,300


Wheat Best (100 INR/KG) 1,500-1,800 1,500-1,800
Rice BPT (100 INR/KG) 2,900-3,200 2,900-3,200
Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,800 1,600-1,800
Rice Swarna old (100 INR/KG) 2,700-2,900 2,600-2,800
Rice HMT (100 INR/KG) 4,000-4,300 4,000-4,300
Rice HMT Shriram (100 INR/KG) 4,600-5,200 4,600-5,200
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 10,400-13,000 10,400-13,000
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 7,300-10,000 7,300-10,000
Rice Chinnor (100 INR/KG) 5,000-5,400 5,000-5,400
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. 38.9 degree Celsius (102.0 degree Fahrenheit), minimum temp.
26.6 degree Celsius (80.2 degree Fahrenheit)
Humidity: Highest - n.a., lowest - n.a.
Rainfall : nil
FORECAST: Partly cloudy sky. Rain or thunder-showers likely towards evening or night. Maximum
and Minimum temperature likely to be around 40 and 27 degree Celsius respectively.
Note: n.a.--not available
(For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but included in market prices.)
Vietnam rice exports fall 9%
Published: 9 Jul 2014 at 14.40 | Viewed: 1,996 | Comments: 0
Online news: News
Writer: Online Reporters


Vietnam's rice exports in May fell 9% year-on-year, but rebounded from the previous month. The US
Department of Agriculture said Vietnam exported about 585,346 tonnes of rice in May, up 9% from April's
approximately 538,623 tonnes, but down from May 2013's 645,998 tonnes.Asia accounted for about 497,526
tonnes, or 85%, of total rice exports by Vietnam in May, up about 41% from about 352,778 tonnes in April. The
country's Asian market share remained up 27% year-on-year, according to global rice-news website Oryza.

Vietnam exported around 35,008 tonnes of rice to Africa in May, down about 66% month-on-month from
around 101,779 tonnes. and dropping 81% from May 2013's 181,287 tonnes.Vietnam exported around 42,961
tonnes to US destinations in May, down about 40% from 71,693 tonnes the previous month and falling 16%
from a year earlier.Shipments to Europe and CIS countries accounted for around 9,054 tonnes, down about 15%
month-on-month and dropping 57% annually. Exports to Australia also declined on a consecutive-year and
consecutive-month basis by 6% and 53%, respectively.

In terms of grade, 15% broken rice exports accounted for 282,316 tons, or about 48% of total exports in May.
Exports of 5% broken rice accounted for 99,408 tons or about 17% of total May exports). Vietnam's 25%
broken rice exports accounted for 12,154 tons or about 2% of total exports, in May.Jasmine rice exports
accounted for 109,484 tonnes, or about 19% of total May exports.Glutinous rice exports accounted for 58,823
tonnes or about 10% of total May exports. All other varieties made up 4% of exports.

Meeting to teach use of rice straw as cattle feed
Published:July 8, 2014 11:07AM
A meeting will be held in Willows, Calif., later this month to teach rice growers how to preserve straw
from harvest for use as cattle feed.WILLOWS, Calif. A meeting will be held here July 29 to teach rice
growers how to preserve the straw behind their harvesters to be used as cattle feed.University of California
Cooperative Extension research shows that baling the rice straw on the day of harvest greatly increases the
ability of cattle to use it.
Making rice strawlage involves baling the straw while it still has half or more of its moisture content and
placing it under a tarp cover, a California Cattlemens Association newsletter explains.With limited water
expected for rice straw decomposition this fall because of the drought, converting the straw into feed can
provide rice growers with a management alternative while providing a feed option for nearby ranches, the
newsletter observes.The 9 a.m. meeting at the Veterans Memorial Hall at 525 West Sycamore St. will be
attended by ranchers as well as rice growers. The seminar will include tips on baling, stacking and tarping the
moist straw and discuss the costs associated with the process, the CCA explains.
For information, contact Glenn Nader at (530) 882-7515 organader@ucanr.edu">ganader@ucanr.edu

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