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December 03, 2015 Vol 5 Iss

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Rice News Headlines...

Deal to sell rice, rubber to China Govt to construct 3442 godowns in 3 years for paddy Shreyas rice may substitute Uma in State Senate wants restoration of ban on rice importation

Louisiana rice farmers see high second crop yields Highway Bill Promises Reversal of Crop Insurance Cuts Weekly Rice Sales, Exports Reported

CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures

APEDA Commodity News CRRI - Vacancies for Senior Research Fellow & Agricultural Field Operator Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Mission Supports Arkansas Agriculture

Rice farmers must produce quality rice – GRIB Senate Asks FG to Reverse Lifting of Ban on Rice Importation Rice output up by 7%, export up by 10%

Rice production up by 7 percent, export 10 percent Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open-Dec 03 Arkansas Farm Bureau Daily Commodity Report Rice procurement sees increase of over 31%

News Detail...

Deal to sell rice, rubber to China The Nation December 3, 2015 5:30 pm

Representing Thailand in the train MoU signing ceremony was Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith.

Thailand and China today signed a memorandum of understanding on agricultural

products, which involves the sale of rice and rubber to Chinese companies.

The MoU for agricultural crops was signed on the same day that the Transport Ministry andChina signed an MoU to confirm their commitment in a joint train project from Bangkok to Nong Khai. Representing Thailand in the signing ceremony was Transport Minister ArkhomTermpittayapaisith.On December 19, there will be the foundation laying stone ceremony for the

train project‟s control centre. Under the agricultural MoU, the Commerce Ministry will sell 1million tonnes of newly-harvested rice to China. Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn said therice would be sold to COFCO, or China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corporation - oneof China‟s state-owned food processing holding companies. In a statement, the CommerceMinistry also said that the Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives Ministry will sell 200,000tonnes of rubber to Sinochem, a Chinese conglomerate primarily engaged in the production andtrading of chemicals and fertilizer and exploration and production of oil.


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Since the coup in 2014, Thailand has clinched government-to-government rice deals with China,Indonesia and the Philippines, the Commerce Ministry said. Including the new deal signed today,

G-to-G rice deals with China involved 3.4 million tonnes of rice, valued totally Bt50 billion. Apiradi also said the Thai government also plans to strike similar deals with countries inAfrica and the Middle.She explained that under the new MoU signed today, Thailand will deliver100,000 tonnes of rice per month at the price that will be in line with global levels at the time ofdelivery. "The signing sends a positive signal that China is interested in buying more rice fromthe Thai government," Apiradi said.Under a deal signed by the previous government, the Thaigovernment has delivered 80 per cent of 1 million tonnes to China. Delivery under the new dealis expected to start early 2016.

Apiradi added that the Commerce Ministry‟s team and COFCO would discuss details of the deal tomorro

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Govt to construct 3442 godowns in 3 years for paddy TNN | Dec 3, 2015, 02.02 AM IST

BHUBANESWAR: The state government has proposed to construct 3,442 godowns in thecoming three years to facilitate storage of paddy, seeds and fertilizers. This information wasgiven by cooperation minister Damodar Rout on Wednesday in the state assembly."Construction

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of these proposed godowns - with capacities between 100 and 300 metric tonnes - will be takenup by Markfed, Odisha Warehousing Construction Corporation, Primary Agricultural CreditSocieties (PACS) and Regulated Market Committee (RMC)," Rout said in question hour,replying to a question asked by Cuttack-Choudwar MLA Prabhat Biswal.MLAs cutting across party lines, including Samir Dash, Prafulla Majhi and Mahesh Sahu, expressed their displeasure

over lack of storage facilities for agriculture products in the state.

For finalization of locations and proper construction of the godowns, the state panchayati rajdepartment would be the executing agency. "There will be a joint review meeting between thecooperation and panchayati raj department very soon. Construction of all these godowns will becompleted by March, 2018," the minister said.A maximum of 280 godowns will be constructedin Balangir districts followed by 235 godowns in Kendrapada, 210 in Cuttack, 203 in Balasore,167 in Angul and 165 in Jagatsinghpur. However, the state government proposed only threegodowns for Kandhamal district.

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Shreyas rice may substitute Uma in State Updated: December 3, 2015 05:46 IST

R. RAMABHADRAN PILLAIShreyas, a new variety of rice developed by the Rice Research Station, Moncompu, Alappuzha,is set to be a game changer in the paddy fields of Kerala. The variety has proved its worth interms of yield, taste and resistance to pests during the demonstration stage of the seed.The newvariety, to be commissioned on December 5, has several advantages in comparison to Umavariety, the popular one being cultivated in about 90 per cent of the paddy fields in Kuttanad andover 60 per cent of fields across Kerala, S. Leenakumary, Professor and Head of the Station,

told The Hindu . Uma was the 16th variety in the series of new paddy seeds developed at thestation. Shreyas is the 22nd in the series developed under the all-India coordinated research project of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

Shreyas has given the same yield as that of Uma; the former has been found to be lesssusceptible to „false smut disease‟, which results in discolouration and up to 20 per cent damageto the crop. Uma yields 8 to 9 tonnes of paddy per hectare. The sensory assessment of the newvariety has also established that it tastes better, Ms. Leenakumary said. Yet another advantage isthat Shreyas takes shorter duration for harvesting. It takes only 115 days for harvest whereasUma takes 120-130 days.The State Variety Release Committee, chaired by AgriculturalProduction Commissioner, has approved the commissioning of the new variety. The frontline

demonstration done by farmers in selected areas of Kuttanad has been found successful. Shreyascould be adopted by large number of farmers within the next two to three crop seasons.A few ofthe selected farmers will be given 1 kg each of the seed on December 5 as part of the officialcommissioning. Each of the farmers could raise about 100 kg of seeds for distribution to otherfarmers after harvesting.

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The panel found out that any importer that imports five to ten loads/vessels of rice into BeninRepublic and destined them to Nigeria through the land borders already had predeterminedmotive to cheat Nigerian government of revenue through duty evasion.The panel discoveredfurther that lifting of the ban led to more serious revenue leakages as a result of heightenedactivities of smugglers across the borders as they exploited it by paying for less number of trucks

than actually brought in.

According to the ad-hoc panel, the action of the Customs led to evasion of duty and revenuelosses to Nigerian maritime industry, Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Nigeria Maritime andSecurity Administration Agency (NIMASA), Freight Forwarders, haulage subsector, amongothers.Alasoadura said: “There is strong possibility for dubious businessmen to indulge in roundtripping. That is, paying duty on three or four truck loads of rice and using the clearing documentto bring in more than 100 more truck loads. This will inevitably affect the revenue going into theFederation Account.

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Louisiana rice farmers see high second crop yields ADVOCATE STORY

Dec. 3, 2015; 7:09 p.m.

South Louisiana rice farmers are reporting excellent yields from their second crop harvest“Most everybody I‟ve talked to is very pleased with the second-crop yields,” said SteveLinscombe, director of the LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station. “Numerous producers say this is by far their best second crop from the standpoint of yield, and the quality isgood, too.”Linscombe said quality of the second crop is typically lower. But this year, the

percentage of fields used to grow a second crop appeared to be higher, and Linscombe said thestubble left from the first crop in most fields appeared to have been manipulated by mowing orrolling to boost yields.Farmers growing a second crop were more likely to fertilize and floodtheir fields as soon as the first crop was cut.

In the past, many farmers have delayed flooding and applying fertilizer until they see regrowth,he said.Linscombe said the per acre average would probably fall in the low- to mid-20-barrelrange on a weight basis, although he heard of many who cut more than 30 barrels an acre. “Ieven heard of a few 40- plus in the second crop,” he said.Farmer Darrell Hoffpauir, of AcadiaParish, said he grew a second crop on 90 percent of his first-crop acreage and rolled all of thestubble, resulting in 21,000 barrels for the second crop, half as much as the first-crop yield.

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Highway Bill Promises Reversal of Crop Insurance Cuts

Rep. Mike Conaway receiving a Friend of the Rice Industry award from Texas rice farmerDaniel Berglund

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WASHINGTON, DC -- On Tuesday, language was released by the House and Senate conferencecommittee for the final version of the Highway Bill that would officially repeal cuts to federalcrop insurance.Last month, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, was passed through the Houseand Senate with the understanding that a provision significantly cutting funding for federal crop

insurance would be fully reversed and that cuts would not be taken from elsewhere withinagriculture's appropriations. This afternoon the Highway Bill overwhelmingly passed the House;the Senate is expected to consider the bill tonight or early tomorrow.

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway (R-TX) was the champion for the provision's reversal and helped ensure the language correcting the cuts was safely placed into thefinal version of the bill.USA Rice Vice President of Government Affairs Ben Mosely said,"We're glad to see that Congress is making good on their commitment to restore full funding tocrop insurance as the Farm Bill intended." Mosely added, "USA Rice is hopeful that the six-yearHighway Bill will be passed soon by Congress and it doesn't run into any more roadblocks before it's signed into law."USA Rice opposes measures that would prematurely reopen FarmBill programs.


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Contact: Peter Bachmann (703) 236-1475

Weekly Rice Sales, Exports ReportedWASHINGTON, DC -- Net rice sales of 53,700 MT for 2015/2016 were up 59 percent from the

previous week and 11 percent from the prior four-week average, according to today's ExportSales Highlights report. Increases were reported for Japan (24,000 MT), Haiti (19,000 MT),Guatemala (5,000 MT), New Guinea (2,000 MT), and Taiwan (1,800 MT). Reductions werereported for Colombia (2,200 MT). Exports of 54,300 MT, up 95 percent from the previousweek, but unchanged from the prior four-week average, were reported to Mexico (13,200 MT),Japan (12,100 MT), Haiti (12,000 MT), Colombia (9,300 MT), and Canada (2,100 MT).

This summary is based on reports from exporters from the period November 20-26, 2015.

CME Group/Closing Rough Rice FuturesCME Group (Prelim): Closing Rough Rice Futures for December 3

Month Price Net Change

January 2016 $11.235 - $0.160

March 2016 $11.505 - $0.150

May 2016 $11.800 - $0.150

July 2016 $12.075 - $0.140

September 2016 $12.015 - $0.055

November 2016 $12.030 - $0.055

January 2017 12.030 - $0.055

APEDA Commodity News Price on: 03-12-2015

Product Benchmark Indicators Name Price

Rice

1 Pakistani 100%, FOB Karachi (USD/t) 318

2 Pakistani 15% Broken (USD/t) 305

3 Pakistani 25% Broken (USD/t) 383

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1 Argentine 85mm, CIF NW Europe (USD/t) 2860



Guar Gum Powder

1 Indian 100 mesh 3500 cps, FOB Kandla (USD/t) 3830

2 Indian 200 mesh 3500 cps basis, FOB Kandla (USD/t) 12503 Indian 200 mesh 5000 cps, FOB Kandla (USD/t) 2350

Source:agra-net For more info

Market WatchCommodity-wise, Market-wise Daily Price on 02-12-2015

Domestic Prices Unit Price : Rs per Qty

Product Market Center Variety Min Price Max Price

Rice

1 Manjeri (Kerala) Other 2800 3800

2 Dhekiajuli (Assam) Fine 2200 2600

3 Samsi (West Bengal) Fine 2790 2820

Wheat

1 Gangavathi (Karnataka) Local 1700 1750

2 Rajkot (Gujarat) Other 1725 2215

3 Katol (Maharashtra) Other 1512 1557

Papaya

1 Aroor (Kerala) Other 2200 2400

2 Muktsar (Punjab) Other 1200 1500

3 Solan (Himachal Pradesh) Other 2500 3000

Brinjal

1 Palayam (Kerala) Other 2500 2900

2 Nagpur (Maharashtra) Other 800 1200

3 Koraput (Orissa) Other 1200 1400

Source:agmarknet.nic.in For more info

Egg Rs per 100 NoPrice on 03-12-2015

Product Market Center Price

1 Ahmedabad 404

2 Chittoor 378

3 Nagapur 375

Source: e2necc.com

Other International Prices Unit Price : US$ per packagePrice on 03-12-2015

Product Market Center Origin Variety Low High

Potatoes Package: 50 lb cartons

1 Atlanta Colorado Russet 15 17

2 Chicago Idaho Russet 13 14.50

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3 Miami Idaho Russet 16.50 18

Cabbage Package: 50 lb sacks

1 Atlanta Georgia Round Green Type 10 11.50

2 Dallas Mexico Round Green Type 10 12

3 New York Canada Round Green Type 10 11

Grapes Package: 18 lb containers bagged

1 Atlanta Peru Red Globe 24 27

2 Dallas California Red Globe 25 25

3 Philadelphia Peru Red Globe 18 20

Source:USDA

CRRI - Vacancies for Senior Research Fellow & Agricultural

Field Operator 03 December 2015

The National Rice Research Institute is situated nearBidyadharpur village on the Cuttack-Paradip Road,Odisha, India. It is one of the premier nationalresearch institutes under the Indian Council ofAgricultural Research.CRRI has invited candidatesfor the Senior Research Fellow & Agricultural FieldOperator. The details of these vacancies areas follows :

Post No. of vacancies Remuneration

(in Rs. per month) Senior Research Fellow 01 25,000/- + 20% HRAAgri. Field officer 03 8,500/-

Maximum age limit (as on 01-08-2015) :

For senior research fellow :

Male : 35Female : 40For Agricultural field officer : Minimum age should be 18 years.Essential qualifications : To check the essential qualification required for each of theabove post, refer to the official notification.Method of selection : Selection of the candidate will be done on the basis of Personal Interview.

How to apply : Candidate can apply for this post by appearing to the walk in interview atICAR-National rice research institute.Cuttack - 753006OdishaDate of walk in Interview :

for Senior Research Fellow : On 15th December, 2015 at 10AM


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Agricultural Field officer : On 16h December, 2015 at 10AMFor further details, refer to the official notification,http://crri.nic.in/walk_in_SRF_AO_15_16dec15.pdf http://www.pagalguy.com/articles/crri-vacancies-for-senior-research-fellow-agricultural-field-37708633

Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Mission Supports Arkansas

Agriculture

Photo Courtesy Arkansas Agriculture Department Arkansas Deputy Secretary of State JosephWood, left, is seen with Arkansas World Trade Center Director of Africa Trade Denise Thomas,USDA Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden, Arkansas Agriculture Secretary Wes Ward, USDADeputy Secretary Chief of Staff Ashley Nicole Johnson, and Arkansas Secretary of State MarkMartin during an agricultural trade mission to Ghana in November.image

By John LovettTimes Record • [email protected]

Sub-Saharan Africa, with its high population and growing middle class, has been a focus forArkansas marketing matchmakers lately.Several Arkansas officials returned Nov. 20 from a five-day agricultural trade mission to Ghana led by U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy SecretaryKrysta Harden.While chicken, rice and fish are at the top of the list for “Arkansas grown” items,others include forest products, dairy and distilled spirits, according to anArkansas AgricultureDepartment news release.“We represent the state as a whole and work to find the best fit to bringcompanies together,” said Denise Thomas, director of Africa Trade Public Relations and

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Marketing for Arkansas World Trade Center.Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the fastest growingareas for U.S. agricultural exports, which have grown by more than 50 percent over the lastdecade to a total of $2.3 billion in 2014, the release adds. The outlook is positive for expandedexport opportunities in Ghana and the Sub-Saharan Africa region. In 2014, the USDA reportsthat Sub-Saharan Africa imported an estimated $48.5 billion in food and agricultural products.

As of 2014, the top Sub-Saharan Africa markets for U.S. agricultural and related productsinclude Nigeria, Angola, South Africa, Ghana, Ethiopia, and Kenya. Thomas points out that eachof the African countries has a different “nuance” of education, government, natural resources,

but all of them want food.Development of a market in Africa for Arkansas wine has also been onthe agenda. African brewers, however, say “theirs is better” than any other craft beer, Thomasadded.Thomas explained that even if a company in Arkansas has a global presence, it may nothave a dedicated trade ambassador to certain African countries.Looking at photographs of theAfrican continent from the International Space Station, Thomas said, a viewer will see a “halo”of lights around most of Sub-Saharan Africa.

But that is changing as more infrastructure inland is improved. Countries with safe and secure ports are helping those inland become developed, she added. The sea ports at Ghana, she said,are more desirable than others in Africa for their improved security features.Thomas joinedArkansas‟ Secretary of Agriculture Wes Ward, Secretary of State Mark Martin and Deputy

Secretary of State Joseph Wood on the November trip with representatives from Tyson Foods,the USA Rice Federation and the American Soybean Association. In all, five state departmentsof agriculture and 26 agribusinesses and organizations throughout the United States accompaniedHarden on the trade mission.Gov. Asa Hutchinson was on a trade mission to China, Japan andother Asian nations at the time of this delegation‟s Africa trip. Thomas said not all states have

governors who are as “internationally business minded” as Hutchinson, particularly when itcomes to agriculture.

“Arkansas exports approximately 30 percent of our state‟s agricultural products each year and isconsistently ranked in the top 10 in the nation for exports of several commodities,” Ward

explained in a news release.Relationships and face-to-face visits are an important aspect ofagricultural trade, Ward added. The USDA-led agricultural trade missions assist the ArkansasAgriculture Department in building relationships with global partners and expandingopportunities for Arkansas farmers and ranchers, Ward added.“The potential for development inSub-Saharan Africa is huge,” Martin said in the release. “Arkansas agribusiness has a lot to offerand establishing a relationship with this region will be mutually beneficial to our economy andtheirs. Good friends make good trading partners.”

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The Ghana Rice Inter-Professional Body(GRIB) has charged farmers to produce goodquality paddy-rice in line with efforts to promotelocally produced rice.In an interview with theB&FT, Imoro Amoro -- GRIB President,

bemoaned missed opportunities in the rice sectordue to inaccurate consumer perceptions aboutlocal rice, adding that farmers can do more todismiss such thoughts from the minds ofconsumers.“We should disabuse our minds fromthe perception that the rice produced in Ghana is

of inferior quality. The most important thing that farmers can do is produce quality paddy-rice.We are producing for the market, and because of globalisation we can never close our eyes to theimpact of the external world on our market. So, to be able to compete with others in the marketand eliminate the idea local rice is inferior, we need to produce good quality rice that meets theexpectation of consumers,” he said.

He further stated that his outfit is engaged in training farmers on how to use modern tools andmethods of production to boost output in the sector.“We are training the farmers with a systemknown as rice intensification -- a system based on transplanting instead of the traditional broadcasting method, whereby one seed can grow so much rice and the paddy also comes outclean and of very high quality. So this is what we are doing to improve the quality of the localrice,” Mr. Amoro said.On his part, Harold Ntorinkansah -- GRIB Chairman, said access to fundsmust be eased for farmers to enable them tap the full potential that exists in the rice sector.Hedecried how the Export Trade, Agriculture and Industrial Fund (EDAIF), which is supposed toaddress some of these challenges, has not been able to do so because of the mechanism underwhich the fund operates.

There is a lot of money at EDAIF, but farmers are not able to access it because the funds canonly be accessed through a bank. And as you know, financial institutions are also private firmsthat are in for profit. So if you ask farmers to go to financial institutions for funds, they will becrowded out by high interest rates.

“So for me, I feel the best way to go about this is to create a direct access where they would nothave to go through all those processes before they get the funds. Hence, an association like GRIBcan stand in for farmers and guarantee for them, so that they can access the funds directly fromus without necessarily having to go through a bank,” he said.

Statistics show that rice consumption in the country is estimated at 770,000 metric tonnes peryear, with an estimated US$500million spent on imports yearly. Anecdotal evidence suggestsGhanaian urban consumers are willing to pay 113 percent premium for imported rice.http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/business/Rice-farmers-must-produce-quality-rice-GRIB-398248

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Senate Asks FG to Reverse Lifting of Ban on Rice

Importation03 Dec 2015

Senate chambers

Corruption is Enemy of Progress and Development, Says ICPC Chairman. Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja â€¨

The Senate on Wednesday askedthe federal government to directthe Nigeria Customs Service(NCS) to suspend the recentlifting of ban on importation ofrice into the country through land borders.The resolution followedthe presentation of Senate ad-hocCommittee on Import DutyWaivers, Concessions and Grantson the Nigeria Customs Servicelifting of the ban on riceimportation through the land borders.

The Senate had at its sitting on October 15, 2015, deliberated on a motion on dangers posed bythe removal of rice from import restriction list as well as the re-introduction of import duty payment at land borders.The committee, while presenting the report to the Senate, said there wasan existing national rice policy which commenced in May, 2014 and will subsist till 2017.While presenting the report on behalf of the committee, Senator Tayo Alasoadura (Ondo Central), saidthe existing rice policy was recommended by the Inter-ministerial Committee comprisingMinistries of Agriculture; Finance, Industry; Trade and Investments, Rice Millers and RiceTraders.According to the report, the meeting which was convened following the instruction of formerPresident Goodluck Jonathan, resolved that all rice import should come through the seaports foreffective control and collection of duties and appropriate levies.The report further said thedecision to unilaterally lift the ban on importation of rice through land borders would have anadverse effect on the gains of rice policy adding that the situation violated the collective decisiontaken by the ministries and stakeholders.The committee further observed that the positive

government policies on rice since 2011 had led to the increase in the number of rice mills acrossthe country.It added that NCS failed to convince the committee about its ability to monitor the porous borders, which he said created doubt about the capacity of NCS to effectively police thenation‟s borders.Alasoadura also reported that if the NCS had done its work well, some prohibited and contra banned goods including frozen chicken would not have flooded Nigerianmarkets as it is the case now.


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He said lifting the ban would lead to evasion of custom duty and revenue losses for Nigerianmaritime agencies such as Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Nigeria Maritime and AdministrationAgency (NIMASA), NARTO, Freight Forwarders and the haulage sub-sector.The committeefurther observed that lifting of the ban would lead to diversion of vessels to neighbouring

countries, observing that 5 per cent import levy being charged on rice by these countries wasenough inducement, which he said if not checked, would lead to vessels deserting Nigerian portsand consequent unemployment.Moreover, the committee reasoned that quality control of imported rice through the land borderswould be impossible because regulatory authorities such as National Agency for Food and DrugAdministration and Control (NAFDAC), Plant Quarantine Service (PQS) and StandardOrganisation of Nigeria (SON), hardly operated at full capacity at the border stations.Given thesituation at the borders, the committee expressed concern that sub-standard rice would flood thecountry and endanger citizens‟ lives.

The committee noted that rice policy as rolled out by the Federal Ministry of Finance in 2014

should have disallowed importation of milled parboiled rice by rice millers at 30 per cent andrecommended that traders or importers should continue to import and pay import duty of 70 percent.This, it said, would mak e it possible to channel all rice importation through the nation‟sseaports.In his remark, Senate President Bukola Saraki said the committee‟s recommendationsshould be taken seriously and adequately implemented, noting that rice importation is depletingthe nation‟s revenue and as well worsening the rate of unemployment in the country. Tags: News , Nigeria , Featured

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Rice output up by 7%, export up by 10%

Georgetown, GINA, December 2, 2015

General Manager of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) Nizam Hassan is reporting a production growth of 7 percent, and an export growth of 10 percent at the end of November.According to Hassan, rice production, up to the end of November was 681, 517 metric tonnes.This is a 7 percent increase or 46, 279 metric tonnes over the whole of 2014 production of 635,235 metric tonnes.“This reflects favourably, and this is because of the approaches that ourfarmers and all the other stakeholders have put into the industry to have the industry deliver,”

Hassan told the Government Information Agency (GINA).

Exports

Notwithstanding the loss of the Venezuelan market under the Petrocaribe Rice Trade Agreement,Hassan also reported that at the end of November, rice export stood at 497, 176 metric tonnes, a10 percent increase, compared to 451,422 tonnes for the same period in 2014. The GRDB isoptimistic that the industry will surpass last year‟s export f igure. Exports reached an all-timehigh of 501,208 metric tonnes in 2014. “We expect that it will be in the double digits, but let‟s

see what would happen at the end of December. So far, given all the contracts that we have on

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board at the end of October there was almost 200,000 metric tonnes of rice contracts that werecommitted to by the private millers, and thus we are seeing that exports are going, so we expectto surpass that figure in 2014,” he said.

Markets

In light of the industry‟s performance this year, pressure continues to mount to find new markets.According to Hassan, the Government is committed to assisting the farmers to find markets, andis currently working to tie up the Mexico market.“We have had two conference calls, one withthe private sector officials in Mexico, which is theMexican Rice Council and also the publicsector agency, which is an agency in Mexico that does imports,” he said. Government is indiscussion with both parties. “The conference calls are favourably received, Guyana has suppliedthe phyto-sanitary information that was required by Mexico, and we have indicated to Mexicothat we want to accelerate that process, and thus we are going through that process ofestablishing the necessary protocols with Mexico with respect to the phyto-sanitaryarrangements,” he explained.

After the Venezuela market fell through in June, the millers along with the Governmentaccelerated talks with other potential buyers for Guyana‟s rice. “There are a lot of discussionsthat have been happening because of the interest from overseas for our rice,” Hassan told GINA. Following the fall out of the Venezuela market, more of Guyana‟s rice and paddy is being

exported now. Guyana also has an on-going contract with Panama. According to Hassan, thePanamanians have bought two sets of rice from Guyana for 2015, and December is expected tosee the conclusion of another set of contracts for the supply of rice to that country.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, whilst attending the Open Governance Summit in MexicoCity in October, met with that country‟s Agriculture Minister Jose Calzada, during which acommitment was made to buy some of the country‟s paddy.The new administration has

prioritised assisting farmers to find alternative international markets, in light of the country‟scontinued production boom, and in the midst of the loss of a major market inVenezuela.Guyana‟s production in the first half of 2015 was 359,960 tonnes, 15.3 percent morethan last year's record high, first-half production of 312,283 tonnes.

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Rice production up by 7 percent, export 10 percent

Georgetown, GINA, December 2, 2015

General Manager of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) Nizam Hassan is reporting a production growth of 7 percent, and an export growth of 10 percent at the end of November.According to Hassan, rice production, up to the end of November was 681, 517 metric tonnes.This is a 7 percent increase or 46, 279 metric tonnes over the whole of 2014 production of 635,235 metric tonnes.“This reflects favourably, and this is because of the approaches that our


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farmers and all the other stakeholders have put into the industry to have the industry deliver,”Hassan told the Government Information Agency (GINA).

Exports

Notwithstanding the loss of the Venezuelan market under the Petrocaribe Rice Trade Agreement,Hassan also reported that at the end of November, rice export stood at 497, 176 metric tonnes, a10 percent increase, compared to 451,422 tonnes for the same period in 2014.The GRDB isoptimistic that the industry will surpass last year‟s export figure. Exports reached an all-timehigh of 501,208 metric tonnes in 2014. “We expect that it will be in the double digits, but let‟s

see what would happen at the end of December. So far, given all the contracts that we have on board at the end of October there was almost 200,000 metric tonnes of rice contracts that werecommitted to by the private millers, and thus we are seeing that exports are going, so we expectto surpass that figure in 2014,” he said.

Markets

In light of the industry‟s performance this year, pressure continues to mount to find new markets.According to Hassan, the Government is committed to assisting the farmers to find markets, andis currently working to tie up the Mexico market.We have had two conference calls, one with the private sector officials in Mexico, which is the Mexican Rice Council and also the public sectoragency, which is an agency in Mexico that does imports,” he said.

Government is in discussion with both parties. “The confer ence calls are favourably received,Guyana has supplied the phyto-sanitary information that was required by Mexico, and we haveindicated to Mexico that we want to accelerate that process, and thus we are going through that process of establishing the necessary protocols with Mexico with respect to the phyto-sanitary

arrangements,” he explained. After the Venezuela market fell through in June, the millers alongwith the Government accelerated talks with other potential buyers for Guyana‟s rice. “There area lot of discussions that have been happening because of the interest from overseas for our rice,”

Hassan told GINA. Following the fall out of the Venezuela market, more of Guyana‟s rice and paddy is being exported now. Guyana also has an on-going contract with Panama.

According to Hassan, the Panamanians have bought two sets of rice from Guyana for 2015, andDecember is expected to see the conclusion of another set of contracts for the supply of rice tothat country.rime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, whilst attending the Open Governance Summitin Mexico City in October, met with that country‟s Agriculture Minister Jose Calzada, during

which a commitment was made to buy some of the country‟s paddy.The new administration has

prioritised assisting farmers to find alternative international markets, in light of the country‟scontinued production boom, and in the midst of the loss of a major market inVenezuela.Guyana‟s production in the first half of 2015 was 359,960 tonnes, 15.3 percent morethan last year's record high, first-half production of 312,283 tonnes.

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Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open-Dec 03

Thu Dec 3, 2015 2:16pm IST Nagpur, Dec 3 Gram prices reported strong in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and

Marketing Committee (APMC) here on increased demand from local millers amid thin supplyfrom producing regionss. Healthy hike in Madhya Pradesh gram prices and reported demandfrom South-based millers also helped to push up prices, according to sources.

* * * *

FOODGRAINS & PULSESGRAM* Gram varieties ruled steady open market here but demand was poor.

TUAR

* Tuar Gavarani moved down in open market on poor demand from local traders amid highmoisture content arrival.

* Rice Basmati recovered further in open market on good demand from local tradersamid weak overseas arrival.

* In Akola, Tuar - 10,000-10,300, Tuar dal - 15,800-16,200, Udid -13,400-13,800, Udid Mogar (clean) - 16,800-17,500, Moong -9,700-9,900, Moong Mogar (clean) 11,000-11,400, Gram - 4,200-4,300,Gram Super best bold - 6,100-6,300 for 100 kg.

* Wheat, other varieties of rice and other commodities remained steady in open marketin weak trading activity.

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

FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous closeGram Auction 4,200-4,900 4,110-4,900Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600Tuar Auction n.a. 7,000-8,000Moong Auction n.a. 6,000-6,400Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500

Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800Gram Super Best Bold 6,600-6,800 6,600-6,800Gram Super Best n.a. n.a.Gram Medium Best 6,200-6,400 6,200-6,200Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.aGram Mill Quality 5,200-5,300 5,200-5,300Desi gram Raw 4,900-5,000 4,900-5,000


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Gram Filter new 5,600-5,800 5,600-5,800Gram Kabuli 6,100-8,000 6,100-8,000Gram Pink 6,700-7,500 6,700-7,500Tuar Fataka Best 16,200-16,700 16,200-16,700Tuar Fataka Medium 15,200-15,700 15,200-15,700

Tuar Dal Best Phod 14,200-14,700 14,200-14,700Tuar Dal Medium phod 12,700-13,200 12,700-13,200Tuar Gavarani New 11,000-11,500 11,000-11,600Tuar Karnataka 11,600-12,100 11,600-12,100Tuar Black 17,300-17,600 17,300-17,600Masoor dal best 7,500-7,800 7,500-7,800Masoor dal medium 6,900-7,400 7,100-7,400Masoor n.a. n.a.Moong Mogar bold 10,900-11,800 10,900-11,800Moong Mogar Med 10,300-11,100 10,300-11,100Moong dal Chilka 8,700-9,800 8,700-9,800

Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.Moong Chamki best 9,100-9,900 9,100-9,900Udid Mogar Super best (100 INR/KG) 16,500-18,000 16,500-18,000Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 14,000-16,000 14,000-16,000Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 10,000-10,900 10,000-10,900Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 5,800-6,200 5,800-6,200Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 4,900-5,100 4,900-5,100Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,200 3,000-3,200Watana White (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,100 3,000-3,100Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,500 3,200-3,500Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,700 1,600-1,700

Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 1,500-1,600 1,500-1,600Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 1,500-1,700 1,500-1,700Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,400 2,000-2,400Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 1,850-2,100 1,950-2,100Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,400-4,000 3,400-4,100MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,800 2,600-2,900Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,300 3,000-3,300Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,800 2,600-2,800Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG) 1,800-2,000 1,800-2,000Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,550 2,200-2,550

Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,300 1,900-2,300Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) 3,600-3,900 3,600-3,900Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,400 3,200-3,400Rice HMT Shriram best(100 INR/KG) 4,500-5,200 4,500-5,200Rice HMT Shriram med.(100 INR/KG) 4,100-4,600 4,100-4,600Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 9,800-11,900 9,300-11,700Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 7,800-8,100 7,600-7,900


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Rice Chinnor best(100 INR/KG) 5,500-6,000 5,300-5,800Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) 4,900-5,600 4,700-5,400Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,200 1,900-2,200Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,700-1,900 1,700-1,900

WEATHER (NAGPUR)Maximum temp. 32.1 degree Celsius (89.8 degree Fahrenheit), minimum temp.15.9 degree Celsius (60.6 degree Fahrenheit)Humidity: Highest - 92 per cent, lowest - 42 per centRainfall : n.a.FORECAST: Mainly clear sky. Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 31and 16 degree Celsius respectively.

Note: n.a.--not available(For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but included in market prices.)

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Arkansas Farm Bureau Daily Commodity Report

Rice High Low

Long Grain Cash Bids - - - - - -

Long Grain New Crop - - - - - -

Futures: High Low Last Change

Jan '16 1195.0 1165.5 1171.5 -19.0

Mar '16 1215.5 1194.0 1197.5 -19.5

May '16 1237.5 1230.0 1227.0 -19.5

Jul '16 1255.5 1255.5 1252.0 -20.5

Sep '16 1253.5 1253.5 1239.0 -17.0

Nov '16 1240.5 -15.5

Jan '17 1240.5 -15.5

Rice Comment

Rice prices closed lower today. The market held support near October lows of 11.68, however the market needsome bullish news to help pull prices out of thier recent declines. Prices continue to be pressured by slowdemand and large supplies in the U.S. http://www.arfb.com/ag-markets-statistics/report/

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Government agencies purchase 14.06 MT compared to 10.7 MT last yearBy: Sandip Das | New Delhi | December 2, 2015 1:30 AM

Despite prospect of a lower output this year due to deficient monsoon, rice procurement by FoodCorporation of India (FCI) and state government-owned agencies this kharif marketing season

(2015-16) has seen a sharp increase of more than 31% so far in comparison to last year.Thegovernment agencies have purchased more than 14.06 million tonne of rice since October 1(when new procurement season began) till Tuesday, compared to 10.7 million tonne rice purchased from farmers during the same period last year.Food ministry sources told FE that thehigher procurement of rice is also attributed to fall in prices of common variety of rice in variousmandis across the country. “The farmers prefer to sell their grain to agencies rather than giving it

to private traders in Punjab and Haryana,” an official said. Even Basmati paddy prices is in therange of Rs 2,200 to Rs 2,800 per quintal in the mandis across Punjab and Haryana.

As per the latest data, out of the total riceequivalent of paddy procurement in

Punjab, the agencies have purchased 9.3million tonne of rice till now thussurpassing even the target of 8.8 milliontonne for 2015-16 marketing season. InPunjab, which contributes highestvolume of rice and wheat to the central pool, 7.7 million tonne of rice was purchased during the same period lastyear.In Haryana, the state governmentagencies have purchased more than 2.8million tonne of rice equivalent of paddy

by now, thus surpassing the target of 2.3million tonne set for the year.

Other states, which have commenced rice procurement, include Uttar Pradesh (3.8 lakh tonne),Telangana (4.9 lakh tonne), Kerala (76,933 tonne), etc. Chhattisgarh recently commenced rice procurement drive while the purchasing campaign would commence in Odisha shortly.Foodministry officials say if the current trend continues, the overall rice procurement during 2015-16 period would surpass the target of 30 million tonne. The agencies had purchased 32 milliontonne of rice so far in 2014-15 marketing year (October-September). The agencies buy paddyfrom the farmers and give to millers for conversion into rice.The Cabinet Committee onEconomic Affairs in June had increased the minimum support price of common variety of paddy

by Rs 50 to Rs 1,410 per quintal for 2015-16 kharif season. The hike in MSP is in line with therecommendation of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices.Meanwhile, the foodministry has asked agencies in the decentralised procurement states Madhya Pradesh,Chhattisgarh and Odisha and other non-traditional states Bihar and Jharkhand to maximise the procurement of rice and coarse grains during next marketing season. The FCI has been preparinga policy for involving private sectors in the procurement of rice in eastern states.
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