When examining the current market situation for rice, there seem to be two different sets of supply and demand fundamentals whether considering shortterm market movement or longer-term, new crop price prospects.
In the short term, the supply and demand conditions...
Two New Clearfield Varieties Released
LSU AgCenter has announced the release of two new Clearfield rice varieties, an improved Jazzman and a medium grain, according to Steve Linscombe, rice breeder and director of the Rice Research Station. Both will be...
California brothers represent four generations of rice with the fifth generation not far behind
By Carroll Smith
Editor
Criss Jami, an American poet, essayist and existentialist philosopher quotes, “Unlike wealth, there is an infinite value in legacy.” And a family legacy in...
Honorees, industry issues took center stage at St. Louis meeting.
Despite inclement weather across the region, attendance at the 2013 USA Rice Outlook Conference in St. Louis was outstanding. More than 600 rice farmers and industry affiliates attended the meeting...
Milo Hamilton is an agricultural economist, a co-founder of Firstgrain. com, a global authority on rice and an author. His new book, When Rice Shakes the World – The Importance of the First Grain to World Economic and Political...
Cooking contest in Japan increases reach of U.S. rice
This summer, USA Rice conducted the highly-competitive U.S. Medium-Grain Rice Chef Menu Contest. One of the contestants, Mr. Masato Gokita of the Kiwa Corporation, created a dish called “Moussaka style of...
By Carroll Smith
Editor
The Rice Awards program, sponsored by Horizon Ag, Rice Farming magazine and USA Rice Federation highlights three honorees for their contributions to the success of the rice industry via the Rice Farmer of the Year, the Rice...
By Brian Otis, Ph. D.
RiceTec
Hybrid rice is changing the way rice is grown in America for the better. Hybrids gained an initial foothold in the U.S. market in 2003 and have achieved an average market growth of almost 40...
By Kurt Guidry
LSU AgCenter
After not having a supply and demand report from the USDA in October due to the government shutdown, the November World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report was highly anticipated by many of the commodity markets....
In Memory: Robert M. Bor
As published in the May 7 edition of USA Rice Daily, The USA Rice Federation mourns the passing of Robert M. Bor, 90, of Silver Spring, Md., who was general counsel for the USA Rice...
First Session Completed
The 2013-15 Rice Leadership Development Program class participated in its first session March 11-15, with a look at rice production and marketing programs in the Gulf Coast states of Texas and Louisiana.
In Texas, the group met with...
California IPM Information
The third edition of Integrated Pest Management for Rice is now available. The publication’s informative color photographs of pests and their damage, line drawings, tables and figures are valuable aids in the diagnosis and treatment of common...
Will Rice Prices Increase?
Rice prices are likely to improve with the expectation that China will buy American rice and the Brazilian crop will be off this year, a rice marketing consultant said on Jan. 31 at the National Conservation...
Siebenmorgen Recognized With Friend Of The Farmer Award
Terry Siebenmorgen, University Professor of Food Science and director of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Rice Processing Program, is the recipient of the Riceland Foods 2012 Friend of the...
Meredith Williams named Miss Arkansas Rice 2012-13
This past August, Meredith Williams, 18, daughter of Bill and Ruth Williams of White County, was named 2012-13 Miss Arkansas Rice. Bailey Dillinger of St. Francis County was first runner-up and second runner-up...
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