Convention brings together the world of technology and rice marketers in Houston.
Although the focus of the Rice Market & Technology Convention has always be on the rice market of the Americas, the success of this event has spread to...
RMTC in Houston offers opportunities to network with international buyers, vendors and other participants.
Mark your calendar — the Rice Market & Technology Convention is coming to Houston, May 31–June 2. Judging from early comments from participants and confirmed exhibitors,...
Houston-based RiceTec has partnered with Crop Protection Services to contribute $75,000 to a conservation project led by University of Arkansas soil scientist Trent Roberts.
The contribution fulfilled a matching grant total of $150,000 from the Natural Resources Conservation Service for...
The California Department of Water Resources announced an initial 2016 water allocation of 10 percent for customers of the State Water Project.
The allocation could be increased or decreased, depending on precipitation received this winter. The Department of Water Resources,...
Direct-farmer marketing pays off with a rough rice shipment to Mexico.
If we begin with the premise that rice producers today have lost most of the assistance they used to receive from Washington, then marketing their harvests takes on an...
Nominations are now open for the 2016 Louisiana Hall of Distinction award.
Founded in 2013, the award is a cooperative effort among the Louisiana Radio Network, the Louisiana State University AgCenter, and the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
It is...
Deere & Co. is on an acquisition mode, announcing Nov. 3 that it would acquire Monosem, a European manufacturer of precision planters.
The purchase includes the firm's four facilities in France and two in the United States.
Under the arrangement, Monosem...
As a huge college football fan, particularly the SEC, I love watching the “SEC Storied” documentary series, launched by ESPN films in September 2011. Being a college football fan in the off-season is difficult, so I look for anything...
USRPA will continue to work with the Mexican Rice Council to negotiate a satisfactory outcome for the TPP.
Mexico is the largest market for U.S. rice, and it appears that one of the consequences of the new Trans Pacific Partnership...
Rice Market & Technology Convention goes to Cancun, Mexico!
Building on the success of last year’s big event in San Jose, Costa Rica, the 2015 Rice Market & Technology Convention (RMTC 2015) is heading to Mexico, the largest rice-importing country...
Nurturing the seeds of a new beginning...finally.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”
I am reminded of this Chinese proverb when I reflect on the foresight and perseverance that American...
This market situation deserves attention for supply potential and ability to set prices.
By Tiago Barata
Owner/Publisher of Agrotendencias Ltda – a rice market analysis publication focused on the Mercosur market Sao Gabriel, RG, Brazil Advisory Group, USRPA A yearly contributor...
Disease resistance breeding efforts contribute to mild year
By Bruce Schultz
LSU AgCenter
Disease in rice was not as big of a problem in 2014 for most growers as in previous years, according to LSU AgCenter plant pathologist Don Groth.
“With as much...
On its anniversary, USRPA looks back at 2014 and ahead to 2015.
December marks the 17th anniversary of the US Rice Producers Association, or USRPA. Today, it remains the only national rice organization comprised of rice farmers, elected by rice...
2014 indicates supply/demand equilibrium for Mercosur rice sector.
Definitely, the rice business in the Mercosur countries of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay are no longer what they used to be up to five years ago. Up to that time, we...
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