For more than six decades, a major stop along the way to a new rice farming season is the Mid-South Farm & Gin Show. This year’s event will be held at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tenn., March 3-4. Read More »
Market needs a spark in demand, particularly from foreign buyers, to reach upside price potential. Read More »
TEXAS Dr. M.O. “Mo” Way Rice Research Entomologist moway@aesrg.tamu.edu It was an ugly year Rice was planted on about 165,000 acres in 2016 compared to about 130,000 in 2015, according to the Texas Rice Crop Survey. This increase was due to release of water to farmers along the Colorado and Brazos Rivers following a wet winter, which helped fill upstream ... Read More »
To create positive momentum and remove the cloud moving forward, demand and accompanying sales will need to increase. Read More »
Rice Growers Association LLC recently opened an office in Yuba City, Calif. The vertically integrated company was formed by rice producer Greg Van Dyke and industry veteran Pat Daddow. Read More »
Erratic export demand, strong U.S. dollar and higher U.S. rice prices conspire to soften short-term market outlook. Read More »
This season, U.S. rice growers nationwide are expected to plant 3.04 million acres, or 17 percent more than they did in 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s prospective plantings report released March 31. Read More »
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 other regions of the world. The 2016 edition, scheduled for May 31-June 2 at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Houston, ... Read More »
Some trading ‘partners’ fail to live up to their agreements. Just as you’re getting your farms ready for the next rice-growing season, we’re getting ready here in Washington, D.C., for the next legislative season, finalizing priorities and planning for the year ahead. And what a year it is promising to be. The second session of the 114th Congress has what ... Read More »
Medium-grain exports strengthen as long-grain export demand continues to struggle. Read More »
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