As you prepare your fields for this year’s crop, USA Rice is developing marketing plans to help move the rice you will grow. Read More »
Tag Archives: Marketing
Simple economics
With an imbalance between supply and demand, lower production and supplies will be needed in 2017 to strengthen prices. Read More »
See you at the Mid-South Farm & Gin Show
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 »
Exports lag
Market needs a spark in demand, particularly from foreign buyers, to reach upside price potential. Read More »
Specialists Speaking
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 »
Dark cloud hangs over market
To create positive momentum and remove the cloud moving forward, demand and accompanying sales will need to increase. Read More »
Rice Growers Association opens office in Yuba City, Calif.
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 »
Uphill battle
Erratic export demand, strong U.S. dollar and higher U.S. rice prices conspire to soften short-term market outlook. Read More »
USDA expects planted rice acres to jump by 17% this season
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 »
Unique Opportunities
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 »