Today Rice News Headlines:

Non-basmati rice exporters keen to scale Chinese wall

Floods leave a trail of destruction
Regional Experts Meet In Bangkok To Discuss Scale-Up Of
Rice Fortification I n Asia
Going I nside the Rice Microbiome
Global rice market winks at El Nio
Nueva Ecija I T experts develop mobile app for rice farmers
2014 Market Research Report on Global Basmati Rice
I ndustry
GMO safety, weed control top concerns as U.S. study kicks off
Conservation Fundraising Efforts Down to the Wire
Nueva Ecija I T experts develop mobile app for rice farmers
CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures
California drought threatens sushi, too
The price of rice for consumers in general will rise
The J ambalaya Calculator could only exist in Louisiana
Typhoon Luis leaves PHL with P400-M in rice, crop damage
Rice prices stable
7 years needed to clear rice debts: BAAC
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- Sep 13


Contact & Visit
www.ricepluss.com
mujahid.riceplus@gmail.com
7
th
Floor,Suite 11 Central Plaza New Garden Town Lahore-54600
Landline :92 3584 5551
For Advertisement Specs & Rates:
Contact: mujahid.riceplus@gmail.com 92 321 3692874



Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter
16
th
September, 2014
News Detail.
Non-basmati rice exporters
keen to scale Chinese wall
VISHWANATH KULKARNI

Absence of phyto norms hitherto have
hindered shipments
BANGALORE SEPTEMBER 15:
Indian rice exporters keen to tap the Chinese
market want the Union Government to take
up the issue of non-tariff barriers with
visiting President Xi Jinping this
week.China, which began importing rice for
the past four years, has not granted access to
the Indian non-basmati rice in absence of
any defined phytosanitary norms between
the two neighbouring countries. However,
China has been sourcing its requirement
from countries such as Pakistan, Vietnam
and Thailand.Though China opened up its
market for Indian basmati in 2012, the non-
basmati varieties cannot be exported
because of a lack of a phyto
protocol.Without the phyto protocols in
place, we cannot initiate our exports to
China.
The Government should take up this issue so
that our exports are facilitated, said B
Krishna Rao, representing the Agri
Exporters Association. Any increase in
exports will eventually benefit the growers,
considering that the Government has
decided to cut down the levy rice
procurement from the 2014-15 kharif
marketing season. Trade sources feel that
Indian non-basmati rice was denied access
to Chinese market for political reasons.If
they can buy from Pakistan, they can buy
better quality Indian rice as well, said
Tejinder Narang, a grains trade analyst.
Chinese rice imports are rising every year
as they are moving away from water-
intensive crops and India should not be
ignored in this regard, he added.
Chinas rice imports were close to around 5
million tonnes last year and the steady
increase in its purchases have kept the
Vietnamese prices firm.India has emerged as
the biggest rice exporter in the recent years
with annual shipments hovering or
exceeding 10 million tonnes on firm demand
for its cereal mainly from African countries
and renewed interest from Russia and
Ukraine. The exporters here are keen to gain
access to the Chinese market considering
that India can offer better quality and price
and a wider variety.If Russia, which is the
most stringent in quality norms, is accepting
the Indian rice without any hitch, China
should ideally not have any issues. India, as
a supplier, ideally suits China in terms of
dependability, said an official at a large
commodity exporting firm.
(This article was published on September 15, 2014)
Floods leave a trail of
destruction





An aerial view taken from a Pakistani air
force helicopter showing a flooded area in
Shujabad Punjab province yesterday.
Internews/Islamabad
The riverine floods have been raging in
Pakistans eastern province of Punjab for
more than a week now. After wreaking
devastation, the flood water cleared the rice
zone and by the weekend was on the
rampage in the southern part of the province,
known as the cotton belt.
Though it is too early to assess the final
figure of the damage, initial estimates put up
by the official agencies are alarming.By
Thursday evening, the floods, to varying
levels, had affected more than 1m acres of
the rice zone. It hit 1.8m people, mostly
farmers, along with 800,000 livestock.Since
the flood entered Pakistan through the rice
zone (upper and central districts of the
Punjab), the crop was first to take the hit.
According to growers, out of these 1m
affected acres, more than half were under
the rice crop and the rest mainly fodder.Both
these crops are highly important for the
farmers; one sustaining their lives, the other
their livestock. With both these crops greatly
impacted, the farmer may have a financially
difficult some put it as disastrous year
ahead.As per farmers initial claims, they
fear more than 15% loss in rice yield, which
in monitory terms means anything between
Rs20bn to Rs25bn. What makes it worst for
farmers is they would suffer the entire loss
individually.Even if 10 acre per family is
taken as an average, the floods have already
financially destroyed over 70,000 farming
families in one part of the province and
repeating the performance in the other
part.What makes these floods
psychologically more damaging for farmers,
is the reality that the flood pattern has been
same for the last many centuries.
These areas, because they fall on the
foothill of the water generating
systems, suffer the most.The water runs
down quickly from hills, leaving no time for
them to recover, and the successive
governments have left them at the mercy of
this unchecked quantum and flow of floods.
This year, the Met office issued an alert on
September 1, and this alert was converted
into a warning on September 3 and floods
hit the area the next day.If flood data is
something to go by, the current one is flood
No. 24 in the last 50 years, making it almost
alternate year phenomenon. During the last
four years, it has been the second major
flood in the same area. Despite this
documentation, the floods visit these areas
regularly, and remain unchecked.As history
has it, three rivers - Jehlum, Chenab and
Ravi - broke their banks this year as well
and inundated vast areas.But even before
them, their tributaries had caused the main
damage before falling into main rivers and
causing cumulative flooding.
The Jehlum was tamed to some extent by
Mangla dam, though it could still be
questioned whether more water could have
been absorbed in the lake through in-time
controlled releases. Still, it took a large
impact.It was Chenab, along with four major
tributaries - Dek, Basanter, Dain and Palkhu
- that devastated the rice zone.For the last 67
years, these tributaries have been converted
into a recipe for disasters by different state
and private structures, hampering their flow
instead of making efforts to smoothly
channelise them into Chenab.
Railway lines, roads and bridges have been
built by the state with narrow passages,
which become part of the problem in times
of floods.The official response to this
recurring tragedy is also a classic case of
kneejerk; a well advertised compensation
package, which has no relation with the
scale of loss.Even this year, both federal and
provincial governments put together have so
far announced Rs2bn against initial
estimates of around Rs25bn losses of rice
zone alone.This compensation package is
not for crop losses alone, but includes all
kind of losses; deaths, total or partial home
damages, medical and other logistics
Regional Experts Meet In
Bangkok To Discuss Scale-
Up Of Rice Fortification In
Asia

Source: World Food Programme - Mon, 15
Sep 2014 01:32 GMT
Author: World Food Programme
Any views expressed in this article are
those of the author and not of Thomson
Reuters Foundation.
BANGKOK – Adding essential
vitamins and minerals to rice is a cost-
effective way to address micronutrient
deficiencies in many Asian countries and an
international conference bringing together
nearly 200 experts, including delegations
from nine countries across the region, aims
to determine concrete action to scale up rice
fortification.BANGKOK - Adding essential
vitamins and minerals to rice is a cost-
effective way to address micronutrient
deficiencies in many Asian countries and an
international conference bringing together
nearly 200 experts, including delegations
from nine countries across the region, aims
to determine concrete action to scale up rice
fortification.
Between 16 and 19 September, the
conference "Scaling Up Rice Fortification in
Asia" will host discussions in Bangkok
about the latest evidence on the
effectiveness of rice fortification, best
practices from countries where rice is
already being fortified, and the latest
developments in technologies and policies.
Countries who are attending are all planning
or already working to introduce the
distribution of fortified rice, including
Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, India,
Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines and
Sri Lanka.
"Fortification of basic foodstuffs isn't a
new concept," said Kenro Oshidari,
Regional Director for Asia of the United
Nations World Food Programme (WFP).
"Wheat flour, maize flour and salt are
routinely enriched with micronutrients in
many countries - often with government
regulations enforcing the practice. It's been
demonstrated that it is possible and
economically viable to do this on a large
scale, with significant public health benefits.
Progress in technology means that now this
is a possibility for rice fortification as
well." Across the globe, more than two
billion people are affected by micronutrient
deficiencies, which rob them of the
possibility to achieve their full potential in
leading a healthy and productive life.
Rice is the staple food for three billion
people in the world - most of them in Asia.
Rice fortification is an ideal platform to help
people get the micronutrients they need,
without having to change their eating habits.
It has the potential to reach a high
proportion of the population and is an
important addition to other efforts to
improve people's nutrition. Delegates will
have the opportunity to identify factors that
enable or hinder the scale-up of rice
fortification, discuss strategies for
overcoming bottlenecks or leveraging
success factors, with the aim of identifying
practical next steps to expand rice
fortification programmes.
The conference is co-organized by the Food
Fortification Initiative (FFI), the Global
Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), the
Micronutrient Initiative (MI), PATH, the
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
and WFP. Participants include
government and private sector
representatives, as well as experts in
nutrition, public health, food technology and
development issues, and donors to
development and humanitarian activities.
Representatives from the private sector, such
as rice traders, millers and equipment
suppliers, will also be present, underlining
their essential role in scaling up rice
fortification.
*** Note to editors *** Journalists and
editors: for photos and requests for
interviews with experts during the course of
the conference,
please contact Silke Buhr (WFP),
silke.buhr@wfp.org, +66(0)81-701-9208.

Fighting Poisons With Bacteria
Going Inside the Rice Microbiome
By CARINA STORRSSEPT. 15,
2014
The effort to save rice is but one use of
microbial bacteria in protecting or enhancing
agricultural plants.CreditHarsh Bais/University
of Delaware
When Harsh Bais grows rice plants in trays
of water in his greenhouse at the University
of Delaware, he can easily spot the ones that
have been exposed to arsenic: They
are stunted, with shorter stems and
shrunken, yellow-tinged leaves. Dr. Bais is
working to develop rice plants that take up
less arsenic, a common contaminant in the
fields of his native India and other Asian
countries.
Chronic exposure to arsenichas been linked
to heart disease,diabetes and genetic
damage associated with elevated risk
for cancer.But instead of trying to breed new
strains of rice or alter its DNA, he and other
scientists have set out in a surprising new
direction. They are looking at the vast and
untappedmicrobial community that lives
near the rices roots.These bacteria are the
botanic equivalent of the human
microbiome the trillions of organisms
that live in our guts, many performing
beneficial tasks like digesting food and
fighting off infection.The hope is to find
bacteria that will somehow block arsenic in
its path from soil to roots to stem to edible
grain. In the past three years, Dr. Bais has
isolated about a dozen bacterial species,
added them to plants in the greenhouse and
looked for the telltale signs of arsenic
poisoning.
Now, he says, he has zeroed in on one
species, Pantoea agglomerans, that seems to
reduce arsenic in the plants stem to one-
eighth its former levels.Research on the
plant microbiome is very hot because
everyone is trying to find things that can
increase growth and yield, said Dr. Bais,
an associate professor of plant and soil
sciences at Delaware. But he added that for
him, arsenic in rice was a burning
issue.For scientists interested in
understanding and tweaking plant traits,
there is a longer list than ever of bacteria to
investigate. Just as in human microbiome
research, advances in DNA sequencing have
made it possible to identify large groups of
related bacteria from different plant types
and soil conditions.Agricultural companies
are already using bacteria on seeds of major
crops such as corn and soybean to help them
bear more fruit, require less fertilizer or
tolerate disease and pests. But so far, these
probiotic, or biologic, products have mostly
been based on well-known bacteria from a
limited number of related groups.This year,
Monsanto entered a partnership with
Novozymes, a Danish company that sells
more than 200 biologic products, to begin
testing organisms from the corn and soybean
microbiomes at thousands of field sites.
When we talk about the microbiome, were
usually talking about the one inside humans.
It turns out there are small worlds of bacteria
helping to guide the health of plants as
well. David Corcoran and Jeffery DelViscio

An extensive study of the rice microbiome is
underway in the lab of Venkatesan
Sundaresan, a professor of plant biology and
plant sciences at University of California,
Davis. Using DNA sequencing, he has found
at least a quarter-million bacterial species in
the rice microbiome, and counting.Although
Dr. Sundaresan is looking at the microbial
community as a whole and how it changes
when plants face stress, he is also interested
in the functions of individual microbes. So
he struck up a collaboration with Dr. Bais,
shipping him a sample of soil from rice roots
in his test field in Davis. Dr. Bais isolated 11
strains of bacteria from the California soil
and coated separate batches of rice seeds
with a single strain each before planting
them in a hydroponic greenhouse.
As the seeds sprouted, each type of microbe
was transferred to the roots of one batch.
The scientists then tested how the bacterial
cohabitants affected plant growth in the
presence of arsenic or pathogens.P.
agglomerans is the first microbe that has
been shown to reduce arsenic in rice. (The
research, funded by the National Science
Foundation, has not been published. But in
May, the scientists reported on a different
bacterium found to suppress a fungal
infection called blast, which kills up to 30
percent of the worlds rice crop.)
While the microbe appears to keep most
arsenic out of the rices stem and leaves, the
crucial question is how it affects the grain.
The researchers hope to find out this
growing season.Another big question is how
the arsenic-shielding bacterium works. The
best clue is that it seems to help the roots
pump out oxygen, perhaps aiding in
oxidation of iron in the soil. The resulting
iron rust, which is known to bind to arsenic,
could be keeping it out of the plants.
It remains to be seen whether an antiarsenic
bacterium could survive in the face of
competition from myriad other soil
bacteria.Microbes for crops have the
reputation of being finicky, said Tom
Adams, vice president for chemistry
technology at Monsanto. But he added that
new technology could help predict which
microbes would work best in different soil
and environmental conditions.Biologic
products could become one of several
strategies to reduce arsenic in rice, along
with breeding and genetic modification.I
would love the microbes to add to the
genetic possibilities and the possibilities of
water management and shortening the
growing period, said Shannon Pinson, a
plant geneticist at the United States
Department of Agricultures National Rice
Research Center in Stuttgart, Ark. If we
can put 10 baby steps together, we could
make a big step.
Researchers develop healthier rice strains
In the past, many health-conscious people
intentionally reduced their rice consumption
to control their body weight. They dont
have to do so anymore, however, due to
newly-added health features that can be
found in rice these days.The Rural
Development Administration (RDA)
recently developed a range of new rice
varieties that now have medicinal or health-
oriented functions. The new rice varieties
were developed with strengthened nutrients
and can promote growth, can help lessen the
results of aging, can treat some aspects of
alcohol poisoning and can be good for
people on a diet.
Haiami is one of the new varieties of rice
developed by the RDA. It has a slightly
modified taste, aimed at encouraging
children to eat more and to grow faster.
Keunnun is a germinated variety of brown
rice. It can help prevent some diseases.For
families with children, take a closer look at
the Haiami and Yeongan strains, as these
varieties are especially designed to help kids
as they grow. Haiami has a modified taste
and contains higher levels of amino acids.
Yeongan contains higher levels of lysine, a
type of amino acid that can be found in
animal protein. It helps produce cartilage
and ligaments. The amino acid is especially
important in many Asian diets that are grain-
focused and which may feature less animal
protein.
The Keunnun and Samkwang varieties are
germinated brown rice and both help prevent
some diseases. The embryo rice bud of
Keunnun is three times larger than that of
normal rice. Once it is processed into an
edible form, it contains nine times more
GABA, a neurotransmitter that can be found
in the human brain or spinal cord. The
Samkwang variety is resistant to blight, so it
can be grown with fewer chemical inputs.
Some rice varieties have anti-aging effects.
The black color of the Heugkwang,
Heugjinju and Geonganghongmi varieties
functions as an antioxidant. These varieties
contain a high level of anthocyanin and
dietary fiber, both good at preventing some
diseases. Geonganghongmi contains a high
level of antioxidative components and
polyphenol, both of which help remove free
oxygen radicals. Polyphenol helps humans
to maintain their health and can help against
some diseases. It also lowers cholesterol
levels by prohibiting the absorption of
cholesterol into the digestive tract.
The Heugkwang (left) and Heugjinju
varieties of rice have antioxidant functions
which can help to slow some aspects of
aging and may prevent some diseases.The
Milyang236 variety can help against some
aspects of alcohol poisoning. It contains
high levels of GABA, which help people to
reduce the craving for alcohol and which
can help nurse hangovers, the RDA claimed.
It is also good against hypertension.The
Goami2 and Goami3 varieties were
designed to help people maintain their diet.
They contain three times more dietary fiber
than ordinary rice, which makes people feel
fuller and more satiated.
Dietary fiber also helps people absorb sugar
or neutral fat.Other rice varieties have
strengthened medicinal functions.
Josaengheugchal helps remove Helicobacter
pylori which causes gastritis. Red yeast rice
raises the level of good cholesterol and
reduces bad cholesterol in the human body.
Nunkeunheugchal contains fat-soluble
components such as gamma oryzanol, which
can help against metabolic syndromes.The
RDA has been conducting its research
alongside universities and hospitals in order
to develop rice varieties with improved
medicinal functions. The state rural
development authorities said that it plans to
develop 10 more rice varieties by 2017
which will be able to help treat modernitys
lifestyle diseases.
By Yoon Sojung | Korea.net
Global rice market winks at
El Nio
Category: Agri-Commodities
15 Sep 2014

Written by Samarendu Mohanty
THE global rice market has been quite
uneventful in the past several months. The news
of possible monsoon failure in India and
Southeast Asia because of El Nio, the
uncertainties involving the Thai rice-pledging
scheme, and the fate of existing rice stocks have
failed to perturb the market.The only exceptional
event in the market has been the steady
downward slide of Thai rice prices because of
uncertainties in the pledging scheme. Between
February 2013 and May 2014, the Thai price for
25-percent broken rice declined by more than 40
percent from $584 to $346 per ton.
During the same period, the large spread of $150
to $200 per ton between Thai and competitor
prices (India, Vietnam and Pakistan) more or
less disappeared, and, in some cases, the Thai
price fell below some competitor prices.This has
enabled Thailand to export more in the
international market. During the first four
months of 2014, Thai rice exports increased to
2.93 million tons compared with 1.98 million
tons during the same time a year ago.The failure
of the Thai government to raise funds for the
pledging scheme to continue because of political
turmoil and the caretaker status of the
government led to the steep decline in Thai rice
prices in the past several months. In addition, the
government has been auctioning rice from
existing stocks to raise funds to pay off farmers
who pledged rice late last year, putting further
downward pressure on Thai prices.
Although the current military junta in Thailand
is concerned about the low rice prices for
farmers, it is not clear what measures it will
implement to raise these prices. The government
has also not spelled out its plan on how its
existing stocks will be released to the market.
We hope that the current government will not
repeat the mistake made by its predecessor and
will find a nondistorting way to support farm
income if it desires to do so and let the market
work. If this happens, Thai rice exports will rise
and, undoubtedly, the country will become the
top exporter again.Apart from political
uncertainties in Thailand, the rice market also
faces weather uncertainties in the coming
months because of El Nio.
Many rice-growing countries in South and
Southeast Asia are cautiously optimistic on
rainfall distribution in the next few months that
will determine the fate of the biggest crop of the
year.In the case of India, the largest rice exporter
in the world, where the wetseason crop accounts
for more than 85 percent of the total crop, the
southwest monsoon arrived in Kerala on June 6,
after missing its date with the country by five
days. Some uncertainties exist on how quickly it
will spread to the rest of the country. Earlier this
season, forecasters had predicted the monsoon
rainfall in India this year to be 95 percent of the
long-term average, with an error of 5 percent.
Apart from India, two Southeast Asian rice
importers, Indonesia and the Philippines, are
also bracing for weather disruptions from El
Nio.
Where is the market going?
THIS all depends on the fury of El Nio. If the
drought is severe in large parts of South and
Southeast Asia, it will put pressure on rice prices
despite adequate global rice stocks right now.
We are undoubtedly in a much better position
with a global stocks-to-use ratio of 23.5 percent
now compared with 18.5 percent in 2007. The
stocks have increased by 36 million tons from
75 million tons in 2007 to 111 million tons in
2014.
But the bad news is that almost all the increases
in these rice stocks are primarily with India,
China and Thailandand a majority of them are
in government warehouses rather than with
private traders. In case of a crisis or production
shortfalls, this may create panic among rice-
importing countries as they will be unsure
whether these government-held stocks will be
available for sale and at what price.
In the case of India, the new government was
just sworn in a few weeks ago and it is not clear
how it will react to any significant production
shortfall caused by weather disruptions. As of
June 16, the monsoon season was already 10
days behind in a majority of the rice-growing
belts in the country. The new government is
already jittery about the poor prospects of
monsoon crops, particularly rice. Although the
current government rice stock of 28 million tons
(as of June 1) is at a quite adequate level, it has
declined by 4 million tons from 32 million tons
at the same time last year. The new government
will be under pressure if planting is substantially
delayed because of the late onset of monsoon
and it may take measures to restrict exports, at
least for non-basmati rice, to safeguard its
domestic food supply and keep enough in its
warehouses to meet the need of the National
Food Security Act.
In the case of Thailand, it is becoming more
evident that its ricepledging scheme will not
come back. Without it, it is a no-brainer that
Thai farmers will plant less rice in the wet
season. But, that should not be a problem for the
global market because Thailand has plenty of
stocks to make up for the shortfall.
Indonesia and the Philippines, two major rice
importers in Southeast Asia, are also expected to
be affected by El Nio. As of April, the
Philippines had a rice stock of 2.18 million tons,
sufficient for 64 days of domestic consumption.
Similarly, Indonesia has 6.8 million tons of rice
stock to meet its domestic consumption for 62
days. So, any significant weather disruption will
push these countries to import more, thus raising
global rice prices. China, the largest importer of
rice in the world, is also expected to be affected
by El Nio in the form of heavy rains and
flooding in the major rice-growing parts of the
country. If the rice crop is affected and the
domestic rice price goes up, Chinese traders will
have more reasons to import more rice than what
market pundits have predicted.
Overall, the market is well-positioned to handle
a moderate drought and other incidences of
extreme weather. Thai rice stocks will come in
handy to keep the market stable to some extent,
but significant weather disruptions in key rice-
growing countries will eventually move prices
higher. We hope that countries will not repeat
the mistakes they made in 2007 by imposing an
export ban and stockpiling in anticipation of
shortage. Otherwise, we might be heading for
another crisis.
The author is head of the Social Sciences
Division at the International Rice Research
Institute in Los Baos, Laguna.

In Photo: Store selling rice in Thailand. (IRRI)
Nueva Ecija IT experts
develop mobile app for rice
farmers

Category: Agri-Commodities 15 Sep 2014
Written by Marvyn N. Benaning
TWO information-technologist (IT) experts in
Nueva Ecija have developed mobile application
that aim to benefit rice farmers and help them
raise palay output.The Android mobile app
developed by Jermaine M. Germino and Michael
de Guzman offer three functionsmeasure farm
area, calculate fertilizer needs and assess the
nitrogen deficiency of the land.Their work
secured the Most Innovative Application and the
Special Jury Award during the recent Agri-
Hackathon hosted by the Philippine Rice
Research Institute (PhilRice).With this app,
estimates will be lessened.
It is important for the farmers to know their
exact farm area to optimize it; while fertilizer
application must also be accurate for crops
health and to avoid unnecessary fertilizer
expenses, Germino and de Guzman said. The
mobile app also incorporated the principles of
leaf color chart (LCC) or the four-striped plastic
ruler used in assessing nitrogen status of rice
plant.Germino and de Guzman, instructors of the
Nueva Ecija University of Science and
Technology (NEUST), said that, instead of
comparing the color of the leaves with the LCC,
the farmer can now take photos of the leaves
which the app can analyze. In seconds, accurate
assessment will be generated, they
claimed.Meanwhile, the E-Survey app by Team
Agrisive of the Central Luzon State University
was given the award for best research and
survey management application. This
application contains an e-form that respondents
fill out based on the researchers information
needs.
The I-Tanim of the I-Tech team from NEUST
also received the best farmer information
technology application award I-Tanim is an e-
book in a single app containing the LCC,
PalayCheck, tutorials on selecting seeds and
mini-encyclopedia on plant disorders. These
mobile applications are still being developed
further.The AGRI-Hackathon is a competition
for information technologists to create
applications for the farming community.
Microsoft Philippines, Eqela, BlackBerry,
Freelancer and PhilRice sponsored the event.
Marvyn N. Benaning
2014 Market Research
Report on Global Basmati
Rice Industry

Published: Sept 15, 2014 3:21 p.m. ET
LONDON, Sept. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Summary
"2014 Market Research Report on Global
Basmati Rice Industry" was professional and
depth research report on Global Basmati
Rice industry. The report firstly introduced
Basmati Rice basic information included
Basmati Rice definition classification
application industry chain structure industry
overview;

Then introduce North America (United
States ) Europe (the United Kingdom Italy
Spain etc) Asia (China Thailand) Key
players 2009-2014 Basmati Rice Capacity
Production Price Cost Gross Production
Value Gross Margin etc Data and
information.And the report also listed North
America Europe Asia Rest of World
regional 2009-2014 Basmati Rice
consumption and different regions trading
business and regional import export and
location regions consumption, and also
listed global total data. Besides supply and
demand side data by regions, the report also
introduced different technology product
output and different applications
consumption (2009-2014).
After market data by players by technology
by applications by regions, the report also
introduced product picture and
specifications, different product type selling
price, regional average selling price and
global average selling price (2009-2014).
And also introduced global average cost
(2009-2014) and 2014 cost structure.

And then, the report also introduced product
technology development and market data
(production price cost etc) 2014-2020
forecast. In the end, the report introduced
China Basmati Rice new project SWOT
analysis and Investment feasibility analysis
and also give related research conclusions.In
a word, it was a depth research report on
Global Basmati Rice industry. And most of
the report data source from directly
interview and industry association or public
companies finance reports etc official and
reliable data source. And also thanks the
support and assistance of related technical
experts and marketing engineers during
Research Team survey and interviews.
Download the full report:
https://www.reportbuyer.com/product/23
67875/
About ReporbuyerReportbuyer is a
leading industry intelligence solution that
provides all market research reports from
top
publishershttp://www.reportbuyer.com
For more information: Sarah
SmithResearch Advisor at
Reportbuyer.com Email:
query@reportbuyer.com Tel: +44 208
816 85 48 Website: www.reportbuyer.com

GMO safety, weed control
top concerns as U.S. study
kicks off

By Carey GillamView photo
A scientist shows "Golden Rice" (R) and
ordinary rice at the International Rice Research
Institute
(Reuters) - Agriculture experts raised a number
of concerns with genetically modified crops,
including safety and spreading weed resistance,
at the first public meeting of a U.S. government
sponsored study of genetically engineered crops
held Monday.The study, led by the National
Research Council (NRC) and sponsored in part
by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, comes at
a time of growing consumer suspicion of
genetically modified crops, which are used in a
variety of packaged food products. Many U.S.
states are seeking mandatory labeling of foods
with GMO ingredients, and a growing number
of food companies are offering non-GMO
products.The study also comes as some
important U.S. trading partners, notably China,
are showing reluctance to allow imports of some
GMO grain.The stated goal of the study is to
examine the concerns along with the benefits of
GMO crop technologies and "inform the public
discourse." The NRC said its work will be "an
independent, objective study" to be completed
by 2016.
Findings can't come soon enough, many
said."There is not a universal consensus in the
scientific community about many aspects of this
technology," Chuck Benbrook, research
professor at Washington State University, said in
his address to the study group.Benbrook said a
lack of confidence in the safety of consuming
the specialty crops is due in part to a U.S.
regulatory system that lacks independent review
and relies largely on research supplied by the
companies that develop GMO crops."For us to
turn the tide on this erosion of confidence... we
have got to do the work," Benbrook said.
Major Goodman, a crop genetics expert from
North Carolina State University, said at the
meeting that weed resistance tied to widespread
use of Roundup herbicide and GMO crops
engineered to be used with treatments of
Roundup, was a major problem hurting farmers
who are seeing crop yields choked off by weeds
that are getting harder to kill.In addition to GMO
safety and weed resistance issues, other speakers
said the study group should examine growing
insect resistance to some GMO crops,
contamination of organic crops by pollen from
GMO crops, and fears about control of the
global seed supply being limited to the handful
of seed companies that dominate the market.
The National Research Council is the operating
arm of the National Academy of Sciences, a
nonprofit institution chartered by Congress to
provide science, technology, and health policy
advice to the government.The committee
members working on the GMO study include
scientists specializing in ecology, genetics and
crop health from universities in Wisconsin,
North Carolina State University, and Michigan
State University, among others, as well as
experts from the International Food Policy
Research Institute, The Nature Conservancy and
other groups.
(Reporting By Carey Gillam; editing by
Andrew Hay)
Conservation Fundraising
Efforts Down to the Wire
ARLINGTO
N, VA -
USA Rice
Federation
and Ducks
Unlimited
representativ
es are
working hard to raise much needed
contributions - both cash and in-kind - to
fulfill a matching fund component of the
organizations' Regional Conservation
Partnership Program (RCPP) proposal due
in two weeks.The RCPP, created in the 2014
Farm Bill, is a new conservation program
under which qualified organizations may
develop proposals that pair private
contributions with existing federal
conservation dollars and programs to create
new conservation opportunities."We're
seeking commitments totaling $8 million in
private and corporate support," said USA
Rice president and CEO Betsy Ward.

"We're doing very well - about halfway
there - but we really need to lock down
commitments in the next 12 days."The USA
Rice-DU plan is a unique, two-year proposal
that preserves critical wildlife habitat and
enhances water quality and irrigation
efficiency while maintaining working rice
lands on the landscape. If approved by the
Natural Resources Conservation Service, the
project will be offered in all rice producing
counties in the six major rice producing
states of Arkansas, California, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas."This is a
unique opportunity for companies and
organizations that are part of the rice
production supply chain and end users to
partner in an effort to support rice
production while advancing their own
sustainability initiatives," Ward said.

"Companies participating with us are able to
demonstrate to their constituents their
commitment to a sustainable rice industry
and the environment. It's a win-win
situation."Ward is confident more will join
supporters such as Riceland Foods,
Louisiana Rice Mill, RiceTec, Horizon Ag,
The Nature Conservancy of Arkansas, the
Climate Trust, and others in helping meet
the $8 million target. Individuals and
companies interested in joining the initiative
can contact Reece Langley at USA Rice
or Scott Manley at Ducks Unlimited.

Contact: Michael Klein (703) 236-1458

Nueva Ecija IT experts develop
mobile app for rice farmers

Category: Agri-Commodities
15 Sep 2014
Written by Marvyn N. Benaning
TWO information-technologist (IT) experts
in Nueva Ecija have developed mobile
application that aim to benefit rice farmers
and help them raise palay output.The
Android mobile app developed by Jermaine
M. Germino and Michael de Guzman offer
three functionsmeasure farm area,
calculate fertilizer needs and assess the
nitrogen deficiency of the land.Their work
secured the Most Innovative Application
and the Special Jury Award during the
recent Agri-Hackathon hosted by the
Philippine Rice Research Institute
(PhilRice).
With this app, estimates will be lessened. It
is important for the farmers to know their
exact farm area to optimize it; while
fertilizer application must also be accurate
for crops health and to avoid unnecessary
fertilizer expenses, Germino and de
Guzman said. The mobile app also
incorporated the principles of leaf color
chart (LCC) or the four-striped plastic
ruler used in assessing nitrogen status of
rice plant.Germino and de Guzman,
instructors of the Nueva Ecija University of
Science and Technology (NEUST), said
that, instead of comparing the color of the
leaves with the LCC, the farmer can now
take photos of the leaves which the app can
analyze.
In seconds, accurate assessment will be
generated, they claimed.Meanwhile, the E-
Survey app by Team Agrisive of the Central
Luzon State University was given the award
for best research and survey management
application. This application contains an e-
form that respondents fill out based on the
researchers information needs.The I-Tanim
of the I-Tech team from NEUST also
received the best farmer information
technology application award I-Tanim is an
e-book in a single app containing the LCC,
PalayCheck, tutorials on selecting seeds and
mini-encyclopedia on plant disorders. These
mobile applications are still being developed
further.
The AGRI-Hackathon is a competition for
information technologists to create
applications for the farming community.
Microsoft Philippines, Eqela, BlackBerry,
Freelancer and PhilRice sponsored the
event.
Marvyn N. Benaning


California drought threatens
sushi, too



The price of rice for consumers in general will rise. | Getty
Close
By BILL TOMSON | 9/15/14 11:19 PM
EDT Updated: 9/16/14 10:19 AM EDT
Sushi eaters could face sticker shock the
next time they order a California roll or
check the box for another round of
yellowtail nigiri.Thanks to the historic
drought in California, prices may spike for
the specialty rice used in the popular
Japanese dish. Production of the rice, which
is grown primarily in the Golden State, is
expected to drop by 25 percent this year.
California and the Sacramento Valley in
particular is the nations primary source
for the high-quality short- and medium-grain
rice used in sushi and is a major supplier of
the rice for other countries, too. But the
states 2,500 rice growers this year planted
just 420,000 acres, about a quarter fewer
than usual, because farmers werent allowed
to use water for more, according to the
California Rice Commission.
California farmers are beholden to a
patchwork of local, state and federal water
sources that distribute their annual water
supply. More and more farmers are getting
less or even no water allocations as the
drought drags through its third year.The
biggest challenge is simply not enough rain
and snowfall for multiple years, coupled
with all of the demand from the most urban
and top [farming] state in the U.S.,
California Rice Commission spokesman Jim
Morris said. Being in charge of the water
allocations is a tough job right now:
precious little water and many areas of need
in our state.
The drought has taken its toll on the vast
majority of farmers in the countrys largest
agriculture state. About a half-million acres
that would normally be producing fruits and
vegetables this year wont be planted,
according to the California Farm Bureau
Federation.A huge chunk of the state,
including its largest produce regions,
continues to experience what government
meteorologists consider exceptional
drought conditions the worst possible
category that can be assigned by the
USDAs National Drought Mitigation
Center. Most of the rest of the state is
considered to be in either extreme drought
or severe drought.
Congressional staffers are reportedly
working behind the scenes to reach a
compromise on House and Senate bills
aimed at providing relief from Californias
drought.But any changes will be too late to
affect the 2014 rice market. As the harvest is
set to finish in October, production could be
down by more than a billion pounds, Morris
said.Growers in the Yuba City-based
California Rice Marketers cooperative a
group of six rice farms that normally plant
on 2,000 acres may not feel too much
pain.
They planted less this year but hope to see
their prices go up from the roughly $20 per
hundredweight they received in 2013 to as
much as $24, General Manager Kevin
Keeley said.And California Heritage Mills, a
Colusa County rice mill owned by 15
farmers, can expect something of a windfall.
The three-year old co-op planted all its acres
this year and also hopes to get a better price,
said Guy Gomes, the companys sales and
marketing director.The real pain will be felt
at sushi restaurants. They will continue to
serve their usual fare of spicy tuna rolls,
California rolls and yellowtail rolls, but soon
theyll have to make a decision about
whether to pass on the expected added cost
of their product or see a reduction in profit
margins, said California Restaurant
Association spokeswoman Angie Pappas.
Nobody knows yet how much those costs,
and the price of rice for consumers in
general, will rise.Theres only a harvest
once a year and the majority of [sushi rice]
comes from California, Pappas said.
Everyones still in a wait-and-see mode to
see how much the prices go up, but then
youre going to definitely see some price-
tweaking.Daniel Sumner, director of the
University of Californias Agricultural
Issues Center, said that so far he expects
only small price increases on Japanese
restaurant menus.Overall, the sharp
reduction in California rice planting is
going to show up in higher prices, he said.
Theres no question about it.Hissho
Sushi, a Charlotte, N.C., company that trains
chefs for sushi bars throughout the U.S., is
bracing for the higher prices,
too.Spokeswoman Andrea Lee said the
companys California supplier is already
factoring in price increases due to the
drought situation during the past several
months. Its a huge challenge to
anticipate and plan ahead for the unforeseen.
Over 50 percent of our sushi rice is directly
impacted by this drought, as are the ensuing
price changes and supply.
While California rice may be in short
supply, rice growers in other parts of the
country are expecting a bumper crop. In
fact, overall rice production in the U.S. is
expected to increase by as much as 21
percent this year, according to the latest
Department of Agriculture forecast.Farmers
in Arkansas, Louisiana and elsewhere in the
South have historically grown long-grain
rice, but these states have begun ramping up
production of medium-grain in recent years.
However, sushi chefs are prejudiced in favor
of the California variety, said Morris.
Farmers there grow special varieties of
Japonica rice that make the state the only
source for Japanese importers, he said. Its
perceived as tasting better and having a
better mouth feel.There are certainly some
export customers that may be willing to take
Southern medium-grain rice in lieu of the
California product, said Chuck Wilson,
director of the University of Arkansas Rice
Research and Extension Center, but he
doubts sushi restaurants in the U.S. are
ready to make the switch.
And thats what has rice grower Keeley
most concerned.What Im worried about is:
How high does the price go, and does that
start driving demand away? If the price gets
too high, does the end user start going to
substitute products or maybe an inferior
rice?
The Jambalaya Calculator
could only exist in
Louisiana
Image: Jay Grush, creator of the Jambalaya
Calculator, made this batch of the state's
signature rice dish with the recipe. (Photo by Jay
Grush) (Photo by Jay Grush)
By Judy Walke
on September 15, 2014 at 11:40 AM,
updated September 15, 2014 at 3:04 PM



Savecipe Box
The Jambalaya Calculator is a labor of love
devoted to a Louisiana specialty. It's the
equivalent of a detailed cookbook, but an
interactive one, in several ways. For starters,
it's crowd sourced from expert cooks.Instead
of a hardback book or an e-cookbook, the
calculator is in the form of an Excel
spreadsheet, one that could only have come
from Louisiana -- the land of big-batch
outdoor cooking of all kinds. Want to make
jambalaya for 150 of your nearest and
dearest? Change the numbers in the pink
cells. You will need 60 pounds of meat and
24 pounds of long-grain rice.
The Jambalaya Calculator lets the user sort
the recipe according to several criteria: The
size of the pot, by number of quarts or
gallons to prepare, by serving amounts in
various sizes.Creator Jay Grush has worked
on it for years, and has just released version
7.0, which can be downloaded here (Excel
spreadsheet).When I wrote about version
6.0 of the Jambalaya Calculator two years
ago, one commenter wrote, "best
spreadsheet ever." At that point, Grush had
been working on it for a year."I just keep
adding on it and adding on it," Grush said.
"I really think now I've pretty much
exhausted all my ideas."In this latest
version, Grush added some new tabs to the
spreadsheet and dumped a couple. He has
added a "How To" tab, with tips on
using the spreadsheet, as well as tabs for
jambalaya resources all over the state,
including equipment and ingredients, and a
Lagniappe tab with links, other recipes and
more.For resources, Grush asked the many
correspondents on the food-and-drink board
f www.tigerdroppings.com, the LSU fan
website where Grush -- or Stadium Rat, as
he's known there -- got the idea for the
calculator in the first place.
Grush grew up in New Orleans and had
jambalaya occasionally, but it wasn't a staple
at home. He truly fell in love with it when
he went to Louisiana State University.That's
the first time I remember having the good
brown jambalaya. It was really good," Grush
says. "I love it."On the TigerDroppings.com
food-and-drinks board, Grush was struck by
the fact that ratios always were given as the
answer to various jambalaya-cooking
queries."The answers were '3 cups rice to a
pound of meat,' or 'in this size pot you can
feed 25 people.' It was always a ratio. I
wanted to learn how to cook (jambalaya), so
I started to keep track of those.
"Then he realized he could put it on a
spreadsheet."There was this post by
PocheJP, where he outlined how he did his
classic Gonzales jambalaya. He's somebody
who really knows what he's talking about. I
did a preliminary spreadsheet and sent it to
him."He wasn't very encouraging at the
time," Grush says. But Stadium Rat knew he
was onto something."It's the board's
knowledge that went into the calculator," he
says. "I just knew how to work the
spreadsheet."Volume was one of the
trickiest things, and important, Grush noted.
He wanted to be able to predict it for
different size cooking vessels, but the
ingredients of jambalaya work at cross
purposes: The rice expands, while the meat
and vegetables shrink.
To accurately be able to predict how much
of the pot the jambalaya would fill, he
cooked, and measured, the expansion of rice
and shrinkage of meat."One thing I did not
know, but learned, is that if you are cooking
in a pot over a fire, the bigger the pot, the
less liquid you need. At 8 or 10 gallons, you
start reducing" liquid, Grush said.
"The surface area doesn't increase, but as the
pot gets bigger, less and less moisture is
escaping. If you keep using a 2 to 1 ratio,
you're going to end up with wet and mushy
rice."Grush is gratified by the fact that he
has never had any negative feedback at all
on the jambalaya calculator."I'm really
proud of it," he said.
"It's been a lot of fun."A retired attorney,
Grush is the son of an engineer, which might
account for his ease with spreadsheets and
ratios.He has not been to an LSU game in
many years, and has never been to a tailgate
party where the Jambalaya Calculator is in
use.He does love to cook, although not for
other people."I don't cook big batches of
jambalaya. I cook maybe six-quart batches
at home," he said.But Grush does have
specifics for making an excellent jambalaya.
For starters, get andouille from LaPlace.
"There are four places in Laplace that have
excellent andouille: Bailey's, Jacob's, Wayne
Jacob's Smokehouse, and Don's Country
Store -- though (the latter) actually (is) in
Reserve. (I) get good andouille from any of
those places. And If I have tasso, I'll put that
in there. And boneless, skinless chicken
thigh meat. Thigh is much better than breast
meat, because it doesn't dry out. It keeps its
moisture and flavor."Grush's six-quart
calculator recipe is translated here into the
NOLA.com | Times-Picayune recipe style,
with the calculator's amounts in
parentheses.The recipe references "popped"
rice, Grush said, a term from jabalaya
cookoff traditions.
Correctly cooked jambalaya rice splits down
the length of the grain, which professionals
look for as a sign of a dish's superiority. To
get the split or pop, stock must be at a
rolling boil when the rice is added; the goal
is to get the liquid back to a rolling boil
quickly. (If you look closely at the lower
right portion of the photo of Grush's dish,
above, you may see some of the faint lines
that indicate the rice has popped.)
Beginners may have more luck with
parboiled rice, Grush writes, because it's
more forgiving. Parboiled rice is used in
many restaurants, he added, because it looks
a little more elegant and can take more
abuse before getting mushy.
Jambalaya Calculator Jambalaya
Makes 6 quarts, or 23 cups (or 15 small
servings, 11 medium servings, 8 large
servings)
4-1/2 pounds (4.56 lbs.) meat (chicken
thighs, sausage, pork, ham, etc.)
Salt, pepper and/or favorite seasoning mix
Oil for browning
4-1/2 cups (1.82 pounds) long-grain rice
9 (9.12) cups water or stock
3 tablespoons soup base if using water
instead of stock
1-1/3 teaspoons salt (1.4 teaspoons)
1-1/2 cups chopped onions (.4 pounds, 1.55
cups)
1-1/2 bell peppers, chopped (1.7 bell
peppers)
7 green onions, chopped
1/4 cup (.2 cups) chopped parsley
4 teaspoons garlic powder
1 teaspoon (.9 teaspoon) cayenne
1/2 teaspoon (.5 teaspoon) black pepper
1/2 teaspoon (.5 teaspoon) white pepper

Slice the sausage and cut the meat into
cubes. (Try to keep a small piece of fat on
each piece as it tenderizes the meat and adds
great taste.) Season meat pieces well with
salt and pepper or your favorite seasoning
mix.Brown the pork down really well in oil.
Let it fry till it sticks, then stir. Do that over
and over. Sometimes a little water is needed
to cool off the grease. The sticky part
(gratin) on the bottom of the pot will dictate
the color of the rice.You can remove the
browned meat from the pot, but many cooks
choose to leave it in while browning the
other meats. Add chicken and brown it
well.Next, mildly brown the sausage.

Don't cook the sausage till fried dark brown
because that tends to cooks all the taste
out..Drain the grease but don't lose the
gratin. Then add the onions, green pepper,
celery and garlic powder. Cook until clear-
looking. This is when you scrape the bottom
of the pot, getting all the brown gratin from
the pork. This is where the color starts to
come in.After the vegetables are cooked,
add the meat back to the pot and mix well.
Cook all the liquid out at this time.Add
water or stock. After it comes to a boil, start
tasting the liquid and add salt and other
seasonings as needed. It needs to be a bit
salty because the rice will absorb much of
the saltiness.Skim the remaining grease off
the top.

The boiling action will help separate it from
the water/broth.Add the green onions, then
bring mixture back to a rolling boil. Add the
rice. Break it up to make sure it doesn't stick
to the bottom. Let it boil until it starts to
expand and "jump out the pot" (some will
rise to the top of the liquid). This is a very
important time relevant to the "popping" of
the rice. Let the rice get noticeably
bigger/expanded before you cut down on the
heat and cover. This can be achieved on a
HARD boil, which is critical to the rice
pop.When you think it's ready to cover, cut
back on the heat and put the lid on. Do not
lift the cover for any reason!
Let this cook for about 25 minutes or so. A
longer cooking time may be needed for very
large volumes of rice.Then roll the rice.
Don't stir. Roll it from bottom to top. When
you turn it this time, don't scrape the bottom
of the pot because one exposed burnt rice
grain will ruin the pot. Re-cover and cut the
heat off.Let sit for another 15 minutes and
then uncover and serve.
Food editor Judy Walker can be reached
at jwalker@nola.com.
Typhoon Luis leaves PHL with
P400-M in rice, crop damage

More than P400 million worth of rice, corn,
high-value stock have been damaged by typhoon
Luis (international name: Kalmaegi), the
Philippines Department of Agriculture (DA)
said on .
Rice worth P270,275, 369.00 were damaged as
well as P134,817,877 worth of corn, P4,441,704
worth of high-value crops, and livestock worth
P140,000, the DA said, as of September 16,
12:00 noon. Earlier, the Department of Interior
and Local Government (DILG) reported zero
casualties during the typhoons onslaught
although six persons died after a ship sank off
Southern Leyte. [See: Authorities report more
deaths]


Rice prices stable
By Reuel John F. Lumawag
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
THE commercial price of rice in the market
remains stable as of this week.Based on NFA-
Davao City's price monitoring, the prevailing
price of well milled rice is at P41.50 while
regular milled rice is at P38.In a seperate
monitoring done by the Philippine Statistics
Authority-Bureau of Agricultural Statistics last
week, the prevailing price of well milled rice is
at P45 while regular milled rice is ar
P40.Virgilio B. Alerta, National Food Authority
(NFA)-Davao City provincial manager, said in
an interview with Sun.Star Davao on Tuesday
that the price will remain stable, with an increase
in the supply of rice up until November or
December.
He said the peak harvest season would have
began by this month but due to delays in the
planting of rice, brought by the dry season this
year, the harvest of rice in some rice-producing
provinces in the region have been moved.Alerta
said they are expecting the supply to go up by
October when most of the rice producers are at
the peak of their harvest.Meanwhile, he also
assured consumers that their supply of NFA rice
is sufficient enough to supply the needs of
consumers.Alerta said that recently, they
received some one million bags wherein around
800,000 were allocated to the region and around
260,000 for the Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao.He said they already have dispersed
the allocation for each province in the region
and now have more than 709,000 left in their
warehouses in Davao.
The price of regular milled NFA rice is at P27
while well-milled NFA rice costs
P32.BANGKOK, 16 September 2014 (NNT)
The Ministry of Commerce has promised to
mark the issues of cost of living, the
management of rice stock, exports and border
trade as matters to be addressed urgently.
Commerce Minister Sommai Phasi on Monday
briefed ministry officials on his policy, which
places emphasis on the country's economic
foundation. The public must have access to
precise information about the state's policy, he
stressed. Each department under the ministry has
also been assigned to establish a plan of
operation and to clearly set the time frame for
each affair. The commerce minister also told
ministry officials he will work to push this year's
economic expansion to two percent.
Deputy Commerce Minister Chatchai
Sarikanlaya also briefed Commerce officials of
his policy, which involved synergy of work and
lending support to the government's various
policies. He also marked several issues as
needing to be urgently tackled. These included
the management of the existing 15-18 million
tons of rice within the government's stockpile,
the oversight on cost of living, exports and the
augmentation of Thai entrepreneurs' capacity to
compete. On the issue of cost of living, the
deputy minister disclosed that sellers may be
asked to keep item prices unchanged for a
period. On the issue of exports, greater emphasis
will be placed on border trade and more benefits
will be sought from free trade agreements.

7 years needed to clear rice
debts: BAAC
The Nation September 17, 2014 1:00 am
The Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural
Cooperatives believes it will take about seven
years to clear the Bt755 billion in debts related
to the previous governments' rice-pledging
projects.According to BAAC managing director
Luck Wajananawat, about Bt50 billion of that
debt is from the rice-subsidy scheme before
2013.
The remaining amount, in excess of Bt700
billion, was piled up by the former Yingluck
Shinawatra administration. It will take about
seven years to clear the whole debt based on the
government's current repayment rate and sale of
rice stocks. The budget for fiscal year 2015
allocates Bt6.88 billion for the farmers' income
guarantee and Bt70.13 billion (Bt30.69 billion
principal amount and Bt34 billion in interest) for
payments related to the rice-subsidy projects,
Luck said. Another source of income to help
clear the outstanding debt in fiscal 2015 is the
proceeds from the sales of rice stocks kept in
state warehouses, which the government
estimates at about Bt60 billion, he said.
The government is spreading the rice-subsidy
debt repayments over a long period to avoid
putting too much pressure on the state budget,
which is needed for the country's development
projects, he said. The current military-led
government will not reintroduce the pledging
scheme of the previous elected government,
which set the rice price 40-50 per cent above the
market price, allegedly resulting in a loss of at
least Bt400 billion. The current regime will
instead help rice farmers lower their costs while
raising yields and productivity, Luck said.

Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- Sep 13
Mon Sep 15, 2014 3:38pm IST
Nagpur, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Gram prices in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and Marketing Committmee
(APMC) firmed up again on increased demand from local millers amid thin supply from producing
regions. Fresh rise in Madhya Pradesh gram prices and enquiries from South-based millers also
pushed up prices, according to sources.

* * * *

FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Gram varieties ruled steady here but demand was poor in thin trading activity.

TUAR
* Tuar gavarani and tuar Karnataka recovered in open market on good buying support
from local traders amid restricted arrival from producing belts.

* Rice HMT and rice Shriram reported higher in open market on good demand from local
traders amid weak supply from producing belts like Chattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.

* In Akola, Tuar - 5,000-5,200, Tuar dal - 6,900-7,100, Udid at 7,200-7,300,
Udid Mogar (clean) - 8,000-8,500, Moong - 7,200-7,600, Moong Mogar
(clean) 8,700-9,400, Gram - 2,700-2,900, Gram Super best bold - 3,800-4,000
for 100 kg.

* Wheat, other varieties of rice and other commodities remained steady in open market
in thin trading activity, according to sources.

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

FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close
Gram Auction 2,230-2,840 2,200-2,710
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction n.a. 4,410-5,140
Moong Auction n.a. 5,200-5,500
Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800
Gram Super Best Bold 3,900-4,200 3,900-4,200
Gram Super Best n.a.
Gram Medium Best 3,700-3,800 3,700-3,800
Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a.
Gram Mill Quality 3,500-3,600 3,500-3,600
Desi gram Raw 2,850-2,950 2,850-2,950
Gram Filter new 3,600-3,800 3,600-3,800
Gram Kabuli 8,400-9,700 8,400-9,700
Gram Pink 7,200-7,400 7,200-7,400
Tuar Fataka Best 7,400-7,500 7,400-7,500
Tuar Fataka Medium 7,100-7,300 7,100-7,300
Tuar Dal Best Phod 6,700-6,900 6,700-6,900
Tuar Dal Medium phod 6,500-6,600 6,500-6,600
Tuar Gavarani 5,200-5,300 5,150-5,250
Tuar Karnataka 5,350-5,450 5,300-5,400
Tuar Black 8,200-8,500 8,200-8,500
Masoor dal best 6,600-6,700 6,600-6,700
Masoor dal medium 6,300-6,450 6,300-6,450
Masoor n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold 9,200-10,000 9,200-10,000
Moong Mogar Medium best 8,500-8,800 8,500-8,800
Moong dal super best 7,800-7,900 7,800-7,900
Moong dal Chilka 7,700-7,900 7,700-7,900
Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 8,000-9,000 8,000-9,000
Udid Mogar Super best (100 INR/KG) 8,500-8,800 8,500-8,800
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 7,400-8,000 7,400-8,000
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 6,900-7,300 6,800-7,200
Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 4,000-5,000 4,000-5,000
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 2,800-3,100 2,800-3,100
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 3,250-3,450 3,250-3,450
Watana White (100 INR/KG) 3,250-3,350 3,250-3,350
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 4,400-4,900 4,400-4,900
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,200-1,500 1,200-1,500
Wheat Mill quality(100 INR/KG) 1,625-1,700 1,625-1,700
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 1,300-1,500 1,300-1,500
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,450 2,100-2,450
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 1,850-2,000 1,850-2,000
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 2,800-3,200 2,800-3,200
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 1,950-2,350 1,950-2,350
Wheat 147 (100 INR/KG) 1,200-1,300 1,200-1,300
Wheat Best (100 INR/KG) 1,500-1,800 1,500-1,800
Rice BPT (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,500 3,000-3,500
Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG) 1,800-2,000 1,800-2,000
Rice Swarna old (100 INR/KG) 2,500-2,700 2,500-2,700
Rice HMT (100 INR/KG) 4,100-4,200 4,000-4,200
Rice HMT Shriram (100 INR/KG) 5,000-5,600 4,900-5,500
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 10,500-13,500 10,500-13,500
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 7,300-10,000 7,300-10,000
Rice Chinnor (100 INR/KG) 5,400-5,700 5,400-5,700
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 1,400-1,600 1,400-1,600
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,700-1,800 1,700-1,800

WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 32.0 degree Celsius (89.6 degree Fahrenheit), minimum temp.
23.4 degree Celsius (74.1 degree Fahrenheit)
Humidity: Highest - n.a., lowest - n.a.
Rainfall : 12.2 mm
FORECAST: Cloudy sky. Rains may occur. Maximum and Minimum temperature likely to be around 32
and 23 degree Celsius respectively.

Note: n.a.--not available

(For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but included in market prices.)
CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures
CME Group (Preliminary): Closing Rough Rice Futures for September 16

Month Price Net Change
November 2014 $12.715 - $0.045
January 2015 $12.910 - $0.040
March 2015 $13.110 - $0.040
May 2015 $13.280 - $0.040
July 2015 $13.460 - $0.040
September 2015 $13.045 - $0.040
November 2015 $13.045 - $0.040


Daily Rice E-Newsletter by Rice Plus Magazine www.ricepluss.com
News and R&D Section mujajhid.riceplus@gmail.com Cell # 92 321 369 2874