Rice

US rice crop looking good overall

Fri, 25 May 2012 19:41:00 +0000

Overall, the nation's rice crop is looking good, but there are some areas of concern.

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PEP Program gives Brazil unfair rice advantage

Tue, 22 May 2012 20:22:00 +0000

USA Rice

U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) led a bipartisan group of rice-state representatives in a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack that expresses concerns and seeks specific responses about Brazil's use of a government sponsored domestic marketing and pricing initiative for rice exports. The Program for Product Flow (PEP) gives an unfair advantage to Brazil's rice exports, the letter says.

Rice farmers need risk management options

Fri, 18 May 2012 20:35:00 +0000

USA Rice

Rice producers have made two reasonable requests throughout the farm bill process: to provide farmers risk management options and to ensure that the options include real price protection.

Nuclear power aimed at rice

Tue, 15 May 2012 16:25:00 +0000

Those who turn their noses up at “genetically modified” food seldom seem to consider that all crops are genetically modified. The difference between a wild plant and one that serves some human end is a lot of selective breeding—the picking and combining over the years of mutations that result in bigger seeds, tastier fruit or whatever else is required.

Bright price outlook for US rice

Tue, 15 May 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Rice farmers will probably be one of the few farmers who will enjoy higher prices from this season's crop.

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Rice mills see 8 percent shipment increase

Fri, 11 May 2012 19:07:00 +0000

USA Rice

U.S. rice mills shipped nearly 12 billion pounds of rice to domestic and international markets from August 2010 to July 2011 -- an 8 percent increase over the 2009-2010 figure.

Colorado River water may help rice farmers

Wed, 09 May 2012 14:02:00 +0000

Logan Hawkes

Struggling to provide water to rice farms along the lower Colorado River, LCRA has started pumping water out of the river to fill two abandoned gravel pits in Colorado County in an effort to develop new methods of providing water for rice irrigation.

Rice a staple of healthy diet

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:53:00 +0000

USA Rice

For the first time, a study provides data to support that rice is a positive addition to U.S. children's diets, which is important given the focus on preventing childhood obesity.

USA Rice scholarship deadline Oct. 12

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:22:00 +0000

USA Rice will award three scholarships totaling $8,500

USA Rice scholarship applications are now available for students in rice-producing counties of the states in which they reside, and who will be high school seniors in the 2012-13 school year. USA Rice will award three scholarships totaling $8,500 based on entries promoting September as National Rice Month.

Californians in Rice Leadership Program finish session

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:21:00 +0000

USA Rice

The 2012 Rice Leadership Development Program class participated in its first session April 2-6, with a weeklong look at rice production and marketing programs in the Gulf Coast states of Texas and Louisiana.