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October rice export earnings from 424,784 tonnes top among 7 months of this FY with US$189 million

In October of this financial year 2024-2025, 424,784.27 tonnes of rice/broken rice were exported for US$189 million, which was the highest among seven months, according to the data released by the Myanmar Rice Federation.A total of 60 companies exported 230,803.27 tonnes of rice and 193,981 tonnes of broken rice, totalling 424,784.27 tonnes in October.Altogether 424,534.27 […]

Rice Shortages in Japan: Ongoing Cuts to Production at Fault

Yamashita Kazuhito Agriculture expert Yamashita Kazuhito argues that the summer 2024 rice shortages in Japan were the result of government efforts to keep rice prices high by reducing the acreage of crops cultivated. Empty Shelves In August 2024, rice disappeared from Japanese supermarket shelves, and prices rose, but the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries […]

Farmers Block State Highway with Paddy, Accuse Rice-Millers of Fraud

Nalgonda: Farmers staged a road blockade by parking their paddy-loaded tractors on the Narketpally-Adhanki State Highway at Shettipalem in Vemulapally mandal on Sunday, protesting against rice millers allegedly forming a syndicate and failing to provide the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for their paddy. The farmers blocked the highway in front of a rice mill in […]

Iran’s rice production rises 10% with cultivation methods

TEHRAN – Director of Agriculture Ministry’s Wheat and Rice Plan Sohrab Sohrabi says using new cultivation methods has increased Iran’s rice production by 10 percent in the current crop year compared to last year. Stating that 16 percent of the country’s rice is harvested by the ratooning method, Sohrabi said: “The use of high-yielding seeds, […]