By LLANESCA T. PANTI, GMA Integrated News The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it is eyeing implementing maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) for all rice varieties. That’s according to DA Undersecretary Asis Perez after he was asked by Iloilo Rep. Ferjenel Biron if the P58 per kilo MSRP for premium imported rice can be applied […]
Khmer Times. Ms. Khy Muny, general manager of Amru Rice (Cambodia) Co., Ltd., confirmed that on January 15, the company took a truck to farmers’ fields to collect and purchase OM rice from farmers at a price of 880 riel per kilogramme, depending on location, because the farmers had left the ripe and wet rice […]
Nhean Chamrong / Khmer Times. Dith Tina, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) yesterday urged rice farmers to join the modern agricultural community aiming to transition from family-owned businesses to strong and competitive enterprises focused on reducing costs while enhancing both quantity and quality. The request was made during a press meet organised by […]
By TED CORDERO, GMA Integrated News. The Department of Agriculture (DA) is reducing further the price of the grain staple being sold at Kadiwa stores under its “Rice-for-All” initiative. In a statement Thursday, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said the price of the 25% broken rice variety sold at Kadiwa stores will be reduced […]
Author: DA Press Office The National Price Coordinating Council (NPCC) has approved a resolution urging the Department of Agriculture (DA) to declare a “food security emergency for rice” as prices remain high despite declining global rice costs and tariff reductions ordered by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Trade and Industry Secretary Ma. Cristina Roque, NPCC chair, […]
TCP and Bangladesh’s Food Directorate seal agreement as Pakistan gifts rice in goodwill gesture. By News Desk. The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) and the Directorate General of Food, Bangladesh, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate the export of rice from Pakistan to Bangladesh. The MoU was signed by Syed Rafeo Bashir Shah, […]
By John Reidy ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, US — A pair of policy directives signed into law by Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader just before the new year have put burgeoning exports of US rice to the country in the crosshairs, according to industry advocate USA Rice. In 2024, rice exports by the United States to the […]
by George Jared Arkansas rice farmers got off to a solid start in 2024 with one of the earliest planting seasons ever. However, a myriad of problems plagued producers as the season evolved and it could lead to record lower milling yields on fewer acres once the numbers are calculated, according to Jarrod Hardke, extension […]
The state government has directed all officials concerned to keep a strict vigil on every mandi to make the process transparent. Express News Service BHUBANESWAR: A day after Cooperation minister Pradeep Bal Samant urged farmers to lodge FIR in their respective police stations against rice millers who are interfering in the paddy procurement process, the […]
A consignment of 2,450 metric tonnes of rice imported from India has arrived in the country via Chuadanga’s Darshana Land Port. The rice, transported by rail, arrived at the Darshana port yard around 9 pm on Tuesday in 42 wagons from India’s Gede Port, authorities said. Atiar Rahman Habu, General Secretary of the C&F Agents […]
