The Texas rice industry contributes about a half billion dollars to the state’s economy. The 2024 crop faced multiple challenges, including rice delphacid infestations. The center’s research will address many such issues facing the industry.Ron Smith, Contributing Writer, A new facility devoted to Texas rice production is paying dividends, says Texas A&M AgriLife Extension agronomist […]
Ship 3.06m tons worth $1.87b to overseas markets in Jul-Dec 2024 SHAHRAM HAQ LAHORE: Pakistan has achieved a remarkable progress in rice exports during the first half of the current fiscal year, recording a 19% increase despite facing significant global challenges. This surge in exports is likely to continue in the second half as well. […]
Yasir Wardad Rising rice imports, aimed at fueling government stocks amid public procurement, have had hardly any impact on the rice market as prices of the essential item continue to be higher. On the other hand, a scarcity of coarse varieties like ‘Guti Swarna’ in the city has been forcing the poor to buy medium […]
India remains a key source due to lower import costs and affordable prices, says the food advisor. Chattogram Bureau The interim government will import 900,000 tonnes of rice this year from different countries, Food Advisor Ali Imam Mazumder has said. After inspecting the unloading of imported food items at Chattogram Port on Tuesday afternoon, he […]
Nhean Chamrong / Khmer Times The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) Monday reported that Battambang, a leading rice-producing province of Cambodia, exceeded 330 percent of planned capacity last year, overcoming challenges such as water shortage and falling prices. Announcing this during a meeting organised to discuss agricultural production and rice harvest season for […]
Staff Correspondent . Chattogram Interim government’s food adviser Ali Imam Majumder said that the government was prioritising trade over politics, welcoming imports from neighbouring countries like India, Myanmar, and Pakistan due to their proximity and lower costs. He made the remarks on Tuesday while inspecting the unloading operations of imported food grains at Chattogram Port. […]
STILL-ELEVATED rice prices could stoke inflation and threaten the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) pace of monetary easing, GlobalSource Partners said. “Such a precarious rice situation does not promise bright prospects for domestic inflation,” GlobalSource Partners Country Analyst Diwa C. Guinigundo said in a report. “Given the inflationary impact of an expected weakening of the […]
The National Food Authority (NFA) will need to secure additional funding to cover the increase in the national rice buffer stock mandated under the amended Rice Tariffication Law. NFA Administrator Larry Lacson explained that a new provision in Republic Act 12078, signed into law by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. last month, now requires the government […]
These millers are an oligopoly mostly in the North Central province (NCP) who quite readily advance money to the farmers at the time of land preparation on an undertaking given that all or a sizeable portion of their harvest will be given to them at a price determined by them. Paddy cultivation in the country […]
VIENTIANE (Laotian Times/ANN): Lao Brewery Company (LBC) has reached a significant milestone in its Sustainable Rice Farming Project by incorporating drone technology to apply organic foliar fertiliser. This initiative aims to improve both the yield and quality of organic rice. Members of the media were invited to a 15-hectare organic rice plantation in Makhiew village, […]
