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Fields of Hope! Thai Farmer Creates Stunning Rice Art After Devastating Floods.

After experiencing devastating floods, a Thai farmer has created a stunning rice field art featuring a dragon and other symbolic figures. By Esha Dasgupta. Tanyapong Jaikham, a Thai farmer, has transformed his rice fields into a vibrant and poignant work of art, paying tribute to the devastating floods that ravaged parts of Northern Thailand, including […]

DA optimistic about record palay harvest in 2025.

Author: DA Press Office Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. is optimistic that the Philippines could set another record for palay production this year, following President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive to restore the Department of Agriculture (DA) budget for rice production. “We’re now hopeful we could do better than 2023,” said Secretary Tiu Laurel, […]

OMCs to float tender for supply of 110 crore litres of ethanol exclusively for FCI rice. 

Last week, the government lowered the issue price of rice to be sold to distilleries for making ethanol to ₹22.50/kg, as against the economic cost of ₹39.75/kg, effectively subsidising ₹17.25/kg from public exchequer. By Prabhudatta Mishra. Oil marketing companies this week are expected to float tender under Cycle 3 (C3) for the supply of about […]

Sugar imports increase 16-fold, 30% revenue growth in rice.

The Rising Nepal. By Siraj Khan,Nepalgunj, Jan. 20: The import of sugar, rice, lentils, and cotton fabric, which had been declining in recent years through the Nepal-India border in Nepalgunj, has started to rise again. In the first six months of the current fiscal year 2024/25, the import of sugar, rice, lentils, and cotton fabric […]

Decline in rice prices forces farmers to sell off inventory to curb further loss.

Rice prices have experienced a sharp decline, forcing businesses to sell off inventory to curb further loss. Several rice trading companies in the Cai Lay and Cai Be districts of Tien Giang Province in the Mekong Delta have advertised to reduce rice price to clear their warehouses. Tien Giang Province is home to approximately 500 […]

Rice scientists rise to the occasion

After a year ravaged by recurrent flooding, Bangladesh readying varieties to withstand submergence. Reaz Ahmad Struck by recurrent flooding Bangladesh lost anything between half a million to one million tons of rice in 2024. Floodwaters deluged Haor zone of northeastern Bangladesh in June last year followed by several bouts of flooding in August and October […]

Obstacles remain for small rice traders

NEWSPAPER SECTION: Business, WRITER: Phusadee Arunmas A veteran rice exporter backs changes in rice trade policy expected later this month, but he cautioned that small businesses still face significant hurdles to break into international markets. Following the first meeting of the Operational Committee under the 1946 Rice Trading Act (Session 1/2025), Commerce Minister Pichai Naripthaphan […]