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U.S. and Global Rice Outlook: Supply, Trade, and Prices.

The 2024/25 U.S. rice outlook indicates slightly reduced supplies, increased domestic use, and decreased exports, resulting in lower ending stocks. Medium- and short-grain imports dropped due to slower purchases by Puerto Rico. Domestic use hit a record high, while long-grain exports saw continued weakness. Conversely, medium- and short-grain exports to Northeast Asia showed strength. On […]

Fertilizer access revolution boosts rice productivity: Minister.

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman stated that the revolution in fertilizer access is the government’s strategic step that has boosted national rice productivity significantly and sustainably. During a simultaneous harvest across 14 provinces led directly by President Prabowo Subianto in Majalengka, West Java, on Monday, Sulaiman stated that fertilizer distribution has been […]

World’s largest deforestation project fells forests for bioethanol fuel, sugar, rice in Indonesia.

Local communities say they’re already experiencing harm from the government-backed project, which environmental watchdogs say is the largest current planned deforestation operation in the world. Jakarta: Indonesia plans to clear forests about the size of Belgium to produce sugarcane-derived bioethanol, rice and other food crops, potentially displacing Indigenous groups who rely on the land to […]

Is Indonesia’s planned rice megaproject doomed to fail?

Poor soils and dry climate could undermine effort to expand rice growing by 1 million hectares, experts warn. By Dyna Rochmyaningsih In the swampy forests of Indonesian New Guinea, “food brigades” of soldiers are guarding bulldozers as they clear vegetation for future rice fields. The operation is part of an initiative announced late last year […]

Pupuk Indonesia Partners with AGO on Rice Cultivation

The Jakarta Globe. Jakarta. State-run fertilizer company Pupuk Indonesia has partnered with the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) for the food self-sufficiency program. Pupuk Indonesia will team up with the AGO to support the management of confiscated land by the latter for rice cultivation. Both sides inked a cooperation agreement with the state logistics company Bulog […]

Resumption of broken rice exports to boost growth in west Africa, Indonesia markets.

In FY24, India shipped rice worth $10.41 billion, a decline of 6.5% on year, as shipments were hampered because of restrictions that were imposed to improve domestic supplies. Written by Sandip Das The government’s move to lift the ban on broken rice exports — the last of the restrictions on the shipments of the grain […]

Rice production projected to hit seven-year high in Jan-Apr 2025: BPS.

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Statistics Indonesia (BPS) stated that Indonesia’s rice production is projected to reach 13.95 million tons from January to April 2025, the highest in the last seven years. Rice production stood at 13.63 million tons in 2019, 11.52 million tons in 2020, 13.58 million tons in 2021, 13.71 million tons in 2022, 12.98 […]

Bulog ensures safe rice stocks until end of Ramadan.

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s State Logistics Agency (Bulog) has ensured that the national rice stocks are safe to meet people’s needs until the end of this year’s Ramadan so that supply stability can be maintained during the period. Operational and Public Services Director of Bulog Mokhamad Suyamto, in his statement here on Sunday, explained that […]

Indonesia leads Myanmar rice imports with 600,000+ tonnes (Apr-Jan)

Nyein Nyein. Indonesia is the largest importer of Myanmar’s rice, with over 600,000 tonnes in the past ten months of the current financial year 2024-2025 beginning 1 April, according to the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF).China is the second largest importer of Myanmar rice with 429,000 tonnes, followed by 300,000 tonnes to Belgium, over 131,000 tonnes […]