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October 29,2015
Vol 5 ,Issue XV
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Rice News Headlines...
 World's first 'Sustainable Rice' standard launched
 Farmer trampled
 UCD, Pakistan launch $17M food, ag partnership
 CBI books basmati firm on fraud charge
 The Philippine Order of Sikatuna is bestowed on IRRI‘s director general
 Low rice prices irk growers, dealers
 Mars announces sustainable rice partnership
 Farmers worried as Pusa 1121 rates hit 5-year low
 Drought wrecks havoc on Indonesian rice planting
 Philippines: Philippines considering options for add'l rice importation
 Tanzania's rice farmers boost production
 The Sushi Project: Farming Fish And Rice in California's Fields
 House Passes 2-year Budget Deal, Promises to Reverse Cuts to Crop Insurance
 USA Rice Gets Greater FAS Funding for 2016 International Promotion Programs
 Rice States Must Begin Section 18 Emergency Exemption Requests for AV-1011
 Weekly Rice Sales, Exports Reported
 CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures
 APEDA Rice Commodity News from India
 Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open-Oct 29
 Arkansas Farm Bureau Daily Commodity Report
News Detail...
World's first 'Sustainable Rice' standard launched
UNEP-backed rice sustainability standard launched, as food giant Mars commits to sourcing 100 per
cent of its rice from sustainable sources by 2020
A newly launched sustainable rice standard is hoping to slash the impact of one of the world's most popular
food commodities on the environment, after food giant Mars pledged to source all its rice from suppliers who
comply with the standard by 2020.
The Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP), an initiative started by the United Nations Environment Program
(UNEP) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in 2011, this week laid out a set of criteria and
performance indicators for sustainable rice cultivation designed to provide a benchmark for farmers who have
taken steps to reduce the environmental footprint of rice production.
Alongside the launch of the new standard, Mars - a corporate partner of the SRP - committed to sourcing 100
per cent of its rice sustainably by 2020.
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Mars Food said it will use the standard to assess its rice supply chains and has already begun piloting the
scheme with rice farmers in Pakistan and India.
Fiona Dawson, president of Mars Food, called the standard a "truly mutual solution" that would benefit rice
farmers and consumers.
"Through the global standard, we hope to create benefits for all involved from the farmers to our consumers,"
she said in a statement. "The benefit for us is that we are ensuring premium quality rice, whilst also ensuring a
higher income for farmers, and a better environment for current and future generations."
Rice cultivation is hugely resource intensive, using 34 to 43 per cent of the world's irrigated water and
contributing five to 10 per cent of anthropogenic greenhouse gases, according to the SRP. However, it is also a
daily staple for over half the world's population, many of whom are food insecure, while one fifth of global
population depends on rice cultivation for their livelihood.
The SRP reports that the demand for rice is projected to grow by 50 per cent by 2050. But both yields and area
for cultivation are shrinking due to land conversion, salinisation,and increased water scarcity. Consequently,
campaigners argue there is a compelling economic, as well as environmental case, for embracing best practices
that enhance yields and improve water efficiency.
While the new Sustainable Rice Standard is the first sustainability standard to be launched by major companies
for rice, there are already multitude of sustainability standards for foods including palm
oil, soy, sugar and cocoa, which are designed to help farmers curb environmental impacts while allowing food
companies to better promote the green credentials of their products.
http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2432314/worlds-first-sustainable-rice-standard-launched
Farmer trampled
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When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.‖–African proverb.
In Pakistan, it is worse. The elephants, PML-N and PTI are fighting in fields where farmers are harvesting
their crops. The farmer is being trampled by the elephants and economically slaughtered by making
distress sale of paddy.Farmers are in deep distress. The morale of the farmer is at the lowest. He is
suffering in silence. When will the silent volcano erupt I don‘t know. The government hasn‘t seen the real
anger of the farmers yet, and is assuming they will never see. They may not always be right, as they feel,
the farmer can be handled by the DPO, DCO, SDO, SHO.The words that come out of farmers mouth after
a bumper harvest, but miserable price for his paddy as that ―The government has killed us‖. Majority of
the people in the rice farming and business were under the false impression that Iran rice market will open
up, in a big way, in beginning of October. It did not happen.
In my last article dated September 18, 2015, in The Nation, I had pleaded, to both government and
opposition to join hands to find a marketing solution to the paddy crisis. A joint delegation of government
and opposition to Iran and China would have done the job. The farmer is the loser in the battle of the
giants as focus is out of agriculture and totally on electioneering.I am positive on Iran buying in large
quantities, but not before January 2016. Farmers total paddy crop will be harvested by end of November. I
talked to a lot of people in the rice business for the way out of the present rice crisis. All agreed on one
point, buying of rice by the government. Pakistan has to fight back to recapture its lost markets to Indian
trade. The whole rice chain is charged up to fight back.
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I met a paddy supplier a few days back at Hafizabad. He informed me of the death of several rice dealers
in the last couple of month most, probably because they could not take the shock of business loss. In this
season the rice miller or dealer is buying paddy dirt cheap. He will definitely recover his past losses.For
the farmer this harvesting season is even worse than the last one. The only thing keeping the farmers alive
is the courage of the heart, but for how long? The real loser in the rice fiasco is the rice farmer from the
traditional rice belt of Punjab. He has no options but to grow rice as he sees no other financially viable
crop option.
The crisis of paddy price collapse at harvest time did not happen overnight. It took years in the making. I
wrote an article in The Nation dated August 23, 2004 titled: New Seeds of Hope. In that I gave my vision
and forewarned of excess paddy production:
―Apparently it seems rice farmers never had it so good. No government support for the last couple of
years and even then the prices the market has offered them has been rewarding for their hard work. In fact
now rice farming is stretching out in nontraditional areas due to the high returns and cash payments
received by the farmers. The above trend may end up in a collapse of prices at harvest time.The above
scenario has come about with a very heavy price, water tables have drastically fallen and soils have been
degraded due to salts pumped out from ground water. Weeds have increased exponentially due to
monotonous paddy/wheat rotation.
Organic matter has further gone down as farmers are forced to grow same crops each year due to
favorable returns of paddy/wheat as compared with multiple cropping with legumes-oilseeds and green
manuring crops to increase the organic matter in the soils.Acreage has to be taken out of paddy/wheat
rotation to be replaced by alternate crops like pulses and oilseeds. Sugarcane like paddy is a water guzzler
and the increase in acreage in them must be definitely discouraged. We are an arid country but not
behaving like one. Any future planning has to keep this fundamental fact in mind before going for long
term strategies.‖In short, our present dilemma is that, we are producing, in excess, water guzzling and soil
exhausting crops with no place to export, or consume and importing crops that are water efficient and soil
building.
The Kissan package given by the government is an outcome of bad agriculture policies, and not due to
depressed commodity prices in the international market. For example, a policy that led to flooding of our
market with subsidized cheap Indian vegetables and milk powder.
Pakistan has the lowest import duty on milk powder i.e. 20%. Turkey to safeguard its dairy industry
increased duty to 180%. Iran our traditional rice market of more than 1.0 million tonnes a year was
surrendered to India.Well if Pakistan could import electricity from Iran during the sanctions and India
could export Rice to Iran during this period, Pakistan could also have found a way to supply rice to Iran,
during the sanctions.
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The agriculture package given by the government is basically focusing on supply side and combining
with payment of direct cash to the farmer. A much better alternative would have been total focus on the
marketing side that would have resulted in far greater reward to the farmer.
A new agriculture policy with sustainable vision is what the agriculture sector needs. A policy, that will
give the first right of domestic consumer to the local producer.A policy that will focus, on export
highways for our agriculture crops, especially meeting our friendly neighbor country requirements.A
policy, that will give handsome incentives to grow import substitution crops like oil seeds lentils and
pulses which also fix nitrogen in soil and are water smart.A policy that makes livestock and dairy farming
viable on a smaller scale.
A policy that discourages import of agriculture commodities and milk powder.A policy that scraps the
sweet heart deals given to fertilizer units in form of low gas rate in the name of farmer support.A policy
that will discourage small and marginal farmer‘s sons to sell their one or two acres of land to go to Europe
or middle east, and work as laborers, if they survive the dangerous journey.A policy that will prepare us
to meet the challenge of climate change by giving numerous options to the farmer to grow crops
depending on the forecast of weather.A policy that will result in farmers financing agriculture research, as
they see the positive impact of research on their farms.A policy that will encourage family farms instead
of corporate or cooperative farms.A policy where courts do not form a committee to address climate
change but government is pro active themselves.
A policy that will make agriculture sustainable practices mandatory to be taught in village schools with
practical demonstration.A policy that results in small and marginal farmers becoming a viable unit by
making small dairy and soil building crops growing attractive financially.A policy that finds avenues for
work close to their farms, for small and marginal farmer‘s sons and daughterA policy that will result in
agriculture policy becoming the corner stone of our foreign policy and not houbara bustard hunting.
A policy, that gives respect to the farmer.One word for all the above policies is called food sovereignty.
Food and food sovereignty for every citizen has to be incorporated in our constitution as recently done by
Nepal.Pakistan has no option but to practice good sustainable agriculture practices instead of
unsustainable mono-cropping agriculture.Our soils are sick. If we follow the traditional method of
agriculture with crop rotation a must, it will result in our sick soils getting healthier.Once soils get
healthy, then it will take much less fertilizer, to get the same output as it does from a sick soil, resulting in
cost of production going down .I assure you it is doable, only political will and a change of vision is
required.
http://nation.com.pk/columns/29-Oct-2015/farmer-trampled
CBI books basmati firm on fraud charge
DEVESH K. PANDEY
The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against REI Agro Ltd., said to be the largest basmati
rice processing and marketing company in the world, and its directors for allegedly causing a loss of Rs.
3,814.39 crore to a consortium of 15 nationalised banks led by UCO Bank.
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―The case of alleged conspiracy, cheating and forgery has been registered against the company and its
directors, Sanjay and Sandeep Jhunjhunwala, N.K. Gupta and K.D. Ghosh. It is alleged that the firm operated
through a web of shell companies for conducting fraudulent transactions in rice trade. Suspected diversion of
funds raised through bank loans is being probed,‖ said a CBI official.
On Tuesday, CBI teams conducted searches on the premises of the company and its directors in Kolkata and
Delhi, and also at its three rice processing units at Rewari in Haryana.
The action has been taken on the basis of a complaint lodged by UCO Bank alleging that 2013 onwards, the
company had taken loans to the tune of Rs. 3,814.39 crore from the consortium of nationalised banks through
fraudulent means.
Set up in 1994, the company was a co-sponsor of Delhi Daredevils cricket team in the Indian Premier League-
2013 tournament.
Once listed in the London and the Singapore stock exchanges, the firm ran about 400 super stores under the
brand 6TEN in India, said the official, adding: ―It allegedly defrauded banks in India and abroad. The company
was also sued by Singapore-based leading global financial services company Credit Suisse for recovery of $80
million,‖ said the official.
The case is understood to be part of the CBI‘s action against private firms which allegedly duped nationalised
banks.
The agency had recently registered a corruption and criminal conspiracy case against liquor baron Vijay
Mallya and the chief financial officer of Kingfisher Airlines for alleged default of Rs. 900-crore loan in
connivance with unknown officials of IDBI Bank.
Another such case was filed against Surat-based fleet operator firm Siddhi Vinayak Logistics Ltd. and Bank of
Maharashtra for alleged default of Rs. 800 crore.
Keywords: basmati firm, fraud charge, REI Agro Ltd.
The Philippine Order of Sikatuna bestowed on IRRI‘s director
general
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29 October 2015—In the ceremonial Hall of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila, Robert S.
Zeigler, director general and chief executive officer of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI),
received the Order of Sikatuna, the highest award that the Philippine Government can give to a foreign
national. Zeigler was conferred the Rank of Datu (Grand Cross, Gold Distinction) in appreciation of his ―...
continuing support in mitigating poverty through the promotion of long-term food security for the
Philippines.‖ Previous recipients include former U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, Asian Development
Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda, and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) President
Sadako Ogata.
Acting Secretary of Foreign Affairs Jesus I. Yabes conferred the award on behalf of President Benigno S.
Aquino III. During the citation ceremony, Mr. Yabes said that the award recognizes Dr. Zeigler‘s extraordinary
service in nurturing IRRI‘s special relations with the Philippines in the 17 years of his residency in the country
(10 at the helm of IRRI and 7 as an IRRI scientist in the late 1980s and early 1990s). During this period,
particularly in the last decade as DG and CEO, the nation benefitted significantly. He added, ―IRRI projects
undertaken and completed under Dr. Zeigler‘s term contributed to the country‘s long-term food security, rice
yield growth and rise in incomes and productivity of Filipino farmers. Equally significant was Dr. Zeigler‘s
sustained advocacy for farmers‘ rights and welfare which helped improve the lives of rural communities.‖
The U.S. native, who is retiring in December, is a plant pathologist with extensive knowledge and experience
in plant breeding, forest ecology, and soil science. During his career, he has obtained distinction in the fields of
agricultural research, development management, and governance in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
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In accepting the Order of Sikatuna, Dr. Zeigler said, ―This is a tremendous honor and indeed humbling to
receive this very, very important honor from the President of the Philippines. It is truly a moving experience
personally and it is something that reminds me of the importance of IRRI. Although this honor is bestowed on
me, it is really a recognition of the extreme importance of the work that all of our colleagues at IRRI and our
partner institutions in the Philippines to advance the interest of not only Philippine farmers but also of all
Filipinos. It is with great honor, and I must say considerable personal pleasure, that I accept this recognition.
Thank you very much.‖
Established in 1953, The Order of Sikatuna is a diplomatic merit for exceptional and meritorious contributions
to the Philippines conferred on diplomats, officials, and nationals for fostering, developing, and strengthening
relations with the country. The Gold Distinction (Katangiang Ginto) is the highest distinction under the Rank
of Grand Cross (Datu), awarded exclusively to crown princes, vice presidents, senate presidents, house
speakers, chief justices, foreign ministers or other cabinet officials, ambassadors, undersecretaries, assistant
secretaries, or other individuals of similar or equivalent rank.
irri.org/
Low rice prices irk growers, dealers
October 29, 2015
SIALKOT
The condition of growers and dealers is aggravating with every passing day in Sialkot region due to huge
stocks of rice that have not been exported by the government while the arrival of fresh rice in the markets
has started .
It has resulted in 50 percent decline in the prices of rice, causing great financial loss to the growers,
stockists and dealers.
The arrival of fresh paddy yields in the markets of Sialkot, Daska, Sambrial, Uggoki, Satrah, Siraanwali ,
Mianwali Bangla, Chawinda, Badiana, Pasrur, Zafarwal, Baddo Malhi, Noor Kot, Shakargarh, Narowal
and surrounding areas remains unable to bring traditional hustle bustle of the growers and dealers.
The price of rice 386 is Rs600 to 650 per mound in the local markets now a days, while it had been at
Rs1,300 per mound during the last year. The rice experts were of the view that the prices of the 386 rice
would reduce to Rs1,100 to 1,200 per 40kg this year than the last year's rate of Rs2,300 to 2,400 per
mound.
The situation is worsening day by day putting the financial crisis beaten growers and dealers into hot
waters. They were of the view that the situation had now become unbearable for them, as they had
become forced to sell out their agricultural lands after giving up their profession. They said that they were
unable to do it because the cost of production had become too much high and unaffordable for them. They
said that they were forced to sell out their agricultural land to pay back their agricultural and other loans.
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The situation had resulted in the sinking of millions of rupees of the investors due to the three-year
aggregating rice crisis while the other investors were reluctant to invest in the business, they said.
Meanwhile, the local growers started supply of the fresh yield of Super Basmati to the local rice markets,
where the price of Super Basmati is Rs1,070 to 1,100 per 40kg, with hopes that the rate of rice would be
Rs1,800 to 2,000 per 40kg in the markets.
On the other hand, local middlemen Sheikh Nasir, Sheikh Qaisar, Sheikh Ilyas, Rana Tariq, Abdul
Majeed Butt, Sarwar, Arif Mehmood, Jamil, Iqbal, Arshad Warraich, Boota and Ghulam Hussain said that
the business of rice had been falling down day by day for the last four consecutive years. They said that
the rice exporters had already stopped to pick rice from the local rice markets after the decline in their rice
exports. They said that those invested in the rice businesses had been suffering great losses due to the
circumstances.
They said that the huge stocks of the previous years' rice had been lying unattended into the local markets
where the fresh arrival of rice had already started.
They said that the fresh arrival of paddy 386 in the local rice markets had also dropped paddy prices by
about 50 percent in local markets, due to which millions of rupees of investors have sunk. It is
continuously falling day by day due to lack of support from the government for the paddy growers and
dealers.
Agriculture Department officials said that the maximum rates of 386 rice would be at Rs 1,200 per 40kg
and Super Basmati at Rs2,000 per 40kg in the local markets and there were no chances of increase in rates
during the current season, they added.
http://nation.com.pk/national/29-Oct-2015/low-rice-prices-irk-growers-dealers
Mars Food Announces First Global Rice Sustainability
Standard in Partnership with the Sustainable Rice Platform
MANILA, Philippines, Oct. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mars Food, in partnership with the
Sustainable Rice Platform, (SRP), a global alliance of agricultural research institutions, agri-food businesses,
public sector and civil society organizations convened by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), today announced the first global standard for sustainable
rice at the 5th
Annual Plenary Meeting and Assembly here.
As the leading corporation with the SRP and owner of the world's largest rice brand, UNCLE BEN'S®, Mars
Food played a pivotal role in developing the standard. Mars Food also announced today its commitment to
sustainably source 100 percent of its rice by 2020 using the SRP standard.
"Caring for our environment as well as our entire supply chain from end-to-end is more than usual corporate
responsibility. It's an imperative for Mars Food," said Fiona Dawson, President of Mars Food. "Through the
global standard, we hope to create benefits for all involved from the farmers to our consumers. The benefit for
us is that is that we are ensuring premium quality rice, whilst also ensuring a higher income for farmers, and a
better environment for current and future generations. It is a truly mutual solution."
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The SRP standard consists of a set of criteria for sustainable rice cultivation that can be used across the globe
to reduce the environmental footprint of rice production and improve the lives of rice farmers. The standard
consists of 46 requirements organized under eight broad topics, including productivity, food safety, worker
health, labor rights, and biodiversity. Rice plays a critical role in global food security, providing livelihoods for
over 140 million smallholder farmers in developing countries and is a staple food for nearly half of the world's
seven billion people.
Mars Food will use the standard as a benchmark against which to assess its rice supply chains – identifying
where there are gaps and developing strategies to improve sustainability. Mars Food has already begun piloting
implementation of the standard with rice farmers in two countries – Pakistan and India. A controlled farming
program in Pakistan, in partnership with Rice Partners, LTD, IRRI and Bayer CropScience, has grown from 31
smallholder farmers in 2011 to 400 farmers in 2015 who produce Basmati rice grown with the correct
application of chemicals and harvested with practices to improve food safety and water quality. In India, Mars
is embedding new learnings while also piloting the SRP standard.
The standard complements and builds upon the company's Purpose – Better Food Today. A Better World
Tomorrow – and the Mars Mutuality Principle, which demonstrate the company's commitment to helping rice
farmers improve yields while reducing water use and greenhouse gas emissions and improving socioeconomic
conditions in the communities where high-quality rice is grown.
About Mars Food
Mars Food is a fast-growing food business, making tastier, healthier, easier meals for all consumers to enjoy.
Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, Mars Food is a leader in producing great tasting products. Our portfolio
includes the following brands: UNCLE BEN'S®, DOLMIO®, SEEDS OF CHANGE®, MasterFoods®, SUZI
WAN®, EBLY®, ROYCO®, KAN TONG® and RARIS®. In 2013, global sales were approximately $2
billion.
Our ambition is to become a model business in the areas of health and nutrition and sustainability, as expressed
by our purpose: Better Food Today. A Better World Tomorrow.
Mars Food is a segment of Mars, Incorporated.
About Mars, Incorporated
Mars, Incorporated is a private, family-owned business with more than a century of history and some of the
best-loved brands in the world including M&M'S®, PEDIGREE®, DOUBLEMINT® and UNCLE BEN'S®.
Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars has more than$33 billion in sales from six diverse business segments:
Petcare, Chocolate, Wrigley, Food, Drinks and Symbioscience. More than 75,000 Associates across 73
countries are united by the company's Five Principles: Quality, Efficiency, Responsibility, Mutuality and
Freedom and strive every day to create relationships with stakeholders that deliver growth we are proud of as a
company.
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mars-food-announces-first-global-rice-sustainability-standard-in-
partnership-with-the-sustainable-rice-platform-300165786.html
Farmers worried as Pusa 1121 rates hit 5-year low
Amaninder Pal Sharma,TNN | Oct 29, 2015, 12.08 PM IST
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PATIALA: After widespread damage to cotton crop and distress sale of Pusa Basmati 1509 variety,
rates of widely grown Pusa 1121 basmati have hit a five-year low in Punjab. Random queries in the
grain markets of the region revealed that Pusa 1121, which would fetch almost double the normal
paddy till last year, was fetching rates in the range of Rs 1,700-1,850 per quintal.
Experts said that rates of Pusa 1121 were the lowest since the variety was introduced in 2007-08
when it sold at Rs 1,300-1,400 per quintal. In 2013, rates of Pusa 1121 were in the range Rs 3,500-
4,000 per quintal.
"In the grain markets of Patiala and Sangrur districts and markets of Haryana bordering Punjab, Pusa
1121 variety is being procured at Rs 1,800-1,850 per quintal. This is the maximum price. Farmers are
getting only Rs 1,600-1,650 for the crop cut with combine harvesters," said rice exporter Naresh
Goyal of Patran Foods Private Limited.
"This is the worst price index we are witnessing for Pusa 1121 in the past five-six years. There is
hardly any chance that its prices will increase in the coming days. A huge quantum of Pusa 1121 is
still lying unsold with the exporters," Goyal added.
Expecting that prices may increase in the coming days, many farmers are reluctant to sell their
produce. "If I sell my crop at Rs 1,800 per quintal, it will hardly return the input cost, leave alone
profits. So I have no other option but to wait for next couple of weeks hoping that prices may see
some surge," said Gurmit Singh, farmer from Bhatiwal Kalan village of Sangrur.
Area of basmati cultivation in Punjab this year is 7.63 lakh hectares as against the total paddy
acreage of 28 lakh hectares.
Table:
Average rates of Pusa 1121 per quintal
Year Price range
2015Rs 1,600-1,850
2014Rs 2,700-3,000
2013Rs 4,000-4,500
2012Rs 3,000-3,500
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http://article.wn.com/view/2015/10/29/Farmers_worried_as_Pusa_1121_rates_hit_5year_low/
Drought Wrecks Havoc On Indonesian Rice Planting
October 29, 2015 - Severe dry conditions in Indonesia's Java hampers seasonal rice production and threatens an
increase in prices. Julie Noce reports.
From: https://www.youtube.com/user/ReutersVideo
PHL considering options for add'l rice importation
he Philippines is again considering its options to whether or not import additional rice given the impact on
agriculture not only of El Nino but Typhoon Lando as well.During the Foreign Correspondents Association of
the Philippines (FOCAP) forum Tuesday, President Beningno Aquino III said they already approved the
importation of 500,000 metric tons of rice, which was earlier approved to address the impact of the dry
spell.However, with the flooding caused by Typhoon Lando, which ravaged most of Luzon last October 14-24,
the President said this will negatively impact on the December cropping season.He said the issue of the dry
spell was somewhat addressed by the rains brought by the typhoon but it also lessened supply of some
commodities.
"We would like to err on the side of caution. We want to ensure that the public --- there will be sufficient
supplies of the staple at reasonable prices," he said.Aquino said they are currently reviewing debt of the
National Food Authority (NFA) to see if they can still import additional supply.
"So it seems to be a win-win solution that we are promoting on where we have approved and we are
considering whether or not there is need to increase the 500,000 metric tons," he said.The President, however,
declined to say when the decision to import or not would be made."The data is being studied currently. It is a
very delicate balancing act," he added. (PNA)
http://ptvnews.ph/bottom-news-life2/11-11-nation-submenu/47790-phl-considering-options-for-add-l-rice-
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Tanzania's rice farmers boost production
Tanzania‘s government wants to improve
living conditions for small farmers. Their aim
is to produce more food, to cover growing
needs in the future. Betrida Kayega has joined
such an initiative in the Kilombero Region.
http://www.dw.com/en/tanzanias-rice-farmers-boost-production/a-18814601
The Sushi Project: Farming Fish And Rice in California's Fields
nnovative projects in California are using flooded rice fields to rear threatened species of Pacific salmon,
mimicking the rich floodplains where juvenile salmon once thrived. This technique also shows promise for
growing forage fish, which are increasingly threatened in the wild.
BY JACQUES LESLIE
The idea of rearing salmon in fallowed rice fields started in a duck blind. Huey Johnson, California‘s Secretary
of Resources in the 1970s and at age 82 widely considered the ―grand old man‖ of California
environmentalists, is an avid hunter, who has spent hundreds of hours in Central Valley duck blinds. It is
perhaps a testament to the contemplation induced by extended
Resource Renewal Institute
Aerial view of a ―Fish in the Fields‖ site, where small forage fish are being raised in flooded, fallow rice fields.
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time spent in blinds that Johnson, surrounded by winter rice fields flooded to decompose rice straw, began
wondering what else could be done with all that water. His answer: Grow fish. With two environmentally
minded investors, Johnson formed a company called Cal Marsh & Farm Ventures that in 2011 acquired a
Northern California rice field to carry out fish experiments.
As it happened, in the late 1990s two scientific teams — one led by Ted Sommer, a floodplain biologist in
California‘s Department of Water Resources, and the other by Peter Moyle, a University of California, Davis,
biologist and leading inland fish expert — had begun carrying out similar experiments in the Central Valley.
They sent juvenile salmon downstream across floodplains instead of via rivers, where predators were more
numerous. Their work showed that juvenile salmon diverted from the Sacramento River‘s main channel and
retained in its adjacent floodplain for a few weeks grew more than twice as fast as fish that stayed in the river.
In 2012 Cal Marsh & Farm Ventures and the scientists joined forces in theNigiri Project, named after a kind of
sushi because both combine rice and fish,
There is persuasive evidence that salmon benefit greatly by lingering in
flooded rice fields.
to use rice fields to promote salmon restoration. The scientists have since compiled persuasive evidence that
salmon benefit greatly by lingering in flooded rice fields, while Johnson has started another enterprise that uses
rice fields to grow forage fish for protein.
The salmon project is likely within a year or two of overcoming the last bureaucratic obstacles keeping it from
operating as a government-sanctioned method of mitigating environmental harm. Though less-developed, the
forage fish venture offers the prospect of global impact by taking pressure off of wild fish stocks. Both projects
suggest the rising influence of "reconciliation ecology," which argues for the reconfiguration of human-
dominated landscapes to include other species as the only way left to sustain most ecosystems.
Two centuries ago the Central Valley was largely a marshy wetland. When the Sacramento River flooded,
juvenile salmon beginning their journey downstream to the ocean were cast onto its floodplain, where they
stayed for months, fattening themselves on plankton and insects that were part of the floodplain‘s biological
cornucopia. But the construction of ever-higher levees in the 19th century, vividly described in Robert Kelley‘s
1989 classic
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California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife/Yale e360
The Sacramento River Valley, site of initiatives to raise salmon and other fish in flooded rice fields.
Sacramento River history,Battling the Inland Sea, separated the Sacramento from its floodplain.
The result was that salmon were hurtled down the river‘s main channel, reaching the Sacramento-San Joaquin
River delta and the Pacific Ocean too early, when they were underweight and unprepared for predators.
Combined with dams, gold mining, and water diversions for agriculture and municipal consumption, the
river‘s isolation from the floodplain has reduced three of the Sacramento‘s four salmon runs to endangered
levels.
Southeast Asians have raised fish in rice fields for many centuries, but they do it while the rice is growing,
using fish suited to the paddy water‘s warm temperatures. What distinguished Johnson‘s idea from the
traditional Asian practice was that he wanted to grow salmon in the winter, after rice was harvested and water
temperatures were low enough for salmon. This wasn‘t even possible until the early 1990s, when California‘s
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clean air laws placed tight restrictions on burning rice straw, the farmers‘ preferred method of eliminating rice
residue.
Farmers then began flooding their fields starting in the late summer or fall, inadvertently producing a
simulacrum of the vast 4-million-acre Central Valley wetlands that had existed two centuries ago. Winter-
flooded Central Valley rice fields now cover a larger area — 250,000 to 300,000 acres — than the 200,000
acres of original valley wetlands that remain.
The switch to flooding has generated a huge resurgence of the Pacific Flyway, as millions of migratory birds
desperate for water in the increasingly drought-prone valley began using the rice fields as way
Rearing fish could add to the rice farmers‘ environmental credentials while
adding to their incomes.
stations. Politically vulnerable because of their high use of water in an increasingly water-scarce state, rice
farmers found themselves cast as environmental heroes, and embraced the herons, egrets, ducks, geese,
sandpipers, and other birds that thronged to their fields. Rearing fish could add to the rice farmers‘
environmental credentials while supplementing their incomes with mitigation fees paid by the state‘s water
users.
The production of rice and fish on the same field is a prime example of reconciliation ecology, first articulated
in a 2003 book called Win-Win Ecology: How the Earth’s Species Can Survive in the Midst of Human
Enterprise. The author, Michael L. Rosenzweig, a University of Arizona ecologist, argues that humans have so
thoroughly transformed the earth‘s surface that environmental restoration is impossible on virtually all of it,
and the few areas set aside as natural reserves aren‘t big enough to sustain many species. Instead, he says, the
only way to ward off mass extinctions is to convert working landscapes to support other species while
continuing to fulfill human needs.
Reconciliation ecology represents a shift among
environmentalists from focusing on a particular place,
such as a nature reserve, to a natural process. ―We
invest a lot of money in postage-stamp, high-profile
conservation efforts that really are just a blip on the
larger landscape,‖ Jacob Katz, the Nigiri Project‘s lead
scientist, said. ―Instead, we should be thinking about
how water flows across the entire landscape and
managing those natural processes so that basically the
habitat takes care of itself.‖ The juvenile salmon reared
in the Nigiri Project may benefit rice fields as much as
rice fields benefit them, while both foster the
resurgence of the floodplain food web. Floodplains are
much richer, more varied biological environments than
rivers; reconnecting floodplains to rivers infuses downstream basins with life. Flooded rice fields awaken
dormant plankton in the soil, insects flourish on the plankton, and the fish dine on both. In turn, the fishes‘
presence reduces insects, weeds, and diseases that may harm rice.
Rice farming is often criticized for its sizable water use, but it‘s the only crop that flourishes in the Sacramento
Valley‘s clayey soils. The clay holds back the water from percolating deeper into the soil and contains it in the
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If farming forage fish increases, it could reduce pressures on overfished
ocean stocks.
fields until they‘re drained in March. As the water, now laden with nutrients and fertilizing fish excrement,
makes its way down the basin and back into the river, it enriches the downstream environment all the way to
the estuary, benefiting native fish there. Once the river reconnects with the floodplain, the Sacramento‘s
dwindling stock of wild salmon regains an edge over hatchery salmon, which scientists say could enable a
resurgence of the genetically superior wild salmon.
A major liability of rice is that it‘s the only agricultural crop whose production causes methane emissions, a
process that was intensified by the use of Green Revolution chemical fertilizers. For that reason, the cultivation
of rice, the staple of 3 billion people worldwide, is the leading agricultural source of greenhouse gas emissions.
But fish in paddies reduce the need for chemical fertilizers without lowering rice productivity. Accordingly, as
the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reported in 2012, ―Rice-fish farming reduces the
emission of methane by almost 30 percent compared with traditional rice farming.‖
In 2010 Cal Marsh & Farm Venture‘s managers — environmental land manager David Katz and rice farmer
John Brennan — began what has been a five-year struggle to make floodplain restoration a key part of the
management of the Sacramento River-San Joaquin River Delta. The project research so far has taken place in a
Sacramento River floodplain known as the Yolo Bypass, through which water is diverted to avoid flooding
Sacramento. First, Katz and Brennan encountered resistance from Yolo County officials, who feared that the
project would destroy agriculture in the Bypass floodplain. As more and more pieces of the project‘s biological
research confirmed that rice fields benefited from fish, Katz and Brennan held hundreds of meetings with Yolo
County rice farmers to explain it, and eventually won them over. The pair overcame similar opposition from
duck hunters.
Their last barrier, bureaucracy, may be the most formidable, for they‘ve found that the regulatory zeal of
government officials often stifles innovation. Though the project has no outright opponents and support from
surprising places, including the Los Angeles Metropolitan Water District and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation,
it still needs state approval. Instead, Katz said, when project scientists applied to acquire hatchery
Resource Renewal Institute
Juvenile fish such as these thrive in the nutrient-rich environment of flooded rice fields.
salmon for the experiments, ―Some government bureaucrat said, ‗Your people are not qualified under the
permit to handle these fish.‘ They said that to California‘s leading salmon scientists! It was ludicrous!‖
Despite that, the project is now a featured part ofCalifornia EcoRestore, the state‘s
stripped-down proposal, announced last April, for restoring the severely impaired
Sacramento-San Joaquin River delta. EcoRestore is less than the sum of its parts, for most
of the projects it trumpets were started before the plan was even devised. The notable
exception is the Nigiri Project.
―Here is a restoration effort which has the lowest uncertainty and highest return on
investment of them all,‖ said Jeffrey Mount, an emeritus University of California, Davis, geomorphologist and
a senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California. ―The research that shows the use of the floodplain as
rearing and spawning habitat for native fishes like the salmon is as solid evidence as you‘re ever going to get
— period.‖
Johnson grew so frustrated with the bureaucratic obstacles that he turned over operation of the salmon project
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to Katz, Brennan, and CalTrout, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that supports research to help wild fish. Then
he launched another fish-rice project, called ―Fish in the Fields,‖ that attracts far less government scrutiny than
the Nigiri Project, partly because its focus is unheralded forage fish, not charismatic salmon.
Johnson plans to use winter rice fields to grow small, non-native forage fish that can be harvested when the
fields are drained. Then the fish can be turned into bait, livestock and poultry feed, pet food, fertilizer, dietary
supplements, and food for humans. The fish would never reach the floodplain, let alone the river or ocean, but
if plentiful enough they could generate another kind of environmental benefit, by reducing the intensifying
pressures on overfished ocean stocks of sardines, anchovies,
ALSO FROM YALE e360
For California Salmon, Drought And Warm Water Mean Trouble
With record drought and warming waters due to climate change, scientists are concerned that the future for Chinook salmon — a critical
part of the state‘s fishing industry — is in jeopardy.
herring, and mackerel. At the same time, the project offers the possibility of an additional source of protein
without requiring any more land, at a time when human demand for protein is growing and land-use conflicts
are multiplying.
Johnson started his experiments in 2013 with 45,000 Arkansas golden shiners, a hardy minnow variety that
grew prodigiously in early rice field experiments. Last month he finished building the nation‘s first golden
shiner hatchery in a rice field eight miles northeast of Marysville, California, and hopes to harvest its fish next
spring. Because the fish are harvested much closer to consumers than the trawlers that collect ocean forage
fish, they could be a cheaper and less-carbon-intensive source than the oceans. Johnson hopes his pilot project
will prompt rice farmers around the world to enter the $5.6-billion global forage fish market.
―You essentially have new ecosystems that we‘ve never had around before,‖ said Moyle, the dean of
California fish biologists. ―That makes them difficult to manage, but it‘s also pretty exciting. You have to find
ways to make working landscapes benefit fish and wildlife. It means everybody has to give up something, but
in the long run everybody is better off.‖
Also, rice is now an arsenic-laden crop. This has been written about, I think maybe, even on this website. Lundberg had to stop using it
for baby food because of the arsenic content. How will this be reflected in the fish?
The salmon are in the fields during the winter (after the harvest) when the water is the correct temperature
(http://caltrout.org/regions/central-california-region/the-nigiri-concept/).
As for the arsenic, the fish don't eat the rice, so they don't acquire it the way we do. If the arsenic is water soluble and in the soil, they
might pick it up as the water runs over their gills.
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/the_sushi_project_farming_fish_and_rice_in_californias_fields/2925
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House Passes 2-year Budget Deal, Promises to Reverse Cuts
to Crop Insurance
Oct 29, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Bipartisan
Budget Agreement of 2015 which raised the debt ceiling until March 2017 and increased federal spending by
$80 billion over two years. Fortunately for agriculture, the previously reported $3 billion cut to federal crop
insurance will be reversed during the Appropriations process later this
fall.
Thanks to hundreds of calls to Capitol Hill this week by the farm sector, 57 Members of the House of
Representatives officially pledged to oppose the legislation if the cuts to crop insurance weren‘t
addressed. Outgoing Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) had no choice but to work with other leadership to come
to an agreement to secure the bill‘s passage.
USA Rice Vice President of Government Affairs Ben Mosely said, ―I‘m pleased that the agriculture
community around the country was able to successfully coordinate the defense of one of our key safety net
programs. Reopening the Farm Bill at this point would directly go against everything that we stand for.‖
Mosely added, ―I‘d really like to thank the rice industry for their engagement as 11 of the 57 Members that
pledged to stand up for crop insurance also represent rice-growing Congressional Districts. That participation
is a direct effect of the calls our growers made to legislators on Tuesday and Wednesday.‖
The Bipartisan Budget Agreement of 2015 now heads to the Senate where it will be taken up as early as next
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week. Earlier today, Senate Republican leaders also vowed to restore the cuts to crop insurance. It remains
unclear where the $3 billion in offsets will be found.
http://usarice.com/blogs/usa-rice-daily/2015/10/29/house-passes-2-year-budget-deal-promises-
to-reverse-cuts-to-crop-insurance
USA Rice Gets Greater FAS Funding for 2016 International
Promotion Programs
WASHINGTON, DC -- USA Rice received notification this week of the budget
awarded by FAS for Fiscal Year 2016. Under the Market Access Program (MAP)
USA Rice received an allocation of $2,485,000, a 1.2 percent increase from
FY2015. Under the Foreign Market Development (FMD) the USA Rice budget will be
$1,877,000, a 6.1 percent increase from the prior year. In total, USA Rice received a
budget allocation of $4,362,000, an increase of $136,000 or 3.2 percent more than in
2015.
"We believe this increased budget reflects well on the quality and effectiveness of the
International Promotion programs that are implemented by USA Rice to maintain and/or increase exports of U.S.
rice," stated John Valpey, chairman of the USA Rice International Promotion Committee.
"With an export dependent industry like rice, these added funds could not have come at a better time to support our
promotion and trade policy efforts worldwide," said USA Rice President & CEO Betsy Ward.
Contact: Jim Guinn (703) 236-1474
USA Rice Daily
Rice States Must Begin Section 18 Emergency Exemption
Requests for AV-1011
Don't delay
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WASHINGTON, DC -- Departments of
agriculture in states with rice producers
affected by bird consumption of rice seed
need to begin applying for Section 18
Emergency Exemption Requests for AV-
1011 (anthraquinone) bird repellent as
soon as possible in order to have approvals
from the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) in a timely fashion. Section 18 of
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) authorizes EPA
to allow an unregistered use of a pesticide
for a limited time if EPA determines that
an emergency condition exists.
The EPA will have extensive data requests on bird damage from previous years and commercial
handlers will need time to treat seeds with AV-1011 before they are delivered to farms.
USA Rice is working closely with all parties, including EPA, to facilitate the use of AV-1011 by
rice growers.
Contact: Steve Hensley (703) 236-1445
USA Rice Daily
Weekly Rice Sales, Exports Reported
WASHINGTON, DC -- Net rice sales of 112,600 MT--a marketing-year high--for 2015/2016 were up 68 percent
from the previous week and up noticeably from the prior four-week average, according today's Export Sales
Highlights report. Increases were reported for Costa Rica (22,400 MT), Mexico (20,900 MT), Honduras (16,000
MT), Haiti (13,500 MT), and Japan (12,400 MT).
Exports of 78,300 MT, up 29 percent from the previous week and 19 percent from the prior four-week average, were
reported to Iran (32,000 MT), Haiti (18,500 MT), Japan (13,000 MT), Mexico (3,500 MT), and Canada (2,700
MT).
This summary is based on reports from exporters from the period October 16-22, 2015.
CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures
CME Group (Prelim): Closing Rough Rice Futures for October 29
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Month Price Net Change
November 2015 $11.535 + $0.135
January 2016 $11.820 + $0.135
March 2016 $12.085 + $0.135
May 2016 $12.340 + $0.120
July 2016 $12.590 + $0.120
September 2016 $12.205 + $0.110
November 2016 $12.205 + $0.110
USA Rice Daily
APEDA Rice Commodity News from India
International Benchmark Price
Price on: 28-10-2015
Product Benchmark Indicators Name Price
Apricots
1 Turkish No. 2 whole pitted, CIF UK (USD/t) 4875
2 Turkish No. 4 whole pitted, CIF UK (USD/t) 4375
3 Turkish size 8, CIF UK (USD/t) 3625
Sultanas
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1 Australian 5 Crown, CIF UK (USD/t) 2945
2 South African Orange River, CIF UK (USD/t) 2575
3 Turkish No 9 standard, FOB Izmir (USD/t) 2200
White Sugar
1 CZCE White Sugar Futures (USD/t) 816
2 Pakistani refined sugar, EXW Akbari Mandi (USD/t) 541
3 Thai VHP, FOB Thailand (USD/t) 460
Source:agra-net For more info
Market Watch
Commodity-wise, Market-wise Daily Price on 28-10-2015
Domestic Prices Unit Price : Rs per Qty
Product Market Center Variety Min Price Max Price
Rice
1 Manjeri (Kerala) Other 2800 3800
2 Vadodara (Gujarat) Other 3000 3300
3 Samsi (West Bengal) Fine 2790 2820
Wheat
1 Bangalore (Karnataka) Local 2600 3100
2 Kota (Rajasthan) Other 1510 1708
3 Sangli (Maharashtra) Other 2000 2850
Mousambi
1 Manjeri (Kerala) Other 2500 2700
2 Solan (Himachal Pradesh) Other 4000 4500
3 Sirhind (Punjab) Other 2000 3300
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Cabbage
1 Palayam (Kerala) Other 900 1200
2 Mumbai (Maharashtra) Other 600 800
3 Shillong (Meghalaya) Other 1300 1500
Source:agmarknet.nic.in For more info
Egg Rs per 100 No
Price on 28-10-2015
Product Market Center Price
1 Hyderabad 310
2 Mysore 351
3 Nagapur 320
Source: e2necc.com
Other International Prices Unit Price : US$ per package
Price on 28-10-2015
Product Market Center Origin Variety Low High
Onions Dry Package: 40 lb cartons
1 Atlanta Peru Yellow 26 26.75
2 Chicago California Yellow 31.50 32.50
3 Miami Nevada Yellow 27.50 27.50
Cucumbers Package: cartons film wrapped
1 Atlanta Canada Long Seedless 18 18.25
2 Baltimore Spain Long Seedless 14 15
3 Miami Honduras Long Seedless 10 10
Apples Package: cartons tray pack
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1 Atlanta Virginia Red Delicious 24 24
2 Chicago Washington Red Delicious 26 26.50
3 New York Washington Red Delicious 27 27
Source:USDA
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open-Oct 29
thu Oct 29, 2015 2:17pm IST
Nagpur, Oct 29 Gram prices today moved down in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and
Marketing Committee (APMC) here on lack of demand from local millers amid high moisture content
arrival. Downward trend on NCDEX and easy condition in Madhya Pradesh gram prices also pulled
down prices here, according to sources.
FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Gram varieties reported down in open market here on poor demand from local traders
amid good supply from millers because government raids fear.
TUAR
* Tuar varieties showed weak tendency in open market here on poor demand from local
traders. Reports about increased overseas arrival also pulled down prices.
* Wheat mill quality reported down in open market on poor demand from local
traders amid good arrival from producing regions like Punjab and Haryana.
* In Akola, Tuar - 11,500-11,800, Tuar dal - 18,200-18,400, Udid -
12,900-13,300, Udid Mogar (clean) - 15,900-16,500, Moong -
11,000-11,200, Moong Mogar (clean) 12,100-12,400, Gram - 4,700-4,900,
Gram Super best bold - 6,400-6,700 for 100 kg.
* Other varieties of wheat, rice and other commodities remained steady in open market
in weak trading activity.
Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg
FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close
Gram Auction 4,000-4,300 4,100-4,400
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction n.a. 8,000-9,500
Moong Auction n.a. 6,000-6,400
Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800
Gram Super Best Bold 6,400-6,800 6,600-7,100
Gram Super Best n.a. n.a.
Gram Medium Best 6,100-6,300 6,400-6,700
Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a
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Gram Mill Quality 5,000-5,300 5,200-5,300
Desi gram Raw 4,900-5,000 5,000-5,100
Gram Filter new 5,700-6,000 5,750-6,050
Gram Kabuli 5,800-7,100 6,000-7,000
Gram Pink 6,200-7,000 6,500-7,200
Tuar Fataka Best 18,000-18,500 18,100-18,600
Tuar Fataka Medium 17,000-17,300 17,100-17,400
Tuar Dal Best Phod 16,500-17,000 16,600-17,100
Tuar Dal Medium phod 15,500-15,900 15,600-16,000
Tuar Gavarani New 11,800-12,400 11,900-12,500
Tuar Karnataka 12,900-13,100 13,000-13,400
Tuar Black 18,800-19,300 18,900-19,400
Masoor dal best 8,600-8,800 8,600-8,800
Masoor dal medium 8,300-8,500 8,300-8,500
Masoor n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold 12,400-12,900 12,400-12,900
Moong Mogar Med 11,600-11,800 11,600-11,800
Moong dal Chilka 10,000-10,300 10,000-10,300
Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 12,300-12,700 12,400-12,800
Udid Mogar Super best (100 INR/KG) 16,300-16,800 16,300-16,800
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 15,500-15,700 15,500-15,700
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 10,800-12,200 10,800-12,200
Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 5,600-5,900 5,600-5,900
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 4,300-4,500 4,300-4,500
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 3,600-3,700 3,600-3,700
Watana White (100 INR/KG) 3,400-3,600 3,400-3,600
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 3,500-3,700 3,500-3,700
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,700 1,600-1,700
Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 1,550-1,750 1,750-1,850
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 1,550-1,750 1,550-1,750
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,500-2,650 2,500-2,650
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,400 2,300-2,400
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,400-3,800 3,400-3,800
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,700-3,100 2,700-3,100
Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,400 3,000-3,400
Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,800 2,600-2,800
Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,800 1,600-1,800
Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,200 2,100-2,200
Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) 1,800-1,900 1,800-1,900
Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) 3,400-3,800 3,400-3,800
Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,100-3,300 3,100-3,300
Rice HMT Shriram best(100 INR/KG) 4,200-4,600 4,200-4,600
Rice HMT Shriram med.(100 INR/KG) 3,600-4,100 3,600-4,100
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 8,000-10,000 8,000-10,000
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 7,000-7,500 7,000-7,500
Rice Chinnor best(100 INR/KG) 5,200-5,400 5,200-5,500
Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) 4,600-5,000 4,700-5,000
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,200 1,900-2,200
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Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,700-1,900 1,700-1,900
WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 33.0 degree Celsius (91.4 degree Fahrenheit), minimum temp.
20.8 degree Celsius (69.4 degree Fahrenheit)
Humidity: Highest - n.a., lowest - n.a.
Rainfall : nil
FORECAST: Partly cloudy sky. Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 33 and 20
degree Celsius respectively.
Note: n.a.--not available
(For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but included in market prices.)
http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/10/29/nagpur-foodgrain-idINL3N12T3F420151029
Arkansas Farm Bureau Daily Commodity Report
A comprehensive daily commodity market report for Arkansas agricultural commodities with cash markets,
futures and insightful analysis and commentary from Arkansas Farm Bureau commodity analysts.
Noteworthy benchmark price levels of interest to farmers and ranchers, as well as long-term commodity
market trends which are developing. Daily fundamental market influences and technical factors are noted and
discussed.
Soybeans
High Low
Cash Bids 902 842
New Crop 918 868
Riceland Foods
Cash Bids Stuttgart: - - - Pendleton: - - -
New Crop Stuttgart: - - - Pendleton: - - -
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Futures: High Low Last Change
Nov '15 885.00 873.25 878.75 -2.75
Jan '16 886.50 875.50 880.25 -2.50
Mar '16 890.00 879.25 883.25 -3.25
May '16 894.75 885.00 889.00 -2.75
Jul '16 900.75 890.50 894.50 -2.75
Aug '16 898.25 891.00 893.25 -2.50
Sep '16 892.25 884.25 886.25 -2.50
Nov '16 891.00 880.75 884.50 -2.75
Jan '17 890.00 -2.50
Arkansas Daily Grain Report
FOB Memphis Elevator Crops
Soybean Comment
Soybeans close lower today as the market continues to worry about South American weather. Weather forecast
continue to point towards needed showers across major growing years in Bra-zil. While today's export sales
report was again good for soybeans the market right now is wor-ried about the large global supplies.
Wheat
High Low
Cash Bids 496 496
New Crop 512 431
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Futures: High Low Last Change
Dec '15 517.50 505.00 515.00 +9.00
Mar '16 522.00 510.25 519.50 +7.75
May '16 525.50 515.00 523.50 +7.00
Jul '16 526.50 517.25 525.00 +6.25
Sep '16 534.00 525.75 533.00 +5.75
Dec '16 546.75 537.75 544.75 +5.25
Mar '17 555.00 552.75 554.75 +4.75
May '17 556.00 +6.00
Jul '17 543.75 +6.00
Arkansas Daily Grain Report
FOB Memphis Elevator Crops
Wheat Comment
Wheat prices closed higher today. We continue to see speculative buying in wheat after last week's report
showed speculators heavily short in the market. While sales today were a little better, shipments remain weak.
The U.S. again failed to get an Egyptian tender as other coun-tries beat out the U.S. again. Price remain in a
sideways attar between support at $5 and re-sistance at recent highs near $5.31.
Grain Sorghum
High Low
Cash Bids 386 310
New Crop 386 330
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Corn
High Low
Cash Bids 391 351
New Crop 403 373
Futures: High Low Last Change
Dec '15 380.50 375.50 380.00 +4.00
Mar '16 390.25 385.25 389.75 +3.75
May '16 396.00 391.00 395.75 +3.50
Jul '16 400.00 395.50 400.00 +3.50
Sep '16 399.75 395.50 400.00 +4.00
Dec '16 406.75 401.75 406.50 +4.50
Mar '17 416.25 413.50 416.25 +4.50
May '17 422.00 +4.25
Jul '17 425.00 424.00 425.75 +3.75
Arkansas Daily Grain Report
FOB Memphis Elevator Crops
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Corn Comment
Corn prices closed hired today despite another poor export sales report. The market continues and choppy trade
as prices continue to find support near 370 but they stiff resistance near four dollars. The market likely remain
in the sideways pattern as are my little pressure or support to move prices outside of this current trading range.
Cotton
Futures: High Low Last Change
Dec '15 62.92 62.16 62.32 -0.35
Mar '16 62.58 62 62.21 -0.25
Memphis, TN Cotton and Tobacco Programs
Cotton Comment
Cotton futures were a bit higher, with December holding above 62 cents. Technical selling in the face of
overbought indicators has resulted in the downturn of the past two weeks. The crop is 42% harvested
nationwide, but behind schedule in the eastern costal states that are still waiting for fields to dry out to be able
to evaluate the condition of the crop and get the pickers rolling.
Rice
High Low
Long Grain Cash Bids - - - - - -
Long Grain New Crop - - - - - -
Futures: High Low Last Change
Nov '15 1153.0 1131.5 1153.5 +13.5
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Jan '16 1186.0 1155.0 1182.0 +13.5
Mar '16 1200.0 1185.5 1208.5 +13.5
May '16 1234.0 +12.0
Jul '16 1245.0 1245.0 1259.0 +12.0
Sep '16 1220.5 +11.0
Nov '16 1220.5 +11.0
Rice Comment
Rice futures opened a bit lower but turned around to close higher. Recent price action signals a move to the
62% retracement level of $11.18. Global production problems have helped support the market since the
summer, however, disappointing U.S. yields have likely been built into prices at this point.
Cattle
Futures:
Live Cattle: High Low Last Change
Oct '15 140.825 138.925 140.000 +0.325
Dec '15 144.725 142.400 142.750 -0.850
Feb '16 145.975 143.975 144.275 -1.100
Apr '16 144.450 142.500 143.000 -1.325
Jun '16 134.900 132.975 133.750 -1.150
Aug '16 132.175 130.125 130.975 -1.125
Oct '16 133.825 132.200 132.925 -0.975
Dec '16 134.800 133.375 134.000 -0.900
Feb '17 133.825 132.825 133.725 -0.675
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Feeders: High Low Last Change
Oct '15 193.725 193.100 193.150 -0.350
Nov '15 194.125 190.825 191.925 -0.325
Jan '16 185.950 183.175 183.900 -0.750
Mar '16 182.375 179.825 180.275 -1.200
Apr '16 183.000 180.475 181.025 -0.950
May '16 182.800 180.450 180.975 -0.875
Aug '16 183.500 181.050 181.750 -0.975
Sep '16 182.000 180.300 180.925 +0.925
Oct '16 180.100
Arkansas Prices
Charlotte Livestock Auction
Green Forest Livestock Auction
Ratcliff Livestock Auction
Oklahoma City
El Reno Livestock Market, El Reno, OK
Cattle Comment
Livestock prices failed to hold yesterday's gains. After being shocked by a strong boxed beef and cash cattle
prices, markets failed to find major support to help prices continue the rally.
Hogs
Futures: High Low Last Change
Dec '15 61.725 59.275 59.275 -2.125
Feb '16 64.400 62.500 62.500 -2.000
Apr '16 68.350 66.700 66.875 -1.650
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May '16 73.000 71.725 72.125 -1.225
Jun '16 76.200 74.950 75.125 -1.350
Jul '16 75.825 74.600 75.025 -1.175
Aug '16 75.125 73.850 74.250 -1.250
Oct '16 66.050 64.600 65.175 -1.100
Dec '16 63.675 62.500 63.000 -1.025
Hog Comment
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  • 2. | 2 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com Rice News Headlines...  World's first 'Sustainable Rice' standard launched  Farmer trampled  UCD, Pakistan launch $17M food, ag partnership  CBI books basmati firm on fraud charge  The Philippine Order of Sikatuna is bestowed on IRRI‘s director general  Low rice prices irk growers, dealers  Mars announces sustainable rice partnership  Farmers worried as Pusa 1121 rates hit 5-year low  Drought wrecks havoc on Indonesian rice planting  Philippines: Philippines considering options for add'l rice importation  Tanzania's rice farmers boost production  The Sushi Project: Farming Fish And Rice in California's Fields  House Passes 2-year Budget Deal, Promises to Reverse Cuts to Crop Insurance  USA Rice Gets Greater FAS Funding for 2016 International Promotion Programs  Rice States Must Begin Section 18 Emergency Exemption Requests for AV-1011  Weekly Rice Sales, Exports Reported  CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures  APEDA Rice Commodity News from India  Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open-Oct 29  Arkansas Farm Bureau Daily Commodity Report News Detail... World's first 'Sustainable Rice' standard launched UNEP-backed rice sustainability standard launched, as food giant Mars commits to sourcing 100 per cent of its rice from sustainable sources by 2020 A newly launched sustainable rice standard is hoping to slash the impact of one of the world's most popular food commodities on the environment, after food giant Mars pledged to source all its rice from suppliers who comply with the standard by 2020. The Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP), an initiative started by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in 2011, this week laid out a set of criteria and performance indicators for sustainable rice cultivation designed to provide a benchmark for farmers who have taken steps to reduce the environmental footprint of rice production. Alongside the launch of the new standard, Mars - a corporate partner of the SRP - committed to sourcing 100 per cent of its rice sustainably by 2020.
  • 3. | 3 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com Mars Food said it will use the standard to assess its rice supply chains and has already begun piloting the scheme with rice farmers in Pakistan and India. Fiona Dawson, president of Mars Food, called the standard a "truly mutual solution" that would benefit rice farmers and consumers. "Through the global standard, we hope to create benefits for all involved from the farmers to our consumers," she said in a statement. "The benefit for us is that we are ensuring premium quality rice, whilst also ensuring a higher income for farmers, and a better environment for current and future generations." Rice cultivation is hugely resource intensive, using 34 to 43 per cent of the world's irrigated water and contributing five to 10 per cent of anthropogenic greenhouse gases, according to the SRP. However, it is also a daily staple for over half the world's population, many of whom are food insecure, while one fifth of global population depends on rice cultivation for their livelihood. The SRP reports that the demand for rice is projected to grow by 50 per cent by 2050. But both yields and area for cultivation are shrinking due to land conversion, salinisation,and increased water scarcity. Consequently, campaigners argue there is a compelling economic, as well as environmental case, for embracing best practices that enhance yields and improve water efficiency. While the new Sustainable Rice Standard is the first sustainability standard to be launched by major companies for rice, there are already multitude of sustainability standards for foods including palm oil, soy, sugar and cocoa, which are designed to help farmers curb environmental impacts while allowing food companies to better promote the green credentials of their products. http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2432314/worlds-first-sustainable-rice-standard-launched Farmer trampled
  • 4. | 4 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com October 29, 2015 When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.‖–African proverb. In Pakistan, it is worse. The elephants, PML-N and PTI are fighting in fields where farmers are harvesting their crops. The farmer is being trampled by the elephants and economically slaughtered by making distress sale of paddy.Farmers are in deep distress. The morale of the farmer is at the lowest. He is suffering in silence. When will the silent volcano erupt I don‘t know. The government hasn‘t seen the real anger of the farmers yet, and is assuming they will never see. They may not always be right, as they feel, the farmer can be handled by the DPO, DCO, SDO, SHO.The words that come out of farmers mouth after a bumper harvest, but miserable price for his paddy as that ―The government has killed us‖. Majority of the people in the rice farming and business were under the false impression that Iran rice market will open up, in a big way, in beginning of October. It did not happen. In my last article dated September 18, 2015, in The Nation, I had pleaded, to both government and opposition to join hands to find a marketing solution to the paddy crisis. A joint delegation of government and opposition to Iran and China would have done the job. The farmer is the loser in the battle of the giants as focus is out of agriculture and totally on electioneering.I am positive on Iran buying in large quantities, but not before January 2016. Farmers total paddy crop will be harvested by end of November. I talked to a lot of people in the rice business for the way out of the present rice crisis. All agreed on one point, buying of rice by the government. Pakistan has to fight back to recapture its lost markets to Indian trade. The whole rice chain is charged up to fight back.
  • 5. | 5 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com I met a paddy supplier a few days back at Hafizabad. He informed me of the death of several rice dealers in the last couple of month most, probably because they could not take the shock of business loss. In this season the rice miller or dealer is buying paddy dirt cheap. He will definitely recover his past losses.For the farmer this harvesting season is even worse than the last one. The only thing keeping the farmers alive is the courage of the heart, but for how long? The real loser in the rice fiasco is the rice farmer from the traditional rice belt of Punjab. He has no options but to grow rice as he sees no other financially viable crop option. The crisis of paddy price collapse at harvest time did not happen overnight. It took years in the making. I wrote an article in The Nation dated August 23, 2004 titled: New Seeds of Hope. In that I gave my vision and forewarned of excess paddy production: ―Apparently it seems rice farmers never had it so good. No government support for the last couple of years and even then the prices the market has offered them has been rewarding for their hard work. In fact now rice farming is stretching out in nontraditional areas due to the high returns and cash payments received by the farmers. The above trend may end up in a collapse of prices at harvest time.The above scenario has come about with a very heavy price, water tables have drastically fallen and soils have been degraded due to salts pumped out from ground water. Weeds have increased exponentially due to monotonous paddy/wheat rotation. Organic matter has further gone down as farmers are forced to grow same crops each year due to favorable returns of paddy/wheat as compared with multiple cropping with legumes-oilseeds and green manuring crops to increase the organic matter in the soils.Acreage has to be taken out of paddy/wheat rotation to be replaced by alternate crops like pulses and oilseeds. Sugarcane like paddy is a water guzzler and the increase in acreage in them must be definitely discouraged. We are an arid country but not behaving like one. Any future planning has to keep this fundamental fact in mind before going for long term strategies.‖In short, our present dilemma is that, we are producing, in excess, water guzzling and soil exhausting crops with no place to export, or consume and importing crops that are water efficient and soil building. The Kissan package given by the government is an outcome of bad agriculture policies, and not due to depressed commodity prices in the international market. For example, a policy that led to flooding of our market with subsidized cheap Indian vegetables and milk powder. Pakistan has the lowest import duty on milk powder i.e. 20%. Turkey to safeguard its dairy industry increased duty to 180%. Iran our traditional rice market of more than 1.0 million tonnes a year was surrendered to India.Well if Pakistan could import electricity from Iran during the sanctions and India could export Rice to Iran during this period, Pakistan could also have found a way to supply rice to Iran, during the sanctions.
  • 6. | 6 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com The agriculture package given by the government is basically focusing on supply side and combining with payment of direct cash to the farmer. A much better alternative would have been total focus on the marketing side that would have resulted in far greater reward to the farmer. A new agriculture policy with sustainable vision is what the agriculture sector needs. A policy, that will give the first right of domestic consumer to the local producer.A policy that will focus, on export highways for our agriculture crops, especially meeting our friendly neighbor country requirements.A policy, that will give handsome incentives to grow import substitution crops like oil seeds lentils and pulses which also fix nitrogen in soil and are water smart.A policy that makes livestock and dairy farming viable on a smaller scale. A policy that discourages import of agriculture commodities and milk powder.A policy that scraps the sweet heart deals given to fertilizer units in form of low gas rate in the name of farmer support.A policy that will discourage small and marginal farmer‘s sons to sell their one or two acres of land to go to Europe or middle east, and work as laborers, if they survive the dangerous journey.A policy that will prepare us to meet the challenge of climate change by giving numerous options to the farmer to grow crops depending on the forecast of weather.A policy that will result in farmers financing agriculture research, as they see the positive impact of research on their farms.A policy that will encourage family farms instead of corporate or cooperative farms.A policy where courts do not form a committee to address climate change but government is pro active themselves. A policy that will make agriculture sustainable practices mandatory to be taught in village schools with practical demonstration.A policy that results in small and marginal farmers becoming a viable unit by making small dairy and soil building crops growing attractive financially.A policy that finds avenues for work close to their farms, for small and marginal farmer‘s sons and daughterA policy that will result in agriculture policy becoming the corner stone of our foreign policy and not houbara bustard hunting. A policy, that gives respect to the farmer.One word for all the above policies is called food sovereignty. Food and food sovereignty for every citizen has to be incorporated in our constitution as recently done by Nepal.Pakistan has no option but to practice good sustainable agriculture practices instead of unsustainable mono-cropping agriculture.Our soils are sick. If we follow the traditional method of agriculture with crop rotation a must, it will result in our sick soils getting healthier.Once soils get healthy, then it will take much less fertilizer, to get the same output as it does from a sick soil, resulting in cost of production going down .I assure you it is doable, only political will and a change of vision is required. http://nation.com.pk/columns/29-Oct-2015/farmer-trampled CBI books basmati firm on fraud charge DEVESH K. PANDEY The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against REI Agro Ltd., said to be the largest basmati rice processing and marketing company in the world, and its directors for allegedly causing a loss of Rs. 3,814.39 crore to a consortium of 15 nationalised banks led by UCO Bank.
  • 7. | 7 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com ―The case of alleged conspiracy, cheating and forgery has been registered against the company and its directors, Sanjay and Sandeep Jhunjhunwala, N.K. Gupta and K.D. Ghosh. It is alleged that the firm operated through a web of shell companies for conducting fraudulent transactions in rice trade. Suspected diversion of funds raised through bank loans is being probed,‖ said a CBI official. On Tuesday, CBI teams conducted searches on the premises of the company and its directors in Kolkata and Delhi, and also at its three rice processing units at Rewari in Haryana. The action has been taken on the basis of a complaint lodged by UCO Bank alleging that 2013 onwards, the company had taken loans to the tune of Rs. 3,814.39 crore from the consortium of nationalised banks through fraudulent means. Set up in 1994, the company was a co-sponsor of Delhi Daredevils cricket team in the Indian Premier League- 2013 tournament. Once listed in the London and the Singapore stock exchanges, the firm ran about 400 super stores under the brand 6TEN in India, said the official, adding: ―It allegedly defrauded banks in India and abroad. The company was also sued by Singapore-based leading global financial services company Credit Suisse for recovery of $80 million,‖ said the official. The case is understood to be part of the CBI‘s action against private firms which allegedly duped nationalised banks. The agency had recently registered a corruption and criminal conspiracy case against liquor baron Vijay Mallya and the chief financial officer of Kingfisher Airlines for alleged default of Rs. 900-crore loan in connivance with unknown officials of IDBI Bank. Another such case was filed against Surat-based fleet operator firm Siddhi Vinayak Logistics Ltd. and Bank of Maharashtra for alleged default of Rs. 800 crore. Keywords: basmati firm, fraud charge, REI Agro Ltd. The Philippine Order of Sikatuna bestowed on IRRI‘s director general
  • 8. | 8 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com 29 October 2015—In the ceremonial Hall of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila, Robert S. Zeigler, director general and chief executive officer of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), received the Order of Sikatuna, the highest award that the Philippine Government can give to a foreign national. Zeigler was conferred the Rank of Datu (Grand Cross, Gold Distinction) in appreciation of his ―... continuing support in mitigating poverty through the promotion of long-term food security for the Philippines.‖ Previous recipients include former U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda, and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) President Sadako Ogata. Acting Secretary of Foreign Affairs Jesus I. Yabes conferred the award on behalf of President Benigno S. Aquino III. During the citation ceremony, Mr. Yabes said that the award recognizes Dr. Zeigler‘s extraordinary service in nurturing IRRI‘s special relations with the Philippines in the 17 years of his residency in the country (10 at the helm of IRRI and 7 as an IRRI scientist in the late 1980s and early 1990s). During this period, particularly in the last decade as DG and CEO, the nation benefitted significantly. He added, ―IRRI projects undertaken and completed under Dr. Zeigler‘s term contributed to the country‘s long-term food security, rice yield growth and rise in incomes and productivity of Filipino farmers. Equally significant was Dr. Zeigler‘s sustained advocacy for farmers‘ rights and welfare which helped improve the lives of rural communities.‖ The U.S. native, who is retiring in December, is a plant pathologist with extensive knowledge and experience in plant breeding, forest ecology, and soil science. During his career, he has obtained distinction in the fields of agricultural research, development management, and governance in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
  • 9. | 9 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com In accepting the Order of Sikatuna, Dr. Zeigler said, ―This is a tremendous honor and indeed humbling to receive this very, very important honor from the President of the Philippines. It is truly a moving experience personally and it is something that reminds me of the importance of IRRI. Although this honor is bestowed on me, it is really a recognition of the extreme importance of the work that all of our colleagues at IRRI and our partner institutions in the Philippines to advance the interest of not only Philippine farmers but also of all Filipinos. It is with great honor, and I must say considerable personal pleasure, that I accept this recognition. Thank you very much.‖ Established in 1953, The Order of Sikatuna is a diplomatic merit for exceptional and meritorious contributions to the Philippines conferred on diplomats, officials, and nationals for fostering, developing, and strengthening relations with the country. The Gold Distinction (Katangiang Ginto) is the highest distinction under the Rank of Grand Cross (Datu), awarded exclusively to crown princes, vice presidents, senate presidents, house speakers, chief justices, foreign ministers or other cabinet officials, ambassadors, undersecretaries, assistant secretaries, or other individuals of similar or equivalent rank. irri.org/ Low rice prices irk growers, dealers October 29, 2015 SIALKOT The condition of growers and dealers is aggravating with every passing day in Sialkot region due to huge stocks of rice that have not been exported by the government while the arrival of fresh rice in the markets has started . It has resulted in 50 percent decline in the prices of rice, causing great financial loss to the growers, stockists and dealers. The arrival of fresh paddy yields in the markets of Sialkot, Daska, Sambrial, Uggoki, Satrah, Siraanwali , Mianwali Bangla, Chawinda, Badiana, Pasrur, Zafarwal, Baddo Malhi, Noor Kot, Shakargarh, Narowal and surrounding areas remains unable to bring traditional hustle bustle of the growers and dealers. The price of rice 386 is Rs600 to 650 per mound in the local markets now a days, while it had been at Rs1,300 per mound during the last year. The rice experts were of the view that the prices of the 386 rice would reduce to Rs1,100 to 1,200 per 40kg this year than the last year's rate of Rs2,300 to 2,400 per mound. The situation is worsening day by day putting the financial crisis beaten growers and dealers into hot waters. They were of the view that the situation had now become unbearable for them, as they had become forced to sell out their agricultural lands after giving up their profession. They said that they were unable to do it because the cost of production had become too much high and unaffordable for them. They said that they were forced to sell out their agricultural land to pay back their agricultural and other loans.
  • 10. | 10 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com The situation had resulted in the sinking of millions of rupees of the investors due to the three-year aggregating rice crisis while the other investors were reluctant to invest in the business, they said. Meanwhile, the local growers started supply of the fresh yield of Super Basmati to the local rice markets, where the price of Super Basmati is Rs1,070 to 1,100 per 40kg, with hopes that the rate of rice would be Rs1,800 to 2,000 per 40kg in the markets. On the other hand, local middlemen Sheikh Nasir, Sheikh Qaisar, Sheikh Ilyas, Rana Tariq, Abdul Majeed Butt, Sarwar, Arif Mehmood, Jamil, Iqbal, Arshad Warraich, Boota and Ghulam Hussain said that the business of rice had been falling down day by day for the last four consecutive years. They said that the rice exporters had already stopped to pick rice from the local rice markets after the decline in their rice exports. They said that those invested in the rice businesses had been suffering great losses due to the circumstances. They said that the huge stocks of the previous years' rice had been lying unattended into the local markets where the fresh arrival of rice had already started. They said that the fresh arrival of paddy 386 in the local rice markets had also dropped paddy prices by about 50 percent in local markets, due to which millions of rupees of investors have sunk. It is continuously falling day by day due to lack of support from the government for the paddy growers and dealers. Agriculture Department officials said that the maximum rates of 386 rice would be at Rs 1,200 per 40kg and Super Basmati at Rs2,000 per 40kg in the local markets and there were no chances of increase in rates during the current season, they added. http://nation.com.pk/national/29-Oct-2015/low-rice-prices-irk-growers-dealers Mars Food Announces First Global Rice Sustainability Standard in Partnership with the Sustainable Rice Platform MANILA, Philippines, Oct. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mars Food, in partnership with the Sustainable Rice Platform, (SRP), a global alliance of agricultural research institutions, agri-food businesses, public sector and civil society organizations convened by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), today announced the first global standard for sustainable rice at the 5th Annual Plenary Meeting and Assembly here. As the leading corporation with the SRP and owner of the world's largest rice brand, UNCLE BEN'S®, Mars Food played a pivotal role in developing the standard. Mars Food also announced today its commitment to sustainably source 100 percent of its rice by 2020 using the SRP standard. "Caring for our environment as well as our entire supply chain from end-to-end is more than usual corporate responsibility. It's an imperative for Mars Food," said Fiona Dawson, President of Mars Food. "Through the global standard, we hope to create benefits for all involved from the farmers to our consumers. The benefit for us is that is that we are ensuring premium quality rice, whilst also ensuring a higher income for farmers, and a better environment for current and future generations. It is a truly mutual solution."
  • 11. | 11 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com The SRP standard consists of a set of criteria for sustainable rice cultivation that can be used across the globe to reduce the environmental footprint of rice production and improve the lives of rice farmers. The standard consists of 46 requirements organized under eight broad topics, including productivity, food safety, worker health, labor rights, and biodiversity. Rice plays a critical role in global food security, providing livelihoods for over 140 million smallholder farmers in developing countries and is a staple food for nearly half of the world's seven billion people. Mars Food will use the standard as a benchmark against which to assess its rice supply chains – identifying where there are gaps and developing strategies to improve sustainability. Mars Food has already begun piloting implementation of the standard with rice farmers in two countries – Pakistan and India. A controlled farming program in Pakistan, in partnership with Rice Partners, LTD, IRRI and Bayer CropScience, has grown from 31 smallholder farmers in 2011 to 400 farmers in 2015 who produce Basmati rice grown with the correct application of chemicals and harvested with practices to improve food safety and water quality. In India, Mars is embedding new learnings while also piloting the SRP standard. The standard complements and builds upon the company's Purpose – Better Food Today. A Better World Tomorrow – and the Mars Mutuality Principle, which demonstrate the company's commitment to helping rice farmers improve yields while reducing water use and greenhouse gas emissions and improving socioeconomic conditions in the communities where high-quality rice is grown. About Mars Food Mars Food is a fast-growing food business, making tastier, healthier, easier meals for all consumers to enjoy. Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, Mars Food is a leader in producing great tasting products. Our portfolio includes the following brands: UNCLE BEN'S®, DOLMIO®, SEEDS OF CHANGE®, MasterFoods®, SUZI WAN®, EBLY®, ROYCO®, KAN TONG® and RARIS®. In 2013, global sales were approximately $2 billion. Our ambition is to become a model business in the areas of health and nutrition and sustainability, as expressed by our purpose: Better Food Today. A Better World Tomorrow. Mars Food is a segment of Mars, Incorporated. About Mars, Incorporated Mars, Incorporated is a private, family-owned business with more than a century of history and some of the best-loved brands in the world including M&M'S®, PEDIGREE®, DOUBLEMINT® and UNCLE BEN'S®. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars has more than$33 billion in sales from six diverse business segments: Petcare, Chocolate, Wrigley, Food, Drinks and Symbioscience. More than 75,000 Associates across 73 countries are united by the company's Five Principles: Quality, Efficiency, Responsibility, Mutuality and Freedom and strive every day to create relationships with stakeholders that deliver growth we are proud of as a company. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mars-food-announces-first-global-rice-sustainability-standard-in- partnership-with-the-sustainable-rice-platform-300165786.html Farmers worried as Pusa 1121 rates hit 5-year low Amaninder Pal Sharma,TNN | Oct 29, 2015, 12.08 PM IST
  • 12. | 12 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com PATIALA: After widespread damage to cotton crop and distress sale of Pusa Basmati 1509 variety, rates of widely grown Pusa 1121 basmati have hit a five-year low in Punjab. Random queries in the grain markets of the region revealed that Pusa 1121, which would fetch almost double the normal paddy till last year, was fetching rates in the range of Rs 1,700-1,850 per quintal. Experts said that rates of Pusa 1121 were the lowest since the variety was introduced in 2007-08 when it sold at Rs 1,300-1,400 per quintal. In 2013, rates of Pusa 1121 were in the range Rs 3,500- 4,000 per quintal. "In the grain markets of Patiala and Sangrur districts and markets of Haryana bordering Punjab, Pusa 1121 variety is being procured at Rs 1,800-1,850 per quintal. This is the maximum price. Farmers are getting only Rs 1,600-1,650 for the crop cut with combine harvesters," said rice exporter Naresh Goyal of Patran Foods Private Limited. "This is the worst price index we are witnessing for Pusa 1121 in the past five-six years. There is hardly any chance that its prices will increase in the coming days. A huge quantum of Pusa 1121 is still lying unsold with the exporters," Goyal added. Expecting that prices may increase in the coming days, many farmers are reluctant to sell their produce. "If I sell my crop at Rs 1,800 per quintal, it will hardly return the input cost, leave alone profits. So I have no other option but to wait for next couple of weeks hoping that prices may see some surge," said Gurmit Singh, farmer from Bhatiwal Kalan village of Sangrur. Area of basmati cultivation in Punjab this year is 7.63 lakh hectares as against the total paddy acreage of 28 lakh hectares. Table: Average rates of Pusa 1121 per quintal Year Price range 2015Rs 1,600-1,850 2014Rs 2,700-3,000 2013Rs 4,000-4,500 2012Rs 3,000-3,500
  • 13. | 13 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com http://article.wn.com/view/2015/10/29/Farmers_worried_as_Pusa_1121_rates_hit_5year_low/ Drought Wrecks Havoc On Indonesian Rice Planting October 29, 2015 - Severe dry conditions in Indonesia's Java hampers seasonal rice production and threatens an increase in prices. Julie Noce reports. From: https://www.youtube.com/user/ReutersVideo PHL considering options for add'l rice importation he Philippines is again considering its options to whether or not import additional rice given the impact on agriculture not only of El Nino but Typhoon Lando as well.During the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) forum Tuesday, President Beningno Aquino III said they already approved the importation of 500,000 metric tons of rice, which was earlier approved to address the impact of the dry spell.However, with the flooding caused by Typhoon Lando, which ravaged most of Luzon last October 14-24, the President said this will negatively impact on the December cropping season.He said the issue of the dry spell was somewhat addressed by the rains brought by the typhoon but it also lessened supply of some commodities. "We would like to err on the side of caution. We want to ensure that the public --- there will be sufficient supplies of the staple at reasonable prices," he said.Aquino said they are currently reviewing debt of the National Food Authority (NFA) to see if they can still import additional supply. "So it seems to be a win-win solution that we are promoting on where we have approved and we are considering whether or not there is need to increase the 500,000 metric tons," he said.The President, however, declined to say when the decision to import or not would be made."The data is being studied currently. It is a very delicate balancing act," he added. (PNA) http://ptvnews.ph/bottom-news-life2/11-11-nation-submenu/47790-phl-considering-options-for-add-l-rice- importation#sthash.mdnqLUNL.dpuf
  • 14. | 14 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com Tanzania's rice farmers boost production Tanzania‘s government wants to improve living conditions for small farmers. Their aim is to produce more food, to cover growing needs in the future. Betrida Kayega has joined such an initiative in the Kilombero Region. http://www.dw.com/en/tanzanias-rice-farmers-boost-production/a-18814601 The Sushi Project: Farming Fish And Rice in California's Fields nnovative projects in California are using flooded rice fields to rear threatened species of Pacific salmon, mimicking the rich floodplains where juvenile salmon once thrived. This technique also shows promise for growing forage fish, which are increasingly threatened in the wild. BY JACQUES LESLIE The idea of rearing salmon in fallowed rice fields started in a duck blind. Huey Johnson, California‘s Secretary of Resources in the 1970s and at age 82 widely considered the ―grand old man‖ of California environmentalists, is an avid hunter, who has spent hundreds of hours in Central Valley duck blinds. It is perhaps a testament to the contemplation induced by extended Resource Renewal Institute Aerial view of a ―Fish in the Fields‖ site, where small forage fish are being raised in flooded, fallow rice fields.
  • 15. | 15 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com time spent in blinds that Johnson, surrounded by winter rice fields flooded to decompose rice straw, began wondering what else could be done with all that water. His answer: Grow fish. With two environmentally minded investors, Johnson formed a company called Cal Marsh & Farm Ventures that in 2011 acquired a Northern California rice field to carry out fish experiments. As it happened, in the late 1990s two scientific teams — one led by Ted Sommer, a floodplain biologist in California‘s Department of Water Resources, and the other by Peter Moyle, a University of California, Davis, biologist and leading inland fish expert — had begun carrying out similar experiments in the Central Valley. They sent juvenile salmon downstream across floodplains instead of via rivers, where predators were more numerous. Their work showed that juvenile salmon diverted from the Sacramento River‘s main channel and retained in its adjacent floodplain for a few weeks grew more than twice as fast as fish that stayed in the river. In 2012 Cal Marsh & Farm Ventures and the scientists joined forces in theNigiri Project, named after a kind of sushi because both combine rice and fish, There is persuasive evidence that salmon benefit greatly by lingering in flooded rice fields. to use rice fields to promote salmon restoration. The scientists have since compiled persuasive evidence that salmon benefit greatly by lingering in flooded rice fields, while Johnson has started another enterprise that uses rice fields to grow forage fish for protein. The salmon project is likely within a year or two of overcoming the last bureaucratic obstacles keeping it from operating as a government-sanctioned method of mitigating environmental harm. Though less-developed, the forage fish venture offers the prospect of global impact by taking pressure off of wild fish stocks. Both projects suggest the rising influence of "reconciliation ecology," which argues for the reconfiguration of human- dominated landscapes to include other species as the only way left to sustain most ecosystems. Two centuries ago the Central Valley was largely a marshy wetland. When the Sacramento River flooded, juvenile salmon beginning their journey downstream to the ocean were cast onto its floodplain, where they stayed for months, fattening themselves on plankton and insects that were part of the floodplain‘s biological cornucopia. But the construction of ever-higher levees in the 19th century, vividly described in Robert Kelley‘s 1989 classic
  • 16. | 16 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife/Yale e360 The Sacramento River Valley, site of initiatives to raise salmon and other fish in flooded rice fields. Sacramento River history,Battling the Inland Sea, separated the Sacramento from its floodplain. The result was that salmon were hurtled down the river‘s main channel, reaching the Sacramento-San Joaquin River delta and the Pacific Ocean too early, when they were underweight and unprepared for predators. Combined with dams, gold mining, and water diversions for agriculture and municipal consumption, the river‘s isolation from the floodplain has reduced three of the Sacramento‘s four salmon runs to endangered levels. Southeast Asians have raised fish in rice fields for many centuries, but they do it while the rice is growing, using fish suited to the paddy water‘s warm temperatures. What distinguished Johnson‘s idea from the traditional Asian practice was that he wanted to grow salmon in the winter, after rice was harvested and water temperatures were low enough for salmon. This wasn‘t even possible until the early 1990s, when California‘s
  • 17. | 17 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com clean air laws placed tight restrictions on burning rice straw, the farmers‘ preferred method of eliminating rice residue. Farmers then began flooding their fields starting in the late summer or fall, inadvertently producing a simulacrum of the vast 4-million-acre Central Valley wetlands that had existed two centuries ago. Winter- flooded Central Valley rice fields now cover a larger area — 250,000 to 300,000 acres — than the 200,000 acres of original valley wetlands that remain. The switch to flooding has generated a huge resurgence of the Pacific Flyway, as millions of migratory birds desperate for water in the increasingly drought-prone valley began using the rice fields as way Rearing fish could add to the rice farmers‘ environmental credentials while adding to their incomes. stations. Politically vulnerable because of their high use of water in an increasingly water-scarce state, rice farmers found themselves cast as environmental heroes, and embraced the herons, egrets, ducks, geese, sandpipers, and other birds that thronged to their fields. Rearing fish could add to the rice farmers‘ environmental credentials while supplementing their incomes with mitigation fees paid by the state‘s water users. The production of rice and fish on the same field is a prime example of reconciliation ecology, first articulated in a 2003 book called Win-Win Ecology: How the Earth’s Species Can Survive in the Midst of Human Enterprise. The author, Michael L. Rosenzweig, a University of Arizona ecologist, argues that humans have so thoroughly transformed the earth‘s surface that environmental restoration is impossible on virtually all of it, and the few areas set aside as natural reserves aren‘t big enough to sustain many species. Instead, he says, the only way to ward off mass extinctions is to convert working landscapes to support other species while continuing to fulfill human needs. Reconciliation ecology represents a shift among environmentalists from focusing on a particular place, such as a nature reserve, to a natural process. ―We invest a lot of money in postage-stamp, high-profile conservation efforts that really are just a blip on the larger landscape,‖ Jacob Katz, the Nigiri Project‘s lead scientist, said. ―Instead, we should be thinking about how water flows across the entire landscape and managing those natural processes so that basically the habitat takes care of itself.‖ The juvenile salmon reared in the Nigiri Project may benefit rice fields as much as rice fields benefit them, while both foster the resurgence of the floodplain food web. Floodplains are much richer, more varied biological environments than rivers; reconnecting floodplains to rivers infuses downstream basins with life. Flooded rice fields awaken dormant plankton in the soil, insects flourish on the plankton, and the fish dine on both. In turn, the fishes‘ presence reduces insects, weeds, and diseases that may harm rice. Rice farming is often criticized for its sizable water use, but it‘s the only crop that flourishes in the Sacramento Valley‘s clayey soils. The clay holds back the water from percolating deeper into the soil and contains it in the
  • 18. | 18 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com If farming forage fish increases, it could reduce pressures on overfished ocean stocks. fields until they‘re drained in March. As the water, now laden with nutrients and fertilizing fish excrement, makes its way down the basin and back into the river, it enriches the downstream environment all the way to the estuary, benefiting native fish there. Once the river reconnects with the floodplain, the Sacramento‘s dwindling stock of wild salmon regains an edge over hatchery salmon, which scientists say could enable a resurgence of the genetically superior wild salmon. A major liability of rice is that it‘s the only agricultural crop whose production causes methane emissions, a process that was intensified by the use of Green Revolution chemical fertilizers. For that reason, the cultivation of rice, the staple of 3 billion people worldwide, is the leading agricultural source of greenhouse gas emissions. But fish in paddies reduce the need for chemical fertilizers without lowering rice productivity. Accordingly, as the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reported in 2012, ―Rice-fish farming reduces the emission of methane by almost 30 percent compared with traditional rice farming.‖ In 2010 Cal Marsh & Farm Venture‘s managers — environmental land manager David Katz and rice farmer John Brennan — began what has been a five-year struggle to make floodplain restoration a key part of the management of the Sacramento River-San Joaquin River Delta. The project research so far has taken place in a Sacramento River floodplain known as the Yolo Bypass, through which water is diverted to avoid flooding Sacramento. First, Katz and Brennan encountered resistance from Yolo County officials, who feared that the project would destroy agriculture in the Bypass floodplain. As more and more pieces of the project‘s biological research confirmed that rice fields benefited from fish, Katz and Brennan held hundreds of meetings with Yolo County rice farmers to explain it, and eventually won them over. The pair overcame similar opposition from duck hunters. Their last barrier, bureaucracy, may be the most formidable, for they‘ve found that the regulatory zeal of government officials often stifles innovation. Though the project has no outright opponents and support from surprising places, including the Los Angeles Metropolitan Water District and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, it still needs state approval. Instead, Katz said, when project scientists applied to acquire hatchery Resource Renewal Institute Juvenile fish such as these thrive in the nutrient-rich environment of flooded rice fields. salmon for the experiments, ―Some government bureaucrat said, ‗Your people are not qualified under the permit to handle these fish.‘ They said that to California‘s leading salmon scientists! It was ludicrous!‖ Despite that, the project is now a featured part ofCalifornia EcoRestore, the state‘s stripped-down proposal, announced last April, for restoring the severely impaired Sacramento-San Joaquin River delta. EcoRestore is less than the sum of its parts, for most of the projects it trumpets were started before the plan was even devised. The notable exception is the Nigiri Project. ―Here is a restoration effort which has the lowest uncertainty and highest return on investment of them all,‖ said Jeffrey Mount, an emeritus University of California, Davis, geomorphologist and a senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California. ―The research that shows the use of the floodplain as rearing and spawning habitat for native fishes like the salmon is as solid evidence as you‘re ever going to get — period.‖ Johnson grew so frustrated with the bureaucratic obstacles that he turned over operation of the salmon project
  • 19. | 19 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com to Katz, Brennan, and CalTrout, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that supports research to help wild fish. Then he launched another fish-rice project, called ―Fish in the Fields,‖ that attracts far less government scrutiny than the Nigiri Project, partly because its focus is unheralded forage fish, not charismatic salmon. Johnson plans to use winter rice fields to grow small, non-native forage fish that can be harvested when the fields are drained. Then the fish can be turned into bait, livestock and poultry feed, pet food, fertilizer, dietary supplements, and food for humans. The fish would never reach the floodplain, let alone the river or ocean, but if plentiful enough they could generate another kind of environmental benefit, by reducing the intensifying pressures on overfished ocean stocks of sardines, anchovies, ALSO FROM YALE e360 For California Salmon, Drought And Warm Water Mean Trouble With record drought and warming waters due to climate change, scientists are concerned that the future for Chinook salmon — a critical part of the state‘s fishing industry — is in jeopardy. herring, and mackerel. At the same time, the project offers the possibility of an additional source of protein without requiring any more land, at a time when human demand for protein is growing and land-use conflicts are multiplying. Johnson started his experiments in 2013 with 45,000 Arkansas golden shiners, a hardy minnow variety that grew prodigiously in early rice field experiments. Last month he finished building the nation‘s first golden shiner hatchery in a rice field eight miles northeast of Marysville, California, and hopes to harvest its fish next spring. Because the fish are harvested much closer to consumers than the trawlers that collect ocean forage fish, they could be a cheaper and less-carbon-intensive source than the oceans. Johnson hopes his pilot project will prompt rice farmers around the world to enter the $5.6-billion global forage fish market. ―You essentially have new ecosystems that we‘ve never had around before,‖ said Moyle, the dean of California fish biologists. ―That makes them difficult to manage, but it‘s also pretty exciting. You have to find ways to make working landscapes benefit fish and wildlife. It means everybody has to give up something, but in the long run everybody is better off.‖ Also, rice is now an arsenic-laden crop. This has been written about, I think maybe, even on this website. Lundberg had to stop using it for baby food because of the arsenic content. How will this be reflected in the fish? The salmon are in the fields during the winter (after the harvest) when the water is the correct temperature (http://caltrout.org/regions/central-california-region/the-nigiri-concept/). As for the arsenic, the fish don't eat the rice, so they don't acquire it the way we do. If the arsenic is water soluble and in the soil, they might pick it up as the water runs over their gills. http://e360.yale.edu/feature/the_sushi_project_farming_fish_and_rice_in_californias_fields/2925 /
  • 20. | 20 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com House Passes 2-year Budget Deal, Promises to Reverse Cuts to Crop Insurance Oct 29, 2015 WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Bipartisan Budget Agreement of 2015 which raised the debt ceiling until March 2017 and increased federal spending by $80 billion over two years. Fortunately for agriculture, the previously reported $3 billion cut to federal crop insurance will be reversed during the Appropriations process later this fall. Thanks to hundreds of calls to Capitol Hill this week by the farm sector, 57 Members of the House of Representatives officially pledged to oppose the legislation if the cuts to crop insurance weren‘t addressed. Outgoing Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) had no choice but to work with other leadership to come to an agreement to secure the bill‘s passage. USA Rice Vice President of Government Affairs Ben Mosely said, ―I‘m pleased that the agriculture community around the country was able to successfully coordinate the defense of one of our key safety net programs. Reopening the Farm Bill at this point would directly go against everything that we stand for.‖ Mosely added, ―I‘d really like to thank the rice industry for their engagement as 11 of the 57 Members that pledged to stand up for crop insurance also represent rice-growing Congressional Districts. That participation is a direct effect of the calls our growers made to legislators on Tuesday and Wednesday.‖ The Bipartisan Budget Agreement of 2015 now heads to the Senate where it will be taken up as early as next
  • 21. | 21 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com week. Earlier today, Senate Republican leaders also vowed to restore the cuts to crop insurance. It remains unclear where the $3 billion in offsets will be found. http://usarice.com/blogs/usa-rice-daily/2015/10/29/house-passes-2-year-budget-deal-promises- to-reverse-cuts-to-crop-insurance USA Rice Gets Greater FAS Funding for 2016 International Promotion Programs WASHINGTON, DC -- USA Rice received notification this week of the budget awarded by FAS for Fiscal Year 2016. Under the Market Access Program (MAP) USA Rice received an allocation of $2,485,000, a 1.2 percent increase from FY2015. Under the Foreign Market Development (FMD) the USA Rice budget will be $1,877,000, a 6.1 percent increase from the prior year. In total, USA Rice received a budget allocation of $4,362,000, an increase of $136,000 or 3.2 percent more than in 2015. "We believe this increased budget reflects well on the quality and effectiveness of the International Promotion programs that are implemented by USA Rice to maintain and/or increase exports of U.S. rice," stated John Valpey, chairman of the USA Rice International Promotion Committee. "With an export dependent industry like rice, these added funds could not have come at a better time to support our promotion and trade policy efforts worldwide," said USA Rice President & CEO Betsy Ward. Contact: Jim Guinn (703) 236-1474 USA Rice Daily Rice States Must Begin Section 18 Emergency Exemption Requests for AV-1011 Don't delay
  • 22. | 22 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com WASHINGTON, DC -- Departments of agriculture in states with rice producers affected by bird consumption of rice seed need to begin applying for Section 18 Emergency Exemption Requests for AV- 1011 (anthraquinone) bird repellent as soon as possible in order to have approvals from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a timely fashion. Section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) authorizes EPA to allow an unregistered use of a pesticide for a limited time if EPA determines that an emergency condition exists. The EPA will have extensive data requests on bird damage from previous years and commercial handlers will need time to treat seeds with AV-1011 before they are delivered to farms. USA Rice is working closely with all parties, including EPA, to facilitate the use of AV-1011 by rice growers. Contact: Steve Hensley (703) 236-1445 USA Rice Daily Weekly Rice Sales, Exports Reported WASHINGTON, DC -- Net rice sales of 112,600 MT--a marketing-year high--for 2015/2016 were up 68 percent from the previous week and up noticeably from the prior four-week average, according today's Export Sales Highlights report. Increases were reported for Costa Rica (22,400 MT), Mexico (20,900 MT), Honduras (16,000 MT), Haiti (13,500 MT), and Japan (12,400 MT). Exports of 78,300 MT, up 29 percent from the previous week and 19 percent from the prior four-week average, were reported to Iran (32,000 MT), Haiti (18,500 MT), Japan (13,000 MT), Mexico (3,500 MT), and Canada (2,700 MT). This summary is based on reports from exporters from the period October 16-22, 2015. CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures CME Group (Prelim): Closing Rough Rice Futures for October 29
  • 23. | 23 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com Month Price Net Change November 2015 $11.535 + $0.135 January 2016 $11.820 + $0.135 March 2016 $12.085 + $0.135 May 2016 $12.340 + $0.120 July 2016 $12.590 + $0.120 September 2016 $12.205 + $0.110 November 2016 $12.205 + $0.110 USA Rice Daily APEDA Rice Commodity News from India International Benchmark Price Price on: 28-10-2015 Product Benchmark Indicators Name Price Apricots 1 Turkish No. 2 whole pitted, CIF UK (USD/t) 4875 2 Turkish No. 4 whole pitted, CIF UK (USD/t) 4375 3 Turkish size 8, CIF UK (USD/t) 3625 Sultanas
  • 24. | 24 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com 1 Australian 5 Crown, CIF UK (USD/t) 2945 2 South African Orange River, CIF UK (USD/t) 2575 3 Turkish No 9 standard, FOB Izmir (USD/t) 2200 White Sugar 1 CZCE White Sugar Futures (USD/t) 816 2 Pakistani refined sugar, EXW Akbari Mandi (USD/t) 541 3 Thai VHP, FOB Thailand (USD/t) 460 Source:agra-net For more info Market Watch Commodity-wise, Market-wise Daily Price on 28-10-2015 Domestic Prices Unit Price : Rs per Qty Product Market Center Variety Min Price Max Price Rice 1 Manjeri (Kerala) Other 2800 3800 2 Vadodara (Gujarat) Other 3000 3300 3 Samsi (West Bengal) Fine 2790 2820 Wheat 1 Bangalore (Karnataka) Local 2600 3100 2 Kota (Rajasthan) Other 1510 1708 3 Sangli (Maharashtra) Other 2000 2850 Mousambi 1 Manjeri (Kerala) Other 2500 2700 2 Solan (Himachal Pradesh) Other 4000 4500 3 Sirhind (Punjab) Other 2000 3300
  • 25. | 25 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com Cabbage 1 Palayam (Kerala) Other 900 1200 2 Mumbai (Maharashtra) Other 600 800 3 Shillong (Meghalaya) Other 1300 1500 Source:agmarknet.nic.in For more info Egg Rs per 100 No Price on 28-10-2015 Product Market Center Price 1 Hyderabad 310 2 Mysore 351 3 Nagapur 320 Source: e2necc.com Other International Prices Unit Price : US$ per package Price on 28-10-2015 Product Market Center Origin Variety Low High Onions Dry Package: 40 lb cartons 1 Atlanta Peru Yellow 26 26.75 2 Chicago California Yellow 31.50 32.50 3 Miami Nevada Yellow 27.50 27.50 Cucumbers Package: cartons film wrapped 1 Atlanta Canada Long Seedless 18 18.25 2 Baltimore Spain Long Seedless 14 15 3 Miami Honduras Long Seedless 10 10 Apples Package: cartons tray pack
  • 26. | 26 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com 1 Atlanta Virginia Red Delicious 24 24 2 Chicago Washington Red Delicious 26 26.50 3 New York Washington Red Delicious 27 27 Source:USDA Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open-Oct 29 thu Oct 29, 2015 2:17pm IST Nagpur, Oct 29 Gram prices today moved down in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and Marketing Committee (APMC) here on lack of demand from local millers amid high moisture content arrival. Downward trend on NCDEX and easy condition in Madhya Pradesh gram prices also pulled down prices here, according to sources. FOODGRAINS & PULSES GRAM * Gram varieties reported down in open market here on poor demand from local traders amid good supply from millers because government raids fear. TUAR * Tuar varieties showed weak tendency in open market here on poor demand from local traders. Reports about increased overseas arrival also pulled down prices. * Wheat mill quality reported down in open market on poor demand from local traders amid good arrival from producing regions like Punjab and Haryana. * In Akola, Tuar - 11,500-11,800, Tuar dal - 18,200-18,400, Udid - 12,900-13,300, Udid Mogar (clean) - 15,900-16,500, Moong - 11,000-11,200, Moong Mogar (clean) 12,100-12,400, Gram - 4,700-4,900, Gram Super best bold - 6,400-6,700 for 100 kg. * Other varieties of wheat, rice and other commodities remained steady in open market in weak trading activity. Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close Gram Auction 4,000-4,300 4,100-4,400 Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600 Tuar Auction n.a. 8,000-9,500 Moong Auction n.a. 6,000-6,400 Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500 Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800 Gram Super Best Bold 6,400-6,800 6,600-7,100 Gram Super Best n.a. n.a. Gram Medium Best 6,100-6,300 6,400-6,700 Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a
  • 27. | 27 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com Gram Mill Quality 5,000-5,300 5,200-5,300 Desi gram Raw 4,900-5,000 5,000-5,100 Gram Filter new 5,700-6,000 5,750-6,050 Gram Kabuli 5,800-7,100 6,000-7,000 Gram Pink 6,200-7,000 6,500-7,200 Tuar Fataka Best 18,000-18,500 18,100-18,600 Tuar Fataka Medium 17,000-17,300 17,100-17,400 Tuar Dal Best Phod 16,500-17,000 16,600-17,100 Tuar Dal Medium phod 15,500-15,900 15,600-16,000 Tuar Gavarani New 11,800-12,400 11,900-12,500 Tuar Karnataka 12,900-13,100 13,000-13,400 Tuar Black 18,800-19,300 18,900-19,400 Masoor dal best 8,600-8,800 8,600-8,800 Masoor dal medium 8,300-8,500 8,300-8,500 Masoor n.a. n.a. Moong Mogar bold 12,400-12,900 12,400-12,900 Moong Mogar Med 11,600-11,800 11,600-11,800 Moong dal Chilka 10,000-10,300 10,000-10,300 Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a. Moong Chamki best 12,300-12,700 12,400-12,800 Udid Mogar Super best (100 INR/KG) 16,300-16,800 16,300-16,800 Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 15,500-15,700 15,500-15,700 Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 10,800-12,200 10,800-12,200 Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 5,600-5,900 5,600-5,900 Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 4,300-4,500 4,300-4,500 Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 3,600-3,700 3,600-3,700 Watana White (100 INR/KG) 3,400-3,600 3,400-3,600 Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 3,500-3,700 3,500-3,700 Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,700 1,600-1,700 Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 1,550-1,750 1,750-1,850 Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 1,550-1,750 1,550-1,750 Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,500-2,650 2,500-2,650 Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,400 2,300-2,400 Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a. MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,400-3,800 3,400-3,800 MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,700-3,100 2,700-3,100 Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,400 3,000-3,400 Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,800 2,600-2,800 Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,800 1,600-1,800 Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,200 2,100-2,200 Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) 1,800-1,900 1,800-1,900 Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) 3,400-3,800 3,400-3,800 Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,100-3,300 3,100-3,300 Rice HMT Shriram best(100 INR/KG) 4,200-4,600 4,200-4,600 Rice HMT Shriram med.(100 INR/KG) 3,600-4,100 3,600-4,100 Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 8,000-10,000 8,000-10,000 Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 7,000-7,500 7,000-7,500 Rice Chinnor best(100 INR/KG) 5,200-5,400 5,200-5,500 Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) 4,600-5,000 4,700-5,000 Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,200 1,900-2,200
  • 28. | 28 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,700-1,900 1,700-1,900 WEATHER (NAGPUR) Maximum temp. 33.0 degree Celsius (91.4 degree Fahrenheit), minimum temp. 20.8 degree Celsius (69.4 degree Fahrenheit) Humidity: Highest - n.a., lowest - n.a. Rainfall : nil FORECAST: Partly cloudy sky. Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 33 and 20 degree Celsius respectively. Note: n.a.--not available (For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but included in market prices.) http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/10/29/nagpur-foodgrain-idINL3N12T3F420151029 Arkansas Farm Bureau Daily Commodity Report A comprehensive daily commodity market report for Arkansas agricultural commodities with cash markets, futures and insightful analysis and commentary from Arkansas Farm Bureau commodity analysts. Noteworthy benchmark price levels of interest to farmers and ranchers, as well as long-term commodity market trends which are developing. Daily fundamental market influences and technical factors are noted and discussed. Soybeans High Low Cash Bids 902 842 New Crop 918 868 Riceland Foods Cash Bids Stuttgart: - - - Pendleton: - - - New Crop Stuttgart: - - - Pendleton: - - -
  • 29. | 29 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com Futures: High Low Last Change Nov '15 885.00 873.25 878.75 -2.75 Jan '16 886.50 875.50 880.25 -2.50 Mar '16 890.00 879.25 883.25 -3.25 May '16 894.75 885.00 889.00 -2.75 Jul '16 900.75 890.50 894.50 -2.75 Aug '16 898.25 891.00 893.25 -2.50 Sep '16 892.25 884.25 886.25 -2.50 Nov '16 891.00 880.75 884.50 -2.75 Jan '17 890.00 -2.50 Arkansas Daily Grain Report FOB Memphis Elevator Crops Soybean Comment Soybeans close lower today as the market continues to worry about South American weather. Weather forecast continue to point towards needed showers across major growing years in Bra-zil. While today's export sales report was again good for soybeans the market right now is wor-ried about the large global supplies. Wheat High Low Cash Bids 496 496 New Crop 512 431
  • 30. | 30 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com Futures: High Low Last Change Dec '15 517.50 505.00 515.00 +9.00 Mar '16 522.00 510.25 519.50 +7.75 May '16 525.50 515.00 523.50 +7.00 Jul '16 526.50 517.25 525.00 +6.25 Sep '16 534.00 525.75 533.00 +5.75 Dec '16 546.75 537.75 544.75 +5.25 Mar '17 555.00 552.75 554.75 +4.75 May '17 556.00 +6.00 Jul '17 543.75 +6.00 Arkansas Daily Grain Report FOB Memphis Elevator Crops Wheat Comment Wheat prices closed higher today. We continue to see speculative buying in wheat after last week's report showed speculators heavily short in the market. While sales today were a little better, shipments remain weak. The U.S. again failed to get an Egyptian tender as other coun-tries beat out the U.S. again. Price remain in a sideways attar between support at $5 and re-sistance at recent highs near $5.31. Grain Sorghum High Low Cash Bids 386 310 New Crop 386 330
  • 31. | 31 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com Arkansas Daily Grain Report FOB Memphis Elevator Crops Corn High Low Cash Bids 391 351 New Crop 403 373 Futures: High Low Last Change Dec '15 380.50 375.50 380.00 +4.00 Mar '16 390.25 385.25 389.75 +3.75 May '16 396.00 391.00 395.75 +3.50 Jul '16 400.00 395.50 400.00 +3.50 Sep '16 399.75 395.50 400.00 +4.00 Dec '16 406.75 401.75 406.50 +4.50 Mar '17 416.25 413.50 416.25 +4.50 May '17 422.00 +4.25 Jul '17 425.00 424.00 425.75 +3.75 Arkansas Daily Grain Report FOB Memphis Elevator Crops
  • 32. | 32 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com Corn Comment Corn prices closed hired today despite another poor export sales report. The market continues and choppy trade as prices continue to find support near 370 but they stiff resistance near four dollars. The market likely remain in the sideways pattern as are my little pressure or support to move prices outside of this current trading range. Cotton Futures: High Low Last Change Dec '15 62.92 62.16 62.32 -0.35 Mar '16 62.58 62 62.21 -0.25 Memphis, TN Cotton and Tobacco Programs Cotton Comment Cotton futures were a bit higher, with December holding above 62 cents. Technical selling in the face of overbought indicators has resulted in the downturn of the past two weeks. The crop is 42% harvested nationwide, but behind schedule in the eastern costal states that are still waiting for fields to dry out to be able to evaluate the condition of the crop and get the pickers rolling. Rice High Low Long Grain Cash Bids - - - - - - Long Grain New Crop - - - - - - Futures: High Low Last Change Nov '15 1153.0 1131.5 1153.5 +13.5
  • 33. | 33 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com Jan '16 1186.0 1155.0 1182.0 +13.5 Mar '16 1200.0 1185.5 1208.5 +13.5 May '16 1234.0 +12.0 Jul '16 1245.0 1245.0 1259.0 +12.0 Sep '16 1220.5 +11.0 Nov '16 1220.5 +11.0 Rice Comment Rice futures opened a bit lower but turned around to close higher. Recent price action signals a move to the 62% retracement level of $11.18. Global production problems have helped support the market since the summer, however, disappointing U.S. yields have likely been built into prices at this point. Cattle Futures: Live Cattle: High Low Last Change Oct '15 140.825 138.925 140.000 +0.325 Dec '15 144.725 142.400 142.750 -0.850 Feb '16 145.975 143.975 144.275 -1.100 Apr '16 144.450 142.500 143.000 -1.325 Jun '16 134.900 132.975 133.750 -1.150 Aug '16 132.175 130.125 130.975 -1.125 Oct '16 133.825 132.200 132.925 -0.975 Dec '16 134.800 133.375 134.000 -0.900 Feb '17 133.825 132.825 133.725 -0.675
  • 34. | 34 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com Feeders: High Low Last Change Oct '15 193.725 193.100 193.150 -0.350 Nov '15 194.125 190.825 191.925 -0.325 Jan '16 185.950 183.175 183.900 -0.750 Mar '16 182.375 179.825 180.275 -1.200 Apr '16 183.000 180.475 181.025 -0.950 May '16 182.800 180.450 180.975 -0.875 Aug '16 183.500 181.050 181.750 -0.975 Sep '16 182.000 180.300 180.925 +0.925 Oct '16 180.100 Arkansas Prices Charlotte Livestock Auction Green Forest Livestock Auction Ratcliff Livestock Auction Oklahoma City El Reno Livestock Market, El Reno, OK Cattle Comment Livestock prices failed to hold yesterday's gains. After being shocked by a strong boxed beef and cash cattle prices, markets failed to find major support to help prices continue the rally. Hogs Futures: High Low Last Change Dec '15 61.725 59.275 59.275 -2.125 Feb '16 64.400 62.500 62.500 -2.000 Apr '16 68.350 66.700 66.875 -1.650
  • 35. | 35 Daily Global Rice e-Newsletter | www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com May '16 73.000 71.725 72.125 -1.225 Jun '16 76.200 74.950 75.125 -1.350 Jul '16 75.825 74.600 75.025 -1.175 Aug '16 75.125 73.850 74.250 -1.250 Oct '16 66.050 64.600 65.175 -1.100 Dec '16 63.675 62.500 63.000 -1.025 Hog Comment Shell Eggs Daily Midwest Regional Eggs Daily New York Eggs National Turkeys Weekly Weighted Average Prices for Whole Young Turkeys Delmarva Broilers Daily Southern Broiler/Fryers