2013 USA Rice Outlook Conference set for Dec. 4-6 USA Rice Federation | October 7, 2013
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The USA Rice Outlook Conference will be held Dec. 4-6, 2013, in St. Louis, Mo. The program will cover the domestic and international outlook for U.S. rice, as well as outlooks on farm policy, economic issues, state-by-state rice production, and rice research. “This conference covers issues important to every rice producer and it’s an excellent opportunity for farmer-to-farmer networking,” said Jeremy Baltz, an Arkansas rice producer and chairman of the USA Rice Federation’s Communications Committee. The USA Rice Outlook Conference is the rice industry’s largest annual forum for education and interaction. It attracts rice farmers from all six rice-producing states and from all industry segments with over 700 attendees on average. The conference also features a trade show for rice-related equipment, technology, products and services. An early-registration discount is offered through Nov. 8. More conference information and online registration is available at www.usarice.com or call (703) 236-1447. The USA Rice Outlook Conference is an educational service of the USA Rice Federation
Pakistani exhibitors participating in ANUGA-2013 ISLAMABAD, Oct 6 (APP): A total of 30 exhibitors from Pakistan are participating in the world’s leading trade fair for the retail trade, food products, services and catering market, ANUGA-2013 in Cologne, Germany. Major product groups exhibited by Pakistani companies are rice, flour, spices and spice mixes, sauces and condiments, herbal products, nuts and kernel, dried fruits, juices, baked goods, salt, frozen breads and snacks. Companies are displaying both their national and international brands, said a message received here from Berlin, Germany, on Sunday. Pakistan’s Ambassador to Germany Abdul Basit attended the opening ceremony of ANUGA and visited the TDAP’s country pavilion and individual participants to meet the exhibitors and get a first hand assessment of the fair. The ambassador urged the Pakistani exhibitors to be competitive, innovative and maintain quality control for enhancing their share of business in the international market. The exhibitors expressed their satisfaction over the arrangements made by TDAP through the Commercial Division at the Pakistan Consulate General, Frankfurt, regarding the establishment of stalls and hoped for a great business week at ANUGA Cologne. ANUGA Trade Fair is the world’s leading food fair for the retail trade and the food service and catering market and takes place every other year. A total of 6,777 exhibitors from 98 countries are participating in the current year and presenting the entire global product range of food and beverages.
Rice farmers gearing up for switch to sugar cane • •
Published: 8 Oct 2013 at 00.00 Newspaper section: Business
Rice farmers looking to switch to growing sugar cane have been assured that their crops will be bought by sugar mills, which have already begun submitting proposals to the Industry Ministry to expand production capacity. The moves come in response to the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry's initiative for 6.7 million rai now used for rice farming to be converted to sugar-cane plantation, as the areas are unsuited to growing rice. Of the total, 4.19 million rai is within a 50-kilometre radius of sugar mills and 2.1 million rai is within 50-100 kilometres. Another 3.5 million rai, including the remaining 410,000 rai in the first lot, is in areas suitable for growing both sugar cane and maize because they are near sugar mills and animal feed plants. Sirivuth Siamphakdee, a spokesman for Thai Sugar Millers Corporation, said the ministry's plan is in line with sugar mills' goal to expand cane plantation by 7.2 million rai, starting with 2.5 million for the 2014-15 crop, 2.7 million for 2016-17 and 2 million for 2017-18. For the 2012-13 season, total sugar-cane farming of 9.33 million rai resulted in production of 100 million tonnes for a yield of 10.72 tonnes per rai. Mr Sirivuth said sugar mill operators are confident of processing higher cane capacity under the state's policy to turn rice-farming areas into sugar plantation. Sugar mills stand ready to provide basic advice to planters on preparing cane, soil, water and cutting. Thailand's sugar mills can handle about 130 million tonnes of sugar cane a year, so the increased capacity as a result of the government's zoning scheme will not be a problem for planters and millers, said Mr Sirivuth. Farmers who switch from planting rice to sugar cane can rest assured that their produce will be bought by sugar mills, he said. The revised target, meanwhile, has prompted sugar mill operators to ask for permits for factory expansion and/or relocation. Krisda Monthienvichienchai, Mitr Phol's president and CEO, said the company has submitted requests to the Industry Ministry for production expansion, but he declined to comment on actual figures, saying the plan has not been approved by the cabinet. Mitr Phol, Asia's biggest sugar producer, will focus in the meantime on expanding in the domestic market as opposed to overseas, he said. Sugar shipments from Thailand will probably climb 15% to a record next year as increased plantings boost output, the Office of the Cane and Sugar Board told Bloomberg yesterday. Exports will reach 8.5 million tonnes in 2014 from an estimated 7.4 million this year, said Somsak Suwattiga, secretary-general of the state-run board. Production will expand by 10% to an all-time high of 11 million tonnes in the crushing season starting Nov 15 from a highest-ever cane harvest of 110 million tonnes, he said.
2013 USA Rice Outlook Conference set for Dec. 4-6 USA Rice Federation | October 7, 2013
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The USA Rice Outlook Conference will be held Dec. 4-6, 2013, in St. Louis, Mo. The program will cover the domestic and international outlook for U.S. rice, as well as outlooks on farm policy, economic issues, state-by-state rice production, and rice research. “This conference covers issues important to every rice producer and it’s an excellent opportunity for farmer-to-farmer networking,” said Jeremy Baltz, an Arkansas rice producer and chairman of the USA Rice Federation’s Communications Committee. The USA Rice Outlook Conference is the rice industry’s largest annual forum for education and interaction. It attracts rice farmers from all six rice-producing states and from all industry segments with over 700 attendees on average. The conference also features a trade show for rice-related equipment, technology, products and services. An early-registration discount is offered through Nov. 8. More conference information and online registration is available at www.usarice.com or call (703) 236-1447. The USA Rice Outlook Conference is an educational service of the USA Rice Federation.