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Cambodia to host rice event US rice could see potential market in China How is U.S. rice faring in current trade agreement negotiations? Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- Aug 28 Opportunity: Post-doctoral Fellow -- Computational Genetics (#13-RP10082) @ International Rice Research Institute -- Laguna, Philippines Climate change may disrupt global food system within a decade, World Bank says Braggadocio Rice Mill included on U.S. Congressman Smith's Annual Farm Tour Vietnam Rice exports up 9% Y/Y to 4.4 mn tons in Jan-Aug China inspects Burma’s rice in advance of trade agreement Vietnam's Rice Exports Reach Over 4.4 Mln Tonnes In 8 Months Philippines eyes re-tender, govt-to-govt deal for 500,000 T rice imports California drought could impact bird habitats, rice prices RPT- UPDATE 2-India's monsoon forecast to be better for crops next week Climate change may disrupt global food system within a decade, World Bank says Changing climate could eat up 27pc paddy output by 2050, says study

NEWS DETAILS: Cambodia to host rice event Thu, 28 August 2014 Chan Muyhong After winning the World‟s Best Rice Award for two years running at the World Rice Conference, Cambodia has been selected to host this year‟s annual event.The World Rice Conference is a networking event that brings

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together rice industry professionals from all over the world. Initiated by industry trade publication The Rice Trader, past events have been held in the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Hong Kong. “Cambodia was chosen for its enthusiasm and efforts to develop export trade and raise its potential in high-quality rice markets, as well as for its excellent facilities in hosting the event,” said V. Subramanian, vice president of The Rice Trader.The sixth World Rice Conference, to be held from 18th to 21st November this year, will increase the country‟s reputation as one of the emerging growers and exporters in the world, said Sok Puthyvuth, president of the Cambodia Rice Federation.“We expect all relevant stakeholders in rice industry from around the world to join this event. It will be a good chance to showcase Cambodia rice to the world,” he said.Puthyvuth said the event will be held in Phnom Penh, but an exact location is still yet to be confirmed.The three-day event, that covers the World Best Rice competition, the Cambodia Rice Festival and the Cambodia Rice Networking Forum, will be coorganized by The Rice Trader, the Cambodia Rice Federation, the International Finance Corporation and the Federation for Association of SMEs of Cambodia.Kim Savuth, president of local rice exporter Khmer Food Co, who has attended the past two conferences, said that hosting the event shows that Cambodia‟s is becoming a serious player in the rice industry. “If our rice sector is not moving as fast as expected, no one would be interested to hold the rice event in Cambodia,” he said.Savuth added that rice industry insiders are again working hard this for Cambodia to win the World Best Rice Award for the third year in a row. Image:Last year Cambodia held its first rice festival in Siem Reap. This year, Cambodia has been selected to host the World Rice Conference in mid-November. Hong Menea

US rice could see potential market in China Updated: 2014-08-28 09:24 By JACK FREIFELDER in New York (China Daily USA) A few years ago no one would have even considered exporting rice to China, but growers, exporters and international trade organizations in the US are starting to come around to the idea."US rice producers and exporters are continually looking for new sources of demand," Bob Cummings, COO of the USA Rice Federation, wrote in an email to China Daily. "The US consistently exports 45 percent to 50 percent of its rice crop each year, so access to China's consumers and the ability to develop a market there are important. "Though China is already the world's largest producer and consumer of the grain, US rice products are completely locked out of the Chinese market until a sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) protocol agreement

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between the two countries is reached.An SPS agreement is a set of agreed-upon terms for agricultural trade that "concerns food safety and animal and plant health regulations", according to the World Trade Organization (WTO).Cummings said negotiations between the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and China's General Administration of Quality, Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) have been ongoing for some time. The USA Rice Federation, based in Arlington, Virginia, is the leading advocacy group for the US rice industry. The group is comprised of growers, merchants, millers and other allied businesses, and represents 90 percent of the US rice industry.Data from an Aug 14 Rice Outlook report by the USDA shows that China is now on pace to import nearly 3.5 million tons of rice this year, more than six times the amount it imported 2011.Though American producers account for less than 2 percent of the world's rice, USDA data shows that US trade totals make up more than 10 percent of the annual global rice trade. The other leading countries in the global ride trade include: India, Vietnam, Thailand and Pakistan. The main export markets for US rice are Canada, Mexico and a number of other countries in Central America.A Sunday story in the Los Angeles Times said China started importing sizeable quantities of rice from other countries in the Asia-Pacific region in 2012, including, India, Pakistan and Vietnam.China may look elsewhere for its rice imports, but the country is still the largest global destination for US food and agricultural products. And in 2013 China accounted for nearly 20 percent of US agricultural products, or a total equal to more than $26 billion in trade.Greg Yielding, the head of emerging markets for the Houston-based US Rice Producers Association, said rice producers in the US are always looking for new markets to increase the potential returns on their product. "Farmers here can grow very good quality rice and they see China as another market for high quality US rice," Yielding said. "Every market in the world is different, but to be able to go into China and have our product compete would be good because they have a lot of very good rice too."The US Rice Producers Association, which is the only national organization composed entirely of producers, represents growers in all six of the major US rice-producing states — Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Texas. "Rice consumption in China is so high that the country could eat through America's annual production in 17 days," he said. "But the Chinese supermarkets and importers are willing to take all they can get. As long as it's the high quality rice that they've seen, people in China are willing to buy and farmers are going to make more money by expanding the market."Cummings, with the USA Rice Federation, said: "US rice has an unparalleled reputation for the highest food safety standards ‌ and that will be a real plus for our rice in the minds of Chinese consumers. China has recently been a 2 million-plus metric ton import market, so achieving even a small share of this market would be significant for the United States." jackfreifelder@chinadailyusa.com

How is U.S. rice faring in current trade agreement negotiations? Report from the 2014 Arkansas Rice Expo

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Aug 27, 2014David Bennett | Delta Farm Press CARL BROTHERS, LEFT, visits with Zach Taylor, Arkansas Department of Agriculture, prior to speaking on U.S. trade agreements at the 2014 Rice Expo in Stuttgart. U.S. trade officials are in the thick of negotiating two major trade agreements. Both, according to Carl Brothers, Riceland Foods senior vice president of marketing and risk management, “are difficult.”Brothers, spoke about the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Investment and Trade Partnership (TTIP) at the recent University of Arkansas‟ 2014 Rice Expo in Stuttgart.“Already, we‟re having trouble with countries wanting to … have special privilege with rice. The (U.S. rice) industry is standing hard and tall saying, „we can‟t let this happen again. We were left out of the (trade deal with) Korea.‟ So the industry is putting lots of political pressure on to keep that from happening. ”A related issue has been the inability of President Obama to get authority for trade agreements to be voted up or down. “If you bring an agreement back and don‟t have that authority, you know Congress will begin to say, „We‟ll accept this but never that.‟ And we‟ll never get a trade agreement. “So, trade promotion authority will come up at some point. The President will have to have it if we‟re to have any agreements worth consideration.”There are 11 countries involved in the TPP: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. Hamilton: rice the ‘cement’ of Asia “The only one that really holds promise for rice at the moment, above and beyond what we‟re doing today, is Japan. We did get to ship rice to Japan in 1995. … What we‟re wishing for, really demanding, in the new round is greater access which means more tonnage. We‟re not saying how much tonnage because no one has shown their hand just yet.“The other issue with Japan is improved quality of access. Currently, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries stays in between U.S. trade in Japan and (consumers). In fact, most of the U.S. rice that goes into Japan -- all of it currently being shipped out of California -- never reaches the table. It‟s either going to food aid programs or for industrial purposes.”

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Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- Aug 28 Thu Aug 28, 2014 2:08pm IST Nagpur, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Gram and tuar prices in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and Marketing Committee (APMC) declined sharply on poor buying support from local millers amid increased supply from producing belts. Fresh fall on NCDEX, downward trend in Madhya Pradesh pulses and poor quality arrival also affected prices, according to sources. *

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FOODGRAINS & PULSES GRAM * Desi gram recovered further in open market on good festival season demand from local traders. Reported demand from South-based traders also jacked up prices. TUAR * Tuar varieties ruled steady here but demand was poor in thin trading activity. * Lakhodi dal and watana dal firmed up in open market on increased festival season demand from local traders amid tight supply from producing regions. * In Akola, Tuar - 5,000-5,200, Tuar dal - 6,900-7,100, Udid at 7,200-7,300, Udid Mogar (clean) - 8,000-8,500, Moong - 7,200-7,600, Moong Mogar (clean) 8,700-9,400, Gram - 2,700-2,900, Gram Super best bold - 3,800-4,000 for 100 kg. * Wheat, rice and other commodities remained steady in open market in thin trading activity, according to sources. Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close Gram Auction 2,200-2,800 2,240-2,920 Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600 Tuar Auction 4,300-4,430 4,360-4,570 Moong Auction n.a. 5,200-5,500 Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500 Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800 Gram Super Best Bold 4,000-4,200 4,000-4,200 Gram Super Best n.a. Gram Medium Best 3,700-3,850 3,700-3,850 Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a. Gram Mill Quality 3,600-3,650 3,600-3,650 Desi gram Raw 3,100-3,200 3,100-3,200

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Gram Filter new 3,600-3,800 3,600-3,800 Gram Kabuli 8,000-9,500 8,000-9,500 Gram Pink 7,200-7,400 7,200-7,400 Tuar Fataka Best 7,500-7,700 7,500-7,700 Tuar Fataka Medium 7,100-7,200 7,100-7,200 Tuar Dal Best Phod 6,700-7,000 6,700-7,000 Tuar Dal Medium phod 6,400-6,700 6,400-6,700 Tuar Gavarani 5,300-5,350 5,300-5,350 Tuar Karnataka 5,500-5,700 5,500-5,700 Tuar Black 8,100-8,400 8,100-8,400 Masoor dal best 6,400-6,500 6,400-6,500 Masoor dal medium 6,100-6,250 6,100-6,250 Masoor n.a. n.a. Moong Mogar bold 9,500-10,000 9,500-10,000 Moong Mogar Medium best 8,800-9,200 8,800-9,200 Moong dal super best 7,800-8,000 7,800-8,000 Moong dal Chilka 7,700-7,900 7,700-7,900 Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a. Moong Chamki best 8,000-9,000 8,000-9,000 Udid Mogar Super best (100 INR/KG) 8,500-8,800 8,500-8,800 Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 7,400-7,800 7,400-7,800 Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 5,600-6,600 5,600-6,600

Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 4,000-5,000 4,000-5,000 Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 2,800-3,100 2,800-2,950 Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 3,350-3,500 3,250-3,500 Watana White (100 INR/KG) 3,500-3,600 3,500-3,600 Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 4,900-5,300 4,900-5,300 Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,200-1,500 1,200-1,500 Wheat Mill quality(100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,700 1,600-1,700 Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 1,300-1,500 1,300-1,500 Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,450 2,100-2,450 Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 1,850-2,000 1,850-2,000 Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a. MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 2,800-3,200 2,800-3,200 MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 1,950-2,350 1,950-2,350 Wheat 147 (100 INR/KG) 1,200-1,300 1,200-1,300 Wheat Best (100 INR/KG) 1,500-1,800 1,500-1,800 Rice BPT (100 INR/KG) 2,850-3,350 2,850-3,250 Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG) 1,650-1,850 1,650-1,850 Rice Swarna old (100 INR/KG) 2,350-2,650 2,350-2,650 Rice HMT (100 INR/KG) 3,800-4,000 3,800-4,000 Rice HMT Shriram (100 INR/KG) 4,600-5,450 4,600-5,450 Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 10,500-13,500 10,500-13,500 Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 7,300-10,000 7,300-10,000

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Rice Chinnor (100 INR/KG) 5,300-5,600 5,300-5,600 Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 1,400-1,600 1,400-1,600 Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,700-1,800 1,700-1,800 WEATHER (NAGPUR) Maximum temp. 33.1 degree Celsius (91.5 degree Fahrenheit), minimum temp. 23.6 degree Celsius (74.4 degree Fahrenheit) Humidity: Highest - nil, lowest - nil. Rainfall : 10.2 mm FORECAST: Generally cloudy sky. Maximum and Minimum temperature likely to be around 33 and 23 degree Celsius respectively. Note: n.a.--not available (For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but included in market prices.) ATTN: Soyabean mandi, wholesale foodgrain market of Nagpur APMC and oil market in all over Vidarbha will be closed tomorrow, Friday, on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi.

Opportunity: Post-doctoral Fellow -- Computational Genetics (#13RP10082) @ International Rice Research Institute -- Laguna, Philippines Submitted by International Rice Research Inst; posted on Tuesday, August 26, 2014 BACKGROUND: This position will coordinate across breeding, quantitative genetics, marker applications, breeding information management, and bioinformatics groups to integrate the latest genome-wide selection strategies into existing breeding programs, in combination with targeted selection of major genes and QTLs, as part of a larger effort to transform IRRI's rice breeding programs into highly-efficient, modernized, industrial-scale variety development pipelines. RESPONSIBILITIES: * Lead efforts to apply computational genetics methods and bioinformatics tools on largeNGS and SNP datasets of breeding populations as the basis for selection using genomic-estimated breeding values, in coordination with IRRI's Genotyping Services Lab and the bioinformatics and quantitative genetics teams (30%). * Analyze NGS and SNP data to characterize SNP haplotype patterns and define alleles and donor

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introgressions for major genes of interest in breeding materials and improve the predictive ability of traitspecific markers, in coordination with IRRI's bioinformatics, trait development, and marker validation teams(25%). * Help optimize the molecular marker analysis workflow at IRRI to enable rapid processing of highthroughput genotyping data of breeding materials using an integrated LIMS and data management pipeline, working closely with the bioinformatics and breeding information management teams (15%). * Assist in the effort to validate predicted marker-trait associations from ongoing GWAS projects and quickly introgress high value GWAS hits and QTLs into the breeding populations (10%). * Report results through publications in international scientific journals, project reports, and conferences (10%). REQUIREMENTS: * PhD in Computational/Statistical/Quantitative Genetics, Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Plant Genetics, or closely related field;* Experience in the application of molecular markers in the genetic analysis of populations, demonstrated success in using bioinformatics tools in the analysis of high-throughput genotyping and sequencing data sets, and a working knowledge of plant genetics HOW TO APPLY: Screening starts immediately as applications are received. Interested candidates should submit CV with a cover letter stating motivation to apply for the position. Candidates should apply online at http://www.jobs.irri.org. Go to "Search the IRRI job board" and click Postdoctoral Fellow -Computational Genetics (13-RP10082). DEADLINE: Deadline of application submission is on 31 August 2014 or until suitable candidate has been found.

Climate change may disrupt global food system within a decade, World Bank says The World Bank is pushing for 'climate-smart agriculture' as a means to increase productivity of crops with lesser climate change impact, such as developing rice varieties that can absorb more carbon from the atmosphere and more sunlight. .The world is headed “down a dangerous path” with disruption of the food system possible within a decade as climate change undermines nations‟ ability to feed themselves, according to a senior World Bank official. Rising urban populations are contributing to expanded demand for meat, adding to nutrition shortages for the world‟s poor. Increased greenhouse gas emissions from livestock as well as land clearing will make farming

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more marginal in many regions, especially in developing nations, said Rachel Kyte, World Bank Group Vice President and special envoy for climate change.“The challenges from waste to warming, spurred on by a growing population with a rising middle-class hunger for meat, are leading us down a dangerous path,” Professor Kyte told the Crawford Fund 2014 annual conference in Canberra on Wednesday.“Unless we chart a new course, we will find ourselves staring volatility and disruption in the food system in the face, not in 2050, not in 2040, but potentially within the next decade,” she said, according to her prepared speech. Agriculture and land-use change account for about 30 per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming. Feed quality can be so low in arid parts of Africa, where livestock typically graze on marginal land and crop residues, that every kilo of protein produced can contribute the equivalent of one tonne of carbon dioxide - or 100 times more than in developed nations, Professor Kyte said. “ The challenges from waste to warming, spurred on by a growing population with a rising middle-class hunger for meat, are leading us down a dangerous path Rachel Kyte, World Bank Group Vice President and special envoy for climate change A two-degree warmer world - which may occur by the 2030s on current emissions trajectories - could cut cereal yields by one-fifth globally and by one-half in Africa, she said.The river deltas of Asia, which provide almost two-thirds of the world‟s rice, will become more vulnerable to sea-level rise and storm surges. By 2050, each hectare of paddy will have to feed 43 people, up from about 27 now, according to a report carried by China Daily.

Braggadocio Rice Mill included on U.S. Congressman Smith's Annual Farm Tour Wednesday, August 27, 2014 Laura Ford Daily Dunklin Democrat Photo by Laura Ford, staff Congressman Jason Smith (L) visits with Steve McKaskle ®, of McKaskle Family Farms, LLC, and the Braggadocio Rice Mill, during his Annual Farm Tour on Friday. The pair stands in front of the only Yanmar-brand color sorter in use in the U.S.The fourth day of U.S. Congressman Jason Smith's Annual Farm Tour, took him to Braggadocio, Mo., on Friday, to the McKaskle family farm and the Braggadocio Rice Mill. For the past week, and over the course of the next week, Smith is visiting with farmers across Missouri. Smith said his Eighth Congressional District, a 30-county region, is the most diversified agriculture district outside of California. "We grow everything in this district except for citrus and sugar," said Smith. "You name

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it, we have it, and we raise just about every animal you can imagine. Agriculture is the lifeblood of our congressional district. It is so diverse," said Smith. He went on to describe the district as just less than 20,000 square miles, larger than the states of New Jersey and Massachusetts, combined. Smith said that one of the reasons he wanted to include the McKaskle farm and rice mill on his touring list was because of the ground-breaking new technology being used there, technology secured through assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the state of Missouri.Steve McKaskle, Senior Owner of McKaskle Family Farm, LLC., introduced Smith to a large group of area farmers who came to see the congressman and listen to what he had to say. Smith said this year's tour had been expanded from one week to two, so that he could visit virtually all the counties in the district, versus the 17 he was able to visit last year. The congressman said he wanted to hear what farmers have to say, in order to take back to Washington what they are thinking, both good and bad.Smith is one of the newest members of the U.S. Congress. He was elected in a special election in June, 2013, replacing long-time congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson, who resigned to take over the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. Smith said he has hit the ground running. "While we have been in Congress," said Smith, "It has been a constant fight to protect our way of life." Smith said he considered many of the regulations being created by a lot of federal agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) "a war on rural America," including coal power-generated electricity. Smith said 84 percent of all of the electrical power generated in his district is produced by coal power. He told the group of farmers that he felt if some of the currently proposed federal rules and regulations go into effect, they could more than double, perhaps triple, the costs of utility rates. Smith went on to tell the group that, during his first week in Congress, once he was assigned to the Subcommittee for Regulation Reform, his eyes were opened to regulatory problems in Washington D.C. In his words, it was the constant drive to create government jobs with inspectors and analysts, rather than create jobs in the private sector through small businesses growth. Smith called the process a one-size-fits-all approach that never leaves the Washington D.C. beltway. The Braggadocio tour shop included a question-and-answer session with farmers, whose questions reflected the issues on many of their minds these days, including immigration reform, utility rates, taxes, and the recent Right-to-Farm bill in Missouri.Concerning immigration, one local farmer noted, "It kinda effects agriculture here and everywhere else, but no one seems to know what's happening, or where it's going." Smith replied that the U.S. House Judiciary Committee has already passed four different bills regarding immigration. He listed the Border Security Bill as the highest priority. It would cover the northern, southern, and coastal U.S. borders. The second measure deals with expansion of the guest worker program, and additional oversight measures. Smith said he viewed this measure as particularly important to the huge agricultural industry in the Missouri Bootheel and Delta region. The third measure deals with increasing the number of highly skilled visas, so that those who have been educated in the U.S., with degrees in fields such as medicine and engineering, can stay and work in the country. Smith explained that the fourth and final initiative, the State Act, would empower local law enforcement to

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enforce immigration laws. Smith added that, regarding immigration reform, he felt the U.S. Senate had passed a more all-encompassing bill, while the House took a more piecemeal approach. "Now, it is (about) getting everyone together," he said. "Since I've been in Congress, I've tried to get to know other members. The reason there is so much gridlock is because they don't take the time to know each other, in order to find some common ground, which is very important. " Smith said he felt the whole "my way or the highway" approach was not working, and it was (now time) to find some middle ground.Another farmer's question had to do with the Missouri Public Service Commission's (MPSC) recent decision to deny Noranda Aluminum's request for lower electricity rates at the company's aluminum smelter facility in New Madrid, Mo. Smith said the ruling could drastically affect Noranda and every other manufacturer in the district. "I'm afraid it is going to be a loss of jobs in this area. As you know, our competitive advantage in this area is our lower utility rates, and our workforce is very good, with good paying jobs. But, it could drastically affect those jobs in seven surrounding counties, and maybe more."The Right-to-Farm bill was another subject on farmers' minds in Braggadocio. "The language (in) Right-to-Farm is much like the language in North Dakota," said Smith. "The purpose (of it is to provide a basis) to protect and support farmers, both large and small, who want to invest, so that they can continue to invest, without the fear of extreme regulations coming in to change their practices." Smith was the original sponsor of the Right-to-Farm bill, while still serving in the Missouri General Assembly. Proposed Missouri Constitutional Amendment 1 was defeated in the Aug. 5 statewide primary election, by a margin of 2,490 votes. However, yesterday, Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander ordered a statewide recount vote, as allowed by state law, on any measures that fail by less than half of one percent of the total votes cast. Smith told farmers the Humane Society of the United States spent more than $750,000 to defeat Right-to-Farm. The recount was requested, however, by the Missouri organization, Food for America.The farmers also asked about a pending tax bill that would reduce the maximum deduction from $500,000 of purchased property to $25,000 in 2014. Smith said the measure has cleared the House and is awaiting action in the Senate. Originally, the tax provision expired at the end of 2013. Smith said he had co-sponsored a bill, trying to make the provision permanent, so it wouldn't have to be worried about every year. Smith said he felt it will be extremely important to raise the maximum back up to $500,000 and make it permanent. "It affects every small business in America, including farmers," said Smith. "It needs to be permanent. " He told the group that he is trying to get on the House Ways and Means Committee to continue the campaign. He added Missouri needs to have a seat on the panel, because the state hasn't had one since 2008.Smith closed the question-and-answer session by inviting area farmers to his office in Washington D.C. "Anytime we can help you with anything within the bureaucracy, just let me know."McKaskle then gave Congressman Smith, his aides and visiting farmers an overview of the farm's rice milling process and the Braggadocio Rice Mill, explaining the operation of the mill's new color sorter. He said the new machine, manufactured by Yanmar in Japan, is the only one of its type in the U.S.

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"This rice mill is a dream come true," said McKaskle. "This is something we started thinking about doing back in 2010, and I hope this will stir up inspiration in other farmers in the area to diversify, and get involved in other industries and practices, such as (this one). It is the wave of the future, and there is money out there available to get you started." McKaskle also discussed the operation of the solar panels that were installed at the farm and mill. "Basically, we are selling electricity to Ameren," said McKaskle. "They take it off our light bill." McKaskle said it has saved them considerably in electric bills. Some of those attending Friday's tour stop included county and state officials who were instrumental in assisting with the funding to secure the farm and rice mill's new technology, including Assistant Pemiscot County Commissioner, Steven Watkins; University of Missouri Extension Service Specialist, Dr. Van Ayers; Robert Culler, Senior Vice President of First State Bank & Trust of Caruthersville; and Phyllis Jenner, of the USDA Office in Dexter.Braggadocio ended the first week of Smith's Annual Farm Tour. He resumed on Monday, with a stop at the Dennis Robison Rice Farm in Poplar Bluff, Mo., and the Highland Blueberry Farm in Perryville, Mo., on Tuesday. © Copyright 2014 Daily Dunklin Democrat. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Vietnam Rice exports up 9% Y/Y to 4.4 mn tons in Jan-Aug Aug 28, 2014 03:31 PM Vietnam exported 4.4 million tons of rice worth $2.01 billion during the first eight months of this year, rose 9% and 5.3% year-on-year in volume and value respectively, latest data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development showed

China inspects Burma’s rice in advance of trade agreement 28.08.2014 Chinese technicians arrived in Rangoon on Wednesday to kick-start implementation of rice-inspection protocols as the two countries move closer to reaching a trade agreement.Led by the director-general of China‟s Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ), the four-member delegation was sent to inspect paddy fields, rice mills, sea ports and germ-eradication programmes. According to the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF), the team will make an additional stop in the capital city of Naypyidaw to meet with Burma‟s minister of agriculture and irrigation.“We have been trying to make this happen nearly three years, since the new government took power,” said Dr. Soe Htun, secretary of the MRF.“This is the first step, and hopefully everything will be all right soon. But it‟s not as simple as people think; the visit alone will not make everything ready. We have many more steps to take,” he added.An agreement on quality inspection will be signed following sufficient negotiations, and then the two sides will

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begin talks on an export agreement, Dr. Soe Htun said.Discussions will focus on cross-border trade more generally, and will include an agreement to legalise rice imports via land crossings to China, which is an important source of revenue for many small- and medium-sized agricultural enterprises. Roughly 80 percent of Burmaâ€&#x;s rice exports are believed to go to China. While it is legal for Burmese farmers to export to China, it is illegal for Chinese merchants to import the products.Illicit cross-border trade has had a devastating effect on value. Frequent large seizures of illegally imported rice have caused prices to nose-dive, causing hardship among farmers living along Chinaâ€&#x;s borders with both Burma and Vietnam.

Vietnam's Rice Exports Reach Over 4.4 Mln Tonnes In 8 Months HANOI, Aug 28 (Bernama) - Vietnam exported more than 4.4 million tonnes of rice in the first eight months of this year with US$2.01 billion in revenue, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported.The figure represented a year-on-year fall of 9 percent and 5.3 percent in volume and value respectively, said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.The country earned US$267 million from 584,000 tonnes of rice exports in August alone.China led Vietnamese rice exports which constituted 36.18 percent of total volume followed by the Philippines (23 percent), Ghana (5.11 percent), Malaysia (4.39 percent) and Singapore (3.32 percent).The Vietnam Food Association (VFA) has forecast 6.3 million tonnes rice exports this year.The country exported 6.7 million tonnes of rice last year, 11 percent lower than the target set.-- BERNAMA

Philippines eyes re-tender, govt-to-govt deal for 500,000 T rice imports By Enrico Dela Cruz, Reuters Posted at 08/28/2014 9:41 AM | Updated as of 08/28/2014 9:41 AM MANILA - The Philippines is considering re-issuing a buy tender or doing a government-to-government deal for its rice import requirement of up to 500,000 tonnes, after rejecting all offers in a tender that closed on Wednesday because the prices were too high.The imports, originally for arrival between September and November, were meant to beef up state stockpiles and bring down local retail prices. Expensive domestic rice has helped push food price inflation to its highest in more than five years.The government had set an undisclosed budget of $456.60 per tonne and rejected bids that came in ranging from $460 to $496.75 per tonne. Food security chief, Francis Pangilinan, said he was seeking a special meeting of the government panel that approves rice imports as early as Thursday to decide between the two options."We either rebid or go to government-to-government importation," he told reporters after the National Food Authority (NFA), the state grains procurement agency, announced its rejection of the bids submitted in Wednesday's tender.Four traders submitted bids, namely Vietnam's Vinafood 1 and Vinafood 2 and global commodities traders Louis Dreyfus and LG International.The budgeted price may have been "unrealistic" because it was set two weeks ago, said NFA Spokesman Rex Estoperez. The state stockpiles were still at "safe" levels despite the possible delay in

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shipment, he said.The Philippines can enter into government-to-government deals with Vietnam and Cambodia, with which it has emergency supply agreements. A similar agreement with Thailand expired last year. MORE IMPORTS POSSIBLE A new supply deal would bring the Philippines' total duty-free shipments this year to around 1.7 million tonnes, the most in four years. Additionally, the private sector can import 350,000 tonnes this year subject to a 40 percent tariff.The Philippines expects to miss its rice output target of 19.07 million tonnes this year by 2 percent, based on the latest forecast by the Philippine Statistics Authority. The forecast could be revised down if strong typhoons hit rice-producing provinces in the second half of the year and damage crops or prevent farmers from planting more.With crop losses possible in the next four months, the government has also authorized the NFA to import 500,000 tonnes more for emergency needs, on top of the volumes tendered on Wednesday and in previous months.Major rice exporters such as Vietnam and Thailand are looking for any signs the Philippines may need to import more, hoping to unload grain from their huge stockpiles.Vietnamese rice prices are expected to rise over the next few weeks on expectations that the supplies to fill Philippine demand will come from Vietnam, traders said on Wednesday. Vietnamese 5 percent broken grade rice was quoted at $450-$455 a tonne, free-on-board Saigon Port, on Wednesday, compared with $455 a week ago.With Philippine rice imports this year possibly exceeding 2 million tonnes, the country is on track to become the world's No.3 buyer as ranked by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), up from the No.8 spot last year.The USDA has forecast that the Philippines may also need to import as much as 1.6 million tonnes in 2015.The Philippines has agreed to loosen tariff restrictions on rice imports starting next year under a new deal with the World Trade Organisation.

California drought could impact bird habitats, rice prices Prices could go up, one farmer says SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) —Rice is one of California‟s top crops, but the historic drought is forcing farmers to make tough decisions in the field -- and that likely will have a ripple effect on consumers and migratory birds."I‟ve never seen one like this," he said.During a visit Wednesday afternoon, he showed KCRA 3 a portion of the field that was barren."We farm about 5,000 acres of rice, and unfortunately, this year, 35 percent of that land is idled because of [a] lack of water," Montna said. So, what could this mean the next time shoppers buy a bag of rice?"Prices will definitely increase," Montna said.Wildlife also will pay the price. By winter, millions of migratory birds will make their way into the area, a time when the fields are flooded in order to decompose the rice straws."We're going to run out of food for these ducks somewhere in mid-December," said Mark Bittlecomb with Ducks Unlimited , a waterfowl and wetlands conservation group.The birds get 60 percent of their food from winter-flooded fields, biologists said. This year, their habitat is down 20 percent in the Sacramento Valley."I don't think that we'll have huge die-offs,"

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RPT- UPDATE 2-India's monsoon forecast to be better for crops next week Fri Aug 29, 2014 12:27pm IST (Repeats late Thursday story with no changes to text) * Summer crops require less rains at growth stage * Rain likely in major crop areas next week * India & UK tie up for monsoon research (Writes throughout with details) By Ratnajyoti Dutta NEW DELHI, Aug 28 (Reuters) - India's monsoon is expected to provide more rain next week that will aid growth of crops sown in northwest and central areas, weather officials said on Thursday.Once crops such as rice, corn, sugarcane, soybean and cotton are planted, they need rain at regular intervals for growth.The annual monsoon rains are vital, because over half of India's farmlands lack irrigation, and the farm sector accounts for 14 percent of the national economy.The monsoon, furthermore, is the leading determinant of rural spending on consumer goods ranging from lipstick to cars as two-thirds of its 1.2 billion people live in villages. "The last couple of days' rainfall will nourish the soybean crop, which has entered the flowering stage," S.K. Srivastava, head of the state-run Directorate of Soybean Research, told Reuters over the phone from Indore, a soybean hub in central India.India, the world's fifth-biggest producer of soybeans, is a major exporter of soymeal, derived after extracting the oil, and a leading supplier of soymeal to South East Asian countries, where it is preferred as an animal feed.Rains were below average last week, giving respite to cane and rice areas of northern regions, which had recently been affected by floods following heavy rain in the Himalayas. Weather officials said rainfall was expected to improve in the major crop areas of northwest and central regions but was likely to ease in the northeast region, which suffered from floods along with neighbouring Bangladesh.This year's monsoon started on a weak note and had a poor run until late July, when rains revived in northwest and central India. CROP PROSPECTS The monsoon has been weak for the past couple of weeks, but that is unlikely to reduce harvest prospects for most of the sown crops as they have entered the germination stage, when less rain is required."The overall scene for most of the crops is good except millet and pulses, while production of rice is expected to be better than initial expectations," J.S. Sandhu, the country's farm commissioner, said."The delayed monsoon

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could reduce millet and pulses output by 2-2.5 million tonnes in the current crop year," he said.Sandhu added that the main rice crop is unlikely to be hit heavily, even though floods in some growing areas took many lives and made thousands homeless.India produced a record rice output of 106.54 million tonnes in 2013/14 following an early spread of last year's monsoon over the main growing belts. That amounted to 40 percent of India's total grain output for the year of 264.77 million tonnes.India's crop year starts from June with the onset of the annual monsoon, which runs until September. Summer crops are harvested from October. MONSOON RESEARCH India's weather office forecast a poor monsoon season in 2014. But it has shied away from predicting that the four-month season would turn into a drought year, even though the weakest rainfall in five years was recorded in the first month.India has joined with Britain to create a dedicated research programme to improve forecasting of the South Asian monsoon.British Energy Secretary Edward Davey, who accompanied Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg earlier this week to India, announced the programme will start from next year.The initiative will receive funding of around 8 million pounds from Britain's Natural Environment Research Council, India's Earth Sciences Ministry and the UK Met Office. (Additional reporting by Nita Bhalla; editing by Jane Baird)

Climate change may disrupt global food system within a decade, World Bank says August 27, 2014 The world is headed "down a dangerous path" with disruption of the food system possible within a decade as climate change undermines nations' ability to feed themselves, according to a senior World Bank official.Rising urban populations are contributing to expanded demand for meat, adding to nutrition shortages for the world's poor. Increased greenhouse gas emissions from livestock as well as land clearing will make farming more marginal in many regions, especially in developing nations, said Rachel Kyte, World Bank Group Vice President and special envoy for climate change."The challenges from waste to warming, spurred on by a growing population with a rising middle-class hunger for meat, are leading us down a dangerous path," Professor Kyte told the Crawford Fund 2014 annual conference in Canberra on Wednesday.

Cereal yields are being hit by a warming climate, IPCC says. Photo: Tanya Lake "Unless we chart a new course, we will find ourselves staring volatility and disruption in the food system in the face, not in 2050, not in 2040, but potentially within the next decade," she said, according to her prepared speech.Agriculture and land-use change account for about 30 per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming. Feed quality can be so low in arid parts of Africa, where livestock typically graze on marginal land and crop residues, that every kilo of protein produced can

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contribute the equivalent of one tonne of carbon dioxide - or 100 times more than in developed nations, Professor Kyte said. A two-degree warmer world - which may occur by the 2030s on current emissions trajectories - could cut cereal yields by one-fifth globally and by one-half in Africa, she said.The river deltas of Asia, which provide almost two-thirds of the world's rice, will become more vulnerable to sea-level rise and storm surges. By 2050, each hectare of paddy will have to feed 43 people, up from about 27 now, according to a report carried by China Daily.Professor Kyte said the focus has to turn to so-called "climate-smart agriculture", which contributes to increased productivity of crops, less wastage and a smaller climate change impact.She cited the example of Ugandan farmers inter-cropping two key cash crops, bananas and coffee. The taller banana trees contributed shade to cool the coffee bushes while securing land from erosion and building soil carbon levels.Likewise, work by the CSIRO and the International Rice Research Institute was developing new strains of rice that can absorb more carbon from the atmosphere and more sunlight."If researchers succeed in turbo-charging the plant's engine, the new rice variety would need less water and fertiliser but yield 50 per cent more grain than the best current varieties," Professor Kyte said.The World Bank envoy's speech comes as governments start to receive the final report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Fifth Assessment series.The so-called synthesis report finds global warming is already cutting grain production by several percentage points, according to a draft of the report obtained by The New York Times. The IPCC report also finds that runaway emissions of greenhouse gases are swamping all political efforts to deal with the threat of climate change, raising the risk of "severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts" in coming decades, the Times reported."From 1970 to 2000, global emissions of greenhouse gases grew at 1.3 per cent a year. But from 2000 to 2010, that rate jumped to 2.2 per cent a year ... and the pace seems to be accelerating further in this decade," the Times report said.While technically possible to limit global warming to an internationally agreed upper limit of two degrees above pre-industrial levels, continued political delays for another decade or two would make that unachievable without "severe economic disruption", according to the Times report on the IPCC draft.

Changing climate could eat up 27pc paddy output by 2050, says study FE Report The climate change effect might eat up more than 27 per cent of the paddy yield in Bangladesh by 2050, experts said Wednesday.Besides, the rising natural calamities like salinity, flash flood, stagnant flood, tidal flood, drought, cold, heat could also reduce paddy yield by nearly 64 per cent within 2070, they said.Director General of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) Dr Jiban Krishna Biswas said that due to the multilateral consequences of climate changes, per hectare yield of paddy can decline to 4 tonnes in 2030 from 5.5 tonnes now.He was speaking at the concluding ceremony of the two day long workshop styled "'Greenhouse Gas

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(GHG) Emissions from Rice Field: Finding Mitigation through Urea Deep Placement (UDP) and Alternative Wetting and Drying (AWD) Technology'" as the chief guest. The ceremony of the workshop held at the BRRI Auditorium in Gazipur, organised jointly by the International Fertiliser Development Centre (IFDC) under the Accelerating Agriculture Productivity Improvement (AAPI) project of the USAID, BRRI and Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU).Dr Jiban Krishna presented a paper which showed that due to increasing trend of natural calamities like salinity, flash flood, stagnant flood, tidal flood, drought, cold, heat caused by climatic changes paddy production at per hectare will fall to just 2 tonnes within 2070 from the present output.The study is prepared considering the pattern of minimum and maximum temperature of last 30 years---from 1975 to 2008.It showed the minimum temperature, in last 30 years, has increased in all months except in January and November. While maximum temperature also increased in all months except January during the period.The study also takes in account the rainfall pattern of the country from 1975 to 2005, the paper said. However, the research revealed that 2.0 million hectares of total rice areas have been affected by flash flood submergence."Flash floods can result in yield loss up to 100 per cent depending on different climatic and agronomic factors," it showed.It also showed 2.0 million hectares areas have been affected by drought both in dry and wet season.Natural calamity is causing 5 per cent average yield decline annually worth US $23.9 million, the paper said.Dr Jiban Krishna said that to cope with the changing climatic condition, we will have to adapt time befitting technologies. Developing new seed varieties suitable to different climatic condition based on various agronomic zones of the country, adapting technologies like UDP, AWD, IPM (integrated pest management) can combat any catastrophe, he said.However, Dr Biswas informed the newsmen that the BRRI is going to release some new stress tolerant rice varieties within few weeks.Meanwhile, the IFDC (under AAPI) with the collaboration of BRRI and BAU has taken a project to measure and mitigate green house gases (GHG) from rice fields. Ms Ishrat Jahan, Resident Representative, IFDC Bangladesh and Project Coordinator and Chief of Party of the AAPI provided an over view of some salient research findings on reducing nitrogen losses in Bangladesh through UDP and AWD technologies.She said UDP can reduce urea use by one-third while increase rice yield up to 15 per cent.Dr Md Shahjahan Kabir, Director, BRRI, Dr Reiner Wassmann, Senior Scientist and Coordinator of Rice and Climate Change Consortium, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), AAPI Deputy Chief of Party Dr Yam Kanta Gaihre among others also spoke.

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