USA Rice Daily

Apr 04, 2017

Blake Gerard, a rice farmer from Cape Girardeau, MO and chairman of the USA Rice Farmers Board of Directors and USA Rice Government Affairs Committee testified before a Subcommittee of the House Agriculture Committee on behalf of the U.S. rice industry. Full story

Apr 03, 2017

USA Rice welcomes Gil Thompson to the trade team. Full story

Apr 03, 2017

While most of Washington’s agriculture organizations and their memberships throughout rural America are optimistic about farm policy, the future of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the outlook of a strong safety net in the 2018 Farm Bill, recent gatherings here indicate that a resistance effort is brewing. Full story

Mar 31, 2017

Mar 31, 2017

Mar 30, 2017

The UK notified the EU that they are leaving, and this will create two markets for U.S. rice where there had been just one. Full story

Mar 29, 2017

As a trade war heats up between Turkey and Russia, rice is named, and U.S.-grown rice could pick up the slack. Full story

Mar 28, 2017

The award-winning Greek Rice Bowl recipe from the USA Rice “Healthy Rice Bowl Contest” for school menu planners has been announced and joins a growing collection of recipes developed by K-12 menu planners created to help schools meet nutrition requirements, increase rice usage on school menus, and educate students about U.S.-grown rice. Full story

Mar 27, 2017

Mar 24, 2017

According to official Mexican government data, total U.S. rice deliveries (non-converted) to Mexico were up a staggering 31.4 percent in the first two-months of 2017 compared with the same period the previous year. That’s 148,016 MT, and of significant note, milled rice exports nearly tripled – to 22,478 metric tons, nearly half of total milled exports in all of 2016. Full story

Mar 24, 2017

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Mar 20, 2017

This month, as part of USA Rice’s partnership with Redner’s Markets, the company shined a spotlight on U.S.-grown rice by launching a Facebook contest asking shoppers to share their favorite rice recipes for a chance to win. The winner was announced last Saturday, and will receive a rice cooker and Redner’s gift card, courtesy of USA Rice, for her Mexican Rice Bowl recipe submission. Full story

Mar 17, 2017

USA Rice and other farm groups met on Wednesday at the White House with Trump Administration officials that make up the National Economic Council to discuss the importance of continued growth of agriculture exports and trade policy concerns. Full story

Mar 17, 2017

Last week the World Food Programme (WFP) released a much-anticipated study on rice fortification that should pave the way for greater use of fortified rice in U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and WFP food assistance programs. The study demonstrated that rinse-resistant coated fortified rice and extruded fortified rice perform the same in terms of taste and impact on malnutrition. Full story

Mar 16, 2017