• Farm Service Agency Logo August 1st Deadline for ARC/PLC Enrollment

    Jul 22, 2016

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture is reminding all farmers to enroll their farms in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs before the deadline of August 1 to be eligible for 2016 crop year payments. Full story
  • Rice Hands Fortified Rice is a Game Changer for Food Aid

    Jul 22, 2016

    \Throughout the last year, the global food supply chain has faced unprecedented pressure from challenging weather conditions due to El Niño, the continued outpouring of refugees from Syria and the Middle East, and a steep decline in oil and commodity prices. The demand for not just food, but proper nutrition, continues to grow exponentially. The U.S. is responding to that demand with its agricultural bounty combined with new investment in nutritional science to combat global micronutrient deficiencies, a condition called hidden hunger. Full story
  • Dow Brantley receiving award from Brian King USA Rice and The Rice Foundation Elect New Leadership

    Jul 21, 2016

    New chairmen for USA Rice and The Rice Foundation were elected by their respective Boards of Directors during annual meetings here last week. Full story
  • Leo-LaGrande with shovel kneeling at flooded rice field National Rice RCPP Project Goes Live in California

    Jul 20, 2016

    Yesterday, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) rolled out the National Rice Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) project here, organized and implemented by USA Rice and Ducks Unlimited through their Stewardship Partnership. Full story
  • Chef Competitions Bring the Heat in Colombia

    Jul 20, 2016

    Last week, more than 130 Colombian chefs participated in the second annual Cocina Viva professional chef competitions here hosted by USA Rice, the USA Poultry and Egg Export Council, and the Kansas Soybean Commission. Full story
  • Keith Glover being interviewed, holding USA Rice microphone USA Rice Celebrates Centennial of the U.S. Warehouse Act

    Jul 19, 2016

    Last week, USA Rice helped to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Warehouse Act, a piece of legislation that authorizes the critically important structure for protecting and assuring producers and their lenders of proper crop production storage. Full story
  • GA-Rice Field Day in Stoneville Draws a Crowd-160718 Rice Field Day in Stoneville Draws a Crowd

    Jul 19, 2016

    Today, the Delta Research and Extension Center (DREC) held their annual Rice Producer Field Day here to review this year's latest rice research, followed by the Mississippi Farm Bureau's (MFBF) Summer Rice Meeting in the Capps Center. Full story
  • Vilsack Announces USDA Post Added in Havana

    Jul 18, 2016

    On Saturday, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced during the National Governors Association Summer Meeting here that USDA would officially be sending a temporary detail to Havana, Cuba, later this year. Full story
  • USA Rice Promotes Rice in Food Aid to Decision Makers

    Jul 18, 2016

    At the annual USDA Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) Attaché Seminar sponsored by the U.S. Agricultural Export Development Council meeting last week, USA Rice Director of International Promotion Sarah Moran participated in a panel discussion of food aid as a tool in developing international markets. Full story
  • SNA Conference: Thinking Rice in the School Cafeteria and Beyond

    Jul 15, 2016

    Nearly 7,000 school nutrition professionals from across the nation descended upon the Henry B. Gonzales Center here this week for the School Nutrition Association’s (SNA) Annual National Conference to learn about the latest and greatest in food, beverage, supply equipment, and service solutions. Full story
  • LA Field Day, Dr. Steve Linscombe talks to attendees standing near rice field Northeast Louisiana Rice Farmers Host Another Successful Field Day

    Jul 14, 2016

    Yesterday morning, Northeast Louisiana rice growers met here at Vic Jordan's farm, Trio Plantation, to hear from Louisiana State University AgCenter researchers on this season's test plots results. Full story
  • 25,000 MT Food Aid Sale to Ivory Coast

    Jul 14, 2016

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  • Rep.-Rick-Crawford, headshot SPCC Comes Around Again

    Jul 13, 2016

    EPA’s Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) Rule for Farms is back in the works again. Originally finalized several years ago, Congress used the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) in 2014 to mandate a higher exemption threshold of 6,000 gallons from the original 1,320 gallons Full story
  • U.S. and Iraq Sign Rice MOU

    Jul 13, 2016

    This morning U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Stuart Jones signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Iraq's Trade Minister Salman al-Jumayli that provides new opportunities for U.S. rice to be purchased for the food ration system here. Full story
  • USDA Logo WASDE Report Released

    Jul 12, 2016

    U.S. 2016/17 all rice supplies are raised 12 million cwt to 309.9 million on a production increase that is partially offset by lower beginning stocks. Full story
  • USA Rice Staffer Bill Farmer Retires

    Jul 12, 2016

    Loyalty and perseverance were favorite words used by industry leaders to describe USA Rice staffer Bill Farmer at a ceremony here yesterday honoring his long career. Full story
  • Watering pipes flank a dirt road on Nat McKnight Field Report: Mississippi

    Jul 11, 2016

    Growers in the area were presumably celebrating slightly more than the average American over the Fourth of July weekend due to a much-needed rain following a 25 day long dry spell. Nat McKnight, a grower and member of the 2015-2017 Rice Leadership Development Class, reports that his rice, corn, and soybean crops are thriving, especially after the recent wet weather. Full story
  • First Anniversary of Reestablished Relations with Cuba

    Jul 08, 2016

    Yesterday, USA Rice staff attended a reception at the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba here to commemorate the first anniversary of reestablishing diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States. Full story
  • Japan Steps Up Utilization of Rice in Animal Feeds

    Jul 08, 2016

    Japan, faced with an oversupply of rice, is moving to encourage use of rice, both domestically produced and imported, as livestock feed. According to a report from the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, last year Japan set a record for rice utilization in animal feeds, exceeding 1 million metric tons (1,173,000 MT), and surpassing the utilization rate of sorghum for the first time. In the period October 1, 2015 – March 31, 2016 rice utilization in compound feeds has averaged 5.3 percent, already 0.3 percent higher than total compound feed formulation for all of last year. Full story
  • Rep.-Rick-Crawford, headshot Rice Industry Cautiously Optimistic for Removal of Ag Financing Barriers with Cuba

    Jul 07, 2016

    In a swarm of legislative activity by Congress over the past three days, Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR) last night withdrew his amendment to the House’s FY 2017 Financial Services Appropriations Bill that would have removed the restrictions on private financing by U.S. businesses for the sale of agricultural products to Cuba. Crawford’s effort to improve the underlying legislation had gained significant bipartisan support amongst several Members of Congress over the last two weeks since the amendment was first introduced. Full story

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