• New-Faces-of-Farming-& Ranching-Logo You Can Be One of the National Faces of Farming & Ranching

    Jun 22, 2016

    U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance® (USFRA) is looking for the new class of standout farmers and ranchers to share how they grow and raise food on a national stage. To help put a real face on agriculture, USFRA will select a group who is proud of what they do and strive to be sustainable and technology-driven, eager to share their stories of continuous improvement, and who are actively involved in sharing those stories in public and on social media. Full story
  • Colombia’s Fedearroz Visits with USA Rice

    Jun 21, 2016

    Yesterday, USA Rice hosted a meeting with representatives of Fedearroz, the rice producers’ association of Colombia, for the two groups to share the history, mission, and structure of both organizations, and for USA Rice to provide an overview of both Domestic and International Promotion activities. Full story
  • U.S. Rice on the Menu at Advisory Panel Dinner in Canada

    Jun 20, 2016

    With British Columbia and Ontario accounting for 80 percent of rice consumption in Canada, it was fitting that USA Rice hosted an advisory panel dinner and trade meetings here this week to gauge current West Coast rice trends. Full story
  • In Memory photo of Wendell Lundberg In Memory: Wendell Lundberg

    Jun 17, 2016

    USA Rice extends condolences to the family and friends of Wendell J. Lundberg, who died on Sunday, June 12, 2016 at Enloe Hospital in Chico, CA. He was 85 years old. Full story
  • Keith-Gray, headshot Texas Rice Industry Steps Up to Pressure Congress on Cuba

    Jun 17, 2016

    Yesterday, Washington, DC-based Engage Cuba, an advocacy group dedicated to ending the travel and trade embargo of Cuba, launched their eighth State Council for Cuba here with an impressive list of 40 business leaders from a wide array of industries and sectors around the state. Full story
  • DP.w-PFC-Video,-Dow-160707 P.F. Chang’s Films a Summer Blockbuster in Arkansas Rice Country

    Jun 16, 2016

    Flying high over Dow Brantley’s farm, a camera drone takes in the bird’s-eye view before swooping down at a high speed to hover over the bright green tillers like a dragonfly on steroids. Brantley stands in a nearby paddy, surrounded by camera equipment and lighting reflectors, patiently explaining for the third - or maybe the thirteenth time - the life cycle of a rice plant. Full story
  • Cuba and Rice Spotlighted During Ways and Means Trade Hearing

    Jun 15, 2016

    Yesterday, the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade held an agriculture-focused hearing on expansion and eliminating barriers for U.S. agricultural exports. Full story
  • Headshot of FRC CEO Rick Rhody Farmers’ Rice Cooperative Names New CEO

    Jun 15, 2016

    Farmers’ Rice Cooperative (FRC) announced yesterday that Rick Rhody has been named as the new chief executive officer. Rhody will replace Kirk Messick, who has been serving as the interim CEO. Full story
  • USA Rice Trade Mission to Colombia: Part Two

    Jun 14, 2016

    Colombia has gone from our 51st largest export market in 2011 to our third largest in 2015, largely on the strength of milled rice exports entering under provisions of the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. Colombian regulations restrict the entry of U.S. paddy to the port of Barranquilla because of concerns over the presence in U.S. paddy of false smut, a plant disease. In meetings with U.S. embassy and Colombian government officials here last week, USA Rice expressed dissatisfaction with continual delays of an epidemiological study looking into the presence of false smut in Colombia. The release of this study is one of the first steps in mitigating/eliminating the current restrictions on U.S. paddy entry into Colombia. Full story
  • In Memory photo of Ronald-Bailey In Memory: Ronald Bailey

    Jun 14, 2016

    USA Rice extends condolences to the family and friends of Ronald Wade Bailey, Sr., of Hot Springs, Arkansas, who passed away on June 10, at the age of 80. Full story
  • Bird-Friendly-Beer, three full glasses of beer on a bar Is Bird-Friendly Beer Possible?

    Jun 13, 2016

    It's not as outlandish as you might think. A "bird-friendly beer" really depends on how you look at beer ingredients and if they have content that actually helps birds. Full story
  • USA Rice Trade Mission to Colombia: Part One

    Jun 10, 2016

    USA Rice is leading a trade mission to Colombia, the third largest market for U.S. rice. Full story
  • Inaccurate Reporting Raises Unsubstantiated Concern for U.S. Rice in Mexico

    Jun 09, 2016

    There was a story today online that Mexico had reduced tariffs to zero for all types and forms or rice regardless of origin. This story was inaccurate. Full story
  • Amidst Trade Shenanigans, U.S. Medium Grain Set to Return to Turkey

    Jun 08, 2016

    Turkey is an important commercial market for U.S. medium grain rice from both the Southern U.S. and California, and U.S. rice exports to Turkey averaged 175,000 MT per year in the period 2011-2015. Full story
  • Rice Wednesday is Back in Mexico Rice Wednesday is Back in Mexico

    Jun 07, 2016

    The popular USA Rice "Rice Wednesday" promotion is underway here at La Chilanguita, a chain with 11 restaurants in high traffic areas in Mexico City and Mexico State, including its most popular location, Masaryk, the most exclusive area in Mexico City. Full story
  • IP-US Medium Grain Breaks into Hong Kong Fast Food Mkt, Chewy Intl-160602 U.S. Medium Grain Breaks into Hong Kong Fast Food Market

    Jun 06, 2016

    Chewy International Foods Ltd, a leading food supplier here that began importing U.S. medium grain rice four years ago, has developed a special brand name tailored for both the retail and food service markets, and has begun a promotion campaign featuring the U.S. rice. Full story
  • In Memory: Gary DiGiuseppe

    Jun 06, 2016

    USA Rice was saddened to learn of the passing of Gary DiGiuseppe, a longtime Arkansas journalist and newscaster, who was killed in a car accident last week on his way to work from his home in Maumelle, Arkansas. Full story
  • Unified Export Strategy Submission Day

    Jun 03, 2016

    Today USA Rice submitted an application for 2017 funding under the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) trade programs. The application, referred to as the Unified Export Strategy (UES), is the official request document where USA Rice and other commodity groups, called “cooperators,” describe their strategic approach to promoting U.S. agricultural products abroad. Full story
  • USA Rice intern Ethan-Cartwright eats watermelon at building cookout USA Rice Welcomes Summer Intern

    Jun 03, 2016

    Money magazine recently named Washington, DC the top spot for students looking for summer jobs touting the area’s availability of work, educational opportunities, and “museums for days.” Just ask summer intern Ethan Cartwright who joined USA Rice’s government affairs team this week. Full story
  • USA Rice Lunch with Cuban Delegation Yields Results

    Jun 02, 2016

    USA Rice President & CEO Betsy Ward hosted a private lunch meeting here today for visiting Cuban dignitaries including Minister of Agriculture Gustavo Rodríguez Rollero, Cuban Ambassador to the United States José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez, and several top agriculture officials to discuss normalizing trade between the United States and Cuba. Full story

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