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  • USA Rice Food Truck Promotions in Haiti USA Rice Success Stories Make the Case for MAP and FMD Funding

    Jul 26, 2017

    Last week, USA Rice participated in the 37th annual U.S. Agricultural Export Development Council’s attaché seminar, a two-day event that included one-on-one meetings with USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) personnel posted overseas, and a full day of Farm Bill and agricultural trade presentations. USA Rice had nearly a dozen meetings with various USDA officials to discuss marketing successes and trade access concerns in various markets. Full story
  • GA.w-J.James-&-Senator-Boozman-170725 USA Rice Outlines Farm Bill Priorities at Senate Ag Committee Hearing

    Jul 25, 2017

    This morning the Senate Committee on Agriculture held a hearing on Commodities, Credit, and Crop Insurance: Perspectives on Risk Management Tools and Trends for the 2018 Farm Bill, and Jennifer James, an Arkansas rice farmer and chairman of the USA Rice Sustainability Committee, testified on behalf of the U.S. rice industry. Full story
  • IP.w-Iraq-MOU-Mtg-in-DC-170724 USA Rice Delegation Sits Down with Iraq’s Minister of Trade

    Jul 24, 2017

    A USA Rice delegation representing four of the largest U.S. long grain rice exporters met here last week for high-level talks with Iraq’s acting Minister of Trade, Dr. Salman Al-Jumaili. The delegation focused its discussions with the Minister on gaining additional access to Iraq for U.S.-grown rice under the current U.S.-Iraq Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Full story
  • Three men stading in rice field in front of red combine Louisiana’s Jemison Handing the Reins to Webb

    Jul 21, 2017

    As Randy Jemison steps down, Kane Webb rises. Full story
  • China in Rice U.S., China Sign Historic Rice Protocol

    Jul 20, 2017

    U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and China’s Vice Premier Wang Yang today signed a long-stalled phytosanitary protocol that will permit the import of U.S. milled rice into China. Full story
  • Grain Ships on the River NOLA U.S. Rice Exports Shine in 2017

    Jul 19, 2017

    During the first 5 months of CY2017, total U.S. rice exports (converted basis) were 23 percent ahead of exports during the same period of 2016 in volume and 10 percent ahead in value. Full story
  • ITP-U.S. NAFTA Renegotiation Objectives in Line with USA Rice Positions-170718 U.S. NAFTA Renegotiation Objectives in Line with USA Rice Positions

    Jul 18, 2017

    USTR ag priorities for NAFTA renegotiation are in line with USA Rice objectives. Full story
  • Louisiana Department of Ag Logo Flood Assistance Available for Louisiana Rice Producers

    Jul 17, 2017

    Following flooding, some 2017 replanting expenses will be covered for rice farmers in some parishes in Louisiana. Full story
  • DP.w-2017 SNA, Cameron & Crowd at the Rice Wheel-170714 USA Rice Celebrates Thousands Serving Billions of School Lunches

    Jul 14, 2017

    More than five billion lunches are served each year in U.S. schools and nearly 6,000 of the men and women responsible for those nutritious meals gathered here this week for the School Nutrition Association’s (SNA) Annual National Conference. As U.S.-grown rice is a staple on those lunch menus, so too is USA Rice a staple at the conference with a popular interactive booth where staff celebrates the nation’s dedicated school foodservice providers and distributes rice information, recipes, and prizes. Full story
  • Chef Ryan Hughes and Costa Rica Amb. Stafford Haney Costa Rica Gets a Taste of Cajun Cooking

    Jul 13, 2017

    Late last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture hosted a cooking event with the U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica Stafford Haney. USA Rice was one of the groups that supported this culinary diplomacy event, which shared Cajun cooking with Costa Rican chefs and consumers. Chef Ryan Hughes and Ambassador Haney cooked a Cajun chicken étoufée, utilizing U.S. rice. Full story
  • USDA Logo WASDE Report Released

    Jul 12, 2017

    U.S. 2017/18 all rice supplies are lowered 9.5 million cwt to 261.6 million on a production decrease, which is partially offset by slightly higher imports. Long grain production is lowered 5.6 million cwt and combined medium/short grain production is lowered 4.1 million cwt. The production decrease stems from a 123,000 acre reduction in harvested area, reflecting the floods that occurred in Northeast Arkansas and the bootheel of Missouri as well as excessive moisture in California at planting time. Full story
  • AR rice farmer Joe Mencer shakes hands and gives plaque to MO rice farmer Blake Gerard Changing of the Guard at USA Rice Annual Business Meeting

    Jul 12, 2017

    All four USA Rice member organizations announced their newly-elected officers during annual business meetings here this week. Full story
  • DP.w-Instagram-Influencers,-GlutenFree-FollowMe-170710 USA Rice Instagram Campaign Generates 6.3M Impressions

    Jul 11, 2017

    As readers may recall, back in May, USA Rice teamed up with 14 Instagram influencers known for their work in the gluten-free and parenting/lifestyle sphere to bring attention to U.S.-grown rice as the go-to grain for gluten-free diets. This strategy used visual storytelling via Instagram to raise awareness during May’s Celiac Awareness Month and the impressive power of exponential message growth was on display. Full story
  • DP.w-K-12-Posters-170630 USA Rice Livens Up the Lunch Line

    Jul 10, 2017

    To get young minds headed in the rice direction, USA Rice created four eye-catching posters presenting nutrition and farm facts that are perfect for decorating the walls of school cafeterias around the country. The four posters will be unveiled at the School Nutrition Association (SNA) Conference in Atlanta this week, and distributed just in time for lunchrooms everywhere to start sprucing up before school starts. Full story
  • IP.w-Cooking-for-a-Crowd-at-Restaurant-Expo-in-Mexico-170707 Cooking for a Crowd at Restaurant Expo in Mexico

    Jul 07, 2017

    Last week, USA Rice participated in the 17th annual Expo Restaurantes, the foremost trade show for the restaurant and food service industry in Mexico that attracted more than 17,000 visitors from the surrounding metropolitan area. Full story
  • GA.w-EPA-Tour-in-LA-170706 EPA Staff Experiences Rice Country Firsthand

    Jul 06, 2017

    Last week USA Rice and the Louisiana Rice Growers Association (LARGA) hosted six staff members from across the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Pesticide Programs to experience rice growing and milling firsthand here in Louisiana. Full story
  • IP.w-USA-Rice-in-Turkey,-Checking-on-Rice-Varieties-170705 Excellent Prospects for U.S. Medium Grain, Wild Rice in Turkey Despite Market Challenges

    Jul 05, 2017

    USA Rice was in Turkey last week and met with millers, traders, packers, and food service distributors to assess market prospects for U.S. medium grain rice and to discuss possible promotional activities for U.S. wild rice, a product gaining increasing popularity in the Turkish market. Full story
  • Betsy Ward, Michael Klein & Kevin Berken at LA Field Day USA Rice Attends Louisiana Field Days and Meetings

    Jul 03, 2017

    USA Rice staff and members attended field day events in Louisiana, including Research and Promotion Board meetings and member visits. Full story
  • Aerial-view-of-2017 AR-flood 2017 Rice Area Numbers Down Almost 20 Percent from 2016, Harvested Area in Arkansas Takes a Hit

    Jun 30, 2017

    In the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) first survey-based estimate of grain acreage for the 2017 crop, all rice planted acres is set at 2.56 million, 19 percent less than the 2016 figure, and two percent less than reported in the March Prospective Plantings. Full story
  • USA Rice Meets with China’s Largest Rice Importer at HOFEX 2017

    Jun 29, 2017

    As USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue makes a high profile trip to China this week heralding resumption of U.S. beef exports there, USA Rice continues to strengthen trade ties in the region by participating in events like HOFEX, Asia’s leading food and hospitality tradeshow. At the show in May, USA Rice met with China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO), a state-owned enterprise that is the largest food company in China, and consequently the largest importer of rice. Full story

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