• USA Rice Cooks Up Contacts at Restaurant Convention

    May 19, 2015

    CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – USA Rice staff were among the more than 65,000 foodservice professionals at the National Restaurant Association 2015 Show here this year. More than 2,000 exhibitors showed off all manner of foods, drinks, equipment, and gadgets for the restaurant industry. Full story
  • COOL Regulation, US-Canada-Mexico WTO Rules Against COOL

    May 18, 2015

    WASHINGTON, DC -- This morning, the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body made public its ruling on the United States' Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) regulation on certain muscle cuts of meat, citing that the regulation violates international trade rules and has caused harm to Canada and Mexico, which complained to the WTO. Full story
  • Mexico Promotions Highlight U.S. Rice - Sanborns Poster Mexico Heralds Return of USA Rice’s “Paella Wednesday” Promo

    May 15, 2015

    USA Rice’s wildly successful "Paella Wednesday" program is back. This year’s promotion, which runs from May through December, is being conducted at Sanborns, a major department store chain with more than 100 restaurants in Mexico City and the Metropolitan area frequented by approximately one million customers each month. Full story
  • USA Rice Meets with Korean Rice Industry South Korean Researchers Visit USA Rice

    May 15, 2015

    ARLINGTON, VA -- Representatives from KREI, South Korea’s equivalent to our own government’s Economic Research Service (ERS), stopped by USA Rice offices yesterday to discuss future trends in American rice markets. Full story
  • Second Chance Button The Senate Gives TPA a Second Chance

    May 14, 2015

    WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday, a procedural vote in the U.S. Senate to move forward with H.R. 1314, Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) fell eight votes short of the 60 needed. Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) was the only Democrat to vote in favor of the legislation which would allow President Obama to submit trade deals to Congress for approval without amendments. Full story
  • ITC chart USA Rice Hails ITC Study of Global Rice Industry

    May 14, 2015

    One year to the day after the request from the House Ways and Means Committee, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has released its study of factors and policies affecting the global competitiveness of the U.S. rice industry. The study, “Rice: Global Competitiveness of the U.S. Industry,” is known as a Section 332 investigation and examined the rice industry in the U.S. and in major producing and exporting countries, such as China, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Uruguay, and Brazil, and found that the world rice market is a confusing, and often unfair place. Full story
  • Water Diviner House Kills WOTUS

    May 14, 2015

    On Tuesday night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1732, a bill sponsored by Rep. Shuster (R-PA) that would require the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw their controversial Waters of the U.S. proposed rule (WOTUS). Full story
  • World-Mkt-Price-Mtg,-BW,-SM-&-Jay-Kapila World Market Price Subcommittee Talks Acreage, Iraq, and Cuba

    May 13, 2015

    WASHINGTON, DC -- The World Market Price Subcommittee met here this morning with representatives from the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), the Economic Research Service (ERS), and the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). Full story
  • USDA Seeks Input from Growers about 2015 Crops USDA Seeks Input From Growers About 2015 Crops

    May 12, 2015

    BATON ROUGE, LA – During the first several weeks of June, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct two major mid-year surveys, the June Agricultural Survey and the June Area Survey. The agency will survey farmers across the country to determine crop acreage and grain stocks on farms in 2015. Full story
  • US Ambassador to Iraq Stuart Jones USA Rice Meets with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq

    May 11, 2015

    WASHINGTON, DC -- USA Rice Chairman Dow Brantley led a delegation of members and staff on Friday in a meeting with Stuart Jones, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, to discuss strategy for returning Iraq as a steady customer for U.S. rice. Full story
  • DP- Recipe Redux Food & Nutrition Bloggers Inspire 1.4 Million to Think Rice

    May 08, 2015

    ARLINGTON, VA – Today, USA Rice announced the winners of the “Think Rice for National Nutrition Month” recipe challenge for food and nutrition bloggers. USA Rice launched the contest with Recipe Redux, a monthly recipe challenge founded by registered dietitians and open to a network of nutrition enthusiasts who are reinventing the idea of healthy eating with a taste-first approach. Full story
  • COMM-Iraq Grain Tender image-150507 Iraq Grain Tender Canceled, USA Rice to Meet with U.S. Ambassador

    May 07, 2015

    ARLINGTON, VA – Earlier this week, in a move that was only mildly surprising, the Iraqi Grain Board canceled their current tender request without explanation or fanfare. “The only thing we can predict with any accuracy in this market is the total unpredictability of this market,” said Betsy Ward, president & CEO of USA Rice. Full story
  • USDA Announces 235M for RCPP USDA Announces $235 Million in Funding for RCPP

    May 07, 2015

    WASHINGTON, DC -- Earlier this week, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced an investment of $235 million in funding to be applied towards the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). The RCPP, created by the 2014 Farm Bill, is a conservation initiative administered by the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) that enables local leaders across the country to implement programs that will preserve natural resources in their region. Full story
  • DP-Mr. Kotter-150506 Think Rice Education Program Earns High Marks from Teachers

    May 06, 2015

    ARLINGTON, VA – In honor of March National Nutrition Month, USA Rice distributed the Think Rice educational lesson plan to more than 2,800 elementary schools in rice-growing counties across the six states. USA Rice partnered with the award-winning curriculum experts at Young Minds Inspired (YMI) to develop the program to meet national standards for 3rd – 6th grade students in social studies, science, and nutrition. As of mid-April, the program reached an estimated 9,000 teachers and 330,000 students and families. Full story
  • COMM-Whole Grain Spring Cover-150505 Spring 2015 Issue of USA Rice’s Whole Grain Delivers

    May 05, 2015

    The next issue of USA Rice’s Whole Grain tabloid newspaper hits the streets -- and your mailbox – next week! Full story
  • MyPlate Video Entry MyPlate Video Search is a Success

    May 04, 2015

    ARLINGTON, VA – Last week marked the end of the two-month Check Out MyPlate Video Search for kids, a MyPlate promotional activity launched by USA Rice and six other MyPlate National Strategic Partners to reach children and parents with healthy eating messages. The video search received more than 10,000 unique visitors and generated more than 100 video entries from kids across the country. Full story
  • COMM-Think-Rice-Race-at-Stuart-HS-SMALL-150504 USA Rice Fuels Local Charity Race

    May 04, 2015

    FALLS CHURCH, VA -- USA Rice participated in a charity race at a local high school here to help support the school’s athletic program. More than 400 adults and children took part in the annual “Raider 5K Run” that raised an estimated $10,000 for the community. Full story
  • Arkansas License Plate Arkansas Rice Specialty License Plates Now Available

    May 01, 2015

    LITTLE ROCK, AR -- A special Arkansas license plate highlighting the state’s rice industry is now available. The Arkansas Rice Council worked with the Department of Finance and Administration to develop the specialty license plate to promote rice, Arkansas's second highest value commodity and top agricultural export. Full story
  • USA Rice Promotions: A Hit in Haiti

    Apr 30, 2015

    PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI- The island nation of Haiti, a little more than 1,000 miles from the United States, has long been an important market for U.S. rice. However, in December 2012, the Government of Haiti signed an agreement with the government of Vietnam allowing the purchase of 300,000 MT of milled long grain rice; at that time, the U.S. had a 97 percent market share in Haiti. Full story
  • Budget Conference Report Reveals No Farm Bill Cuts

    Apr 30, 2015

    WASHINGTON, D.C.-The House and Senate Agriculture Chairmen received welcome, but not entirely unexpected news when they reviewed the 2016 budget conference report. The report stated that neither the House nor the Senate Agriculture Committees are required to trim money from the Farm Bill. Full story

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