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Long-Grain Rice Prices Expected to Fallice Foundation
Accepting Applications for 2015 Rice Leadership Development
Program
In Praise of the Trusty Rice Cooker
Thai Rice Harvest Seen Dropping on Drought, Subsidy Lapse
Senator, nutrition experts support research on healthier rice
Philippines to import additional 500,000 tons of rice
Bangkok rice FOB price
Strategies for five years drawn up
Vietnam, China border trade revenue hits 2.61 bln USD in H1
Govt to import rice from Vietnam
Paddy plantation rate declines due to poor rains
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices - APMC & Open Market-July 23
Rice Dust
Thai rice yield to hit 5-year low
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Long-Grain Rice Prices Expected to Fall
07/22/2014 03:01 PM

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BATON ROUGE Prices for long-grain rice, which makes up 85 percent of Louisiana's rice crop, are projected to drop
this year, said LSU AgCenter economist Mike Salassi.The price of long-grain rice was $15.40 per hundredweight in 2013,
but that could decrease to $13.30 per hundredweight this year.A 46 percent increase in rice acreage in Arkansas, the No. 1
rice-producing state, is likely to blame

The price of corn is down, so some Arkansas farmers switched to rice this year, Salassi said."Because that's such a large
increase in long-grain acres, we're going to have more production, and that will push prices down," Salassi said. Last year,
nearly 2.5 million acres of rice were harvested in the United States. That is the lowest since 1987, and down significantly
from 2010, when 3.61 million acres were harvested.Although nationwide rice acreage has dropped, that is not the case in
Southern states like Arkansas, Mississippi andLouisiana. There are about 455,000 acres of rice planted in Louisiana right
now a 9 percent increase from last year's 418,000 acres.
While long-grain rice prices are expected to decline, the market price of medium-grain is expected to increase. Rice
acreage in California, which is the No. 2 producer of rice in the United States, has decreased significantly because of
extreme drought conditions. Most of the rice grown in California is short- and medium-grain, which are used in products
such as cereals."What California does affects the medium-grain price," Salassi said. "Their acreage is down about 12
percent from last year because they're having one of their worst droughts in history, and rice is an irrigated crop. The
limited availability of water is going to decrease the amount of rice they can produce and increase prices."If medium-grain
prices stay up and drought in the West continues, "we may see a little more medium-grain rice grown in Louisiana, but
traditionally we're a long-grain state," Salassi said.

Rice Foundation Accepting Applications for 2015 Rice Leadership
Development Program

STUTTGART, AR -- The Rice Foundation is accepting applications for the 2015 Rice
Leadership Development Program. Rice producers or industry-related professionals between the
ages of 25 and 45 are eligible to apply for the program. The application deadline is October
4.The Rice Leadership Development Program provides a comprehensive understanding of the
rice industry, with an emphasis on personal development and communication skills. During a
two-year period, class members attend four one-week sessions designed to strengthen leadership
skills through studies of all aspects of the rice industry.
The class is comprised of five rice producers and two industry-related professionals chosen by a committee of
agribusiness leaders. The committee evaluates the applications of all candidates, reviews letters of recommendation and
conducts personal interviews with the finalists. Interviews will be conducted at the USA Rice Outlook Conference in
Little Rock, AR, in December. The program is sponsored by John Deere Company, RiceTec, Inc., and American


Commodity Company through the Rice Foundation and managed by the USA Rice Federation.Additional information on
the Rice Leadership Development Program and an application form can be found on the USA Rice website.
Contact: Chuck Wilson, (870) 673-7541

In Praise of the Trusty Rice Cooker
Every cook has her trusted tools. Those implements that
help you through just about any prep process and make
the kitchen feel like home. For many its a special chefs
knife that sits just right in the hand, a cutting board with
the perfect amount of countertop acreage, or maybe a
saut pan that responds to the slightest change in
flame.Me? I dont feel completely right without my rice
cooker.In the modern move toward purely functional and
minimalist cooking rigs, a lot of cooks purge convenience
appliances and gadgets for simpler, more versatile tools.
These unitaskers (garlic presses, asparagus tongs and electric bread machines among them) usually go into a
donation or yard-sale box a few years after their emergence from gift wrap.So some serious cooks scoff at my
trusty rice cooker, asking, Why not just use a little pot and be done with it?
The answer, for anyone raised in southern Louisiana, is simple. We use rice cookers precisely because they
work every time. Period. No timers, no worries, no excuses. Measure once, push a button and get on with the
other tasks at hand. (There are usually plenty.)
For most of the dishes in our everyday repertory, a batch of bad rice means disaster. After spending a few solid
hours cooking a good gumbo or simmering Aunt Agness famous redfish court-bouillon, you think that were
going to mess up the meal by serving it over gloppy rice? And rice, for such a simple food, is not terribly
forgiving.Over the years, Ive tried all the foolproof methods for cooking our cuisines foundational grain. The
2 to 1 formula. The knuckle-deep in water trick. The soaking method. Several absorption techniques.
Toasting. Steaming. Boiling. Microwaving. Pilafing.And still, I find that each routine requires just enough time
and attention that Ill mess it up about 70 percent of the time. Set the guaranteed 20-minute timer and on a
bad night youll end up with a gummy blob of starch. Set the burner too low, and youll be rewarded with
crunchy grains in tepid, salty broth. Goose the flame a bit and you have a scorched, crusty mess.
Thai Rice Harvest Seen Dropping on Drought, Subsidy Lapse
By Supunnabul Suwannakij Jul 23, 2014 2:52 PM GMT+0500
Photographer: Dario Pignatelli/Bloomberg


Rice production in Thailand will probably shrink to a five-year low as drought hurts yields and farmers curb
planting after the end of a subsidy program, according to the Thai Rice Packers Association. Output in the
largest shipper after India may drop 10 percent to about 34 million metric tons in 2014-2015, said Somkiat
Makcayathorn, the groups president.
That would be the lowest level since 2009-2010,
when the Southeast Asian nation produced 32.4
million tons, according to data from the Office of
Agricultural Economics, the Bangkok-based state
forecaster.While a smaller harvest would curb
farm incomes, a decline in supply may ease the
challenge faced by the countrys military junta as
it seeks to sell off record stockpiles that built up
under the now-defunct subsidy program. Dry
weather may also hurt rice output in India this
season, according to the Rome-based Food & Agriculture Organization, which forecasts the first contraction in
global stockpiles in a decade
Production has been affected by both drought and the lack of a price subsidy, Somkiat said in a phone
interview in Bangkok on July 21. The prospect of a production decline provides an opportunity for the junta to
release stockpiles.Drought spread across 49 of Thailands 77 provinces since September, with rainfall in May
31 percent below the 30-year average, according to government data. Yields may decline 20 percent to 50
percent because of below-normal rain and inadequate water supplies, according to a Bloomberg survey of 10
farmers in the biggest growing provinces.
El Nino
An El Nino weather pattern, which can parch South and Southeast Asia and hurt farm production, remains
likely later this year, Australias Bureau of Meteorology said July 15, while adding that odds of a strong event
are increasingly unlikely.Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who was deposed by the junta in May,
introduced the subsidy in 2011, spurring record output and reserves and ending the countrys 30-year reign as
the biggest exporter. The program -- which paid farmers a guaranteed above-market rate for their crop -- lapsed
in February and the junta is now checking warehouses nationwide to assess the quantity and quality of the grain
reserves.Thai reserves increased from 5.62 million tons in 2011 to 12.8 million tons last year, as exports fell


from 10.6 million tons to 6.72 million tons in the same period, according to the U.S. Department of
Agriculture. Output may drop to 30.5 million tons in 2015 from 31 million tons, the U.S. agency predicts.
Biggest Shippers
Global ending stockpiles may contract 0.9 percent to 179.7 million tons in 2014-2015 on a milled basis,
the United Nations FAO estimated in a quarterly report last week. The agency forecast a 1.2 percent drop in
Indian supply to 157.5 million tons on a paddy basis.Should Indias crop decline significantly from last year on
a poor monsoon, it would play quite favorably for Thailand, according to Darren Cooper, senior economist at
the London-based International Grains Council. Thailand may reclaim its position of the leading rice exporter,
Cooper said.
Between July 3 and July 8, more than 100 teams checked 343 warehouses out of 1,787 in Thailand, junta leader
Prayuth Chan-Ocha said on July 18. Irregularities, including rice missing from warehouses and quality
deterioration, were found in 65 warehouses, Prayuth said in his weekly televised address.The price of
Thailands 5 percent broken white rice, a regional benchmark, rebounded after the junta suspended sales for
the inspections. The grade advanced to a four-month high of $433 a ton today, compared with $384 on May 28,
the lowest since at least 2008. The price slumped 23 percent last year.
Extra Purchases
The Philippines, the largest importer in Southeast Asia last year, may buy an additional 500,000 tons to help
boost local supply, Francis Pangilinan, presidential assistant for food security, said in a statement today.Thai
rice is still competitive at current prices, which could boost exports to 10 million tons, becoming the top
exporter, said Somkiat, whos also secretary general of the Thai Rice Exporters Association. Even without
impact from dry weather, we should see a production decline because farmers barely make a profit from
planting rice.To contact the reporter on this story: Supunnabul Suwannakij in Bangkok
atssuwannakij@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: James Poole at jpoole4@bloomberg.net Jake Lloyd-Smith
Image: A worker carries a sack of rice in the warehouse of the Sahakorn Kan Kasert rice mill


Senator, nutrition experts support research on healthier rice
on 23 July 2014.

Hon. Cynthia A. Villar, chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, supports research on healthier rice. (IRRI
Headquarters, 23 July 2014)
LOS BAOS, Laguna - Rice is the largest part of the Filipino diet and healthier versions of the staple can go a
long way in helping solve key health concerns, as well as improve public health in general.Philippine Senator
Cynthia A. Villar made this statement today at the headquarters of the International Rice Research Institute
(IRRI), affirming contributions made by rice scientists, in a keynote message during the Forum on Food
Nutrition and Security.Villar, chair of the Philippine Senate's Committee on Agriculture and Food, also said that
IRRIs Healthier Rice Program plays an important role in fighting the prevalence of malnutrition and
micronutrient deficiencies among Filipinos.In celebration of Philippine Nutrition Month, IRRI organized the
forum jointly with the Provincial Nutrition Action Office of Laguna Province, the Philippine National Nutrition
Council (NNC) of the Philippine Department of Health, the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), and
other partner organizations.


More than 200 representatives from the academe, the health and nutrition community, local government, and
policymakers participated in the forum, held on July 23.In line with the approach promoted by global nutrition
experts advocating a toolkit approach of interventions, Villar said that "to supplement healthier rice varieties,
there is also a need to encourage Filipinos to eat more vegetables." Collaborative efforts among IRRI,
the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), and others to develop healthier varieties of Asias major staple
figured prominently in a series of information sessions for nutrition action officers. Speakers included experts
from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in the Philippines, FNRI, NNC, PhilRice,
and a local women's group called Sulo ng Pamayanan.
Sulo is a nonprofit group organized by IRRI that helps women become effective leaders in the local
community.A day-long exhibit featured work on improving the nutritional status of Filipinos by the
following: World Food Programme, PhilRice, FNRI, Helen Keller International-Philippines,Institute of Human
Nutrition and Food of U.P. Los Baos, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech
Applications, ACF International, and Long Live Pharma.Rice science can contribute to closing gaps in
nutrition, in the Philippines and in other rice-consuming countries, said Bruce Tolentino, IRRIs deputy
director general for communication and partnerships.
We remain committed to the fight against micronutrient deficiency through our healthier rice program.IRRI is
developing rice varieties that have higher levels of iron, zinc, and beta-carotene. These rice varieties can
complement current strategies to reduce micronutrient deficiencies. The Institute supports the efforts of the
Philippine governmentthrough the DOH, NNC, and the FNRIto end malnutrition in the Philippines and in
other rice-consuming countries
Philippines to import additional 500,000 tons of rice
Reuters
Posted at 07/23/2014 12:06 PM | Updated as of 07/23/2014 4:31 PM
MANILA - The Philippines will import an extra 500,000 tonnes of rice to increase its thin stockpiles after a
typhoon damaged crops last week, in a deal that could help boost export prices in key producers such as
Vietnam.The fresh demand announced on Wednesday by the Philippines' food security chief, Francis
Pangilinan, brings the country's total rice purchases for this year's needs to nearly 2 million tonnes, the highest
in four years, making the country one of the world's biggest rice buyers."We have agreed that we will import an
additional 500,000 metric tonnes of rice," Pangilinan told local radio.
"There will be a tender and (the shipment) is expected to come in by end of August, first week of
September."Pangilinan met with the country's economic managers on Tuesday to seek approval for the fresh
rice imports.Typhoon Rammasun, the strongest storm to hit the Philippines since Super Typhoon Haiyan in
November, killed 97 people and damaged $172 million worth crops and infrastructure. "We lost some 50,000


metric tonnes from the typhoon and local harvest is not expected to start until end of September," Pangilinan
said.
Inventories at the Philippines' state grains procurement agency, the National Food Authority, were currently
good for 82 or 83 days of national consumption, below a requirement for a 90-day buffer stock, he said. "We
need to augment our stocks," he said. "If we don't intervene, local rice prices will remain high or even rise
further."The latest purchase will add to a series of deals from last November to import a total of 1.5 million
tonnes of rice from Vietnam, the country's traditional supplier.Prices of Vietnamese low-quality 25-percent
broken rice were quoted at $385-$390 a tonne a week ago, up around 5 percent from the week before and the
highest in nearly seven months amid limited supply and regional buying.
The country was Asia's fourth-biggest rice importer in 2013 and the world's eighth-largest. The government
approved a total 705,000 tonnes of rice imports last year, of which about 300,000 tonnes arrived early this
year.The Philippines recently shifted away from setting a target date for a plan to be completely self-sufficient
in the production of rice likely keeping its doors open to imports beyond the current goal of 2016.The United
States' Department of Agriculture has forecast that the Philippines may need to import as much as 2 million
tonnes of rice this year and 1.8 million tonnes in 2015.

Bangkok rice FOB price
Xinhua, July 23, 2014Adjust font size:
The following are Bangkok Rice FOB Prices, as offered by the Rice Exporters Association of Thailand, for the
week:
Unit: U.S. dollar/Metric Ton
This week Last week
Jasmine Rice (Thai Hom Mali Rice)
Grade A (crop year 2012/13) 1192 1177
Grade A (crop year 2013/14) 1087 1073
White Rice
White Rice 100% Grade B 449 443
White Rice 25% 385 380 Endi

Strategies for five years drawn up

Petchanet Pratruangkrai
The Nation July 23, 2014 1:00 am


The Commerce Ministry and relevant state agencies, as well as stakeholders in the rice industry, yesterday finished
chalking out five development strategies, and six marketing strategies for implementation from 2015-2020.The strategies
will be finalised again next week and proposed to the National Council for Peace and Order by the end of this month.
The proposals call for the setting up of a "rice board" to pursue strategies in the long run without any political
involvement.
The five development strategies are:
Develop rice farmers and rice production and the value chain.
Farmers will be educated on cost reduction and encouraged to become "smart farmers" so that they no longer need to rely
on government subsidies. The government will cooperate with private enterprises to establish a community knowledge
centre to encourage farmers to grow quality rice, serve the demands of niche markets, increase value-addition, and create
a fair trading system.l Involved agencies such as the Agriculture Ministry, farmers, local millers, and cooperatives will
join forces to develop the rice-trading system as "modern trading" so that farmers can lower their costs.
The farmers will be encouraged to adapt more mechanisation for cultivation and harvesting.l Zoning for alternative crops
will be promoted in some areas, as some land is not suitable for growing rice. The government will also develop
plantation areas and improve irrigation systems, logistics, transport, and soil quality in areas that are suited to growing
rice.l Support research and development of rice seeds and growing methods. The government will cooperate with private
enterprises to launch insurance for rice production in case of natural disasters, while a rice fund will be established to
support research and development in the rice industry. Under this step, the Finance Ministry will collect a 1-per-cent fee
from the rice traders' revenues and incomes of exporters. The fund will have a Bt2-billion annual budget.
Rice board
Charoen Laothamatus, president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association, said a "rice board" comprising all stakeholders -
government agencies, farmers, millers, exporters and academics - should be set up. The board should have independent
authority, and draw up a national road map for development of the rice industry.l Develop a rice-trading system and
support the market mechanism. The Agriculture Futures Exchange of Thailand will be modernised and put under the
Stock Exchange of Thailand.In addition, the six marketing strategies include the creation of a fair trading system. More
rice-polishing plants will be promoted in the next five years, to cover at least 80 per cent of the country's rice-plantation
areas. Thailand will be promoted as a global centre for rice polishing. The standard of Thai rice grains will be improved to
international standards and in addition, domestic consumption of Thai rice will be increased by 5 per cent within five
years.
Thailand will be promoted as a rice-trading centre. Rice-export volume and value are targeted to increase by 10 per cent in
five years, while at least five new export markets will be penetrated.
Thailand will also adopt international standards of rice production and trading, such as carbon credits and waste
management. The logistics system in the rice supply chain will be developed under the ministry's strategy.To ensure
farmers' incomes, Thai Rice Growers Association president Vichian Phuang-lumjiek has called for the government to set


up a middle price for paddy rice in the market at Bt10,000-Bt12,000 a tonne so that farmers will be able to earn some
profit.He pointed out that production costs had climbed in the past few years to more than Bt6,000 a tonne. Rice farmers
do not seek high subsidies or any pledging, but they at least need to make some profit.
Vietnam, China border trade revenue hits 2.61 bln USD in H1
23.07.2014
The total revenue of border trade between Vietnam and China hit 2.61 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of
2014, up 13 percent year-on-year, according to Vietnam's Border Trade Steering Committee.Statistics of the
committee show that the bilateral border trade maintained uptrend with an average growth of 4 percent per
month.During the six-month period, Vietnam enjoyed a surplus of 800 million U.S. dollars in border trade, up
126 percent year-on-year, local Tien Phong (Pioneer) online newspaper quoted the committee as saying on
Wednesday.Rice was the item having the largest export revenue during the period. A total of 529,000 tons of
rice worth some 198 million U.S. dollars was exported to China from January to June. Around 97 percent of the
rice was exported to China through the border gate in northern Lao Cai province, some 354 km north of Hanoi,
said the committee.

Vietnam exported nearly 96,400 tons of fresh litchi and over 152,600 tons of watermelon to China via border,
earning 62.2 million U.S. dollars and 9.1 million U.S. dollars, respectively.Despite the growth, Vietnam is still
in great need to complete, amend and supplement decisions, policies relating boundary residents, in order to
deal with tax fraud and ensure smooth border trade, said Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade
Nguyen Cam Tu.China remained the biggest exporter to Vietnam in the six months, as Vietnam spent around
20.4 billion U.S. dollars buying goods from China during the period, up 21.1 percent year-on-year.As for the
total trade between the two countries, Vietnam saw a deficit of some 13.1 billion U.S. dollars, up 21.2 percent
year-on- year, according to Vietnam's General Statistics Office
Govt to import rice from Vietnam
Linda Yulisman, The Jakarta Post | Business | Wed, July 23 2014, 10:49 AM
Indonesia will gradually start to import rice this month to boost stockpiles as lower domestic output is expected
this year.The country had secured 50,000 tons of rice from Vietnam, comprising medium as well as premium
types, State Logistics Agency (Bulog) chairman Sutarto Alimoeso said on Monday. It had spent approximately
Rp 300 billion (US$25.8 million) for the purchase of the Vietnamese rice sold at around Rp 6,000 each
kilogram, he added.


The move particularly responds to failed harvests earlier this year due to massive flooding in some areas,
Sutarto said, citing losses of 300,000 tons of rice from the floods affecting 116,000 hectares of farming land in a
few rice-producing regions.Bulog normally buys rice from local farmers, but the flooding had hampered the
firms effort to absorb domestically produced staple food to build its stockpiles.In addition to this, a number of
farmers might also cancel plans to plant the crop as there has been an early warning about El Nio, which
would affect output.Bulogs move to import rice this year is line with the expectation of agriculture experts,
who have said that lower output might be seen due to the late planting season at the end of last year in addition
to the long drought caused by El Nio.
The government aims to control 2 million tons in annual rice reserves in Bulog. As of May, Bulogs stockpiles
amounted to 1.9 million tons, lower than in the same period in 2012 and 2013 when the firm was maintaining
more than 2 million tons.Lower stockpiles are feared to weaken the governments ability to take necessary
measures to curb the price of the countrys main corp.The rise in the price of rice has been a big concern as it
usually triggers inflation. However, the government had repeatedly said that it would not import rice this year as
it expected bigger output from last year.The importation is being executed after the Central Statistics Agency
(BPS) said in its first forecast of domestic production earlier this month that domestic rice production, measured
by the output of unhusked paddy rice, would decline 1.98 percent from last year to 69.87 million tons in
shrinking farmland areas and productivity.
To offset the slide, the government has released an indicative figure for imports of around 500,000 tons.Sutarto,
however, declined to elaborate on the overall figure of rice imports planned, saying that his firm would closely
monitor rice-price fluctuation and would act accordingly based on needs.If the initial purchase [of 50,000 tons]
proves sufficient, we will stop imports, and do otherwise if demand has yet to be met.Basically we want to avert
the bad impact of an insufficient supply, he explained.Sutarto underlined that Bulog would prioritize domestic
purchase instead of importation when rice from local farmers was sufficient, although its price could be higher
than imported rice.
Paddy plantation rate declines due to poor rains

KATHMANDU, JUL 23 - The monsoon rains which started pouring last week has cheered farmers in the
eastern and western Tarai, but farmers in the flatlands of the Central, Mid-Western and Far Western regions
have not been similarly thrilled. According to the Ministry of Agricultural Development, paddy transplantation
in the eastern and western Tarai reached 50 percent and 66 percent of the total paddy fields respectively as of
July 20. The transplantation in the Western Region was 49 percent during the same period last year, well above
this years rate.The ministry said that transplantation in the Far Western, Central and Mid-Western regions
reached 32 percent, 39 percent and 42 percent respectively.


In the same period last year, transplantation was completed on 70 percent, 44 percent and 47 percent of the
fields in the Far Western, Central and Mid-Western regions respectively. The national average has been
recorded at 51 percent as of July 20 against 64 percent in the same period last year.The transplantation rate,
which was 23.2 percent of the countrys total 1.52 million hectares of paddy fields until July 6, rose to 51
percent as some of the key areas received good rains. Nepals rain-fed farmlands are largely dependent on the
monsoon for cultivation.
Meanwhile, the average transplantation rate in the Tarai has been recorded at 47 percent. The Tarai contains
1.06 million hectares of paddy fields. Paddy transplantation in the mountain and hill regions has been recorded
at 51 percent and 61 percent respectively.The monsoon arrived in Nepal 10 days behind the normal date of June
10, and there has been a pause in rainfall across the country as of the first week of July.According to the
Meteorological Forecasting Division (MFD), rainfall in the month of June this year was below normal across
the country. Of the total 16 meteorological stations updated under MFD, Okhaldhunga received highest rainfall,
but was still 22 percent below the normal rainfall.

In July, most places witnessed rainfall ranging from scanty to heavy in some places. Though the rainfall is not
as heavy as expected during monsoon, brief thundershowers have been recorded throughout the country since
the start of July, said Shanti Kandel, a meteorologist at the MFD. The country will still see rainfall activity
(but not heavy downpours as witnessed last week) for the next two to three days, she said.As the rain
distribution pattern has been mixed, paddy transplantation in some regions that received sufficient rains last
week has picked up while it has been disappointing in other parts of the country, said Hem Raj Regmi, chief
statistician at the ministry.The ministrys statistics show that transplantation in Dang and Banke in the Mid-
West, Kanchanpur and Kailali in the Far West and Dhanusha, Mahottari, Sarlahi and Rautahat in the Central
Tarai has progressed very slowly.
Transplantation has been completed on 18.6 percent of the total 36,462 hectares of paddy fields in Banke.
Likewise, the plantation rate in Kanchanpur is 23 percent of 46,655 hectares, Dang 24.6 percent of 38,300
hectares and Dhanusha 27 percent of 65,500 hectares. Likewise, transplantation in Mahottari and Sarlahi has
been completed on 30 percent of the land.Regmi said that transplantation in these districts slowed due to
inadequate rains. In addition to a rain deficit, four Tarai districts-Dhanusha, Mahottari, Sarlahi and Rautahat-
have been facing labour shortages.Since the last few years, the Central Tarai districts have been suffering from
a shortage of farm labour, and almost 20-25 percent of the paddy fields are left uncultivated every year.
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices - APMC & Open Market-July 23

Wed Jul 23, 2014 2:37pm IST
Nagpur, July 23 (Reuters) - Gram prices in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and
Marketing Committee (APMC) firmed up again on increased buying support from local millers amid
weak supply from producing region because of heavy rains since past three days. Notable hike on


NCDEX, upward trend in Madhya Pradesh gram prices also boosted prices here, according to
sources.
* * * *

FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Gram varieties ruled steady in open market here matching the demand and supply
position.
TUAR
* Tuar gavarani and tuar Karnataka recovered in open market on good demand from local
traders amid weak supply from producing belts because of rains.

* In Akola, Tuar - 4,200-4,400, Tuar dal - 6,000-6,400, Udid at 7,000-7,200,
Udid Mogar (clean) - 8,000-8,500, Moong - 7,200-7,600, Moong Mogar
(clean) 8,600-9,300, Gram - 2,500-2,800, Gram Super best bold - 3,400-3,700
for 100 kg.

* Wheat, rice and other commodities remained steady in open market
in thin trading activity, according to sources.

Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg

FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close
Gram Auction 2,370-2,810 2,300-2,740
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction n.a. 3,800-4,350
Moong Auction n.a. 4,400-4,700
Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800
Gram Super Best Bold 3,900-4,200 3,900-4,200
Gram Super Best n.a.
Gram Medium Best 3,500-3,600 3,500-3,600
Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a.
Gram Mill Quality 3,250-3,350 3,250-3,350
Desi gram Raw 2,850-2,950 2,850-2,950
Gram Filter new 3,000-3,200 3,000-3,200
Gram Kabuli 8,000-9,500 8,000-9,500
Gram Pink 7,200-7,400 7,200-7,400
Tuar Fataka Best 6,800-6,950 6,800-6,950
Tuar Fataka Medium 6,500-6,600 6,500-6,600
Tuar Dal Best Phod 6,100-6,250 6,100-6,250
Tuar Dal Medium phod 5,700-5,950 5,700-5,950


Tuar Gavarani 4,550-4,650 4,500-4,600
Tuar Karnataka 4,650-4,850 4,600-4,800
Tuar Black 8,000-8,300 7,900-8,200
Masoor dal best 6,200-6,450 6,200-6,450
Masoor dal medium 6,000-6,300 6,000-6,300
Masoor n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold 9,600-10,100 9,500-10,000
Moong Mogar Medium best 8,500-8,700 8,400-8,600
Moong dal super best 8,100-8,700 8,000-8,600
Moong dal Chilka 7,900-8,400 7,800-8,300
Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 7,900-9,100 7,800-9,000
Udid Mogar Super best (100 INR/KG) 8,500-8,900 8,500-8,900
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 7,600-7,800 7,600-7,800
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 6,000-6,800 6,000-6,800
Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 4,200-5,000 4,200-5,000
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 2,750-2,900 2,750-2,900
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 3,100-3,300 3,100-3,300
Watana White (100 INR/KG) 3,500-3,600 3,500-3,600
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 5,000-5,600 5,000-5,600
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,200-1,500 1,200-1,500
Wheat Mill quality(100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,850 1,600-1,850
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 1,200-1,400 1,200-1,400
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,200 1,900-2,200
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,800 1,600-1,800
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 2,600-3,300 2,600-3,300
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,100-2,500 2,100-2,500
Wheat 147 (100 INR/KG) 1,100-1,300 1,100-1,300
Wheat Best (100 INR/KG) 1,500-1,800 1,500-1,800
Rice BPT (100 INR/KG) 2,900-3,200 2,900-3,200
Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,800 1,600-1,800
Rice Swarna old (100 INR/KG) 2,700-2,900 2,600-2,800
Rice HMT (100 INR/KG) 4,000-4,300 4,000-4,300
Rice HMT Shriram (100 INR/KG) 4,700-5,200 4,700-5,200
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 10,400-13,000 10,400-13,000
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 7,300-10,000 7,300-10,000
Rice Chinnor (100 INR/KG) 5,200-5,600 5,200-5,600
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 1,300-1,500 1,300-1,500
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,700 1,600-1,700


Maximum temp. 23.7 degree Celsius (74.6 degree Fahrenheit), minimum temp.
20.7 degree Celsius (69.2 degree Fahrenheit)
Humidity: Highest - n.a., lowest - n.a.
Rainfall : 140.1 mm
FORECAST: Generally cloudy sky. Intermittent rains would occur, times heavy. Maximum and
Minimum
temperature likely to be around 25 and 21 degree Celsius respectively.
Note: n.a.--not available
(For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but included in market prices.)
Note: There is no reoprt availlable for 22 July.
Rice Dust
Rice dust and grains pour out of its decayed sack while a porter is restacking a pile for counting at a warehouse
of the Marketing Organisation for Farmers in Chachoengsao on Tuesday. (Photos by Pattanapong Hirunard)
Pledged rice turns to dust in Chachoengsao Wassana Nanuam Sonthanaporn Inchan
CHACHOENGSAO Inspectors checking supplies of rice stockpiled under the former governments failed
rice-pledging scheme opened a locked warehouse here to find bags of dust mixed with insect waste. Authorities
said they were disappointed to find that a substantial portion of rice at the Marketing Organisation for Farmers
(MOF) facility in Chachoengsao's Phanom Sarakham district had deteriorated, spoiled and been eaten by
weevils.The inspection team enters the locked warehouse.Inspector-general of the Interior Ministry Wasiwa
Sasisamit said MOF had been storing 88,005 sacks of government rice since 2012.
The inspection team, which included soldiers from the 111th Infantry Regiment, arrived to find a scattered pile
of rice sacks that supposedly contained 5% broken white rice. Inspectors ordered the bags restacked so they
could be counted. As workers did so, some sacks broke open, shooting dusty clouds of what used to be rice into
the air. It was then the officials noticed how many of the bags seemed flatter than normal. As inspectors moved
further inside the warehouse, they found plenty of rice dust, dead weevils and bug waste covering many sacks
and the floor. Similar damage was noticeable in another pile of 1,792 sacks of 25% broken white rice.The view
from inside the Chachoengsao warehouse. Suspicions were raised when many of the sacks appeared flatter than
normal.Boromwit Waruprapha, deputy commander of the 111th Infantry Regiment, planned to file a complaint
with local police, but members of the inspection team convinced him to wait for a quality test and calculation of
how much rice was damaged.


Col Boromwit said that soldiers earlier had inspected the warehouse and found rotten rice, so they had locked
the MOF facility until ministry officials could examine it. The same depot made headlines last year after local
cassava farmers reported the strong odour of weevil waste emanating from the warehouse. A Senate rice sub-
committee had even visited the warehouse and found rice dust damaged by weevils and insect waste on the
floor. Warehouse staff, addressing concerns about missing rice, said good-quality rice had been sold, but that
other dating back to 2012 had deteriorated. Thus, the Interior Ministry's Mr Wasiwa said, rice may not have
been stolen. It simply had been eaten by weevils. After assuming power, the National Council for Peace and
Order ordered a check of the quality and quantity of government rice stocks. About 100 inspection teams are
checking stockpiles nationwide, a task not expected to conclude until September.

Thai rice yield to hit 5-year low
Published: 23 Jul 2014 at 10.53
Online news: Local News
Writer: Bloomberg News
Rice production in Thailand will probably shrink to a five-year low as drought hurts yields and farmers curb
planting after the end of a subsidy programme, according to the Thai Rice Packers Association.
Farmers tend to their rice farms in Bang Sa-ai district of Ayutthaya. This year's rice crop is expected to be the
smallest in five years due to the end of the rice-pledging scheme and drought across most the kingdom.Output
in the largest shipper after India may drop 10% to about 34 million metric tonnes in 2014-2015, said Somkiat
Makcayathorn, the group's president. That would be the lowest level since 2009-2010, when the Southeast
Asian nation produced 32.4 million tonnes, according to data from the Office of Agricultural Economics, the
Bangkok-based state forecaster.While a smaller harvest would curb farm incomes, a decline in supply may ease
the challenge faced by the country's military junta as it seeks to sell off record stockpiles that built up under the
now-defunct subsidy programme.
Dry weather may also hurt rice output in India this season, according to the Rome-based Food & Agriculture
Organization, which forecasts the first contraction in global stockpiles in a decade."Production has been
affected by both drought and the lack of a price subsidy," Mr Somkiat said in a phone interview in Bangkok on
July 21. "The prospect of a production decline provides an opportunity for the junta to release
stockpiles."Drought spread across 49 of Thailand's 77 provinces since September, with rainfall in May 31%
below the 30-year average, according to government data. Yields may decline 20%-50% because of below-


normal rain and inadequate water supplies, according to a Bloomberg survey of 10 farmers in the biggest
growing provinces.El Nio
An El Nio weather pattern, which can parch South and Southeast Asia and hurt farm production, remains
likely later this year, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said July 15, while adding that odds of a strong event
are increasingly unlikely.Rice farmers in Sukhothai province suffer from drought as the Yom river has almost
dried up,affecting farming areas. This year's rice crop is expected to be the smallest in five years due to the end
of the rice-pledging scheme and drought across most the kingdom. - Surapol Promsaka Na Sakolnakorn
Former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who was deposed by the junta in May, introduced the
subsidy in 2011, spurring record output and reserves and ending the country's 30-year reign as the biggest
exporter. The programme which paid farmers a guaranteed above-market rate for their crop lapsed in
February and the junta is now checking warehouses nationwide to assess the quantity and quality of the grain
reserves. Thai reserves increased from 5.62 million tonnes in 2011 to 12.8 million tonnes last year, as exports
fell from 10.6 million tonnes to 6.72 million tonnes in the same period, according to the US Department of
Agriculture. Output may drop to 30.5 million tonnes in 2015 from 31 million tonnes, the US agency predicts.
Biggest Shippers
Global ending stockpiles may contract 0.9% to 179.7 million tonnes in 2014-2015 on a milled basis, the United
Nations' FAO estimated in a quarterly report last week. The agency forecast a 1.2% drop in Indian supply to
157.5 million tonnes on a paddy basis.Should India's crop decline significantly from last year on a poor
monsoon, it would play quite favourably for Thailand, according to Darren Cooper, senior economist at the
London-based International Grains Council.
Thailand may reclaim its position of the leading rice exporter, Mr Cooper said.Between July 3 and July 8, more
than 100 teams checked 343 warehouses out of 1,787 in Thailand, junta leader Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha said on
July 18. Irregularities, including rice missing from warehouses and quality deterioration, were found in 65
warehouses, Gen Prayuth said in his weekly televised address.The price of Thailand's 5% broken white rice, a
regional benchmark, rebounded after the junta suspended sales for the inspections. The grade was at $427 a
tonne on July 16, compared with $384 on May 28, the lowest since at least 2008. The price slumped 23% last
year."Thai rice is still competitive at current prices, which could boost exports to 10 million tonnes, becoming
the top exporter," said Mr Somkiat, who's also secretary general of the Thai Rice Exporters Association. "Even
without impact from dry weather, we should see a production decline because farmers barely make a profit from
planting rice.
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