28th January, 2016 Daily Global Regional, Local Rice E - Newsletter by Riceplus Magazine

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January 28,2016
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Editorial Board
Chief Editor
Rice exporters pessimistic about market prospects
Hamlik
Rice self-sufficiency tack was a mistakeNeda
Experts for more aromatic rice cultivation
Managing Editor
Financing for Cuba Trade OK'd, Ag Left Out
Abdul Sattar Shah
OU biology research helps protect worlds food supply
Rahmat Ullah
Water likely for rice crop this year
Rozeen Shaukat
Will Vietnam have to compete with Lao rice in China?
English Editor
News in numbers | India becomes worlds largest rice exporter, as Thailand declines
Maryam Editor
Quick. Healthy. Here.
Legal Advisor
NFA may delay 400K MT rice import
Advocate Zaheer Minhas
APEDA RICE COMMODITY NEWS
Editorial Associates
01/28/2016 Farm Bureau Market Report
Admiral (R) Hamid Khalid
Rice Prices
Javed Islam Agha
Ch.Hamid Malhi
Dr.Akhtar Hussain
News Detail...
Dr.Fayyaz Ahmad Siddiqui
Dr.Abdul Rasheed (UAF)
Islam Akhtar Khan
Rice exporters pessimistic about
market prospects
28 Jan 2016 at 08:11
Rice exports are expected to have another difficult year as the world market
is likely to be volatile amid foreign exchange and oil price risks, according
to exporters.Charoen Laothammatas, president of the Thai Rice Exporters
Association, said the association projected shipments would slip to 9
million tonnes this year worth about US$4.3 billion.Last year Thailand
exported 9.79 million tonnes, down 10.8% from 10.97 million tonnes in
2014. Export value also dropped by 15.2% to $4.61 billion from $5.43
billion.Thailand shipped 1.2 million tonnes of in December, a fall of 17.5%
from the same month last year. Export value dropped 22.5% to $536
million.Thailand was the second-largest rice exporter last year. India led the
way with 10.2 million tonnes, down 5.3%, while Vietnam was third after
shipping 6.61 million tonnes, up 2.4%.
Editorial Advisory Board
Dr.Malik Mohammad
Hashim
Assistant Professor, Gomal

University DIK
Dr.Hasina Gul
Assistant Director, Agriculture KPK
Dr.Hidayat Ullah
Assistant Professor, University

of Swabi
Dr.Abdul Basir
Assistant Professor, University

of Swabi
Zahid Mehmood
PSO,NIFA Peshawar
Falak Naz Shah
Head Food Science &

Technology ART, Peshawar
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see stiffer competition thanks to widespread drought.
"We believe Thai rice prices have bottomed out and should pick up after now being quoted at
only $360-$365 a tonne, the lowest in 10 years," Mr Charoen said.
Thai rice prices averaged $471 per tonne last year.Chookiat Ophaswongse, an honorary president
of the association, said white rice was expected to account for 4.9 million tonnes of this year's
exports, down from 5.26 million in 2015.Vietnam, which will be less affected by drought
because its rice fields are along river basins, will export more white rice. Drought conditions will
also trim Thailand's opportunity to ship new grains.Shipments of Thai Hom Mali fragrant rice
are expected to fall to 1.8 million tonnes this year from 1.99 million in 2015 because demand for
premium rice in the world market is expected to fall given the global economic slowdown.
Mr Chookiat said parboiled rice shipments were also expected to fall to 2.2 million tonnes this
year from 2.32 million last year because the economies of African countries remained in poor
condition, while more African consumers were buying cheaper parboiled rice from India.Vichai
Sriprasert, another honorary president, said rice exporters were worried about the impact of
falling oil prices on the African market, particularly Nigeria.Nigeria normally buys about 3
million tonnes of Thai rice, but last year it imported only 644,000 tonnes.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/842220/rice-exporters-pessimistic-about-market-prospects
Rice self-sufficiency tack was a mistakeNeda

by BusinessMirror - January 28, 2016
By Cai U. Ordinario & Mary Grace Padin
The Aquino administration committed a mistake in gunning for rice self-sufficiency as it proved
to be too costly, the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) said on
Thursday.Outgoing Economic Planning Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan said the governments
self-sufficiency policy even contributed to the increase in poverty incidence in 2014.We might
have to revisit our self-sufficiency paradigm. As we have seen in some cases, it has been very
costly. For example, in the case of rice in 2013-2014, when domestic prices shot up as global
prices were declining, our poverty incidence rose rather than declined even as the economy grew
faster, Balisacan said.Studies including those made by Philippine Institute for Development
Studies research fellow Roehlano Briones said the governments resources were largely focused
on rice, a water-loving crop and the countrys food staple.
Briones said the governments rice spending reached P37.44 billion in 2012, almost half of the
governments total agriculture spending for that year. Data showed the government spent a total
of P62.64 billion for agriculture-related programs and projects. This was significantly higher
than the P14.38 billion spent in 2005.Despite this, government spending for other crops like corn
amounted to only P951 million in 2012; high-value crops, P1.63 billion; coconut, P2.08 billion;
livestock, P2.72 billion; and P3.3 billion for fisheries.If we let the numbers for the past six years
speak for themselves, the agricultural sector persists to be the biggest road block in our goal for
attaining a higher and more inclusive growth, said Balisacan, who is also Neda director general.
There is an urgent need to rethink the development strategy for this sector, especially in view of
El Nio and other natural disasters that could hit the country, he added.Former Budget
Secretary Benjamin Diokno said the anemic performance of the agriculture sector slowed GDP
growth in 2015. He said agriculture strikes at the heart of the inclusiveness of the countrys
economic performance last year.Agriculture contracted by 0.3 percent in the fourth quarter of
2015, from 4.2 percent in the same period a year ago. He added that the six years of the Aquino
administration also did not do much to improve agriculture growth. Diokno said the current
administration neglected agriculture.He said that from 2011 to 2015, agriculture only grew by
1.6 percent, significantly lower than the countrys population growth rate.President Aquino
ranked second to the last among past five presidents [in terms of agriculture performance].
Agriculture grew, on average, by 6.5 percent during Estradas truncated term; 2.8 percent under
Arroyos; 1.9 percent under Corazon Aquinos; and 0.8 percent during Ramoss term, Diokno
said.The Aquino administration rolled out the Food Staples Sufficiency Program (FSSP) to make
the country self-sufficient in rice.
Rice provides 45 percent of Filipinos calorie intake and its production is considered the main
source of livelihood in rural areas.The average rice-consumption spending accounts for 20
percent of a households budget. This is higher at 30 percent for the bottom 30 percent of

Filipino families.The government also said more than 2 million households are engaged in rice
farming, millions more are farm laborers, and thousands are into rice trading.
Despite the difficulties posed by El Nio to the rice sector, the Department of Agriculture (DA)
said on Thursday it is targeting a higher palay output of 19 million metric tons (MMT) for
2016.This figure is 4.68 percent higher than the countrys total palay production of 18.15 MMT
for the whole year of 2015.Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala told reporters in an interview
the departments total palay output target is still short of the volume needed to achieve 100percent rice self-sufficiency in the country. He said this is due to budget constraints.For us to
meet rice self-sufficiency, we need to produce about 20 MMT of palay.
But the budget we requested to meet the 20 MMT was not approved, Alcala said.He said the
DA has submitted a higher budget for 2016 so it can meet its 100-percent self-sufficiency target
this year. He, however, did not provide the specific figure.Alcala said the additional amount
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implement more interventions to help them.We have requested for additional budget but it was
not granted. So dont expect higher rice production, Alcala said.The DA and seven of its
attached agencies received a total of P48.45 billion in budget for 2016.
But aside from the general appropriations, special provisions were also given to DA programs
and projects.The national programs for rice, corn, high-value crops, organic agriculture and
livestock, received a total provision of P14.04 billion, according to data from the Department of
Budget and Management.Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that the
countrys total palay production for 2015 declined by 4.31 percent to 18.15 MMT from 18.97
MMT recorded in 2014.The PSA said the countrys palay sector, along with the corn industry,
suffered the brunt of El Nio and the strong typhoons which hit the country last year.For the first
half of 2016, the PSA projected that the countrys palay production would reach 8.20 MMT, 1.48
percent lower than the 8.32 MMT recorded in the same period last year.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/rice-self-sufficiency-tack-was-a-mistake-neda/
Experts for more aromatic rice cultivation

Published : 28 Jan 2016, 17:34:39 | Updated : 28 Jan 2016, 17:37:32
Expanded cultivation of the highly environment-adaptive indigenous aromatic rice varieties

could save those from extinction and bring more profits to the farmers than other rice
varieties.Agriculture experts expressed the opinion at a result-sharing workshop styled 'Yield
Performance of Five Local Aromatic Rice Cultivars' organised by RDRS Bangladesh, a reputed
NGO, at its Training Centre here on Wednesday.
The NGO organised an aroma test followed by the workshop to disclose cultivation results of
five selected indigenous aromatic rice varieties of 'Kalijira', 'Kataribhog', 'Jirakatari', 'Chinigura'
and 'Ijon' at its Mathona Farm here. Rangpur Regional Acting Additional Director of the
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) SM Ashraf Ali attended the workshop as the chief
guest with Head of Rangpur Regional Station of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute and its
Principal Scientific Officer Dr Shahidul Islam in chair. Principal Scientific Officer of the Onfarm Research Division at Rangpur Regional Station of Bangladesh Agriculture Research
Institute Dr Mazharul Anwar, former Deputy Director of the DAE Ali Azam, Betar Farm
Broadcasting Officer of Rangpur Regional Agriculture Information Service Abu Sayem, Head of
Micro-finance Programme of RDRS Bangladesh Humayun Khaled and its Head of Human
Resources Sabrina Shamshad addressed as the special guests.
Agriculture and Environment Coordinator of RDRS Bangladesh Mamunur Rashid delivered
keynote presentation on the research work titled "Yield Performance of Five Local Aromatic
Rice Cultivars". He said the filed level experimental cultivation of the selected aromatic rice
varieties was conducted adopting scientific ways at Manthona Farm during the just ended Aman
season from July to December in 2015. The main objective of this study was to explore the
yielding ability of the selected five local aromatic rice cultivars with a view to select high
yielding varieties with strong aroma for promotion of their cultivation in northwestern
Bangladesh. "Among the cultivated rice varieties, the highest grain yield rate of 3.5 tonne per

hectare was obtained from 'Ijon' followed by 3.4 tonne form 'Kataribhog', 3.3 tonne from
'Jirakatari', 3.15 tonne from 'Chinigura' and 3 tonne per hectare from 'Kalijira'," he said.
In this regard, a crop cutting ceremony was arranged in presence of Dr. Shahidul Islam on
November 29 last at Manthona Farm with participation of 29 farmers and 11 agricultural
scientists and extension workers. "After the crop cutting ceremony, the participants ranked
'Jirakatari' with top marks followed by 'Kataribhog', 'Kalijira', 'Chinigura' and 'Ijon' respectively,"
Mamunur Rashid added. The experts said aromatic rice varieties are rated best in quality and
fetch much higher price in both national and international markets having long been popular in
the orient and are now becoming more popular in Middle East, Europe and the United States. Ali
Azam said aromatic rice cultivars in Bangladesh are of traditional types, photo period-sensitive
and are grown during the Aman season in the rain-fed low land ecosystem surviving for time
immemorial as the most adaptive to the environment.
"The yield of aromatic rice is low between 1.5 to 2 tonne in term of clean rice per hectare but its
high price and low cultivation cost generate higher profit margins for farmers compared to other
rice cultivars," he added. Predicting brighter prospect for expanded cultivation of indigenous
aromatic rice varieties, the chief guest said these cultivars might play vital role as parent varieties
in developing high yielding aromatic rice to bring more profits to the farmers, according to BSS.
- biplab
http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2016/01/28/12925
Financing for Cuba Trade OK'd, Ag Left Out

By Kristen Dayton
WASHINGTON, DC -- This week, the Obama administration announced a new

Treasury rulethat authorizes additional U.S. exports to Cuba and permits the private financing of
these exports in an effort to strengthen trade relations not controlled by the Cuban
government. In a joint announcement with the Secretary of the Treasury, Commerce Secretary
Penny Pritzker said the changes are designed to "strengthen civil society" in Cuba. Exports of
U.S. food and agriculture to Cuba, which have been permitted in U.S. statute for more than 10
years, were not affected. Sales of U.S. food and agriculture products to Cuba continue to remain
ineligible for direct financing as they "primarily generate revenue for the state." For example, all
rice imports into Cuba are controlled by ALIMPORT, the government agency that coordinates
all overseas purchases and authorizes the import of products to Cuba.
"While this announcement is another move towards normalized commercial relations with Cuba,
it's disappointing that U.S. rice farmers and exporters remain hampered by U.S. government
regulations and laws that stand in our way of fully meeting Cuba's import demand for rice," said
Dow Brantley, an Arkansas rice farmer and chairman of USA Rice.

On February 10, USA Rice will support the U.S. Agriculture Coalition for Cuba (USACC) event
commemorating both the coalition's public launch one year ago and all changes to U.S.-Cuba
policy since December 2014. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will speak at the event
as will two key rice-state allies on Cuba policy, Congressmen Rick Crawford (R-AR) and Ted
Poe (R-TX). A panel of representatives from various agricultural commodity groups, including
rice, will discuss our relations at present and the impact access to Cuba could have for U.S.
agriculture.
OU biology research helps protect worlds food supply

Wednesday, Jan 27, 2016
Zijuan Liu, associate professor of biological sciences, and student Joseph McDermott are
working together to identify arsenic transporters in plants.For the past several years, Zijuan Liu,
Ph.D. and doctoral student Joseph McDermott, from Oakland University's Department of
Biological Sciences, have been working on groundbreaking research that promises to stave off a
major threat to the worlds food supply. They are collaborating with a team of scientists from
China, Germany and the United States to discover how arsenic accumulates in plant
seeds. Arsenic is a toxin and carcinogen that is pervasive in food and water, endangering the
health of tens of millions of people worldwide. While the process of how arsenic is taken into
roots and shoots of plants is fairly well understood, little is known about how arsenic gets into
seeds.
Understanding how arsenic is accumulated in seeds such as rice grain is of critical
importance to global health. Rice is a staple food for more than half the worlds population. In

China, for example, about 60 percent of daily dietary arsenic comes from rice consumption, as
reported in the journal Metallomics. In the U.S., the average person consumes about 25 pounds
of rice per year, according the U.S. Rice Producers Association.Fortunately, Dr. Liu and the
research team are making strides in finding out how arsenic builds up in plant seeds. As reported
in the journal "Nature Plants," the researchers discovered that the plant "A. thaliana" uses
transport systems for inositol, a type of sugar, to load arsenite, the toxic form of arsenic, into
seeds.
According to Dr. Liu, this is the first identification of transporters responsible for arsenic
accumulation in seeds. The discovery could lead to far-reaching breakthroughs in protecting the
worlds food supply, she says.If this same pathway of how arsenic accumulates also exists in
rice, it will lead to the generation of new rice cultivators with less arsenic in the grain, a major
advance toward minimizing the global health risks posed by arsenic in rice, and possibly in the
near future, in other food sources, Dr. Liu said.
As the research team continues to make progress, Dr. Liu is proud of her collaboration with
McDermott, who was an undergraduate student when the work began.I put a lot of faith in
undergraduate student research, Dr. Liu said. This result indicates our school has run a
successful program to attract students who are interested in research.
To learn more about Oaklands Department of Biological Sciences, visit oakland.edu/biology.
https://wwwp.oakland.edu/biology/news/2016/biology-student-professor-research-how-arsenicbuilds-up-in-plant-seeds
https://wwwp.oakland.edu/biology/news/2016/biology-student-professor-research-how-arsenicbuilds-up-in-plant-seeds
Water likely for rice crop this year

Posted: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 6:00 am
By JODY LARIMER reporter@leader-news.com

News that downstream rice farmers will most-likely receive water from the upper reservoirs this
year topped the agenda at the Western Rice Belt Production Conference.Ryan Rowney, Lower
Colorado River Authority vice president of water operations, addressed the full house last
Wednesday at the El Campo Civic Center.
http://www.leader-news.com/news/article_8598ee3a-c471-11e5-8ae0-4bcef166d807.html
Will Vietnam have to compete with Lao rice in China?

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has been warned that China will import rice from Laos instead of
Vietnam, but many Vietnamese in the industry do not believe this will occur in the near future.
Shenzhen officials on January 10 announced that the first consignment of rice imports from
Laos, 87.8 tons, worth $746 million, passed quarantine procedures at the Shenzhen port in the
southern part of China.China, which has been mostly importing rice from Vietnam, Thailand and
Pakistan, has added Laos to the list of rice suppliers.Meanwhile, Vietnam has reported a decrease
in rice exports. The General Statistics Office (GSO) showed that Vietnam had exported 6.07
million tons of rice by the end of November, worth $2.58 billion, a 7.4 percent decrease from the
same period of 2014.
China remains the biggest export market for Vietnam, which consumed 33.4 percent of the total
rice exports.However, Nguyen Trung Kien from Ipsard, an institute on agriculture development,
noted that Vietnam rices market share in China is on the decrease.
Sixty five percent of Chinese rice imports were from
Vietnam in 2012-2013, while the figure dropped to 53
percent in 2014 and 47 percent in the first fourth months
of 2015.Experts say Vietnamese want to export to China
because it is an easy-to-please market, which has high
demand for rice. Meanwhile, China wants Vietnams rice because it is cheap thanks to
geographical
conditions.
China remains the biggest export
market for Vietnam, which
consumed 33.4 percent of the total
rice exports.
However, Vietnam no longer has the advantage as its 25 percent and 5 percent broken rice prices
are near prices offered by Thailand and India.Therefore, experts have warned that Vietnam, in
the future, would have to compete with a lot of rivals to penetrate the Chinese market. They said
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the volume of rice from Laos and Cambodia remains modest, but the rice has higher quality than
Vietnams and therefore, has a competitive edge in the Chinese market.
Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh warned that if Vietnam cannot reform the
way it organizes production, processing and trading, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar would
become
formidable
rivals.
Nguyen Van Ngai from the HCM City Agriculture and Forestry Agriculture pointed out that
while Vietnam has exploited nearly all the advantages it has, Laos and Cambodia still have great
natural advantages. Meanwhile, Vo Thanh Do from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development said there was no need to be too worried about this.
Do said that Chinas actual rice demand was much higher than 4 million tons that it had
announced before. China would still need Vietnams rice, and this will not change in the short
term.
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/150335/will-vietnam-have-to-compete-with-lao-rice-in-china.html
News in numbers | India becomes worlds largest rice

exporter, as Thailand declines
Apple iPhone sales grow at slowest rate ever; India ranks 76th in global corruption index
Indias total rice shipments saw a 7.3% decline in volumes and an 18% fall in value in the AprilNovember period of the current fiscal. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint
800,000
What is it? The number of iPhones sold by Apple in India in the last three months of 2015,
according to Counterpoint Technology Research.
Why is it important? This is the highest ever sales recorded in the country, a 76% growth from
a year ago. However, this is less than 3% of the total smartphones sold in India during the period.
Globally, Apple reported flat sales of its flagship smartphone, which accounts for over twothirds of its revenue, in this period, a reason its turning its attention on India. The company said
it is increasingly putting more energy into the countrys youth and their rising disposable
income. Recently, it sought the governments approval to open its own retail stores in India.
Tell me more: Analysts are worried that Chinas economic slowdown (it reported the lowest
numbers in 25 years) might impact Apples growth. Greater China accounted for nearly a fourth
of Apples fourth quarter revenue.

76
What is it? Indias ranking in 2015s global corruption index (out of 168 countries) by
Transparency International.
Why is it important? It has moved up nine positions from the previous years 85th ranking. Its
grade index score of 38 out of 100 (100 is the least corrupt) compares poorly with Denmarks 91,
the top country in the index. This shows India has a long way to go in weeding out corruption.
One of the key promises by the National Democratic Alliance government has been to improve
Indias ranking in the ease of doing business index and position it among the top 50 countries. To
do so, India would have to tackle corruption quickly, which has been cited as the main obstacle
in doing business in the country by a 2014 KPMG report.
Tell me more: Brazil reported the worst decline in rankings, down seven positions to the 76th
position, as a massive scandal erupted at its state-run companies.
Rs.6 trillion

What is it? The amount the Indian government could earnbased on the telecom
regulators recommendations on the reserve price for spectrum in the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900
MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2300 MHz and 2500 MHz bands.
Why is it important? This would be the highest-everamount earned by the government from
spectrum auction, if it accepts the regulators recommendations. The 700 MHz band, which is
known to be the best for offering mobile broadband and 4G services and is being offered under
the auction for the first time, could alone contribute to aroundRs.4 trillion. The telecom
companies are reeling under massive debt (Rs.3.5 trillion as of April 2015) and it remains to be
seen how far they are willing to stretch their balance sheets to participate in the next round of
auction.
Tell me more: Telecom operators, including Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular, have opposed the
sale of spectrum in the 700 MHz band, saying it should be done only when the operators are
ready with the devices and equipment to operate the airwaves.
$3 billion
What is it? Indias arms export target by 2025.
Why is it important? The Indian government is seeking to not only become self-sufficient in
the defence sector but also to become one of the worlds biggest arms exporters. If India
achieves the $3 billion target, it would transform the country from an arms importer to a major
seller. In 2014-15, it sold defence equipment worth around $150 million to other countries, a
mere 0.25% of the $64 billion global defence trade. In contrast, Indias arms imports totalled to
$5.57 billion in 2014.
Tell me more: According to Anurag Garg, director of defense at Strategy&, a consulting group
of PwC, state companies account for 80% of defence production and there is heavy reliance on
the private sector to design military hardware, which is no easy task.
10.23 million tonnes
What is it? Indias rice exports in 2015, according to a Thai rice exporters organisation.

Why is it important? This makes India the worlds largest rice exporter, beating Thailand.
Indias top position comes not from its scaling up, but by Thailands decline. Thailands rice
exports were down by 10.8% to 9.8 million tonnes on a year-on-year basis. The Southeast Asian
country attributed this to global economic slowdown, particularly in countries with high rice
demand and decrease in purchasing power of nations due to falling oil prices. Indias total rice
shipments saw a 7.3% decline in volumes and an 18% fall in value in the April-November period
of the current fiscal. It is likely to post lower export figures in 2015-16 than the 11.92 million
tonnes shipped in 2014-15.
Tell me more: Fall in shipments of the basmati rice variety to Iran, one of the largest buyers
from India, and tepid demand from African countries (mainly Nigeria) are the main reasons for
the fall in Indias rice exports.
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Quick. Healthy. Here .

Fast-casual restaurants go fresh and delicious
by LINDA FALKENSTEIN
JANUARY 28, 2016
PAULIUS MUSTEIKIS
Fresh. Local. Gluten-free. Healthy. Small Batch. All the buzzwords.With that lingo, you
might easily mistake the restaurant being described for someplace like Graze, James Beard
Award-winning Madison chef Tory Millers farm-to-table, fresh from local pastures gastropub
on the Capitol Square.It is, however, the tagline for Glaze, a New York City-based chain of eight
counter-service teriyaki restaurants call it a boutique chain spread across the U.S. from
Manhattan to San Francisco, with a location slated to open this spring in Madison.
Glaze is just one of a handful of fast-casual spots that have found Madison an attractive market
in recent months Freshii, Naf Naf Grill, Bowl of Heaven, Forage Kitchen and Freska
Mediterranean Grill have all opened within the past year. They share similar concepts, focusing
on customizable bowls, salads and wraps, and often freshly squeezed juices and fruit smoothies.
Fresher, healthier eating is coming to fast food in a big way, and were not talking about
McDonalds serving more salads. These spots dont serve burgers; fruits and vegetables are the
focus, not a sidelight. Proteins from steak to tofu are add-ons, not the centerpiece of the
dish.

A decade ago, the big hamburger chains began seeing competition from more upscale chains
dubbed fast-casual places like Panera Bread, Chipotle and Noodles. Though these spots still
had counter service, they offered more attractive decor than the standard burger joint, more
customizable dishes and the perception of better-quality ingredients.
Fast-casual continues to gain market share in the restaurant industry, encompassing everything
from upscale burgers (think Five Guys, Mooyah) to pizza, but theres recently been a strong
upsurge of fresh and healthy. FastCasual, an industry website, publishes a yearly Top 100 list
of movers and shakers in the fast-casual segment, and its full of descriptions not normally
associated with chain food. These up-and-comers source local and organic ingredients from
local farmers (sweetgreen); serve chef-crafted foods that are grown responsibly and
sustainably (the vegan Native Foods Cafe); are farm-to-table and committed to ingredients
with no added hormones or antibiotics (Modern Market); reduce their food miles to increase
flavor (MAD Greens); butcher their own meat (Asian Box); and pick most produce fresh daily
for slow food done fast(Tender Greens).
These restaurants have an array of fresh veggies at the ready. Grain choices from quinoa to black
rice. Proteins from free-range organic chicken to goji-chipotle organic tempeh. Staff whip up
your salad or bowl in a matter of minutes, usually for less than $10 a meal.
Is this for real?
Best of both worlds
Diners are looking to get the best of both worlds, says Craig Thompson, professor of
marketing at the UW-Madison business school. They want convenient, fast food that tastes good
and is also good for their health.
Thompson, who studies alternative food systems, thinks the rise of healthier fast-casual
restaurants is part of an overall backlash against fast food thats been ongoing for well over a
decade, spurred by the publication of Eric Schlossers Fast Food Nation and the release of
Morgan Spurlocks film Super Size Me.
But since these works raised the publics consciousness, even the way we talk about food has
shifted. Ten or 15 years ago it was all about fat, Thompson says. He credits food writers like
Michael Pollan and Mark Bittman with shifting the emphasis away from counting calories. Now,
consumers are more likely to look for food that is fresh and unprocessed.
When customers see their salads, wraps and bowls created right in front of them, it highlights
that this is being freshly prepared, says Thompson. This translates into This must be good for
me.
And what is good for me, exactly?
Theres so much conflicting information out there, Thompson notes. Who do you trust? At
some point as a consumer, you cant research every option.
Thats why consumers are often willing to pay a premium to let a brand like Whole Foods or
Chipotle do their vetting for them. Consumers rely on the brand and place faith in that, until
proven otherwise, says Thompson. Thats why Chipotles recent incidents nationwide with
food-borne illnesses have been so devastating. Sales have plummeted and confidence in the
chain is at a low.
At Freshii, the message is as important as the menu.

I built that
Making your own meal without having to cook it yourself brings new meaning to the phrase
have it your way. And its fun. A smorgasbord of colorful fruits and veggies are at the ready,
to be combined in kaleidoscopic variations. Go slightly southwestern with a rice bowl topped
with avocados, black beans and a cilantro lime vinaigrette, or head east with tofu, cabbage,
carrots and lemongrass dressing all rolled up in a wrap of kale. Go crazy and add beet slaw, even
though it matches neither of these cuisines. Because you love beets. It really is all up to you.
Greater customer control over whats on the plate is key in todays dining scene. Thats why
choose-your-own assembly line ordering has become so widespread in fast-casual.
Susan Quam, executive vice president of the Wisconsin Restaurant Association, says her group
has definitely taken note of the trend.
Consumers arent just saying they want healthier options theyre actually putting their money
where their mouths are and acting upon it, says Quam.
Build-your-own is clearly on the rise here in Wisconsin, Quam confirms, with sandwiches,
wraps, salads, bowls, ramen, even fresher takes on pizza (where customers have been building
their own for years) being created at the order counter.
The build-your-own concept is being driven especially by younger diners, who look at food as
an expression of themselves and not just fuel for their bodies, says Quam. Its important for
them to be able to choose whats in their food, even though someone else is making it for
them.
Customization also makes it easier to cope with many diet needs vegetarian, vegan, glutenfree, paleo, raw, low-carb. Several restaurants (Chipotle and Naf Naf, for instance) have dynamic
nutrition calculators on their websites. Calories, sodium and grams of fat automatically add up on
the right side of the screen as you add options like steak or chicken, tofu, rice, pickles and
hummus to your meal.
This extensive info on everything from amounts of saturated fat to cholesterol, sodium, carbs and
protein is a hidden benefit to eating at a chain restaurant. Its unusual for an independent, locally
owned restaurant to have this kind of accounting available, althoughFit Fresh Cuisine in
Fitchburg has been a pioneer in this locally. The six-year-old restaurant lists calories, carbs,
fiber, fat and protein for its small menu of aa bowls, smoothies, scrambles, salads and
sandwiches.
But Thompson sees an overall change in customer mindset: These days, people feel less of
a need to count calories. A restaurant like Freshii is saying, We are serving you fresh, healthy
food, so you can eat this without worries or guilt, says Thompson. And thats liberating. The
consumer is thinking, I dont have to worry about rice; rice is natural, I can just eat and relax. I
think thats a big part of the promise.
The bottom line? Its okay because its not a McNugget.
Kathy Humiston, a longtime member at the Willy Street Co-op, penned a history of hippie
food for the co-ops Reader back in 2008. Brown rice, tempeh, soy, beans, sprouts these
staples of todays bowl cuisine were introduced in the late 1960s and early 70s by what were
then called natural food advocates, reacting against the canned vegetables and Wonder Bread
diets of their childhoods.

Once obscure even to those who started the co-op, these ingredients are now close to
mainstream. I love it that whole foods are starting to show up in many different restaurant
venues, says Humiston. I would love to see this become the new standard.
Humiston got serious about changing her diet when she became pregnant with her first child in
1983, and like many of her peers, vowed she would raise her children on better food than she ate
when she was a kid.
Now that members of that generation are adults, they expect to find better food options when
dining out, Humiston notes: Theyve eaten this way virtually their entire lives. Other stuff
doesnt taste right or have the appeal to them.
Having grains like quinoa, forbidden rice and brown rice available at chains opens up new
possibilities for more people, says Humiston. And isnt that what the hippies were all about?
State Streets Forage Kitchen prioritizes local sourcing in entrees like the Local Roots salad.
Not a chain
Not every healthy fast-casual restaurant is a chain. State Streets new Forage Kitchen, which
opened last fall, is owned and operated by Henry Aschauer and Doug Hamaker, who also run
Roast Public House. The two had the idea for Forage even before they opened Roast in 2012,
says Aschauer, but it was more of a challenge to create: If it were easy, everyone would do it.
A salad- and grain-bowl-based restaurant that tries to source its ingredients locally is a lot easier
to do in a place like California, he notes.
Forage is in tune with how we live our lives these days, says Aschauer. Madison is ready for
this; we are ready for this as a nation.
Katie Brozen, chef at Forage Kitchen, created its menu. Brozen attended the healthfocused Natural Gourmet Institute culinary school in New York City (its motto is Kale, quinoa
and community since 1977).
In addition to teaching all the traditional culinary skills, the school goes into sourcing, nutrition
and the healthy, healing side of cooking, says Brozen.
After working in restaurants in Manhattan and opening a small vegetarian restaurant in
Brooklyn, Brozen moved to Madison to help open Forage. She liked Aschauer and Hamakers
focus on global inspiration: I love how other cultures have a better relationship with food than
America, says Brozen.
Build-your-own bowl and salad spots are huge in New York City, and Brozen visited many to
see what they were doing and how they were doing it. If the mission is to attract people who
are just learning how to eat healthy, says Brozen, variety is crucial. We need to bring those
people over to the other side and show them that healthy food doesnt have to be boring. Or just
lettuce.
Brozen likes to take an ordinary vegetable and give it its own personality and a ton of flavor.
She spends a lot of her time trying to source as many local products as possible for the
restaurant. Wisconsin has fantastic product, but in the colder months, it has been a challenge,
says Brozen.
One of Forages most popular items is the Power Bowl, a grain base (brown rice is the default,
but it can be made with black rice or quinoa) topped with tender rosemary lentils, sweet potatoes,
poblano slaw, jerk chicken, guacamole and a green goddess dressing. Its creamy and crunchy,
sweet and savory, hot and cold craveable 21st-century comfort food.

We care about everything that goes into the food, so people get that idea of home, says Brozen.
Its a well-cooked meal on the go thats not just flying at you as fast as possible.
Thomas Paras, former owner of Amys Cafe downtown, has just opened a fast-casual restaurant,
Freska Mediterranean Grill, at Greenway Station. He terms it like a Chipotle, but what I like to
serve and the way I like to serve it. The customizable sandwiches, salads and plates with a
variety of toppings and sauces vary in healthfulness, says Paras Gyros meat is not diet, but
chicken is and other add-ons like hummus, babaghanoush and tabouli are healthy. He also
points to his super slaw, with kale, beets and cabbage.
Paras researched other Mediterranean/Chipotle-style fast-casual restaurants via the Internet
before opening Freska. Everybodys doing it, he says. Probably somebody else is checking
me out now.
Inspiration?
Outright health claims from these restaurants vary, as does the transparency of their sourcing.
A spot like Naf Naf limits itself to describing its fare as fresh, authentic Middle Eastern food,
while Bowl of Heaven goes more overtly into the health benefits of its signature ingredient, the
aa berry (twice the antioxidants of blueberries, plus omega fats, amino acids, proteins,
anthocyanins, fiber, iron, potassium, phosphorus, calcium and other phytonutrients).
Other claims from restaurants about being more responsible and sustainable bring up other, more
thorny, questions. Has a location of a national chain devoted to sustainable sourcing put a locally
owned mom-and-pop restaurant out of business?
Has the sudden, ravenous American quest for healthy quinoa caused environmental damage
where the crop is grown in Bolivia and Peru?
And what about some of those processed alternative foods for vegans, like Tofutti cream cheese
(which includes partially hydrogenated soy bean oil, maltodextrin, nondairy lactic acid, locust
bean, guar and carrageenan gums, vegetable mono and digycerids and potassium sorbet)?
Locally, Forage Kitchen lists some of its purveyors on its website bread from Batch, tempeh
from Milwaukees Simple Soyman, goat cheese from Nordic Creamery, cage-free eggs from
Lake Mills and sprouts from Supercharge here in Madison. This kind of accountability is easier
for a one-location restaurant than it is for a chain with outlets from coast to coast, where getting
enough of the same ingredient to create a consistent product from outlet to outlet remains a
challenge.
Chef Katie Brozen of Forage Kitchen strives to give vegetables a ton of flavor.
Katie Brozen of Forage limits the amount of fat, salt and sugar in her foods. Only extra-virgin
olive oil is used in dressings; some are oil-free. We use pure sweeteners like organic cane sugar,
coconut sugar and honey, and sparingly, only to bring the flavors together, says Brozen. Same
for salt. Its an essential ingredient that we use to enhance the natural flavors in the vegetables,
versus having everything just taste like salt.
Freshii takes a more inspirational route, with slogans emblazoned across wall-sized blackboards
in-store: Lets eat without regret. Lets love kale. Lets embrace quinoa.... Lets eat things that
make us feel good. Sourcing is not specified.
Is this food always healthy? Its certainly possible to pile on enough dressings, cheeses, rice, pita
sides and guacamole to rack up a considerable number of calories, but even so, grains and fresh
vegetables are going to be healthier than processed and fried foods.

Craig Thompson is doubtful, however, about some of the more specific health claims for certain
ingredients. From a marketing standpoint, he says, Some of these chains are benefiting from the
hype around alternative diets and the quest for magic-bullet solutions to what ails us as a
society.
And there are differing opinions on what constitutes a healthy diet. Some people claim there are
tremendous health benefits [to an aa berry]; says Thompson. Others will say, thats just an
expensive blueberry.
Is Dane County full?
Madison, with its college population and growing millennial workforce, does have a
demographic desirable for chains like Freshii and other vegetable-centric leaders like Lyfe
Kitchen, sweetgrass and Native Foods. But Susan Quam of the Wisconsin Restaurant
Association says that such chains would look not only at our demographics but at how many
restaurants we already have. And Dane County is very dense.
Plus, the location needs to be just right, one that younger diners want to be in and can get to
easily. They all want to have the best spaces available, says Quam.
Still, as people dine out more frequently (in April of 2015, the U.S. Dept. of Commerce reported
that for the first time ever, Americans spent more money eating out than they did at grocery
stores), diners are likely to continue to want more healthy options across the eating spectrum and
even more customizability. And theyre going to continue to want to eat these on the run or bring
them home for easy post-work dinners.
Thats not going away, says Quam.
The latest in fast and healthy
Bowl of Heaven
717 Hilldale Court
The star is aa bowls and smoothies. Aa bowls are more or less smoothies served in a bowl,
composed of a blend of fruits like aa berries, strawberries, pineapple, blueberries and banana,
and even fresh kale and spinach, topped with organic hemp flax, granola and honey. Served icy
cold, theyre better that way. Fresh juices, too, are made to order.
Unique ingredients: MAQ7, a blend of the maqui berry, the gac fruit and five others youve
never heard of; purple corn
Forage Kitchen
665 State St.
Salads and grain bowls form the heart of the menu. A dozen pre-designed salads and two predesigned bowls are on the chalkboard, or have the staff build your own from a wide variety of
veggies and other add-ons. Small dining area; there is a lot of take-out. Aa bowls; fresh
fruit/veggie juices made on site but pre-bottled at the counter.
Unique ingredients: citrus-marinated fennel, goji-chipotle organic tempeh, black (forbidden)
rice
Freshii
422 Gammon Place
Freshii has a large menu of salads, wraps, grain bowls, soups, burritos and juices. Customers can
also create their own by checking off options on a printed ticket; then counter staff will make it

up. This speeds up the assembly line process (theres no last-minute indecision, or whats that?
conversations with the staff) and makes pricing and extras completely clear. You can also sign
up for a juice cleanse program. Juices are made-to-order.
Unique ingredients: turkey carnitas, spicy lemongrass, mango
Freska Mediterranean Grill
8310 Greenway Blvd., Middleton
Build-your-own pita sandwiches, rice plates, salads and platters, plus four soups.
Unique ingredients: lamb, marinated pork, babaghanoush, couscous, tabouleh, roasted pepper
aioli, harissa sauce
Naf Naf Mediterranean Grill
555 State St.
Build-your-own pita sandwiches, rice bowls, salads.
Unique ingredients: steak shawarma, sumac onions, skhug sauce, basmati rice
Source with thanks Isthmus
NFA may delay 400K MT rice import

by Reuters
January 28, 2016
The Philippines, one of the worlds top rice importers, could delay its planned additional
purchase of up to 400,000 tons of the staple food as local supply remains adequate, the National
Food Authority (NFA) said yesterday.The countrysrice stocks stood at around 900,000 tons as
of last week, enough to cover 29 days of local consumption, with an additional 500,000 tons of
grain imports from Vietnam and Thailand expected to arrive within the first quarter, the National
Food Authority said.The NFA Council, a panel composed of government economic managers
that approves rice importation, met on Tuesday to discuss the countrys rice purchases but did
not finalize the volume and timing of the next deal.
There is no decision yet because there is no urgency to import. We have sufficient supply, an
aide of NFA Administrator Renan Dalisay told Reuters.The Philippines was looking to buy up to
400,000 tons of the grain for delivery in the second quarter, and may need an additional 800,000
tons to cover this years requirements, Dalisay said in a Jan. 12 interview with Reuters.On
Monday, the statistics agency said paddy harvest in the first quarter is likely to be more than 5
percent lower than a previous forecast due to a crop-damaging dryness linked to the El Nio
weather pattern.Crop losses last year due to El Nio turned out much smaller than expected.Rice
demand from the Philippines is keenly watched by traders as it could underpin export prices of
the grain from Vietnam and Thailand, the countrys main suppliers and the worlds third- and
second-biggest sellers respectively.
http://www.mb.com.ph/nfa-may-delay-400k-mt-rice-import/#jeVGOKfJIS1VUEKz.99
APEDA RICE COMMODITY NEWS

International Benchmark Price
Price on: 26-01-2016
Product
Benchmark Indicators Name
Price
Turkish No. 2 whole pitted, CIF UK (USD/t)
4875
Turkish No. 4 whole pitted, CIF UK (USD/t)
4375
Turkish size 8, CIF UK (USD/t)
3625
Australian 5 Crown, CIF UK (USD/t)
2736
South African Orange River, CIF UK (USD/t)
2609
Turkish No 9 standard, FOB Izmir (USD/t)
1925
CZCE White Sugar Futures (USD/t)
816
Kenya Mumias white sugar, EXW (USD/t)
691
Pakistani refined sugar, EXW Akbari Mandi (USD/t)
546
Apricots
Sultanas
White Sugar
Source:agra-net
For more info
Market Watch
Commodity-wise, Market-wise Daily Price on 27-01-2016
Domestic Prices
Product
Unit Price : Rs per Qty
Market Center
Variety
Min Price
Max Price
Siddhpur (Gujarat)
Other
3530
3930
Pune (Maharashtra)
Other
2800
3200
Theni (Tamil Nadu)
Other
1400
1480
Jowar(Sorgham)
Maize
1
Amreli (Gujarat)
Other
1560
1825
Pune (Maharashtra)
Yellow
1700
1725
Koraput (Orissa)
Other
1325
1335
Aroor (Kerala)
Other
2400
2600
Malout (Punjab)
Other
1000
1500
Reasi (Jammu and Kashmir )
Other
2600
2900
Chala (Kerala)
Other
2700
2751
Nasik (Maharashtra)
Other
1125
2500
Sirhind (Punjab)
Other
1300
2300
Papaya
Cucumber
Source:agmarknet.nic.in
For more info
Egg
Rs per 100 No
Price on 27-01-2016
Product
Market Center
Price

1
Pune
450
Hyderabad
410
Namakkal
415
Source: e2necc.com
Other International Prices
Unit Price : US$ per package

Price on 26-01-2016
Product
Market Center
Origin
Variety
Low
Potatoes
High
Package: 50 lb cartons
Atlanta
Colorado
Russet
16
16.50
Chicago
Idaho
Russet
15
18
Detroit
Wisconsin
Russet
16
Cucumbers
16.50
Package: cartons film wrapped
Atlanta
Chicago
Dallas
Mexico
Long Seedless
20
Canada
Long Seedless
14
15
California
Long Seedless
15
16.50
Apples
21
Package: cartons tray pack
Atlanta
Virginia
Red Delicious
27
28
Chicago
Washington
Red Delicious
21
22.50
Miami
Washington
Red Delicious
22
22
Source:USDA
01/28/2016 Farm Bureau Market Report

Rice
High Low
Long Grain Cash Bids - - - - - Long Grain New Crop - - - - - -
Futures:
ROUGH RICE
High Low
Last Change
Mar '16 1148.0 1116.0 1131.0 +4.5

May '16 1176.0 1144.0 1159.5 +4.5
1186.5 +4.5
Jul '16
1197.0 +10.0
Sep '16
1220.0 +10.0
Nov '16
1220.5 +10.0
Jan '17
1220.5 +10.0
Mar '17
Rice Comment
Rice futures traded in a wide range on either side of unchanged before closing higher
near the middle of the day's trading range. March approached resistance at $11.50 before
reversing course. A close above $11.50 could signal a move toward a retest of the $12 area,
while support is at the recent low of $11.65. The weekly export reports were delayed
until tomorrow due to the blizzard that has affected DC this week.
Rice Prices
as on : 29-01-2016 02:49:03 PM
Arrivals in tonnes;prices in Rs/quintal in domestic market.
Arrivals
Current
Price
%
Season
Prev. Prev.Yr
Modal
change cumulative
Modal %change
Rice
Gadarpur(Utr)
870.00
-11.5
51599.00
2095
2010
50.94
Chaandpur(UP)
680.00
1980.00
2200
Bazpur(Utr)
643.20 -51.64
13996.10
2207
1714
57.64
Kopaganj(UP)
450.00
450.00
2085
0.48
Pilibhit(UP)
300.00
20
14250.00
2195
2185
Shahjahanpur(UP)
260.90
80.8
36698.90
2150
2150
7.23
Gorakhpur(UP)
220.00
-12
2102.00
2090
2140
4.50
Azamgarh(UP)
208.00
-0.95
2654.00
2125
2110
Bahraich(UP)
176.00
-2.22
1601.50
2075
2075
0.24
Basti(UP)
153.50
-0.32
2374.50
2065
2060
2.48

Faizabad(UP)
140.00 -22.22
1861.50
2100
2080
Sitapur(UP)
135.00
2.27
3075.00
2225
2222
5.50
Asansol(WB)
132.00
396.00
2400
Mathabhanga(WB)
110.00 -15.38
1750.00
1950
1950
Saharanpur(UP)
72.00
12.5
2621.00
2030
2030
-3.33
Kalipur(WB)
72.00
2.86
2069.00
2150
2150
P.O. Uparhali Guwahati(ASM)
65.00
-1.52
1479.00
2100
2100
-19.23
Achalda(UP)
65.00
-7.14
1795.00
2240
2240
Ghaziabad(UP)
60.00
-25
1100.00
2075
2065
1.22
Shikohabad(UP)
50.00 -23.08
202.50
1940
1940
Gazipur(UP)
50.00
4.17
687.50
1900
1900
3.26
Nadia(WB)
50.00
NC
700.00
3200
3200
3.23
Bindki(UP)
48.00
11.63
1300.00
2220
2245
6.73
Kasimbazar(WB)
44.00
-2.22
654.00
2320
2330
-10.77
Udala(Ori)
40.00
11.11
489.00
2700
2700
Dadri(UP)
40.00 -11.11
981.00
2080
2070
1.46
Purulia(WB)
36.00
50
996.00
2200
2200
-9.84
Vasai(Mah)
32.00
32.00
2860
Taliamura(Tri)
32.00 -11.11
143.00
2250
2300
Kolhapur(Laxmipuri)(Mah)
30.00
NC
500.00
3000
3000
Mirzapur(UP)
30.00
3.45
594.50
1920
1915
4.35
Sirsa(UP)
27.00
121.00
2020

Dibrugarh(ASM)
26.00
13.04
405.20
2550
2550
Lohardaga(Jha)
26.00
18.18
295.50
1965
1760
12.93
Fatehabad(UP)
26.00
86.00
2100
Jarar(UP)
25.00
80.00
2100
Dhanura(UP)
24.00
30.00
2225
Diamond Harbour(South 24-pgs)(WB)
22.00
10
62.00
1850
1850
Partaval(UP)
20.00
NC
719.50
2025
2025
3.85
Palghar(Mah)
19.00 -71.21
342.00
2150
2628
Banda(UP)
19.00
26.67
171.50
2175
2170
Champadanga(WB)
18.00
28.57
330.00
2400
2400
Alipurduar(WB)
18.00
NC
125.00
2200
2200
Chhibramau(Kannuj)(UP)
16.00
NC
169.00
2130
2150
Medinipur(West)(WB)
16.00
6.67
262.00
2400
2400
Lakhimpur(UP)
15.00
-25
116.00
2085
2100
Yusufpur(UP)
15.00 -31.82
302.00
1850
1850
-0.54
Raiganj(WB)
15.00
NC
446.00
2700
2700
Kolaghat(WB)
15.00
NC
240.00
2300
2300
Tamluk (Medinipur E)(WB)
14.00
NC
283.00
2300
2300
North Lakhimpur(ASM)
13.70
39.8
646.70
1900
1900
Jhansi(UP)
13.00 116.67
117.50
2100
2100
Giridih(Jha)
12.55
108.24
3500
NC
Karvi(UP)
12.50
-7.41
54.50
2125
2125
18.06
Jahanabad(UP)
12.00
-4
128.50
2150
2130

Jagnair(UP)
11.00
27.00 2100
Mannargudi(Ker)
10.00
NC
255.00 4600 3100
Muradabad(UP)
10.00
25
260.50 2240 2230
Buland Shahr(UP)
10.00 66.67
195.00 2040 2055
Bhivandi(Mah)
8.00 -11.11
104.00 3070 3500
Bijnaur(UP)
8.00
-36
250.50 2180 2210
Naugarh(UP)
8.00 -27.27
295.50 2040 2040
Jeypore(Kotpad)(Ori)
7.90
46.3
106.30 4100 3100
Soharatgarh(UP)
7.50
16.50 2045
Chengannur(Ker)
7.00
NC
276.00 2500 2450
Raibareilly(UP)
6.50 -23.53
136.50 2030 2020
Silapathar(ASM)
5.20 -89.6
419.80 3000 3000
Khairagarh(UP)
5.00
NC
190.00 2090 2080
Nimapara(Ori)
4.50
NC
94.00 2200 2200
Hailakandi(ASM)
4.00
NC
63.00 2700 2700
Jeypore(Ori)
3.60 -18.18
110.40
325
410
Mahoba(UP)
3.50
3.50 1750
Melaghar(Tri)
3.00
NC
59.30 2350 2350
Islampur(WB)
3.00
-25
141.00 2150 2150
Siyana(UP)
2.50
25
37.00 2060 2050
Bonai(Bonai)(Ori)
1.50
50
14.10 2000 2000
Karsiyang(Matigara)(WB)
1.40 -12.5
25.60 2600 2600
Mangaon(Mah)
1.00 -66.67
18.00 2800 2800
Bharuasumerpur(UP)
1.00
1.00 1750
Sardhana(UP)
1.00
NC
38.30 2080 2070
Kalimpong(WB)
0.80 -11.11
12.60 2450 2450
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/article8167886.ece
12.00
0.74
80.59
7.37
26.15
-13.79
-0.98
NC
2.96
NC
NC
-2.78
0.98
-16.67
0.48
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Financing for Cuba Trade OK'd, Ag Left Out

WASHINGTON, DC -- This week, the Obama administration announced a new

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OU biology research helps protect worlds food supply

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Water likely for rice crop this year

By JODY LARIMER reporter@leader-news.com

Will Vietnam have to compete with Lao rice in China?

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News in numbers | India becomes worlds largest rice

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Quick. Healthy. Here .

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At Freshii, the message is as important as the menu.

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NFA may delay 400K MT rice import

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APEDA RICE COMMODITY NEWS

Benchmark Indicators Name

Turkish No. 2 whole pitted, CIF UK (USD/t)

Turkish No. 4 whole pitted, CIF UK (USD/t)

Turkish size 8, CIF UK (USD/t)

Australian 5 Crown, CIF UK (USD/t)

South African Orange River, CIF UK (USD/t)

Turkish No 9 standard, FOB Izmir (USD/t)

CZCE White Sugar Futures (USD/t)

Kenya Mumias white sugar, EXW (USD/t)

Pakistani refined sugar, EXW Akbari Mandi (USD/t)

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Unit Price : Rs per Qty

Theni (Tamil Nadu)

Reasi (Jammu and Kashmir )

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Other International Prices

Unit Price : US$ per package

Package: cartons tray pack

01/28/2016 Farm Bureau Market Report