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News Highlights …  Matco’s IPO book building from 23rd  Are You Eating Rice Cooked In An Electric Rice Cooker? Be Alert!  Lawmakers Scrutinize Rice Import as $105m  Ayade Rice: Cross River APC questions Ayade’s integrity  Ardent Mills Molinos de Puerto Rico, Resilient in Wake of Hurricane Maria  Pakistan optimistic about early resumption of ties with Iran in banking sector: Rana Afzal  EU curbs on fungicide use threaten basmati exports  U.S. Rice Brings Unique Flavor to Texas Sake  Arkansas rice groups to hold annual meeting in Jonesboro  ASIA RICE-TOP EXPORTERS EYE DEALS WITH INDONESIA, PHILIPPINES; PRICES JUMP  Indonesia plans to import rice to stabilize price  Runaway Rice Prices Worry Indonesia’s Central Bank  Basmati export to Iran likely by next week  Long-Grain Rice Seed 2018 Global Market Key Players Dupont Pioneer, Bayer, Nuziveedu Seeds, Kaveri, Mahyco, RiceTec.  Recent Research Report on Brown Rice Market showing growth prospects and challenges within the industry by 2022  AgriLife rice research plans for planthopper contingency  Community deaths  Advanta Seeds opens new biotech center 1

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Matco’s IPO book building from 23rd

KARACHI: Matco Foods Limited, a country’s leading rice exporter and processor, will hold the book building for its initial public offer (IPO) on January 23 and 24, a consultant’s statement said on Wednesday.

Arif Habib Limited, the issue’s consultant, said the issue consists of 29.143 million ordinary shares, accounting for 25 percent of the post issued paid-up capital of the company.

The entire issue will be offered through book building at a floor price of Rs26/share. Initially, 75 percent of the issue size or 21.857 million shares will be allotted to successful bidders and 25 percent of the issue or 7.286 million shares will be offered to retail investors at the strike price during the two-day general subscription starting from January 29.

Analyst Ahsan Mehanti at Arif Habib Corp said political uncertainty poses risk to the IPO. But, he hoped that the offer would completely be subscribed. “The political environment on the day of book building would determine whether the strike price would be any higher than the floor price of Rs26/share,” Mehanti added. “Even at Rs26 the share offers an attractive price earning multiple and we expect the share would appreciate by approximately 40 percent after it opens for trading at the bourse.”

Matco Foods Limited, Pakistan’s leading exporter of basmati rice, reaches over 60 countries around the world.

The company’s flagship brand Falak Basmati is prominent in more than 40 countries, through an extensive network of distributors internationally.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Matco has recently diversified its operation to specialised products: rice glucose and rice protein.

The company has a production capacity of 10,000 million tons/year for rice glucose and 1,000 million tons of rice protein/year. The plants are operational. https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/269594-matco-s-ipo-book-building-from-23rd

Are You Eating Rice Cooked In An Electric Rice Cooker?

Be Alert!

JANUARY 19, 2018 BY SAICHARAN PALAKURTHI

It is very well known that cooking rice in a pressure cooker reduces cooking time by half. What about the cooking result? Users told us that rice cooked in Instant Pot is softer, stickier and tasted better. We want to find out what scientists say about this. It turns out that there are quite a few scientific research projects on this subject.

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After an intense research on the quality of the food that is cooked in the electric cooker, the research found that the starch gelatinization, a change of structure into a form that resembles

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter gelatin, improves digestibility. Pressure cooking rice, grains, and beans produce positive nutritional gain, from the increased digestibility of the macronutrients (protein, fiber, and starch) and the increased bioavailability of the essential minerals.

On a further technical note, the Rice, if not stored properly, may carry fungal poisons called aflatoxins, a potent trigger of liver cancer. A survey found that 6% of uncooked rice collected from markets in Seoul contained aflatoxins. Conventional boiling and steaming rice at under 100°C (212°F) are not sufficient to kill all aflatoxins. A study had shown that pressure cooking at higher than 100°C (212°F) was capable of reducing aflatoxin concentrations to safe levels.

Despite all this, there is a flaw and if taken into account, it is a serious issue. As the body/ container of the cooker is actually an aluminum vessel, the food inside it turns into poison, says surveys. If this is taken seriously, it is better to prefer the traditional methods to cook rice, moreover, there’s no doubt in believing that the pot methods are absolutely healthy and good in all aspects.

After all, despite the taste, texture and other aspects, health is the top of everything and if we have to take proper measures in this, it is suggestable to proceed with the best rice cookers available in today’s market.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Lawmakers Scrutinize Rice Import as $105m Indonesian Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita defends the government's decision to import rice so close to the local harvest season in a parliamentary hearing on Thursday (18/01). (Antara Photo/Akbar Nugroho Gumay) By : Adinda Normala | on 10:41 AM January 19, 2018 Category : Business, Commodities

Jakarta. Indonesia's House of Representatives on Thursday (18/01) questioned the government's decision to import rice so close to the local harvest season, which is expected to bring in Rp 1.5 trillion — around $105 million — in profit for importers.

The government has ordered national procurement agency Bulog to import 500,000 tons of medium quality rice by the end of January to boost the country’s stockpile.

Bulog has started an auction on its website to search for suppliers from rice-producing countries, including India, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Bidding will start on Jan. 19, and the letter of credit on the import is expected to be released on Jan. 22.

But lawmakers pointed out there will be a huge gap between the prices of local and imported rice, which will result in a huge windfall of profit for importers that win the Bulog contract.

Rieke Diah Pitaloka, a lawmaker from Indonesia’s ruling party the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, said she estimated a total profit of at least Rp 1.5 trillion for Bulog and the importers, assuming a Rp 3,000 price gap per kilogram between imported rice and the recommended retail price for local rice of Rp 9,450 per kg.

Medium quality rice was offered at $415-$420 per metric ton last week in Thailand — the world's second-biggest rice exporter — up from $395-$410, according to a report from Reuters.

"As long there is no clarity on who will exactly benefit from this [rice import], I will continue to oppose it," Rieke said in a hearing between the government and the House's Commission VI, which oversees industry, investment and state-owned enterprises.

Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita, Bulog chairman Djarot Kusumayakti and Indonesian Trading Agency (PPI) chairman Agus Andriyani were also present in the hearing.

Rieke pointed out the potential huge windfall for importers stands in stark contrast to Bulog’s limited ability to buy rice from local farmers.

The agency only bought 42 percent of the country's total rice harvest yield during the major harvest season last year, far below its target of 70 percent.

"Bulog has to be audited... the real problem is their inability to buy rice from local farmers, not lack of stock," she said.

The commission will form an investigation team to supervise the rice import, which is expected to arrive in Indonesia starting in the first week of February to avoid clashing with the local rice harvest season.

"The team will dig into data reported from ministries and agencies," the commission's chairman Teguh Juwarno told reporters.

The make-up of the investigation team will be decided next week, he said.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Minister's Defense Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita welcomed the commission's plan to investigate discrepancies in the country's rice import data. "I also suggested [the lawmakers should establish] a monitoring team to help supervise the import," he said.

The minister did nevertheless defend the government's decision to import rice so close to a harvest season. "The price of rice keeps rising since the beginning of the year. We don’t want to risk a supply shortage," Enggartiasto said in the hearing.

Trade ministry data released on Jan. 17 showed the country’s rice stock held by Bulog was at 854,947 tons, including a reserve of 134,646 tons.

Meanwhile, from Dec. 31 to Jan. 17 the government on average released 8,902 tons of rice every day to the market.

This means a total of 462,918 tons will have to be distributed between Jan. 13 and March 31.

The remaining rice stock on March 31 is therefore estimated at 142,029 tons.

According to data from the Agriculture Ministry, total rice consumption this year is estimated to be 33.8 million tons. Last year its was 30.65 million tons. Each Indonesian consumed on average 117 kilograms of rice last year. http://jakartaglobe.id/business/lawmakers-scrutinize-rice-import-105m-windfall-expected/

Ayade Rice: Cross River APC questions Ayade’s integrity * APC are black market liars – state government

By ANIEKAN ANIEKAN The Cross River State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have called to question the integrity of the state governor, Professor Ben Ayade following the recent launch of his personal rice project, Ayade Rice, which, according to him, was produced and packaged in Ogoja.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter It would be recalled that the state governor, Professor Ben Ayade recently launched a new rice in the state named Ayade Rice, which he hopes would help shore up the state’s economy.

During its unveiling last Thursday, January 11, members of the state executive council and the political class made commitments to purchase thousands of bags.

But speaking in Calabar, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Cross River State chapter accused Governor Ben Ayade of playing with the intelligence of the public, describing the recent unveiling of some bags by the governor was “fraudulent.”

Mens Ikpeme, the State Publicity of the party in a statement berated the governor for misleading the public, accusing him of selling smuggled rice from neighbouring countries to the public.

He said investigation by his party revealed that several trucks carrying rice were impounded by the Nigerian Customs Service, which the governor imported into the state.

“A fraudulent fake rice factory in the state powered through smuggled rice from neighboring countries is his newest fraudulent act. Using same landed property as a facade to re-bag and rebrand smuggled rice which he named after himself to deceive the entire people of the State.

“His (Ayade’s) several trucks with thousands of bags of rice smuggled into the State were apprehended and impounded by the Nigerian Customs and Excise. This is a commodity banned by the Federal Government of Nigeria.

“Cross River State Rice Production And Packaging Farm has seen Governor Ayade’s numerous inconsistent wonder projects setting Cross River State in consistent fraudulent bad picture.”

“His idea of dredging Calabar Sea Port, still fresh in our minds, was an alarming fraud. His claim to have financiers who were ready to invest 500 million Euros for same purpose was a lie of the decade,” the party said.

However, the State government through the Chief Press Secretary, Christian Ita has debunked the allegation stressing that the state chapter of the party is trying to divert attention from the crass irresponsibility the party has plunged the country into.

According to Mr. Ita, “Cross River APC are black market liars … just like its national headquarters, Cross River APC has learnt the ropes in the art of telling bogus lies to divert attention from the crass irresponsibility it has plunged the country”.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Mr Ita stressed that there is no iota of truth in the allegation stressing that Ayade rice was milled at MIKAP NIG LTD producer of MIVA rice. The mill is owned by Mr. Michael Andokaa, the former Attorney General and Minister of Justice who served under Late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.

However, members of the public who are eager to purchase the rice have to wait longer as the rice is not yet available for sale to members of the public. Field survey by The Oracle Today shows that the rice is yet to be sold in any designated outlet across the state.

While launching the rice, which is in two categories, the governor disclosed that a 50 kg bag will go for 12, 000 while a 25 kg bag will go for 6,000. http://oraclenews.ng/ayade-rice-cross-river-apc-questions-ayades-integrity/

Ardent Mills Molinos de Puerto Rico, Resilient in Wake of Hurricane Maria SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Jan. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Since Hurricane Maria's destructive forces hit Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017, Ardent Mills' sister company, Molinos de Puerto Rico, maintained milling operations for all but about four days. More importantly, operations at the mill in San Juan expanded almost immediately to include day-today assistance for employees affected by the catastrophic storm.

Jon Stuewe, president of Ardent Mills' Molinos de Puerto Rico, reports that, fortunately, the mill has no reported injuries from the storm, but many team members have faced significant losses to homes and property.

"We employ 100 people, and nearly 20 of them lost everything. One of our engineers lives in one of the only two-story, concrete houses in her area and brought 20 neighbors into her home as a nearby river flooded, engulfing the first level. One of our workers gave birth two days after the storm, when the hospitals were still running on generators, rooms were filled, and patients were marshalled into the hallways with many limited to just a bottle of water per day. Another worker was mugged and stabbed on the way home from the mill one evening," Stuewe describes.

Despite hardships, in the storm's aftermath, the mill community showed extraordinary humanity, hope, service, loyalty, persistence, compassion and solidarity and functioned as members of a big family working together for the same goal.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter "The mill became a safe, consistent place for our team to be. We had the common goal to take care of each other, to feed the people of Puerto Rico and the hard-hit Caribbean region while serving our customers," says Stuewe.

Emergency Preparedness Puerto Rico is no stranger to storms, and each season, Molinos prepares by putting a hold on a leased industrial-grade generator, storing extra fuel and loading trucks in advance, which helped the mill ride out Hurricane Irma. But Hurricane Maria was different. Making landfall with winds just one mile per hour shy of a Category 5, Maria cut a diagonal swath through the island and left extreme rains in its wake, leveling much of the island and crippling services for weeks.

"We listened to our team members and got back to basics," says Stuewe, describing how basics like water, food and clean clothes were so scarce that flying supplies in by private jets was the best solution.

To speed the response, Ardent Mills flew five team members from the company's Denver headquarters and other network sites to Puerto Rico to help staff assess damage and take the steps necessary to resume operations. Engineers, millers and health and safety specialists lived in the mill with no power, no running water and no air conditioning.

"The team who flew in even had to deal with a bat flying around the stairwell where some of them slept. But seeing this team's effort helped lift everyone's spirits," Stuewe recalls.

First, Ardent Mills worked to ensure the Molinos water system was functioning ? especially so their team could bring water back to their homes. They put clothes washers and dryers on site, provided three hot meals a day, and even made a barber available. Without electricity, employees couldn't access banks, so the management provided cash and fuel.

The rest of Ardent Mills' community of 2,400+ employees also pitched in, contributing more than $25,000 to a GoFundMe page initiated by a team member and dedicated to affected colleagues. Ardent Mills is matching $40,000.

The New Normal: Recovery Continues As 2018 begins and the Hurricane Maria recovery continues months after the storm, Ardent Mills' Molinos de Puerto Rico continues to supply a large portion of the grain-based food ingredients on the island and Caribbean region with its corn, wheat and rice milling.

"I had the opportunity to spend eight days on the island in two trips since the storm. After my last trip, I was glad to see real signs of improvement that are happening faster than I would have thought possible," emphasizes Bill Stoufer, Ardent Mills COO. "The local food industry in Puerto Rico did and continues to do a great job getting food to Puerto Ricans. While food is of key importance, we learned, it is about jobs, family and providing our team with a sense of normalcy for part of the day."

At 90 days post storm, FEMA estimates that 65.4 percent of the island has restored power, and the potable water rate is at 86 percent of pre-storm supplies. "We are off generators now, but the electric grid is not 100 percent. Gas and food are still not back to normal supplies, and most restaurants are not open," Stuewe describes.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter "There's no way to prepare fully for an event of this scale, but we have put new systems in place, like an ultraviolet water treatment system, that will help us have clean water supplies permanently. You learn from these events," notes Stuewe, who shares that his biggest lesson was the resiliency of his team.

"When we weren't operating at full capacity, team members were asking, 'What else can I do? Is there anything to clean or fix?' They appreciated having the mill to come to, and we appreciated their 'all-hands-on-deck' approach to getting through this crisis together. It was a shared experience, and we grew together as a family, which we are celebrating," says Stuewe.

To arrange an interview with Jon Stuewe, president of Ardent Mills' Molinos de Puerto Rico or another Ardent Mills official about Puerto Rico recovery, please contact Mary Ann Strombitski at 719-271-5295 or maryann.strombitski@ardentmills.com.

About Ardent Mills Ardent Mills is the premier flour-milling and ingredient company whose vision is to be the trusted partner in nurturing its customers, consumers and communities through innovative and nutritious grain-based solutions. Ardent Mills' operations and services are supported by more than 40 flour mills and bakery-mix facilities along with a specialty bakery and Mobile Innovation Center, all located in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. Deeply rooted in communities throughout North America, Ardent Mills is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, and employs more than 100 certified millers, supporting thousands of local jobs and contributing billions of dollars to local economies. To learn more about Ardent Mills, visit ardentmills.com.

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Pakistan optimistic about early resumption of ties with Iran in banking sector: Rana Afzal 

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Minister of State for Finance Rana Muhammad Afzal has expressed optimism for early resumption of banking ties between Islamabad and Tehran.

In an interview with IRNA, he said that he is giving extra focus on banking ties with Iran so that the two friendly neighbors can have better trade relationship.

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Certainly, Iran wants to improve relations with Pakistan, and Pakistan too is interested to improve trade relations with Iran, he added.

He said that we need to develop banking relationship, in this connection very soon we should be able to have the banks on both sides to open letters of credits and do some business.

Minister said that bilateral meetings between the two countries are taking place regularly and we want to increase trade between our two countries and Iran is doing trade with many countries.

The minister said Iran’s ambassador has informed him that sanctions do not cover many types of trade between Iran and Pakistan. So we are working on this very keenly with a focus that how we can improve our trade ties with Iran.He said that Pakistan is trying to have some private banks interested in opening branches and taking business from each other.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Banking sector in Pakistan is in private hands and there is only one government bank, Afzal said.

He said more business delegations exchange and more facilitation at the government level will enhance trade between the two countries. There is already good will in Pakistan.

He maintains that we have surplus food items and Pakistan has rice to export and textiles and Iran has petroleum products. Regional trade is always a better trade so we are trying to do within the permissible limits. Unfortunately, due to sanctions our business has gone down. It is not only Iran that has suffered but Pakistan has also suffered, so we want to solve this problem, he said. https://www.brecorder.com/2018/01/17/393598/pakistan-optimistic-about-early-resumption-of-tieswith-iran-in-banking-sector-rana-afzal/

EU curbs on fungicide use threaten basmati exports AMITI SEN Farmers confused as alternative chemical is restricted in the US NEW DELHI, JANUARY 17: India’s basmati exports to the European Union (EU) are set to take a serious hit this year as the 28-member bloc has lowered the tolerance level for tricyclazole — a fungicide used by most basmati growers in the country — to very low levels, ignoring New Delhi’s plea for more time.

Pushed against a wall, the government, in collaboration with exporters, is now trying to help farmers switch over to another fungicide, isoprothiolane, which is an alternative to tricyclazole and is accepted in the EU. However, the fact that isoprothiolane is not accepted in the US has made the switch difficult, a government official told BusinessLine.

“While the EU accounts for more than 10 per cent of India’s basmati exports, the US is also a big buyer and cannot be ignored. We cannot let go of one market to protect the other,” the official said.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (a body under the Commerce Ministry), together with the All India Rice Exporters’ Association (AIREA), is now working with farmers for a solution.

Different sprays mooted “The solution that is being explored is to divide basmati fields into pockets and spray parts of it with tricyclazole and parts with isoprothiolane. The basmati sprayed with tricylazole can be exported to the US, while the rice sprayed with isoprothiolane could be exported to the EU countries,” the official explained.

Whether farmers actually understand the complex process and convincingly adhere to it would be the test.

“We have also roped in the Punjab government and hopefully, together, our efforts will succeed,” the official said.

In the April-November 2017 period, India’s total export of basmati was to the tune of $2.61 billion. Of this about $331 million of the aromatic rice was shipped to the EU, while the US bought basmati rice worth $120 million.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter The problems for Indian basmati exporters began when the EU announced that it would lower its tolerance level for tricyclazole by over 100 times to the default level of 0.001 ppm (parts per million) from January 2018, effectively banning its use.

According to the AIREA, farmers would need at least two years’ time to switch over to a new fungicide. Although some workshops with farmers started last year, there is still a long way to go.

“We are concerned that our basmati exports to the EU will take a hit as many exporters are not in a position to comply fully with the new norms. Our focus is on trying to sort out the matter with farmers at the earliest,” the official said. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/markets/commodities/eu-curbseu-curbs-on-fungicide-use-threaten-basmatiexports/article10038068.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

U.S. Rice Brings Unique Flavor to Texas Sake

By Lesley Dixon AUSTIN, TX -- Texas, with its rough and tumble reputation, might be the last place you'd expect to find a saké brewery. But here in the state's capital, the Texas Saké Company has staked a claim as the state's first and only saké brewery. And even more impressive than their 'lone star' status, is the fact that they're using Calrose rice when brewing up the iconic beverage.

"Unlike the traditional Japanese styles, which tend to be very clean and delicate, American sakés using Japonica very much love food," says Trevor Wight, spokesperson for the brewery. "Calrose rice has a robust taste. The initial flavors are nutty and savory with a fruit finish, which makes it perfect for brewing hearty American saké." This bold taste pairs nicely with a number of American cuisines, including southern home-style, Cajun, and even barbecue.

Adventurous culinary trends is one reason Wight feels Central Texas is the perfect place to brew saké, as well as the unique flavor of the mineral-rich aquifer water of the area.One of the brewery's goals is to bring quality saké made with U.S. rice to new markets. "Most Americans' exposure has been to massproduced, lower-quality saké," says Wight. "I've found that when you put a good saké in front of most people, they're impressed. Plus there's a general oversaturation in the beer and spirits market in the U.S., and people are starting to turn to other options."

Texas Saké Company, located in the North Loop neighborhood of Austin, gives weekly public tours of the facility, explanations of their methods, and tastings of rice in the various stages of fermentation.

According to Wight, the company is looking into experimenting with other kinds of rice -- provided, of course, that it's U.S.-grown.

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Arkansas rice groups to hold annual meeting in Jonesboro February 19 meeting to highlight voluntary smoke management guidelines

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The Arkansas Rice Council and Arkansas Rice Farmers will hold their annual meeting and trade show Monday, Feb. 19, at the Convocation Center in Jonesboro.

In addition to keynote speaker Gov. Asa Hutchinson, the event will also highlight agricultural crop burning. A task force comprised of stakeholders representing the Arkansas Rice Federation, Arkansas Soybean Association, Ag Council of Arkansas and the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation is currently working to develop a set of guidelines applicable to crop burning. Along with input from the Arkansas Agriculture Department, Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, the group is considering farmer burn

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter plans and the reporting of prescribed burns to the Arkansas Forestry Commission Dispatch Center as part of voluntary smoke management guidelines -- a process already in place for forest landowners.

Arkansas Agriculture Department officials including Secretary Wes Ward will discuss a model already in place by the Arkansas Prescribed Fire Council's voluntary Smoke Management Guidelines for forest landowners, and private, state, and federal forestry agencies and companies.

"This annual event is an important opportunity for rice farmers to gather and discuss timely issues and ways we can work together as an industry as we plan for the next growing season," said Jeff Rutledge, Chairman of the Arkansas Rice Federation. "Field burning is part of a complete crop management strategy and our growers want to ensure the continued quality of the airshed their families and neighbors breathe. The annual meeting will lead to an increase of awareness and education among the industry regarding voluntary smoke management guidelines."

"Our industry has repeatedly shown a willingness to adopt voluntary guidelines or best management practices as opposed to being subject to additional government regulations. Here our row crop industry is looking to the lessons that our forest landowners have learned in the past and we are all working together to find common sense solutions," Arkansas Agriculture Secretary Wes Ward said previously regarding the task force. "This is a perfect example of how we can accomplish more together than apart."The event will include an industry trade show and conclude with a free catfish lunch for registered attendees.

Individual attendance is free. Sponsorship opportunities can be found here. If you are interested in attending or sponsoring this year's meeting, register online or call (501) 375-1100 by Feb. 6.

The event is sponsored in part by Greenway Equipment. http://www.deltafarmpress.com/rice/arkansas-rice-groups-hold-annual-meeting-jonesboroPost Comment

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter ASIA RICE-TOP EXPORTERS EYE DEALS WITH INDONESIA, PHILIPPINES; PRICES JUMP 1/18/2018

By Koustav Samanta BENGALURU, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Rice prices in Thailand and Vietnam received a major boost this week from a potential dealwith Indonesia, while robust demand from Bangladesh propelled rates higher for the staple grain in top exporter India.In Thailand, the world's second-biggest rice exporter, benchmark 5 percent broken rice was quoted at $415-$420, free-on-board (FOB) Bangkok, up from $395-$410 last week.The Indonesian government said on Monday it had assigned state logistics agency Bulog to import up to 500,000 tonnes. Theagency said it was looking to purchase the rice from Thailand, Vietnam, and Pakistan.

"The price has gone up due to a possible deal withIndonesia. But we will only know after the auction next week howmuch of the 500,000 tonnes will be imported from Thailand," said a Bangkok-based trader."Apart from Indonesia, the market remains quiet and there are no looming deals in sight."

Meanwhile, rice prices in India jumped on strong demand fromneighbouring Bangladesh, which has emerged as a major importerof the grain since 2017 after floods damaged its own crops.

India's rice exports likely jumped 22 percent in 2017 to arecord 12.3 million tonnes as Bangladesh ramped up purchases.In India, the 5 percent broken parboiled rice prices <RI-INBKN5-P1> rose by $9 to $432-$436 per tonne, withthe gains also supported by expectations of demand fromPhilippines and Indonesia, traders said.

"Bangladesh is aggressively buying. Now expecting strongdemand from Philippines and Indonesia, traders have increasedprices," said an exporter based in Kakinada in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.

Sensing good export demand Indian mills are ramping uppurchases but supplies are limited, which is pushing up prices,said another exporter.

The Philippines plans to import 250,000 tonnes of rice, anofficial of the state's grains procurement agency said onWednesday.Prospects of deals with the Philippines and more recently with Indonesia have raised export prices in Vietnam, whichbarely saw any offers secured this

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter week as traders werereluctant to commit to any new contract amid depleting stocks.

The next harvest is due in late February.

Prices in Vietnam rose to as high as $420-$430 a tonne, FOBSaigon, for the benchmark 5percent broken rice <RI-VNBKN5-P1>,but traders said that is "not tradable".

"Those are just reference prices; no one is willing tostrike a deal now as there's no stock left, not until lateFebruary, early March," said a Ho Chi Minh-city based trader.

Another trader said there could be some stock, about 200,000tonnes, left in state rice companies - just enough to bid forthe government deals with Indonesia and the Philippines.(Reporting by Suphanida Thakral in Bangkok, Rajendra Jadhav inMumbai, Mai Nguyen in Hanoi, and Ruma Paul in Dhaka; Editing by Gareth Jones)

Indonesia plans to import rice to stabilize price Source: Xinhua| 2018-01-18 15:33:45|Editor: pengying

JAKARTA, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government plans to import 500,000 ton of rice and staple food to stabilize the rising rice price, Indonesian Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita said here on Thursday.

Rice is the main food of most Indonesians. Its price surge could significantly stimulate inflation and affect purchasing power.

"After we announced the plan to import rice, the up-trend ends and the price is down.

But volatility remains," Lukita said.

Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati confirmed that such policy aims at stabilizing rice price.

"Last month we got warning that the hike had started. Therefore, the government's decision is to focus on efforts to stabilize the price these months," Mulyani said.

Indonesia's rice price with medium quality has reached its highest level in five years, data showed.

The Food and Agriculture Organization has recommended Indonesia to increase its rice stockpile to 1.1 to 1.8 million ton, which is much lower at present.

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Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- January 19, 2018 Reuters Staff

Nagpur Foodgrain Prices â&#x20AC;&#x201C; APMC/Open Market-January 19, 2018

Nagpur, Jan 19 (Reuters) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Gram and tuar prices showed weak tendency in Nagpur Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) on lack of demand from local millers amid good supply from producing regions. Fresh fall on NCDEX in gram prices, downward trend in Madhya Pradesh pulses and high moisture content arrival also pulled down prices here.

About 150 bags of gram and 300 bags of tuar reported for auction in Nagpur APMC, according to sources.

FOODGRAINS & PULSES

GRAM * Gram varieties ruled steady in open market here but demand was poor.

TUAR

* Tuar Karnataka moved down in open market on lack of demand from local traders amid good supply from producing regions.

* Moong Chilka recovered in open market here on increased buying support

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter from local traders amid weak supply from producing belts.

* In Akola, Tuar New – 4,100-4,200, Tuar dal (clean) – 6,400-6,600, Udid Mogar (clean) – 7,600-8,700, Moong Mogar (clean) 7,300-7,600, Gram – 4,300-4,400, Gram Super best – 6,200-6,700

* Wheat, rice and other foodgrain items moved in a narrow range in scattered deals and settled at last levels in limited trading activity.

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

FOODGRAINS Gram Auction Gram Pink Auction Tuar Auction Moong Auction Udid Auction Masoor Auction

Available prices 3,000-3,500 n.a.

3,700-4,480 3,900-4,200

4,300-4,500

n.a.

Gram Super Best Bold

Gram Medium Best

2,100-2,600

n.a.

Wheat Mill quality Auction

Gram Super Best

3,100-3,600

3,600-4,400

n.a.

Previous close

2,600-2,800 1,590-1,736 6,500-7,000

n.a.

1,580-1,725 6,500-7,000

n.a.

6,000-6,200

Gram Dal Medium

n.a.

Gram Mill Quality

3,900-4,000

6,000-6,200 21

n.a 3,900-4,000

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Desi gram Raw

4,000-4,250

Gram Kabuli

4,000-4,250

12,400-13,000

Tuar Fataka Best-New

12,400-13,000

6,600-6,800

Tuar Fataka Medium-New

6,600-6,800

6,300-6,500

Tuar Dal Best Phod-New

6,300-6,500

5,800-6,000

Tuar Dal Medium phod-New Tuar Gavarani New

5,800-6,000

5,400-5,700

4,350-4,650

5,400-5,700

4,350-4,650

Tuar Karnataka

4,650-4,850

4,700-4,900

Masoor dal best

5,200-5,400

5,200-5,400

Masoor dal medium Masoor

4,700-5,000

n.a.

4,700-5,000

n.a.

Moong Mogar bold (New)

7,500-8,000

Moong Mogar Medium

6,500-7,000

Moong dal Chilka

5,900-6,600

7,500-8,000 6,500-7,000

5,800-6,600

Moong Mill quality

n.a.

n.a.

Moong Chamki best

7,500-8,000

7,500-8,000

Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 8,000-9,000

8,000-9,000

Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG)

5,800-7,000

Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) Batri dal (100 INR/KG) Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) Watana Dal (100 INR/KG)

5,000-6,400

5,000-5,300

5,000-6,400

5,000-5,300

2,500-2,600

2,500-2,600

3,200-3,350

Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG)

5,800-7,000

3,200-3,350

3,400-3,800

1,900-2,000

3,400-3,800

1,900-2,000

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG)

1,750-1,850

1,750-1,850

2,150-2,350

Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG)

2,150-2,350

2,150-2,400

2,150-2,400

Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,100 Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG)

n.a.

n.a.

MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,700 MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG)

Rice BPT new (100 INR/KG) Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG)

3,200-3,700

2,400-2,700

3,500-4,000

Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG)

2,500-2,700

Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG)

3,500-4,000 3,000-3,200 2,800-3,500 2,500-2,700

2,600-2,800

Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) Rice Swarna new (100 INR/KG)

2,400-2,700

3,000-3,200 2,800-3,500

Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG)

1,900-2,100

2,600-2,800

2,400-2,500

2,300-2,450

2,400-2,500 2,300-2,450

4,200-4,600

4,200-4,600

Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG)

3,600-4,000

3,600-4,000

Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG)

4,000-4,400

4,000-4,400

Rice Shriram best(100 INR/KG)

5,200-5,500

5,200-5,500

Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG)

4,700-5,000

4,700-5,000

Rice Shriram new (100 INR/KG) 4,800-5,200

4,800-5,200

Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 9,500-14,000 Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG)

5,000-7,500

Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG) 6,200-6,400 Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG)

9,500-13,500 5,000-7,500

6,200-6,400

5,600-5,900

5,600-5,900

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Rice Chinnor new (100 INR/KG)

5,800-6,000

5,800-6,000

Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG)

2,000-2,200

2,000-2,100

Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG)

1,800-2,000

1,700-2,000

WEATHER (NAGPUR) Maximum temp. 30.0 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 9.8 degree Celsius Rainfall : Nil FORECAST: Mainly clear sky. Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 30 and 10 degree Celsius respectively.

Note: n.a.--not available (For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, butincluded in market prices)

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Runaway Rice Prices Worry Indonesia’s Central Bank

By Karlis Salna and Tassia Sipahutar January 18, 2018, 2:00 AM GMT+5 Updated on January 18, 2018, 12:38 PM GMT+5 

Economists see no change in policy rate at Thursday meeting

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Officials have warned of ‘worrying surge’ in rice price Bloomberg’s Karlis Salna reports on Indonesia central bank policy.

Indonesia’s central bank has something else to fret about at its first meeting of the year: runaway rice prices.

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After an aggressive bout of easing that’s seen eight interest rate cuts over the past two years, Southeast Asia’s biggest economy is still struggling to fire. A recent pick up in

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter food inflation means there’s limited room for further easing, but at the same time, Governor Agus Martowardojo and his board are in no rush to follow global peers in raising rates on Thursday.

With the statistics office this week warning of a “worrying” surge in the price of rice - a staple food in almost every Indonesian meal -- lawmakers and Bank Indonesia have shifted focus to lowering food costs. The government last week said it would import 500,000 tons of rice to overcome a supply shortage.

“We were given a warning in the previous months that the rice price had started to increase,” Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said Monday. “The government has decided to make rice price stabilization one of its focuses in the coming months.”

All 24 economists surveyed by Bloomberg expect Bank Indonesia to keep the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.25 percent on Thursday.

Here are some key points to watch in the statement:

Price Pressures Consumer prices gained 3.6 percent in December from a year earlier, driven by higher food costs, after posting the slowest gain for 2017 in November. Rice prices rose 6.1 percent in the past two months, according to Bank Indonesia.Economists surveyed by Bloomberg predict inflation will average 3.8 percent this year. That’s still within the central bank’s narrower inflation target band for this year of 2.5 percent to 4.5 percent.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Cost Pressures Rice prices have risen 6.1 percent in the past two months Source: Bank Indonesia * Prices in rupiah per kilogram

The inflation backdrop is “turning less benign,” said Euben Paracuelles, a senior economist for Southeast Asia at Nomura Holdings Inc. in Singapore, who expects Bank Indonesia to be on hold through 2018. “With the domestic economy showing some signs of further improvement and external risks still elevated, we believe BI is unlikely to resume policy rate cuts,” he said.

Growing Confidence While consumer confidence hit a record high in December, Indonesians still aren’t spending. With buying by consumers and firms making up half of gross domestic product, lackluster sales continue to be a concern for the government and policy makers. Retail sales grew just 2.6 percent in December compared to a year earlier.

Bank Indonesia Assistant Governor Dody Budi Waluyo said consumption should recover this year at a “limited pace,” as the purchasing power of low and middleincome earners improved. “However, consumption is predicted to still be on hold among high-income people,” as they were spending more selectively, he told Bloomberg last week.

Josua Pardede, an economist at PT Bank Permata in Jakarta, said that more fiscal stimulus was needed in order to spur Indonesia’s economy.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter “Private consumption is still sluggish. While consumers are more confident, they’re still not spending,” he said. “We forecast Bank Indonesia to keep interest rates unchanged for the whole year.”

Fed Policy With the Federal Reserve having penciled in three rate hikes in 2018 following three last year, there could be pressure on emerging-market currencies such as the rupiah.

Bank Indonesia’s Martowardojo has continued to cite higher U.S. interest rates as a key risk for Indonesia.

Policy makers have already signaled they stand ready to act against potential volatility in the currency. The rupiah has strengthened 1.6 percent against the dollar this year after being one of Asia’s worst performers in 2017. It gained less than 0.1 percent to 13,356 against the dollar as of 2:25 p.m. in Jakarta on Thursday.

The central bank forecasts the economy expanded 5.05 percent in 2017, and that growth will pick up to between 5.1 percent and 5.5 percent this year. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-19/as-bitcoin-sinks-crypto-bros-party-hard-on-ablockchain-cruise

Basmati export to Iran likely by next week

By Prashant Krar, ET Bureau|

Jan 18, 2018, 02.23 PM IST India exports about 4 million tonnes of basmati rice every year to more than 100 countries, of which Saudi Arabia, Iran, the UAE, Kuwait, the US and the UK are the main buyers.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter CHANDIGARH: Basmati rice prices are seen rising in the international market with Iran likely to begin import of the cereal soon. Rice exporters, who are already getting 20% higher price for basmati compared with last year, said Iran could start import as early as next week. "The announcement by Iran is expected soon as the trade was opened by this time last year," said Vijay Setia, president of All-India Rice Exporters Association (AIREA). "The delay is due to the extended domestic rice season in Iran." India exports about 4 million tonnes of basmati rice every year to more than 100 countries, of which Saudi Arabia, Iran, the UAE, Kuwait, the US and the UK are the main buyers.

The revival in price of basmati in the international market follows a lean cropping season in India. Farmers had shrunk the area under basmati due to a fall in the domestic price of the commodity.

Usually, demand and price of basmati increase around this time of the year, when Iran starts imports of the commodity after the close of its domestic rice season. Last year, Iran had announced import of basmati in the second week of January. This time the announcement is coming at a time when international basmati prices are already strong.

"We are expecting a formal announcement by Iran on 22 January on permission for import of basmati," AIREA executive director Rajen Sudershan told ET, adding that in the international market, basmati is available for $900-1,150 a tonne-- 15-20% higher than a year ago.

This year, basmati prices are firm mainly due to lower harvest in India and higher cost of raw paddy in states like Punjab and Haryana. Sethia said basmati output this season is lower by 10%.

According to exporters, the spike in basmati price is also in part due to the increase in price of crude oil, which has strengthened the economies in the Gulf region.

Ashok Sethi, former president of Punjab Rice Millers and Exporters Association, said international basmati prices are being indirectly buttressed by increase in crude oil prices.

Basmati prices were subdued in the previous two years.

A lower harvest may not affect the volumes in the export market, said AK Gupta, director of Basmati Export Development Foundation (BEDF), an arm of Agricultural & Processed Foods

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Export Development Authority (APEDA). "Basmati exports could witness slight rise this year due to steady global demand and higher carryover stock from the previous season," Gupta said. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/basmati-export-to-iran-likely-by-nextweek/articleshow/62553332.cms

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AgriLife rice research plans for planthopper contingency Dr. Maribel Cruz (Rice Breeder and Entomologist) at CIAT by her hoja blanca screening test Rice plant bug caused damage to Texas rice in 2015 and then disappeared.

Ron Smith 1 | Jan 18, 2018 Mo Way is working on a contingency plan for a problem he hopes he never has to deal with.

The rice planthopper appeared in high populations in Texas rice fields in 2015. “It was a widespread problem,” says Way, professor of entomology, Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Beaumont, Texas.Speaking at the recent Conservation Systems Cotton and Rice Conference in Memphis, Tenn., Way surmised that a storm could have blown the pest in from Mexico. “We had quite an infestation,” he says.

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Damage was extensive in many fields across the south Texas rice production area. “All counties west of Houston were infested, regardless of variety planted. Some patches in the field were completely destroyed,” he says. He showed PowerPoint photos of fields with large spots of dead rice plants. “But whole fields were affected to some extent, not just those dead spots.”

The insects also secrete honey dew, on which sooty mold fungus develops.The rice planthopper also transmits a virus, hoja blanca (white leaf disease), to the rice plant. Way says symptoms resemble chinch bug damage, stippling and speckling, and yellowed plants showed up across many infested fields. “The virus is transmitted to the eggs and to the next generation.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter IRRI “The pest was quite a problem in 2015,” he says. “But we have not seen it since, not one specimen.

We surveyed across the rice belt the last two years and the pest has not been found since 2015. It’s hard to understand why it just disappeared. I hope we do not see it again, but in anticipation of another invasion, we are being pro-active with research.”

Way traveled to the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), in Colombia, South America, to learn more about the rice planthopper and the virus it transmits. “They are seeing more problems form the pest and hoja blanca in Central and South America,” Way says. “It is native to that area. Researchers are looking at tolerant varieties, which seem to be detrimental to the insect.”

He says some varieties appear to be tolerant of both the insect and the virus. “The International Center for Tropical Agriculture’s best practice recommendation is tolerant varieties,” Way adds.

He says a research pathologist and a research entomologist are working together to develop management strategies.

“We plan on sending seed to CIAT to screen for resistance.”

Way urges producers and consultants to be on the lookout for the pest next season.

Cliff Mock, a rice farmer and crop consultant from Alvin, Texas, talked briefly about another pest that could cause problems for rice farmers. “The channel apple snail may be turning into a problem,” Mock says. The snail, described as about the size of a tennis ball, does no apparent damage to rice plants, “but they break through our levees,” Mock says.

“They have caused problems in Asia and South America,” says Way. The snail is an introduced species.

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Community deaths January 18 at 6:26 PM

Obituaries of residents from the District, Maryland and Northern Virginia.

A. James ‘Al’ Golato, IRS official, school board chairman A. James “Al” Golato, 94, a retired agent of the Internal Revenue Service who also served on the Bowie (Md.) City Council and chaired the Prince George’s County Board of Education for 13 years, died Nov. 10 at his home in Bowie. The cause was throat cancer, said a daughter, Denise Moroney.

Mr. Golato was born in Philadelphia. He began his IRS career after World War II, settled in Bowie in 1962 and retired in 1982, having specialized in uncovering fraud and racketeering. He twice received an award for exceptional service. He was among the earliest residents of the city of Bowie and helped write the city charter.

Isaac Hunt Jr., SEC commissioner Isaac Hunt Jr., 80, a commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from 1996 to 2002, died Oct. 29 at his home in Washington. The cause was complications from atrial fibrillation, said a son, Isaac Hunt III. Mr. Hunt, a native of Danville, Va., was an SEC staff lawyer from 1962 to 1967 and later a lawyer for the Army Department during the Carter and Reagan administrations. From 1983 to 1987, he was dean at the now-defunct Antioch School of Law, which focused on publicadvocacy law, in Washington. He then was dean of the University of Akron’s law school until becoming an SEC commissioner. He was formerly board chairman of Sasha Bruce Youthwork, an organization that offers shelter and counseling to homeless and troubled youths.

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Walter Jackson Jr., cook, barber Walter Jackson Jr., 86, a former State Department cook who retired in the 1980s, died Dec. 2 at a hospital in Baltimore. The cause was cancer, said a son, Walter A. Jackson.

Mr. Jackson was a native Washingtonian and lived in the District until 2013, when he moved to Baltimore to live with his son. He was a barber in the District early in his career.

Jean Newman, editor

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Jean Newman, 97, who retired in 1981 as associate editor of Federation Proceedings, a publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, died Nov. 8 at an assisted living center in Gaithersburg, Md. The cause was Alzheimer’s disease, said a daughter, Andrea Newman.

Dr. Newman was born Jean Clawson in Collegeville, Pa. She moved to Bethesda, Md., in 1959 and to Gaithersburg in 1999. She spent a decade at Federation Proceedings. She served on the vestry and altar guild at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Bethesda.

Elaine Roehrs, school bus driver Elaine Roehrs, 82, a Fairfax County, Va., school bus driver from the 1970s to the 1990s, died Nov. 11 at a care center in Charlottesville. The cause was dementia, said a daughter, Julie Preston.

Mrs. Roehrs was born Elaine Haney in St. Paul, Minn., and moved to the Washington area in 1963. She lived for many years in Lorton, Va., and was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Alexandria, Va. Susan Jones, psychotherapist Susan Jones, 73, a Washington psychotherapist in private practice for 40 years, died Oct. 29 at a hospice center in the District. The cause was endometrial cancer, said her husband, David Jones.

Dr. Jones, who lived in Chevy Chase, Md., was born Susan Lehrer in Brooklyn. She moved to the Washington area in 1977 and opened a practice in psychotherapy, which she continued until 2017. She treated individuals and ran groups treating anxiety and depression.

Clarence Gray, USAID officer

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Clarence Gray, 100, a U.S. Agency for International Development foreign service officer from 1958 to 1970 who, in retirement, was the president of an international agricultural consulting firm, died Nov. 5 at an assisted living center in Aldie, Va. The cause was complications from a urinary tract infection, said his wife, Shirley Gray.

Dr. Gray was born in Ridge Spring, S.C., and moved to Fairfax City, Va., in 1983. He taught agronomy at Virginia State University before joining USAID, where his assignments took him to India, Nepal and Jordan. He worked for the Rockefeller Foundation as its representative to the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines until 1983. He was a founding member of the Royal Nepal Golf Club.

Shirley Harley, day-care teacher Shirley Harley, 70, who worked as a Prince George’s County, Md., day-care teacher in recent years, died Sept. 15 at a hospital in Cheverly, Md. The cause was a bilateral pulmonary embolism, said her husband, Gary Harley.

Mrs. Harley was born Shirley Moore in Upper Marlboro, Md., and moved to Landover Hills, Md., in 1984. She was a member of a Red Hat Society chapter.

Elisabeth ‘Lisa’ Kimball, consulting company founder Elisabeth “Lisa” Kimball, 69, who helped found two Washington-based management consulting firms, died Nov. 3 at a Washington hospital. The cause was amyloidosis, said her husband, John Cooney.

Ms. Kimball was born in New Britain, Conn., and settled in Washington in 1976. She worked for the Office of Personnel Management from 1978 to 1981 and helped develop the federal government’s Senior Executive Service. In 1983, she helped found Meta-Systems Design Group, where she was a partner for 16 years. In 2000, she founded GroupJazz.com, where she held the

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Alphonse Elser, electrical engineer Alphonse Elser, 90, a civilian electrical engineer at Fort Belvoir for 30 years, died Nov. 9 at an assisted living center in Vienna, Va. The cause was congestive heart failure, said a granddaughter, Shannon Eriksson.

Mr. Elser was born in Queens and moved to the Washington area in 1967. He retired from Fort Belvoir in the late 1990s. He lived in Vienna for many years and volunteered with youth soccer leagues.

Paul Kozemchak, intelligence adviser Paul Kozemchak, 69, a consultant and adviser to the director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on issues relating to the intelligence community, died Nov. 10 at a hospital in Falls Church, Va. He died of injuries suffered in a Nov. 3 auto accident, said a daughter, Kyra Fussell. Arlington Police said he was a pedestrian crossing Wilson Boulevard at North Randolph Street when he was struck by a vehicle making a turn.

Mr. Kozemchak was born in Allentown, Pa., and moved to the Washington area in 1974. He had been an adviser to the director of DARPA since 1990. Earlier he had been a consultant to

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James Boatner, Army major general James Boatner, 87, a retired Army major general who served in combat in the Korean and Vietnam wars and retired as deputy chief of staff for personnel in the Army Materiel Command, died Oct. 7 at a retirement facility at Fort Belvoir, Va. The cause was cancer, said a son, Michael Boatner.

Gen. Boatner was born in Tianjin, China, where his father was posted as an Army officer. He retired from the Army in 1986 after a 35-year career. He later served for 14 years as president and then chairman of the Robinson Terminal Warehouse in Alexandria, Va., a subsidiary and newsprint warehousing facility of The Washington Post. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; From staff reports

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Advanta Seeds, a global agriculture company specializing in seeds and agricultural solutions, has opened a new state-of-the-art biotechnology facility in College Station, Texas. The new

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“We are pleased to form this partnership and look forward to discovering new crop technologies to meet the challenges of an ever-expanding global population,” said Dr. Craig Nessler, Texas A&M AgriLife Research director.

The center will accelerate Advanta Seeds research and development (R&D) capabilities for the company’s key crops: sorghum, corn, vegetables sunflower, canola and rice.

“The completion of this new biotechnology center is part of our corporate commitment to farmers and food security,” Advanta Seeds chief executive officer Bhupen Dubey said. "The UPL Group that Advanta Seeds is a part of invests heavily into the agriculture future. It all started with finding the best research partner compatible with our R&D projects and technology, which led us to Texas A&M AgriLife Research. We have considered 10 candidates from countries where our business operates, but Texas A&M AgriLife Research proved to be the best choice, with clear and business-friendly policies, which is crucial for making available new technologies to farmers quickly. Additionally, the state of Texas has very clear regulations and policies regarding seed import, which is very important for conducting international research."

The Advanta CS Biotechnology Center will support Advanta Seeds local and international research programs. Furthermore, College Station is an important location for grain and forage sorghum -- a key crop for Advanta Seeds.

Advanta Seeds is a sustainable agriculture company providing innovative solutions and seeds technology to farmers around the world. With a global footprint in more than 60 countries, Advanta Seeds has a leadership position in tropical and subtropical corn, grain and forage sorghum, sunflower, canola, rice and vegetables. Advanta Seeds is a part of the UPL Group.

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