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7th November, 2014

Today’s News Headlines…  FPCCI advises rice exporters to seek zero-rated tax status  Addressing problems: FPCCI advises rice exporters to prepare proposal  Rice millers, growers express concern on low paddy price  China reveals “magic” land treatment success.  Indonesia's new president targets food selfsustainability  Surprise Rice Price Fall on Harvest News  Agri experts raise alarm as Basmati rice prices crash in MP  MoU signed on rice, ecosystem  MMTC, STC float tenders for import of 40k tonne rice.  Arkansas Farm Bureau Daily Commodity Report  History: More than a crop, rice was an industry  Keeping Arsenic Out Of Rice  AFRICA INVESTMENT-Africa's richest man targets Nigeria's rice deficit  A Recipe for Curried Rice With Smoked Haddock and Eggs  Time for another Green Revolution  USA Rice Leadership Class Alumnus Visit China  AARQ Association for the Administration of Rice Quotas, Inc Contact & Visit www.ricepluss.com mujahid.riceplus@gmail.com 7th Floor,Suite 11 Central Plaza New Garden Town Lahore-54600 Landline :92 3584 5551 For Advertisement Specs & Rates: mujahid.riceplus@gmail.com 3692874 Contact us for Advertisement & Specs: Contact: mujahid.riceplus@gmail.com +92 92 321321 369 2847

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FPCCI advises rice exporters to seek zero-rated tax status our correspondent Friday, November 07, 2014 From Print Edition KARACHI: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Thursday advised the rice exporters to prepare proposals for the government to clinch zero-rated tax status.

President FPCCI Zakaria Usman, in a meeting with a delegation of Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (Reap), discussed various problems, which are causing high cost to rice exports, eroding the competitive edge in the global market. Usman suggested the exporters to submit proposals for the government to include rice in the list of sectors operating under zero-rated sales tax regime, such as textile, leather, surgical goods, exportable goods and carpet industries.

He further advised the delegation to prepare proposals to seek export development fund (EDF) for the installation of a dedicated line from K-Electric feeder to their cluster area to ensure smooth supply of power. Reap members, led by its Chairman Rafique Suleman, were asked to get land from its own resources and then apply for EDF for the construction of building and procurement of equipment and machinery for the development of rice research institutes.Exporters highlighted issues, such as non-availability of containers especially for rice, ever-increasing container terminal

charges, inordinate delay in refund claims on sale tax paid by the rice exporters on their electricity bills, transfer of fuel adjustment charges to the industry, etc.The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry chief deplored the poor services of container terminal operators (CTOs) during the examination of goods by anti narcotic force at ports. He told the delegation that a meeting with government officials and other stakeholders had decided CTOs would either hire skilled manpower to improve services or take assistance of a third party with professional expertise in repacking of goods and re-stuffing containers.

The Reap members also pointed out problems related to export proceeds and charges of different freight rates at variable rupee-dollar parity rates by shipping companies.They blamed non-monitoring of foreign exchange policy by the State Bank of Pakistan for this disparity.Usman urged the shipping companies to reduce the charges for rice as it is a low value and high volume item as compared to other valueadded goods like textile etc. He said that he would take up the foreign exchange issue with the SBP‘s governor.Khurram Sayeed and Ismail Suttar, vice presidents of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Saquib Fayyaz Magoon, chairman of FPCCI Standing Committee on Customs and others were also present.

Addressing problems: FPCCI advises rice exporters to prepare proposal

By Our Correspondent Published: November 7, 2014

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Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter by Riceplus Magazine The proposal will discuss problems related to export proceeds and charging of different freight rates at different rupee-dollar parity by shipping companies. STOCK IMAGE KARACHI: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) President Zakaria Usman has advised Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) to prepare a comprehensive proposal to prepare its case to present to the government.

The will

proposal discuss problems related to export proceeds and charging of different freight rates at different rupee-dollar parity by shipping companies due to non-monitoring of Foreign Exchange Policy by the central bank.He discussed the issue while talking to a REAP delegation that met him on Thursday and discussed different issues of the rice industry.

For the document, Usman asked REAP to include rice as a traditional item in zero-rated sales tax regime like textile, leather, surgical goods, sports goods and carpet industrial subsectors.He asked the association members to prepare the proposal ahead of State Bank of Pakistan governor‘s scheduled visit to FPCCI shortly.He also urged the shipping companies to reduce container charges for rice as it is a low-value and high volume item compared to other value-added goods like textile.Usman, responding to the poor services extended by the container terminal operators (CTOs) during examination of goods by Anti Narcotic Force (ANF) at ports, informed that the FPCCI had recently organised two joint meetings of all the stakeholders involved in these processes at ports.During the meeting, traders, regional directorate of ANF; port operating companies (KICT, PICT and QICT),

KPT; PQA, SBP mutually decided that CTOs would either hire sufficient trained and skilled manpower for the improvement in their services or outsource it to a third party with professional expertise in re-packing of goods and re-stuffing in containers, he said.The FPCCI president also asked the delegation to prepare its proposal seeking financial assistance from the Export Development Fund (EDF) for the development of a steady line from K-Electric feeders to their cluster area to ensure smooth supply of power.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 7th, 2014.

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Rice millers, growers express concern on low paddy price Staff Report November 07, 2014

ISLAMABAD: Rice millers asked Ministry for Food Security and Research ((MFS&R) to intervene in the market to stabilise low price of paddy.A delegation of rice growers, office bearers of Kissan Board and Rice Millers‘ Association of Pakistan meeting with federal food minister said export of rice to Iran also decreased due to lot of reasons like international sanctions, registration of exported firms and political reasons.

Federal minister assured team leader Jaffar Iqbal member National Assembly and others government was sensitised on this issue. In this regard a record note would be forwarded to Prime Minister‘s Office for fixation of paddy rice price for 2014-15 crop and its procurement by Pakistan Agriculture Storage and Services Corporation (PASSCO). The matter would also be taken up in Economic

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Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter by Riceplus Magazine Coordination Committee of the Cabinet meeting next week

China reveals “magic” land treatment success.

By Dave Armstrong - 06 Nov 2014 19:25:0 GMT

The rice harvest is being gathered. In Hebie province, would you eat the rice if it has not been thoroughly tested? Many international companies and Chinese enterprises are involved but how long has the complex bacterial action been allowed to work with so much land unavailable for agriculture? Harvest image; Credit: © Shutterstock

Hebie is a Chinese province that is being

progressive. They call it bioremediation, but essentially, the new idea is to treat soil that is affected by waste with degrading bacteria such as Dehalococcoides and other microorganisms. Many other Chinese provinces are also involved as the revitalised paddy fields have proved able to produce crops. Only 85% of contaminants and salt are removed, but this seems sufficient, for plants at least.

The worst pollution at the moment in China is caused by heavy metals: cadmium, mercury and copper, associated also with arsenic, contaminating 50 million hectares.

The microbes are able to fix these poisons so that they are not available to plants, and reside in the soil just like the miniscule amounts in rock. With many farms closed down for this treatment, there must be worries that the treatment will work in the

long-term, after flooding or if other bacteria reverse the process. However, the companies involved are in most cases capable of this bioengineering.

Earth Times is having a close look at the secretive technology. The closest we have is the rock-breathing bacterium, that can be used for this kind of function, although it is better known for oil spill clean-ups. It is related to iron bacteria, sulphur bacteria, nitrogen bacteria and other chemosynthesisers.

Farm production will rise by between 15 and 80% if the crops can be safely eaten. Even more land from oil-spill pollution could also be recovered in a similar way. Even there, though, there have been concerns that enough time needs to pass before bioremediation effectively removes enough toxins from the environment. New Zealand vets have reservations about food safety there, following oil contamination.

With 12 million tonnes of rice and other staples polluted each year, the highly toxic heavy metals pouring into the Yangzi and other rivers also have to be stopped, of course.

The Chinese vice minister of land and resources, Wang Shiyuan, said that 3.3 million hectares of arable land is contaminated land, in grain-producing areas.

We just hope he‘s willing to eat all his rice from there, when it is declared safe for human consumption.

Indonesia's new president targets food self-sustainability

By REUTERS PUBLISHED: 07:06 GMT, 7 November 2014 | UPDATED: 07:06 GMT, 7 November 2014

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Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter by Riceplus Magazine JAKARTA, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Indonesia's new president Joko Widodo said on Friday that he wanted the Southeast Asian nation to be selfsufficient in various food staples within five years.With a rising population of more than 240 million, Indonesia's food imports fluctuate each

year as eating habits change or to offset potential food inflation risks.Indonesia will aim for self-sustainability in beef within one year, while targeting three years for rice, soybeans and corn, and four or five years for sugar, Widodo said at a business conference.

He did not give details on how that would be achieved.

Widodo, who took office on Oct. 20, had previously said he wanted the country to be self-sufficient in sugar, rice and corn within four years.Widodo's predecessor, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, introduced numerous self-sufficiency targets in 2009 after food prices soared.But most have not been met, partly due to a lack of coordination by government ministries, red tape and corruption scandals over import quotas that caused shortages for food such as beef.

To help the agriculture sector, which accounts for about 15 percent of GDP in Southeast Asia's largest economy, Widodo said that the construction of 11 new reservoirs would begin next year, with the aim of building 25-30 within five years.

(Reporting by Adriana Nina Kusuma; Writing by Michael Taylor; Editing by Joseph Radford)

Surprise Rice Price Fall on Harvest News Lee Sang Yong | 2014-11-07 16:28

Market rice prices have been dropping dramatically in recent days, the Daily NK has learned. Given reports of an unfavorable harvest due an absence of fertilizer and drought conditions early in the season, the news has come as a surprise to many residents. In turn, this has led to customary bouts of speculation and rumor. ―The price of rice has plunged to 4,500 KPW [0.54 USD] per kg in the markets,‖ a source in Pyongyang told the Daily NK on Thursday. ―The harvest is underway and freshly harvested rice is pushing down prices."―This year, not only collective farms but also individuals planted a lot of rice,‖ he elaborated. ―It seems like the rice from these private plots is now in the marketplace.‖ As of mid-October, a kilo of rice was fetching 6,800 KPW [0.82 USD] in public markets, according to research conducted by the Daily NK in locations across North Korea.

Later in the month it fell to 5,000 KPW [0.60 USD], and has now reached the 4,500 KPW [0.54 USD] mark. ―Rice is going for roughly 4,800 KPW [1.80 USD], and the price here continues to fall,‖ a source based in the isolated border city of Hyesan said. ―People have been saying the harvest this year has not been that good, but there‘s definitely a lot of rice in the markets now.‖ The going rate for corn has also fallen in Hyesan, the source explained, dipping to 1,700 KPW [0.20 USD] in early September. The price of corn

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Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter by Riceplus Magazine usually tracks that of rice.Meanwhile, in Pyongyang residents eager to determine the cause of the sudden drop have been speculating "that rice from Russia has been brought in," the source revealed. There have even been hard numbers floated in reference to the rumor. To wit, ―The state requested 5,000 tons because of the bad harvest.‖

There is also the likelihood that vendors with rice in stock may decide not to bring out their supplies if the price stays low, hoping to stick it out and reap higher profits later. According to the source, ―If this were to continue, the prices would continue to climb, potentially making things difficult for residents."

The source in Hyesan explained that, as

Rice prices in the North tend to be affected

usual, ―grain units‖ have been officially

by fluctuations in exchange rates, but more

dispatched to oversee the distribution of the harvested rice, but that bribes are sufficient to keep them from regulating rice sold in markets.The term "grain unit" refers to 2030 members of the Worker and Peasant Red Guards, one of North Korea's large reserve military forces consisting of men between the ages of 17 and 60 and some unmarried

recently they have moved seemingly without regard for currency prices. Currently in Yangkang Province, 1 RMB [0.16 USD] trades for 1,350 KPW, a 50 KPW increase from September, yet the price of rice has actually fallen.*All conversion rates, based on market trend information from inside North Korea compiled by Daily NK, are

women, who set up checkpoints along main transportation routes in order to govern the movement of rice and corn harvested on collective farms and individual farm plots.

However, this type of monitoring has long been an ineffective formality due to the prevalence of corruption.

current as of November 6th, 2014 and available here.

Agri experts raise alarm as Basmati rice prices crash in MP Rahul Noronha, Hindustan Times Bhopal, November 06, 2014

Despite the brief spike surmised to stem from these factors, the fall in rice prices is not expected to last long. ―There may be a lot of rice in the markets, but the harvest was bad so the supply will gradually decrease,‖ the source predicted. ―Unless the state actively engages with the issue, prices will gradually climb back up to last month‘s level.‖

First Published: 14:09 IST(6/11/2014) | Last Updated: 17:43 IST(6/11/2014)

A crash in Basmati rice prices has left Madhya Pradesh farmers worried as the downtrend is reportedly linked to some monopoly export firms, say market experts.

Last year the prices of Basmati paddy peaked to Rs. 4,000 per quintal and this year they crashed to Rs. 2200 per quintal, according to sources.

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Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter by Riceplus Magazine Experts say many farmers had taken to Basmati growing, leaving soybean as the main crop in the Narmada belt. (HT file photo) But, this puts Basmati growers at the receiving end as the price drop leaves them little to cheer about with the input cost had already been high in terms of costly fertilizers, seeds and diesel, according to market sources. Former agriculture director GS Kaushal sees in it as a studied gameplan of a few buying firms."They have deliberately kept the prices down," he says and corroborates it with his on-field findings which suggest there had not been any surplus production situation in the market as the production had been moderate due to lack of rain.

The low-production situation should have pushed prices up instead, he suggests, hinting at the deeper game. Market sources partly corroborate Kaushal's take and say it is likely as low purchase prices make Indian Basmati sell like hot cakes in the international market, fetching fat profits to the exporting firms.Daawat foods director Rajinder Wadhawan, however, rejects the monopoly angle and says, "The prices of basmati depend purely on international market. If one studies the price trends in the last 30 years, prices crash every five or six years.

This seems like one of those years."Daawat foods is one of the major buyers and exports of basmati rice in the state. According to sources, many farmers had taken to Basmati growing, leaving soybean as the main crop in the Narmada belt, mainly Raisen, Hoshangabad, Sehore and Harda districts after it offered good profit proposition.This is reflected by the fact that the area under Basmati cultivation in the state increased from 1.8 million hectares in 2013 to 2.1 million hectares in 2014, according to the official figures. However, the drop in the prices have left Basmati growers in the noman's land, sources told Hindustan Times.

MoU signed on rice, ecosystem The Nation November 8, 2014 1:00 am Better Rice Initiative Asia (BRIA) recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Rice Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives on "Promoting Sustainable Production of Rice and Ecosystem Resilience in Thailand" (PROSPECT).The MoU constitutes a framework of cooperation and understanding and facilitates collaboration between the two parties to implement the BRIA Thailand project.

The areas of collaboration include enhancement of rice-based farming systems and rice technologies in identified areas; documentation of best agricultural practices to accelerate transfer of crop-management technologies; and promotion of decisionsupport tools through education programmes, training of trainers, and tailormade extension materials to suit local needs.

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Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter by Riceplus Magazine Also included are improvement of the capacity of extension workers, community rice centres and farmer leaders; promotion of linkages along the rice value chain, market transparency and market guarantees; strengthening of networks of multistakeholder partnerships; and monitoring of collaborative training and extension activities and assessment of adoption farmer by farmers and their impacts. Chanpithya Shimphalee, director-general of the department, signed the MoU with Matthias Bickel, project director, representing the German International Cooperation

MMTC, STC float tenders for import of 40k tonne rice New Delhi, Nov 6 (PTI) State-run MMTC and STC have floated global tenders for import of 40,000 tonnes of rice for delivery in Mizoram and Manipur to meet PDS demand.

Despite adequate domestic stock, the government has asked the two PSUs to import rice for the Public Distribution System in view of transportation problems being faced since last month due to widening of railroad on the LumdingSilchar-Agartala section.

Arkansas Farm Bureau Daily Commodity Report A comprehensive daily commodity market report for Arkansas agricultural commodities with cash markets, futures and insightful analysis and commentary from Arkansas Farm Bureau commodity analysts.

Noteworthy benchmark price levels of interest to farmers and ranchers, as well as long-term commodity market trends which

are developing. Daily fundamental market influences and technical factors are noted and discussed.

Soybeans High

Low

Cash Bids 1060

981

New Crop 1072

1003

Riceland Foods

Cash Bids New Crop

Stuttgart: 1033 Stuttgart: 992

Pendleton: 1033 Pendleton: 997

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High 1044.00

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50 1008.

25 996.5 0 1005.

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1039.5 0 1038.5 0 1019.5 0 1006.7 5 1012.5 0

+6.50

1040.50 1044.50

1049.25 1029.50 1017.00 1020.25

+8.75 +8.00

+5.25 +3.25 +2.75 +2.75

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Arkansas Daily Grain Report FOB Memphis Elevator Crops

Soybean Comment

583.50 -3.50 577.50 -4.00

Arkansas Daily Grain Report

Soybeans saw renewed strength as prices found support in another strong export sales report and continued good meal demand.

With the strong demand situation for U.S. soybeans this is helping support prices at a time when supplies are forecast to grow by more than 300 million bushels. This market needs the demand news to continue to come in order to keep prices high; however at some point the reality of a +400 million bushel carryover will set in on this market and push prices lower.

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Wheat Comment Wheat prices fell sharply today as it had a disappointing export report today. Today's slow exports again has traders worried that the U.S. will not be able to meet this years export forecast. With the already weak exports forecast, it would be very bearish for prices if the U.S. failed to meet forecast.

Grain Sorghum Wheat Cash Bids New Crop

High Low 440 Cash Bids 480 496 New Crop 541

Low 350 403

Arkansas Daily Grain Report

Futures:

Dec '14 Mar '15 May '15 Jul '15 Sep '15 Dec '15 Mar

High 411 433

High 528.00

Low Last Change 520.00 520.25 -4.50

539.00

531.25 532.00 -4.25

545.75

538.25 539.50 -3.50

552.25

544.75 546.00 -4.00

561.25

555.75 555.50 -4.25

574.50

567.75 569.00 -3.75

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Corn Cash Bids New Crop

High 380 401

Low 320 360

579.00 -3.75

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Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter by Riceplus Magazine Futures: Dec '14 Mar '15 May '15 Jul '15 Sep '15 Dec '15 Mar '16 May '16 Jul '16

High Low Last Change 374.50 366.50 371.25 +1.00 387.00 379.50 384.00 +1.00

High Low Last Change Dec '14 63.35 62.52 63.19 0.48 Mar '15 62.35 61.7 62.28 0.41

395.75 388.25 392.75 +1.00 402.75 409.00 418.75 427.50

395.25 402.00 411.25 420.25

399.75 406.50 416.50 425.25

+1.25 +1.75 +2.50 +2.50

433.75 429.25 431.75 +2.75 438.00 431.75 436.50 +2.75

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Memphis, TN Cotton and Tobacco Programs

Cotton Comment Cotton futures ended the day with small gains.

Technically, December is still consolidating between support near 62 cents and resistance at 66 cents. March continues to consolidate in a narrow range above support at 61.20 cents. Harvest pressure will limit the upside as farmers are in full swing picking the crop.

Rice

Corn Comment Corn prices managed to put in marginal gains today thanks to strength in soybeans.

Corn prices were pressured most of the day by a disappointing export sales report. Sales need to strengthen as increased competition is limiting new crop corn sales. With South American prices now more than a dime lower than U.S. And cheaper (lower quality) Ukrainian corn entering the market. If the U.S. exports do not pick up we could see the USDA lower its export forecast, and thus increase carryover in coming reports (likely December or January). This would be bearish for prices and could push 2015 prices back below $4.

Long Grain Cash Bids Long Grain New Crop

High -----

Low 1146/cwt 1136/cwt

Futures: High Low Last Change Nov 1216.0 1188.0 1184.0 -31.5 '14 Jan 1242.5 1205.0 1209.0 -32.5 '15 Mar 1269.0 1235.0 1236.0 -32.5 '15 1262.0 -32.0 May '15 1280.0 -32.0 Jul '15 1216.5 -32.0 Sep '15 1206.5 -32.0 Nov '15

Cotton Futures:

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Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter by Riceplus Magazine Rice Comment Rice futures were under renewed pressure today.

Ample domestic supplies and weak demand continue to pressure the market. Thailand still has a huge stockpile of rice that has recently been revealed to be of diminished quality, which means the government is under pressure to unload it in a hurry.

Cattle Futures: Live Cattle: High

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166.45 0 167.30 0 166.27 5 156.60 0 154.02 5

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165.55 0 166.55 0 165.90 0 156.35 0 153.90 0

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154.65 0 154.90 0 154.27 5

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Feeders: High

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Cattle Comment Cattle prices saw modest gains on some short covering by traders. The market continues to hold support near 165, and while grain prices have increased in recent weeks, prices appear to be having difficulty maintaining gains and the outlook is for lower prices longer term. With continued strong fundamentals look for prices to strengthen and in new highs in the coming weeks

Hogs -Futures:

+0.050

+0.775 +0.900 +0.750

High Low Last Change Dec '14 88.150 87.125 88.125 +1.000 Feb '15 87.450 86.625 87.400 +0.650 88.875 88.075 88.875 +0.775 Apr '15 90.500 90.400 90.475 +0.475 May '15 Jun '15 93.950 93.350 93.925 +0.575 Jul '15 92.800 92.150 92.800 +0.250 90.500 90.000 90.500 +0.300 Aug '15 Oct '15 78.000 76.700 77.425 -0.775 Dec '15 74.250 73.275 73.300 -0.200

+0.700

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Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter by Riceplus Magazine Hog Comment

History: More than a crop, rice was an industry

By Jason Lesley Coastal Observer Evolution of the South Carolina Lowcountry‘s rice culture can be followed in the abandoned canals and tall chimneys on former plantation land.

Pieces of machinery have been left to rust for more than a century after production of rice migrated to the Southwest where it could be grown more efficiently.

Dr. Richard Porcher Jr., a botany professor who has written about South Carolina wildflowers and Sea Island cotton, and artist Billy Judd spent a decade trying to separate myth from fact about Carolina Gold, the rice that made hundreds of plantation owners wealthy.

Porcher and Judd have just finished a book, ―The Market Preparation of Carolina Rice,‖ that traces the production of rice from its beginnings in Goose Creek slave gardens to a cash crop that led to the clearing of 150,000 acres of tidal land for its production. The authors made a presentation to a group at Hobcaw Barony‘s Kimbel Lodge last week.

Porcher is professor emeritus at The Citadel and adjunct professor of biological sciences at Clemson University, where he established the Wade T. Batson Endowment in field botany. He is the author of ―Wildflowers

of the Carolina Lowcountry and Lower Pee Dee‖ and the coauthor of ―A Guide to the Wildflowers of South Carolina‖ and ―The Story of Sea Island Cotton.‖ Judd, a self-taught draftsman/artist, archaeologist and historian, is retired from the U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command in Hanahan.

Porcher said Judd was able to look at the pieces of abandoned machinery and draw an illustration depicting how it worked. ―To me,‖ Porcher said, ―it was a bunch of junk. I‘m a field botanist. Billy would sit down and take notes and come back a couple days later and say this is what I think it is. We were very fortunate that people who own these plantations allowed us to go out in the field and find these sites.

Artifacts helped us understand how the machinery was put together.‖ Porcher researched documents ranging from patents to slave journals for clues about rice production. His findings contradict some long-held assumptions about the Lowcountry rice culture from the trunk system that flooded and drained fields to water- and steam-powered machines that began replacing slave labor in threshing and milling rice before the Civil War. In 1670, Porcher said, a ship brought planters from Barbados to the port of Charleston. They settled near Goose Creek, and their slaves planted rice for their own use. The owners saw the crop‘s potential and created the plantation enterprise. From there it spread to form the Lowcountry ―rice kingdom.‖

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Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter by Riceplus Magazine Carolina Gold is the finest rice ever grown, Porcher said. It was introduced to the Winyah and Waccamaw regions by Hezekiah Maham, an American Revolutionary War officer who lived in Pineville. Joshua John Ward, owner of Brookgreen Plantation and more than a thousand slaves, married Maham‘s granddaughter, Joanna Douglas Hasell, and gained access to the Carolina Gold seeds. ―Where Maham got Carolina Gold rice,‖ Porcher said, ―nobody has any idea. At least we‘ve got a person and put a name on it.‖ The first rice trunks were of African origin, Porcher said. The swing gate trunks in Jasper County were not.

Porcher said they were used in the early 1700s in the English countryside. ―It may have come from England,‖ he said, ―but the rice trunk was modified and perfected here. ―They took 150,000 acres of tidal freshwater swamp and turned it into rice fields. This is the system that completely changed the ecology of Lowcountry South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and we have claimed it as our own.‖ Porcher said there are three stages of rice production: harvesting, threshing and milling. When the work was done by hand, slaves used flailing sticks to beat the rice grains off the stalks after they were cut and dried in the fields. Finally, they had to shake the stalks to get the last few grains. Once the outer husks were removed from the grain, the rice was tossed in the air by use of winnowing baskets to allow wind to blow away the chaff. Later winnowing barns were built, and rice was dropped

from a hole in the high structure‘s floor to allow the wind to separate the chaff as the seeds fell to the ground. The last winnowing barn in existence is at Mansfield Plantation near Georgetown, the author said. ―The plantation owners grew so much rice,‖ Porcher said, ―they had to move to mechanized threshing. Steam power turned a series of beaters that dislodged the rice seeds from the stalks. Porcher and Judd went to Chicora Wood Plantation to study a rice chimney to understand how mechanized threshing in the 1800s worked. They found a frame and some rakes in the threshing barn. ―We gradually figured out the use,‖ Porcher said. ―It‘s not in any literature.

A beater knocked the seed into a hopper, but some remained embedded in the straw. The rakes removed it.‖ Milling involved removing the hull from the rice grain and then the bran layer. ―That‘s where all the minerals and vitamins are,‖ Porcher said. ―White rice is pure starch. Why remove the bran layer? The hold of a ship was hot, and the bran would turn rancid during the long voyage to England. The whiter rice was, the higher price you got.‖ Before the introduction of machinery, slaves could spend an entire winter pounding rice to rub off the bran, Porcher said. Water- and steam-powered machines had a piston that drove a series of pestles to pound the rice. He said there were 100 steam-powered rice mills in the region and a dozen in the Santee Delta alone.

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Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter by Riceplus Magazine The loss of slave labor and the destruction of infrastructure due to the Civil War, a series of hurricanes, competition from rice grown in the American Southwest starting in 1880 and financial restraints during Reconstruction led to the end of the South Carolina rice culture. Impoverished and unable to adapt to new technologies and market demands, rice planters left the enterprise to others. The last commercial rice crop of the era was harvested in 1911.

Keeping Arsenic Out Of Rice

By Science and Development Network |Featured Research November 7, 2014

The discovery of the protein OsABCC1 could help in the development of arsenicresistant crops.

AsianScientist (Nov. 7, 2014) – By Mike Ives – Researchers have discovered a natural mechanism in rice plants that restricts the transfer of arsenic in soils to the rice grain by sequestering it in pocket-like cell membranes called vacuoles, opening scientific potentials for rice-producing nations across the developing world.

The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found

that a transporter protein called OsABCC1 lives in the roots, leaves and other organs of a rice plant. Removing it caused the amount of arsenic in the grains of a rice plant to rise more than fivefold.

The study marks the first time any transporter has been identified in the process of vacuolar sequestration of arsenic toxin in rice plants.―It‘s quite a neat piece of work,‖ Steve McGrath, an arsenic expert at Rothamsted Research in Britain, tells SciDev.Net about the research study.―It‘s a first step and one particular strategy to decrease arsenic in grain,‖ he notes. ―There may be other transporters throughout the plant that can do things and be switched off or turned down, or whatever mechanism you can think of to achieve similar results.‖ In the 1990s, there was a flurry of interest in arsenic contamination of groundwater, but it was not until last year, McGrath says, that scientists had ―fairly clear evidence‖ of how arsenic concentration in food affected human health.People who are repeatedly exposed to arsenic in soils and water are at risk for a range of diseases, including cancer, the study reported. The problem is ―particularly serious‖ in South Asia and around the Mekong area of South-East Asia where groundwater containing high concentrations of arsenic is used both for drinking water and irrigating rice.Rice accumulates more arsenic in its shoots and grains than wheat, barley and other cereal crops. That could be because rice grows in flooded conditions where arsenic can proliferate, and because rice plants have a more efficient uptake system for the poison.―This is a serious problem because

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Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter by Riceplus Magazine rice is a staple food for Asian countries,‖ adds Ma Jian Feng, a researcher at Japan‘s Okayama University and one of the study‘s authors.

Ma tells SciDev.Net that the study could have two main applications: breeding rice in a way that would ―over express‖ the OsABCC1 transporter, or identifying and promoting wild rice varieties in which it is especially active.McGrath, however, says the first approach would be unusual because scientists typically modify the genetic structures of plants to make them more resistant to pests, not to make them healthier for human consumption.―It‘s a test, if you like, of the public‘s and legislators‘ opinion‖ about genetic engineering in plants, he says. ―Is this more acceptable because it‘s having a direct health benefit?‖ The article can be found at: Song et al.

(2014) A Rice ABC transporter, OsABCC1, Reduces Arsenic Accumulation in the Grain.

Source: SciDev.Net. Disclaimer: This article does not necessarily reflect the views of AsianScientist or its staff.

AFRICA INVESTMENTAfrica's richest man targets Nigeria's rice deficit Thu Nov 6, 2014 10:30am GMT

* Dangote plans to produce a million tonnes of rice in 4 yrs * Nigeria is 2nd biggest rice importer despite good climate

By Tim Cocks LAGOS, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Nigeria enjoys a perfect rice-growing climate over a vast area yet it is the world's second biggest importer of the staple, often from countries in its warm, wet tropical latitude like top exporter Thailand.It's one of those baffling Nigerian paradoxes, like the fact that it is Africa's top oil producer yet suffers frequent fuel shortages; or that it is sitting on the world's eighth largest gas reserves but can only produce a few hours of power a day.As with the other bottlenecks holding back Africa's biggest economy, decades of bad governance and corruption lie at the root of Nigeria's agricultural dysfunction.But unlike oil, where reform remains deadlocked by vested interests, the government is making serious efforts to clean up the farming sector and attract investment.

Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote thinks he can resolve the rice conundrum. He plans to do this by investing in farmland and mechanising farming practices in a country where many farmers still depend on preindustrial tilling techniques.Given his track record in other areas, this is a project to watch.

GET LAND, ADD WATER AND SOW "Everything you need for rice is here, but unfortunately for a long time no one was interested," he told Reuters in a telephone interview. Not having enough land was the first obstacle that faced him after he thought of the idea.

He was surprised at how easily that got solved, as the governments of Jigawa, Niger, Kebbi, Edo and Kwara states between them offered 50,000 hectares to Dangote Industries.

* Seeks

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Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter by Riceplus Magazine "I think this is enough for us to grow and process up to a million tonnes of rice in the next four years," he says. "I believe this is just the beginning."

To back up his optimism, he points to his past success in producing cement.

Dangote grew his company over a decade from a relatively small cement import business to a behemoth that manufactures nearly 30 million tonnes of the stuff a year, makes up a third of Nigeria's stock exchange and now has factories in various stages of completion across the continent.

For decades Nigeria was one of the world's biggest cement importers. "We (Nigeria) were producing less than 2 million tonnes of cement," in 2004, the tycoon says.Ten years later and Nigeria as a whole now produces some 40 million tonnes a year, said Dangote, whose cement empire worth an estimated $20 billion has earned him the label "richest black person on the planet" from Forbes magazine.This month, Dangote Cement even had to cut prices to make up for falling sales amid oversupply.

Like cement, demand for rice among Nigeria's 170 million population is huge, so he won't need to think about export.

Dangote estimates the current rice deficit at 2 1/2 million tonnes a year.Nigerians eat rice in outsized portions and no party is complete without mountains of bright orange "jollof" rice -- a West African style of cooking the grains in tomato paste, onions and fiery peppers. Parboiled, not white rice, is favoured.

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT President Goodluck Jonathan made local production of rice a signature promise before he was elected in 2011. His

government has an ambitious target to import zero rice by the end of 2015, using incentives for farmers like free fertiliser and tax breaks for investors. Jonathan will seek another term in February.Agriculture Minister Akinwumi Adesina has cleaned up corruption in government handouts of imported fertiliser, which have been hampered by fraud and an inefficient supply chain stretching from the port to the remote villages where it ends up. That was a major obstacle to development of the sector.

Dangote says his own factories will soon be producing more fertiliser than Nigeria could ever need -- 2.8 million tonnes a year -which would cut out the need for imports altogether.His plans for a 400,000 barrelper-day oil refinery and petrochemical plant remain on track, he added.Rice smugglers from neighbouring Benin, Niger and Cameroon are the biggest threat to his business model, Dangote complains, but it still stands to be highly profitable.

But with a reputation as a ruthless monopolist, with interests in everything from food milling to petrochemicals and a personal fortune equal to 4 percent of Nigeria's GDP, is Dangote not getting too big? He expects some will say that."People not investing will raise their hands and say 'he's got a monopoly in rice'," he says.

"Everyone has an opportunity. If other people don't invest, why is that my fault?"

(Editing by Ed Stoddard and Tom Heneghan) Š Thomson Reuters 2014 All rights reserved

A Recipe for Curried Rice With Smoked Haddock and Eggs

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Chef Isaac McHale of London‘s Clove Club shares his recipe for kedgeree, a soothing Anglo-Indian rice dish embellished with smoked haddock, hardboiled eggs, caramelized onions and plenty of warming spice Nov. 6, 2014 2:22 p.m. ET BALANCED MEAL | Cool, mint-flecked yogurt offsets warming spice in this soothing rice dish. CHRISTOPHER TESTANI FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, FOOD STYLING BY JAMIE KIMM, PROP STYLING BY CARLA GONZALEZ-HART THE CHEF: ISAAC MCHALE Isaac McHale MICHAEL HOEWELER His Restaurant: The Clove Club, London What he is known for: Seriously inventive, ingredient-focused British fare. Trading his crown as London‘s pop-up king for a Michelin star in short order.

YOU WON’T FINDkedgeree—the AngloIndian classic of rice, smoked fish and eggs—on the current menu at London‘s Clove Club. Still, the dish says a lot about the place‘s chef, Isaac McHale.

He began cooking as a 7-year-old in Glasgow ―because I wanted to teach myself how to cook Indian food,‖ he said. ―I started out chucking every spice that existed into the pot. Slowly I learned that less is more.‖ Mr. McHale‘s take on kedgeree, his first Slow Food Fast contribution, combines basmati rice with caramelized onions,

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smoked haddock, hard-boiled eggs and plenty of warming spice. Cilantro and peas lend brightness, and a dollop of mintcucumber yogurt makes a refreshing counterpoint. ―It‘s one of those things, like chili con carne, that everyone has their own way of making,‖ said Mr. McHale. ―I think they made it much milder for British palates. Now it‘s something the Scottish and British grow up eating.‖ One of London‘s buzziest restaurants and the recent recipient of a Michelin star, the Clove Club began as a pop-up. The clean, ingredient-focused dishes have been compared to New Nordic cuisine, and Mr. McHale doesn‘t hesitate to borrow techniques and ideas from around the world.

But he insists his cooking is as British as it gets—which is to say, what Londoners want to eat now, ―not notions of what British food used to be, or what it ought to look like.‖ —Kitty Greenwald Curried Rice With Smoked Haddock and Eggs Total Time: 35 minutes Serves: 4-6 1 cup whole milk 1 cup flaked smoked haddock 1½ cups basmati rice, rinsed 1 yellow onion, thinly sliced 4 tablespoons butter 1 (2-inch) piece fresh ginger, peeled and minced 1 clove garlic, minced 1 jalapeño chili, thinly sliced ¼ teaspoon cumin seeds, crushed 1 teaspoon curry powder 1 teaspoon garam masala 2 cups vegetable or chicken stock 1 cup frozen peas, thawed Salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 eggs ⅓ peeled, diced cucumber 1½ tablespoons minced fresh mint 1 cup Greek yogurt Cilantro leaves, for garnish

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Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter by Riceplus Magazine 1. Bring milk to a simmer in a small lidded pot over medium heat. Turn off heat and add smoked fish. Cover pot and let fish soak until ready to use. Meanwhile, place rice in a bowl and cover with water. Let soak at least 10 minutes. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

2. In a medium lidded pot over medium-high heat, sauté onions in butter until golden, about 7 minutes. Stir in ginger and garlic and sauté until aromatic but not browned, about 2 minutes. Stir in jalapeño, cumin, curry powder and garam masala. Toast spices until fragrant, about 1 minute. Strain rice and stir into onions until coated, about 1 minute.

3. Drain off ½ cup milk used for soaking fish and add to rice along with stock. Bring to a simmer, then decrease heat to medium.

Time for another Green Revolution RAJU BARWALE Green growth Bt cotton has come a long way G SANJEEV REDDY Now that the gains from the first round have petered out, we need to embrace biotech to boost farm productivity,As India seeks to ignite the next agrarian revolution, it must try and absorb some of the lessons of the Green Revolution. Currently, agricultural productivity and growth vary from State to State, resulting in regional disparities.

Through targeted policymaking, investment in rural infrastructure and research, and ongoing support to farmers, we can level out these inequities and ensure that we get it right.

The Green Revolution of the 1960s had a phenomenal impact on food production in India. It resulted in a record grain output of 131 mt in 1978-79 and catapulted our country into the league of the world‘s

Cover pot and simmer until rice is tender, about 20 minutes.

4. While rice simmers, place eggs in a lidded pot and cover with water by 1 inch. Set over high heat and bring to a boil. Cover pot and remove from heat. Let sit until yolks set, 10 minutes. Plunge eggs into an ice water bath, then peel and quarter. In a small bowl, fold cucumber and mint into yogurt and season with salt.

5. Once rice is tender, strain fish. Fold fish and peas into rice and season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a casserole and bake until top crisps and peas are heated through, about 5 minutes.

6. Garnish kedgeree with cilantro and eggs.

Serve with yogurt alongside. leading grain producers. Similar agricultural techniques implemented globally showed us a way out of food crises in countries across the world.

For example, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in Mexico and the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines developed new high-yielding varieties of wheat and rice that significantly boosted output and alleviated crop shortages in certain parts of the world.

Hitting a plateau However, the effects of the Green Revolution in India have plateaued since then. Though India is now self-sufficient in many aspects of food production, it still relies on imports for crops such as pulses and oilseeds, where production has not kept pace with demand from a burgeoning population.

The agriculture sector currently lags growth in other fields and the income gap between farmers and non-farmers is widening.

Hence, the need of the hour is to infuse fresh energy to drive the next phase of growth in agriculture .Though the Green Revolution

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Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter by Riceplus Magazine was a game changer, investment in key areas including machinery and irrigation systems to support the cultivation of high yielding crop varieties was not adequate. As a result, the effects of the revolution were not uniform, resulting in imbalanced growth in many regions.

The second agricultural revolution that we now have to ignite should build on the good work initiated by the first one while filling some of its gaps. The goal is not just to make India self-sufficient in food production but to enable surplus production that will allow it to become an exporter of food.

According to the agriculture ministry, India achieved an agricultural growth rate of 3.64 per cent against a target of 4 per cent growth over the 11th Plan period. The increase in total planted area under major crops (foodgrains, oilseeds, cotton, and sugarcane) by around 9 per cent since 2000-01 to 170 million hectares in 2011-12 reflects increased irrigation availability leading to increased cropping intensity.

How to secure food needs Another fact that would support India‘s case to be a major force in world trade is that according to the US department of agriculture, India has emerged as a major agricultural exporter, with exports climbing from just over $5 billion in 2003 to a record of more than $39 billion in 2013.

Ashok Gulati, renowned agricultural economist and chair professor, agriculture, at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations has also called for revolutionary methods to dramatically boost food supply for the nation's 1.2 billion people.

According to the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, drylands produce half the country‘s cereals,

77 per cent of its oilseeds and 85 per cent of its pulses. Implementation of new and efficient irrigation methods, better watershed management and maintenance of vegetation cover in catchment areas, are all important steps in the quest to match water availability to crop needs, and thus the development of crop varieties tolerant to water stress (abiotic stress) is required to optimise water utilisation.

Good infrastructure is an extremely important factor for agricultural development, as it directly impacts the degree to which farmers can access institutional finance and markets, as well as their ability to boost yield. Agricultural infrastructure has the potential to transform the current landscape of subsistence farming into one defined by modern, commercial farming.

Public investment in infrastructure such as irrigation, power, roads, food storage, watersheds, dams and agricultural research, including agri-biotechnology, will signal a commitment from the Government to transform the face of Indian agriculture and empower our farmers to compete globally.

The role of agriculture in improving rural lives and securing India‘s food needs should not be underestimated.

Clearly, a priority for the Government should be to refocus policymaking energy on this sector — in terms of providing support and infrastructure. A recent Crisil report predicts that slowdown in other sectors may lead more people to reconsider agriculture as a primary source of income.

Refocus on agriculture The Government seems to have understood the priorities for the agriculture sector, especially its call for optimum use of water through ‗per drop, more crop‘ and need for related research technology to the sector by

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Also, the Government ‘s Digital India campaign is another encouraging step to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. eKranti, which is one of the pillars of the campaign that also focuses on technology for farmers with real-time price information, online ordering of inputs, and payment with mobile banking, will enable farmers to take informed decisions.

Biotech food crops are also critical for enabling the success of this next revolution.

Although sometimes misrepresented, these crops have been proven to significantly improve yield through high levels of disease and pest resistance, improved weed management, abiotic stress tolerance and nutrient-use efficient crops.

It‘s important to note that according to the 2013 report of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications, a record 18 million farmers grew biotech crops worldwide and the biotech crops hectares increased more than 100-fold from 1.7 million hectares in 1996, to over 175 million hectares in 2013.

Some 7.3 million Indian farmers cultivated a record 11 million hectares of Bt cotton with an adoption rate of 95 per cent. If all the other necessary inputs and infrastructure are in place, biotech crops can be vital to the kind of sectorial transformation that we have to achieve for meeting our food needs.

The writer is the managing director of Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company Ltd (Mahyco) (This article was published on November 6, 2014) Image:Green growth Bt cotton has come a long way G SANJEEV REDDY

USA Rice Leadership Class Alumnus Visit China BEIJING, CHINA -Last week, the 2014 International Rice Harvest in Guangdong Leadership Class toured Eastern China to get an overview of the Chinese rice market.

The group met with a diverse group of industry representatives including Chinese government importers/traders, private importers, farmers, millers, port managers, and U.S. government officials working in China.

Members of this year's International Rice Leadership Class are: Tom Butler, Woodland, CA; Jim Whitaker, McGehee, AR; Blake Gerard, Cape Girardeau, MO; Brian Wild, LA; and Dr. Bert Greenwalt, Jonesboro, AR. In Beijing, the group met with Dr. Juhui Huang of Archer Daniels Midlands who briefed the team on the Chinese rice industry from production to

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Daily Global Rice E-Newsletter by Riceplus Magazine processing and sales. Next, the class visited the U.S. embassy to meet Lou Vanechanos of APHIS Contact: Deborah Willenborg (703) 236-1444 who talked about hisexperiences dealing with the AARQ Association for the Chinese government and U.S. efforts to obtain phytosanitary approval for the import of U.S.- Administration of Rice Quotas, Inc. grown rice. Later that day, the class met with NOTICE OF OPEN TENDER Chinese government officials representing AQSIQ, the Chinese equivalent of APHIS, to get their Independent bids are invited for rights to ship U.S.-origin milled rice to the European perspective on the phytosanitary proceedings.

Union under a tariff-rate quota (TRQ) For insight into the production side of the Chinese granted by the EU to the United States. Bids rice industry, the group traveled to Guangdong, the must be submitted on November 20, 2014 most populace province in China, to visit the area's for the January 2015 TRQ Tranche, in which the following quantity is available: largest private rice mill and tour a local farm to observe harvest in full swing.

"Being able to see the way the Chinese process rice Volume (metric tons) was an eye-opening experience at every turn," said EU Duty Missouri producer Blake Gerard. "We all learned a Semi-Milled or Milled Rice lot while observing the procedures utilized from 9,681 zero harvest to handling and on through milling."

(HTS item 1006.30) TRQ Certificates will be awarded to the In Guangdong's economic hub of ShenZhen, the highest bidder(s). Any person or entity group met with the Hong Tai Xiang Import and incorporated or domiciled in the United Export Company, the city's largest private States is eligible to bid. The minimum bid importer. Ms. Chris Zhang, Chairman of Hong Tai quantity is 18 metric tons. Performance Xiang, took the class on a visit to the Shekou security (the lesser of $50,000 or the total container port where her company does the value of the bid) must be submitted with majority of its business. Zhang was confident that each bid. Potential bidders may obtain the there is a market in China for U.S. rice and insisted required bid forms and bid instructions she will be the first to import U.S. milled rice to from: China. In Hong Kong, the class met with trade AARQ Administrator officials, the Hong Kong Rice Association, and Economic Consulting Services, LLC personnel from the Agriculture Trade office at the 2001 L Street, NW, Suite 1000 U.S. Consulate.

Washington, D.C. 20036 Tel: (202) 466-1150 Fax: (202) 785"I've always said the most important resource the 3330 rice industry has is its people," said Chuck Wilson, director of the Rice Foundation, who organized the Note: Potential bidders should consult trip. "We all reap the benefits of exposing these regulations in the Official Journal of the young industry leaders to every aspect of rice European Union to determine the applicable production, both in the U.S. and abroad." tariff rate on semi-milled/milled rice. AARQ The Rice Leadership Development Program is disclaims any responsibility for advising sponsored by John Deere Company, American potential bidders on applicable tariff rates.

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