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8th April , 2014

TOP Contents - Tailored for YOU Latest News Headlines…  Rains bring relief to Sacramento Valley rice farmer, but will it be enough?  PM stalls on rice case hearing  Rice growers slam Japan FTA  Northstate rice farmers await water allocation  Historic drought threatens rice production  Rice stocks dip, corn stocks rise  Rice production yielded N320bn in two years –Minister  Rice exports up 40% year-on-year  Govt beefs up efforts to fight illegal rice imports  Northstate rice farmers await water allocation  Historic drought threatens rice production  Rice industry hopes for better trade deal with China  News Shared by (PhilRice)

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Rains bring relief to Sacramento Valley rice farmer, but will it be enough?

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By Edward Ortiz eortiz@sacbee.com Published: Tuesday, Apr. 8, 2014 - 12:00 am Last Modified: Tuesday, Apr. 8, 2014 - 8:10 am

Water is the lifeblood of a rice farm, and Sacramento Valley’s recent rains have given grower Tom McClellan a bit of hope that 2014 will not be a wasted year.―We’re seeing some regrowth of the grasses,‖ said McClellan, who farms 1,500 acres on land that stretches from Sacramento to Sutter counties. ―The rains have been substantial, to a point of almost being normal.‖Evidence of the effect of recent rains is not hard to find on the rice farm, which sits within sight of planes that land and take off at Sacramento International Airport.Bright yellow flowers top the giant mustard weed straddling the edges of the creeks and drains that surround McClellan’s farm, and the ground is muddy enough to coat the shoes of those who walk through.

On a normal year, though, the mud would be ankle-deep. ―What we need would be a storm of almost biblical proportions to get caught up at this point,‖ McClellan said. ―I don’t know if it’s possible to get caught up.‖Still, conditions are much better than they were in early January, when the soil was so dry it crumbled underfoot.It’s not just local rain that’s important to McClellan. Faraway rains matter just as much. McClellan’s farm draws much of its water from Lake Oroville and Lake Shasta reservoirs.The recent rains provided help to some reservoirs, said David Simeral, research meteorologist with NOAA’s Western Regional Climate Center. Both Shasta and Oroville are now at 50 percent of capacity.The drought is expected to remain severe throughout the West, however. Simeral said the outlook for the region over the next six to 14 days – as well as the next three months – calls for above-average temperatures and below-normal precipitation for most of California.―Overall, the forecasts don’t look favorable,‖ Simeral said.McClellan nonetheless starts his day with a sense of excitement, checking on rainfall and reservoir levels. ―It was exciting to see that last night Lake Shasta and Lake Oroville got to 50 percent of storage,‖ said McClellan.―We farmers, we all get excited. But this is silly, because we’re still talking about just half as much water as normal.‖McClellan said he’s at least not facing the grim reality that was on his mind three months ago. In January, he expected that the state would not deliver any of his allotted water from its Lake Oroville Reservoir, and that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which is responsible for Lake Shasta dam, would likely cap McClellan at 40 percent of his normal allocation.Now he’s waiting to hear his water allocation from Lake Oroville.

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―We don’t know how big an economic hit we’re going to take this year,‖ McClellan said. ―When you talk to people in the agricultural community – everyone, from the tractor driver to the chemical fertilizer – everyone says no one knows what the situation is going to be.‖He won’t know for sure how the drought has affected him until he plants his crop in June.Until then, the eight tractor drivers who work for McClellan during planting and harvest season won’t know their prospects, either.―Right now, I don’t know what to tell them,‖ he said.

PM stalls on rice case hearing Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Tuesday petitioned the National Anti-Corruption Commission to question four additional witnesses in her defence of allegations she failed in her duty in overseeing the government's flagship rice-pledging scheme.Speaking after a cabinet meeting at the Police Academy in Sam Phran district, Ms Yingluck said she had instructed her lawyer, Bancha Porameesanaporn, to submit a petition to the NACC at 2pm asking it to call additional witnesses to testify in her defence.

This would further delay a decision in the case.The four are caretaker Labour Minister Chalerm Yubmarung, deputy police chief Worapong Chewpreecha, caretaker PM's deputy secretary-general Pol Maj Gen Tawat Boonfueng and Pichai Chunhavajira, president of the Federation of Accounting Professions.Ms Yingluck said that as chair of the National Rice Policy Committee she oversaw the rice-pledging scheme’s policy level, but part of the NACC’s accusation involved alleged irregularities in the scheme’s operation levels.Therefore, it was necessary for the four additional witnesses, who were in charge of the programme’s operations and knew detailed information relevant to the inquiry, to be allowed to testify before the anti-graft agency, Ms Yingluck said. The NACC earlier resolved to hear testimony from only three of the 11 additional witnesses requested

by Ms Yingluck in her defence of charges she was negligent in failing to stop corruption and losses in the programme. It excluded the other witnesses on the grounds that they were not relevant to the inquiry.

The three are Niwatthamrong Bunsongphaisan, caretaker deputy prime minister and commerce minister; Yanyong Phuangrach, caretaker deputy commerce minister; and Kittiratt Na-Ranong, caretaker deputy prime minister and finance minister.The NACC said Mr Yanyong will testify in the case on Wednesday at 1.30pm and Mr Niwatthamrong will testify on Thursday at the same time.Mr Kittiratt had asked to testify on March 18, because he was scheduled to leave for Washington yesterday to attend the meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Washington, which will last until Friday, April 11. Ms Yingluck also lodged another petition asking the NACC to remove Wicha Mahakhun from its inquiry panel into the rice case, alleging he had shown bias against her in an interview with the media.The premier said this was the third time she had petitioned against Mr Wicha, and she hoped the NACC would give her justice in the case. The NACC earlier resolved the allegation against Mr Wicha was groundless.

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Historic drought threatens rice production

By Jerry Olenyn, jolenyn@krcrtv.com

POSTED: 3:45 PM Apr 07 2014 UPDATED: 8:51 PM Apr 07 2014 Northstate rice farmers await water allocation RICHVALE, Calif. Amid a year of historically low water deliveries caused by California's severe drought many Northstate farmers intend to cut their planting of crops."Yeah, we're nervous," said Carl Hoff, the President and CEO of the Butte County Rice Growers Association. In four days, the California Department of Water Resources will announce how much water from Lake Oroville will be sent to Northstate rice farmers, and thus, how many of the area's 100,000 acres of rice fields will grow crop."Obviously, how much rice gets planted impacts our operations from purchasing of supplies," said Hoff.

The Department of Water Resources can either allocate the full 100 percent of water to the region, in which case rice production stays the same or it can give 50 percent or less."I'm not going to make a prediction [on what the Department of Water Resources] will do," said Sean Earley, the general manager of the Richvale Irrigation District. "In discussions, we've gone 180 degrees from getting 100 percent of our water to it being cut by 50 percent.The DWR's decision is far-ranging for small communities like Richvale, as ancillary businesses like farm equipment and trucking rely on a healthy rice crop."Absolutely, all the way down to the restaurants down the road, the land-leveling businesses and the farmers that custom farm for other people," said Earley.In the even there is a cut in water allocation, growers will need to pump wells, which is a costly process but one that will keep rice production to at least 75 percent of full capacity.

Rice stocks dip, corn stocks rise PHILIPPINE rice inventory slid by 7.9% while corn stocks rose by 42.3% in March compared with the same month last year, the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) said in a report yesterday.Japanese corn is sold at a stall in Paco, Manila, in this Jan. 27, 2013 photo. Year-on-year, the country’s corn inventory increased 42.3% in March. -- Jonathan L. Cellona Records show that the rice inventory as of March 1 totaled 1.78 million metric tons, less than the 1.94 million MT recorded in the same month of 2013. Corn stocks were at 267,800 MT in February, surpassing last year’s

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record of 188,200 MT.Some 53.1% of the rice stocks were from households, 21.1% from commercial warehouses and 25.8% from depositories of the National Food Authority (NFA).

Inventories of commercial warehouses accounted for around 49.1% of this month’s total corn stock while 47% were from the households and 3.9% were from NFA depositories.The Philippines has a national rice consumption rate of 34,000 MT a day, which will make the March rice stocks last for approximately 53 days, the BAS said.The BAS is one of the country’s data bureaus consolidated under the Philippine Statistics Authority. -- Alden M. Monzon

Rice production yielded N320bn in two years –Minister Posted by: Demola in LOCAL NEWS 1 day ago 0

Nigeria generated N320bn as revenue from the production of rice in the last two years, the Federal Government has said.It said local rice production also created 750,000 jobs for farmers and other persons during the period.The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, disclosed these during the inauguration of the headquarters of the Nigerian Cassava Growers Association in Abuja.Adesina stated that the production of rice in the country had increased in the past two years, adding that the development resulted in the establishment of rice pyramids by farmers in the North.―A whooping N320bn is the gross revenue generated from the production of rice during this period. I will like to also state that about 750,000 jobs have been created from the production of rice for our farmers and for Nigerians,‖ he said.

According to the minister, Nigeria will be self sufficient in rice production in the next two years and will have no need to continue to import the commodity.Adesina stated that the Federal Government was working hard to ensure that the country stopped the importation of rice, adding that ―every time we import food, we export jobs and impoverish the farmers in our country.―Poverty is not an industry; so, we don’t have to be growing it and this is why the President launched the Agricultural Transformation Agenda three years ago to empower Nigerian farmers,‖ he added.Adesina said the inauguration of the NCGA headquarters, its official buses, guest house and website were a testimony that agriculture was working in the country.He urged Nigerians to always patronise foods produced by indigenous farmers such as rice, cassava bread and wheat. ―By buying products like the cassava bread and locally produced rice, you will be creating more jobs and providing revenue for our farmers. So, one major way you create jobs is when you patronise things that we produce in our country,‖ the minister said.The National President, NCGA, Mr. Segun Adewumi, urged the government to shift its agricultural intervention programme from subsidies on fertiliser, herbicides and other inputs to the provision of financial assistance to the farmers.―Funds used for subsidy can be used to mitigate interest on agricultural loans taken from the capital market by the Bank of Agriculture. This interest on

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Rice exports up 40% year-on-year Published: 8 Apr 2014 at 13.47 Online news: Local News

Thai rice exports rose to 1.4 million tonnes in the first two months of 2014, up 40% from the same period in 2013, Oryza.com reported on Tuesday.At this rate, total rice exports in 2014 could jump 27% to 8.4 million tonnes over 2013, according to Oryza, a site for global rice news, research and analysis.The country shipped 709,832 tonnes of rice in February 2014, up 2% from 696,558 tonnes in the previous month and up 66% year-on-year, according to data from Thai Rice Exporters Association (TREA).Total exports in February consisted of white rice (304,140 tonnes), hom mali (108,563), broken rice (94,373), glutinous rice (15,057), parboiled rice (178,057) and brown) rice (9,642), the exporters' group said.February's exports earned 12.23 billion baht, down 1% from 12.37 billion baht in January 2014, and up 30% from 9.43 billion baht in February 2013. In dollar terms, they earned $378 million, up 0.4% month-onmonth and 19% year-on-year.

According to TREA, the average price of white rice increased to $405.23 a tonne, up 5% from the levels in January 2013 while the hom mali price rose 3% to $1,089.40. The average price of broken rice declined 9% to $375.75 from January 2013 while that of glutinous rice grew 3% to $878.68.The average price of parboiled

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rice climbed 2% to $464.75 per ton from January 2013 while that of brown rice fell 7% to $570.66.The Thai government sold 1 million tonnes of rice from its stockpiles in March.It plans to keep the sales at that level to raise 8 billion baht every month. Current stocks in government warehouses are estimated at 10 million tonnes, according to local sources.

Govt beefs up efforts to fight illegal rice imports Linda Yulisman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Business | Tue, April 08 2014, 10:02 AM

The Trade Ministry will issue stricter rules on the importation of premium rice to avert market distortion caused by illegal shipments.Importers of the special types of rice will have to secure recommendations, including import volume, from the Agriculture Ministry before applying for import permits to the Trade Ministry, according to Trade Minister Muhammad Lutfi.The new policy will prevent certain importers using import permits for premium-quality rice to import medium-quality rice; averting an influx of cheap rice that can hurt local farmers. ―We aim to regulate who can and cannot import and by doing this we can easily detect who is responsible for illegal imports,‖ said Lutfi on Monday.Under the new rule, which will be issued soon, rice importers will fall into two types: producer importers who will use the raw food for production of, for example, rice noodles and registered importers who will resell it to local buyers and distributors.The latest policy effort was made following the early February finding that 32 containers of rice from Vietnam that had entered the country through Tanjung Priok Port, in three shipments, was of dubious quality.

The finding sparked speculation that the rice was of medium quality, thereby, raising concern over the leakage of such kind of rice through to end-consumers at the local market.The government’s investigation concluded that the rice was of premium quality.But the importers of the rice breached the rule because the delivered rice was different from that stipulated in their import permits. The government has processed the punishment for the abuse of licences.Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous nation of more than 240 million, has gained a slight rice surplus over the past two years, particularly thanks to favorable weather, removing the necessity to import mediumquality rice — the staple food for the majority of its people.Last year, its total output topped 37 million tons of rice, while domestic consumption reached 35 million tons of rice.

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However, the country regularly imports premium types of rice to meet niche market demand albeit in a small amount.Last year, it only bought around 50,000 tons of premium rice from neighboring countries, particularly Thailand and Vietnam.Up to the present, there are between 800 and 900 rice importers with special importer identification numbers who are able to import rice.Under the new rule, the categories of rice, identified by harmonized system (HS) codes, will be clarified, allowing the authorities to differentiate medium rice from premium rice quickly, according to the Trade Ministry’s director general for foreign trade Bachrul Chairi.Importers first had to undergo a series of verification processes from related authorities to become producer importers or registered importers, said Bachrul.

A special team will be assigned to check warehouses where importers store their rice, while appointed professional surveyors, such as Sucofindo, will carry out technical tracking to the source of imports.―We want to ensure that the importers are really the persons who work in rice trading or processing, so that we will supervise them more easily,‖ Bachrul said.Apart from tightening supervision through the future policy, the government has integrated the administration of import recommendations and licenses through the Indonesia National Single Window, which allows online application.

Northstate rice farmers await water allocation Historic drought threatens rice production

By Jerry Olenyn, jolenyn@krcrtv.com POSTED: 3:45 PM Apr 07 2014 UPDATED: 8:51 PM Apr 07 2014

Amid a year of historically low water deliveries caused by California's severe drought many Northstate farmers intend to cut their planting of crops."Yeah, we're nervous," said Carl Hoff, the President and CEO of the Butte County Rice Growers Association. In four days, the California Department of Water Resources will announce how much water from Lake Oroville will be sent to Northstate rice farmers, and thus, how many of the area's 100,000 acres of rice fields will grow crop."Obviously, how much rice gets planted impacts our operations from purchasing of supplies," said Hoff.The Department of Water Resources can either allocate the full 100 percent of water to the region, in which case rice production stays the same or it can give 50 percent or less."I'm not going to make a prediction [on what the Department of Water Resources] will do," said Sean Earley, the general manager of the Richvale Irrigation District. "In discussions, we've gone 180 degrees from getting 100 percent of our water to it being cut by 50 percent.The DWR's decision is far-ranging for small communities like Richvale, as ancillary businesses like farm equipment and trucking rely on a healthy rice crop

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."Absolutely, all the way down to the restaurants down the road, the land-leveling businesses and the farmers that custom farm for other people," said Earley.In the even there is a cut in water allocation, growers will need to pump wells, which is a costly process but one that will keep rice production to at least 75 percent of full capacity.

Rice industry hopes for better trade deal with China Posted Tue 8 Apr 2014, 10:44am AEST Photo: Australia's rice industry is disappointed but not surprised it was left out of a free trade deal with Japan.

(Laurissa Smith) Audio: Rice industry optimistic about China FTA (ABC Rural) Map: Wagga Wagga 2650 The rice industry is already looking ahead to Australia's free trade negotiations with China.It missed out on the recent FTA with Japan, despite lobbying for increased access to the country's global rice import quota.Ruth Wade, executive director with the Ricegrowers' Association of Australia, says China imports six million tonnes of rice annually and it hopes Australia can soon join that market."So we will now be pushing very strongly for our government to have rice brought up to the top of the queue for quarantine protocols that need to be negotiated."There are no sensitivities with rice imports to China as there were with Korea and Japan."So it's simply a political issue to get our quarantine protocols at the top of the queue."She says the Association is disappointed, but not surprised, rice was exempt from the Japan FTA."We've worked closely with the government to come up with options that could be put forward which are not about freeing up trade in rice."But we're addressing issues with the global quota and ensuring that some of our value-added products could get into Japan."

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Agri chief on rice self-sufficiency: We tried hard Department of Agriculture Sec. Proceso J. Alcala lauded the Central Luzon farmers for helping achieve the highest rice harvest in the Philippine history during the Farmers` Lakbay Palay hosted by the Philippine Rice Research Institute in Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, April 1-4.Despite strong typhoons that ravaged agricultural lands last year, Alcala told about 1,500 farmers that they had produced 18.44 million metric tons of rice, enlisting the Philippines as the fastest growing rice production country in Asia.The production also made the country 97-percent rice self-sufficient in 2013.

Although three-percent short of the 100 percent target, the country, however, registered a 16-percent increase within three years. The country was only 81-percent rice self-sufficient in 2010.With the rice sector`s performance last year, the agriculture secretary discouraged the public from focusing on the deficit in the 100percent rice self-sufficiency target.―We have tried hard. Nawa`y [mapahalagan] natin, lalo na sa mga nasa Manila, ang pagpupunyagi nating mga magsasaka. Hindi ho tayo titigil sa 97 percent. Magpupursige pa din tayo para ang isasaing ni Juan dela Cruz, dito ipupunla, dito itatanim, dito aanihin (May we, especially the city dwellers, value the efforts of the farmers. We’ll not stop at 97 percent. We’ll work harder so that the rice that we’ll serve on our table will be planted and harvested in the country),‖ Alcala said.Alcala, who also unveiled the latest rice technologies, urged the farmers to be receptive of new farming practices as this may help them reduce production cost and make the price of rice more competitive in the market. ―We can`t solve problems such as rice smuggling in an instant. We still have a long way to go to stop rice smuggling. As long as our production cost is high, rice smuggling will always be around,‖ he said in Filipino.He said that rice smuggling persists in the country because domestic rice prices are uncompetitive to Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam.―Production cost in the Philippines is [about P11 a kilo] while in Vietnam, it`s around P6,‖ he said.Alcala said that if farmers can peg production cost even at P8, rice smuggling will be minimized.At present, PhilRice is on its second season of implementing Palayabangan: 10-5 challenge, a nationwide farming competition that aims to produce 10 tons/ha yield at only P5 input cost per kilogram of palay.

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DA chief unveils new rice technologies Agriculture Sec. Proceso J. Alcala led the presentation of new rice technologies to thousand farmers during the Lakbay Palay hosted by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) at Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, April 2.Together with PhilRice officials, Alcala showed the newly released varieties, Metarhizium anisopliae in powdered form, rice crop manager, rototiller, and nutri-rice milk.The six varieties for saline, rainfed, and irrigated lowland have potential yield ranging from 6 t/ha, even in adverse condition, to 12 t/ha.

They have good eating quality and are resistant to pests and diseases such as stem borer, green leaf hopper, brown leaf hopper, bacterial leaf blight, sheath blight, and blast.NSIC Rc324 (Salinas 10), NSIC Rc346 (Sahod Ulan 11), NSIC Rc308 (Tubigan 26), NSIC Rc298 (Tubigan 23), and NSIC Rc318H (Mestiso 48) are also early-maturing that can be harvested from 104 to 114 days.

NSIC Rc342SR (Mabango 4) is an aromatic special purpose rice with a potential yield of 7 t/ha. Maturing in 114 days, it is resistant to blast, bacterial leaf blight, sheath blight, stem borer, and green leaf hopper.Meanwhile, Metarhizium anisopliae, a fungal microbial agent that controls rice black bug, was developed in powder form as an alternative pest management strategy. Dr. Gerardo F. Estoy, product developer, said the powdered biological agent is environment-friendly and does not pose risks to humans and animals. It does not also leave residues on crops and is cheaper than chemical pesticides.Rice Crop Manager, on the other hand, is an internet-based device used in identifying nutrient applications.

By accessing http://webapps.irri.org/ph/rcm, farmers receive location-specific nutrient recommendations based on farmers’ practices, rice varieties, and farm environment. Researchers Dr. Manuel Jose Regalado and Wilfredo Collado said that Rice Crop Manager can help increase farmers` net income by P4,500 per hectare.

In addition, rototiller is a land preparation machine that reduces labor cost while the nutri-rice milk is a healthy drink made from germinated brown rice containing Gamma Amino Butyric Acid, which improves brain and cardiovascular functions and can slow down the effects of aging.PhilRice`s Lakbay Palay runs on April 1- 4.

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Rice agency backs Earth Hour As the country plunged into darkness on the night of March 29, Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, joined the 15 million Filipinos in switching off the lights from 8:30-

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9:30.Since 2008, PhiRice had been participating in Earth Hour as commitment in mitigating the effects of climate change.As deeper obligation, however, PhilRice started its work in developing rice varieties that can tolerate temperatures up to 400C as respond to the threats of climate change.Together with the International Rice Research Institute and the University of the Philippines in Los Ba単os, the country`s lead agency in rice research and development had also bred 12 varieties for drought-prone areas from 2010 to 2013.Dr. Dindo T. Tabanao, head of PhilRice Plant Breeding and Biotechnology said that last year, the rice agency bred NSIC Rc346 (Sahod-ulan 11), a variety for rainfed areas. Maturing early at 103 days after seeding, it has a potential yield of 6.2 t/ha.

He also said that four varieties that can thrive in saline environment and can yield as high as 6 t/ha were developed. These include NSIC Rc324 (Salinas 10), Rc330 (Salinas 13), Rc332 (Salinas 14), and Rc338 (Salinas 17), which mature after 113 and 114 days after seeding.The institute also optimizes biotechnology tools to develop heat- and submergence-tolerant varieties.Owing to its good performance in rice research and development, PhilRice has the following certifications: ISO 14001:2004 (quality management), ISO 9001:2008 (environmental management), OHSAS 18001:2007 (occupational health and safety assessment series).

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