• End in Sight for Colombia’s Restrictions on U.S. Paddy

    Apr 13, 2017

    It’s been a long journey with too many delays, but the government of Colombia looks close to removing longstanding import restrictions on U.S. paddy. Colombian plant health officials have acknowledged to their U.S. counterparts that the fungal disease Tilletia Horrida is present in Colombia. The presence of this disease in U.S. rice country has been used as an excuse by Colombia to restrict imports of U.S. rough rice to only the port of Barranquilla and processing in surrounding mills, and to require fumigation of the cargo before shipment. Full story
  • GA.w-Brazil-Codex-Mtg-170412 USA Rice Attends Codex Food Safety Meeting

    Apr 12, 2017

    Last week, USA Rice staff and Dr. Steve Linscombe, of the Louisiana State University AgCenter, participated in the eleventh session of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Food (CCCF). Full story
  • USDA Logo WASDE Report Released

    Apr 11, 2017

    U.S. rice ending stocks for 2016/17 are lowered 3 million cwt on increased exports; at 49.1 million cwt, these would still be the largest all rice ending stocks since 1986/87. The 3-million-cwt export increase is all rough rice, which is record large at 46 million cwt, but split with 2 million for long-grain and 1 million for medium- and short-grain. Full story
  • Southern Rice and Cotton Logo New Merchant Member Joins USA Rice

    Apr 11, 2017

    Southern Rice & Cotton, LLC, in Harrisburg, Arkansas, recently joined the USA Rice Merchants' Association. Full story
  • Falcon Rice Mill Owner Robert Trahan receives plaque from Culinary Heritage Museum Falcon Rice Mill Added to National Culinary Heritage Register

    Apr 11, 2017

    The National Food & Beverage Foundation recently added Falcon Rice Mill to its National Culinary Heritage Register. Full story
  • USA Rice intern and AR farmer William-Mencer-Driving-a-Case Combine An Intern Reports: Finding a Seat at the Table

    Apr 10, 2017

    My fondest memories from days on the family farm in southeast Arkansas were sharing conversations with my father and grandfather over breakfast and lunch each day, discussing things such as weather, jobs that needed to be done on the farm that day, commodity prices, and current events. From a young age, I can remember having a keen interest in how the farm operated but also how legislation, regulation, and world events affected my father and grandfather’s day-to-day decisions for the farm. Full story
  • 2017/19 Rice Leadership Program Tours the Gulf Coast

    Apr 07, 2017

    Last week, the 2017/19 Rice Leadership Development Class attended the first session of the two-year program traditionally held in the Gulf Coast area of Texas and Louisiana, making stops that include examination of rice production practices, milling, and marketing as well as other aspects of the U.S. rice industry. Full story
  • New Recipe Brochures Inspire Home Chefs to Think Rice

    Apr 06, 2017

    This month, USA Rice added two new recipe brochures to the popular collection of consumer recipe brochures regularly requested by members, extension agents, educators, nutrition professionals, and others for promotional purposes at events such as tradeshows, educational programs, county fairs, and other activities. Full story
  • Trump Asking for More Information and Enforcement on Trade

    Apr 05, 2017

    President Trump has signed two executive orders dealing with trade issues, both of which are of interest to the U.S. rice industry. Full story
  • USA Rice Outlines Commodity Title Priorities Before House Ag Subcommittee

    Apr 04, 2017

    Blake Gerard, a rice farmer from Cape Girardeau, MO and chairman of the USA Rice Farmers Board of Directors and USA Rice Government Affairs Committee testified before a Subcommittee of the House Agriculture Committee on behalf of the U.S. rice industry. Full story
  • USA Rice Welcomes Gil Thompson

    Apr 03, 2017

    USA Rice welcomes Gil Thompson to the trade team. Full story
  • Farm Bill Opinions a Mixed Bag at Event

    Apr 03, 2017

    While most of Washington’s agriculture organizations and their memberships throughout rural America are optimistic about farm policy, the future of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the outlook of a strong safety net in the 2018 Farm Bill, recent gatherings here indicate that a resistance effort is brewing. Full story
  • Female fortune teller with her hands over a crystal ball USDA Estimates Rice Acreage Down 17 Percent

    Mar 31, 2017

    Area planted for rice in 2017 is expected to total 2.62 million acres, 524,000 less than in 2016, and back at the level planted in 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service. Full story
  • Group shot of CEO Ag Council meeting with EPA Senior Staff USA Rice’s Ward Sees EPA’s Pruitt as a Partner, Not an Opponent

    Mar 31, 2017

    USA Rice President and CEO Betsy Ward met yesterday with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and thanked him for his back to basics approach to science-based regulation. Full story
  • UK Makes Brexit Official; What are Implications for U.S. Rice?

    Mar 30, 2017

    The UK notified the EU that they are leaving, and this will create two markets for U.S. rice where there had been just one. Full story
  • Growing Hostility Between Turkey and Russia Could Benefit U.S. Rice

    Mar 29, 2017

    As a trade war heats up between Turkey and Russia, rice is named, and U.S.-grown rice could pick up the slack. Full story
  • USA Rice Debuts Winning Recipe from Healthy Rice Bowl Contest

    Mar 28, 2017

    The award-winning Greek Rice Bowl recipe from the USA Rice “Healthy Rice Bowl Contest” for school menu planners has been announced and joins a growing collection of recipes developed by K-12 menu planners created to help schools meet nutrition requirements, increase rice usage on school menus, and educate students about U.S.-grown rice. Full story
  • Delta Farm Press Don-Molino- receives Lifetime-Achievement-Award shaped like an old fashioned microphone Louisiana Farm Broadcaster Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

    Mar 27, 2017

    Long-time Louisiana farm radio and television broadcaster Don Molino received the Radio Lifetime Achievement award from the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters (LAB) Tuesday. Full story
  • U.S. Rice Deliveries to Mexico Surge in 2017 – Both Paddy and Milled Rice Show Significant Gains

    Mar 24, 2017

    According to official Mexican government data, total U.S. rice deliveries (non-converted) to Mexico were up a staggering 31.4 percent in the first two-months of 2017 compared with the same period the previous year. That’s 148,016 MT, and of significant note, milled rice exports nearly tripled – to 22,478 metric tons, nearly half of total milled exports in all of 2016. Full story
  • Photo of USA Rice Whole-Grain-Cover-Winter-2017-featuring AR rice farmer Jennifer James Latest Issue of Whole Grain Highlights Industry Record on Sustainability

    Mar 24, 2017

    Check your mailbox for the Whole Grain, USA Rice’s newspaper, as the latest issue is off the presses and on its way to readers throughout the six rice producing states and Washington, DC. Full story

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