• Inaccurate Reporting Raises Unsubstantiated Concern for U.S. Rice in Mexico

    Jun 09, 2016

    There was a story today online that Mexico had reduced tariffs to zero for all types and forms or rice regardless of origin. This story was inaccurate. Full story
  • Amidst Trade Shenanigans, U.S. Medium Grain Set to Return to Turkey

    Jun 08, 2016

    Turkey is an important commercial market for U.S. medium grain rice from both the Southern U.S. and California, and U.S. rice exports to Turkey averaged 175,000 MT per year in the period 2011-2015. Full story
  • Rice Wednesday is Back in Mexico Rice Wednesday is Back in Mexico

    Jun 07, 2016

    The popular USA Rice "Rice Wednesday" promotion is underway here at La Chilanguita, a chain with 11 restaurants in high traffic areas in Mexico City and Mexico State, including its most popular location, Masaryk, the most exclusive area in Mexico City. Full story
  • IP-US Medium Grain Breaks into Hong Kong Fast Food Mkt, Chewy Intl-160602 U.S. Medium Grain Breaks into Hong Kong Fast Food Market

    Jun 06, 2016

    Chewy International Foods Ltd, a leading food supplier here that began importing U.S. medium grain rice four years ago, has developed a special brand name tailored for both the retail and food service markets, and has begun a promotion campaign featuring the U.S. rice. Full story
  • In Memory: Gary DiGiuseppe

    Jun 06, 2016

    USA Rice was saddened to learn of the passing of Gary DiGiuseppe, a longtime Arkansas journalist and newscaster, who was killed in a car accident last week on his way to work from his home in Maumelle, Arkansas. Full story
  • Unified Export Strategy Submission Day

    Jun 03, 2016

    Today USA Rice submitted an application for 2017 funding under the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) trade programs. The application, referred to as the Unified Export Strategy (UES), is the official request document where USA Rice and other commodity groups, called “cooperators,” describe their strategic approach to promoting U.S. agricultural products abroad. Full story
  • USA Rice intern Ethan-Cartwright eats watermelon at building cookout USA Rice Welcomes Summer Intern

    Jun 03, 2016

    Money magazine recently named Washington, DC the top spot for students looking for summer jobs touting the area’s availability of work, educational opportunities, and “museums for days.” Just ask summer intern Ethan Cartwright who joined USA Rice’s government affairs team this week. Full story
  • USA Rice Lunch with Cuban Delegation Yields Results

    Jun 02, 2016

    USA Rice President & CEO Betsy Ward hosted a private lunch meeting here today for visiting Cuban dignitaries including Minister of Agriculture Gustavo Rodríguez Rollero, Cuban Ambassador to the United States José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez, and several top agriculture officials to discuss normalizing trade between the United States and Cuba. Full story
  • Updates to Nutrition Facts Panel Could Spell Rice Rewrites

    Jun 01, 2016

    Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) unveiled updates to the iconic nutrition facts panel that appears on the back of food packages. These changes are the first in more than 20 years and aim to provide consumers with access to more recent and accurate nutrition information about the foods and beverages they’re consuming. Full story
  • USA Rice Continues Work to Open Trade with Cuba

    May 31, 2016

    USA Rice Vice President of Government Affairs Ben Mosely spent last week here as part of a delegation of members from the U.S. Agriculture Coalition for Cuba (USACC). Rice was by far the most popular topic of discussion during the many meetings held with various departments of Cuban government, farmer cooperatives, importing agencies, and the ports system. Full story
  • Field Report: California

    May 27, 2016

    Yesterday, Louisiana rice farmers and USA Rice members Eric Unkel and Jeffrey Sylvester spent the day here visiting their Members of Congress and participating in the White House briefing on “Business Opportunities in Cuba.”Like many rice growers in northern California and across the mid-South, Michael Bosworth has spent the last couple weeks flooding his rice fields and finishing up planting. Full story
  • Louisiana Farmers Push Legislators on Trade with Cuba

    May 26, 2016

    Yesterday, Louisiana rice farmers and USA Rice members Eric Unkel and Jeffrey Sylvester spent the day here visiting their Members of Congress and participating in the White House briefing on “Business Opportunities in Cuba.” Full story
  • U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance Shares Consumer Research, a Good Road Map Forward

    May 25, 2016

    USA Rice participated in the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance’s (USFRA) second annual Research Workshop and first-ever Sustainability Summit here last week, where exhaustive and interesting consumer research across the agriculture and food chain was shared. Full story
  • south korean restaurant sign South Korean Diners Keen on New U.S. Rice Dishes

    May 24, 2016

    Last month, Amoje Food launched new menus featuring U.S. medium grain rice at ten of their Elena Kitchen restaurants. Elena Kitchen is a family-style buffet loved by diners of all ages who enjoy being able to taste traditional Korean dishes, as well as western-style food from main dishes to desserts. Full story
  • Senator Moran Addresses 81st Annual Delta Council Meeting

    May 23, 2016

    Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) delivered the keynote address at the 81st Annual Delta Council meeting here on Friday. Moran is chair of the Senate Agricultural Appropriations Subcommittee and appeared in Mississippi just after his Subcommittee passed their 2016 appropriations bill. Full story
  • Combating Unfair Trade Practices: Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petitions

    May 20, 2016

    California rice farmer and chairman of USA Rice’s Asian Trade Policy subcommittee Michael Rue once famously told regulators he feels like he’s not just competing with rice farmers in other countries, but rather with rice farmers and their entire governments. Unfair trade practices litter the global trade landscape. So what is a U.S. rice farmer to do? Full story
  • MX Award-from Protech held in someone USA Rice Team Receives Innovation Award for Online Member Service

    May 20, 2016

    A USA Rice staff team that recently completed improvements to usarice.com has received the “Fast Track Excellence WOW! Award” from Protech Associates, one of the first and largest providers of association management software. The award recognizes customers who achieve significant results within the first year of a Protech Business Solutions implementation. USA Rice recently launched Protech’s MX Online, named for its purpose of enhancing Member eXperiences on an association’s website. Full story
  • black and white movie screenshot talking on the phone In-Depth Analysis of TPP Shows Rice Right to Abstain for Now

    May 19, 2016

    The U.S. International Trade Committee (USITC), an independent, quasi-judicial Federal agency with broad investigative responsibilities on trade matters has released a long-awaited analysis of the mammoth Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal, and the findings aren’t making the strong case for the deal that the Obama Administration likely had hoped for. Full story
  • airport sign in Cuba Senate FY 2017 Ag Appropriations Promote USDA Post in Cuba

    May 19, 2016

    This morning, the Senate Committee on Appropriations unanimously voted to advance their $147.7 billion Fiscal Year 2017 spending bill for agriculture and nutrition programs. Full story
  • two men talk at commitee World Market Price Subcommittee Discusses Reporting Discrepancies, China, Iraq, and Remedies for Unfair Trade Practices

    May 18, 2016

    The World Market Price subcommittee of USA Rice’s International Trade Committee met here this morning to discuss the domestic and global outlook for rice with representatives from the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), the World Agriculture Outlook Board, the Economic Research Service (ERS), and the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), all agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Full story

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