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Rice field rent act to be revised Friday, 05 June 2015By NNT
BANGKOK, 4 June 2015 - Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed the Office of the Council of State, the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives to finish revising the Agricultural Land Rent Act B.E. 2524 within three months. The law revision is aimed at creating justice in land rent for landlords and tenants.Permanent Secretary for Agriculture and Cooperatives Chaovalit Chookhachorn on Thursday said there were around 1.08 million households or 41% of all rice field tenants who had not signed a legal contract with their landlords. The amended law was expected to draw all rice field tenants to put them into the system, said the official.The amended law prohibits an annual rent of agricultural land and stipulate that the landlords who want to sell their rented properties, they have to give the first right to buy to their tenants. http://www.pattayamail.com/business/rice-field-rent-act-to-be-revised-47772#sthash.oonQlbql.dpuf
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- Jun 05 Nagpur, June 5 Gram and tuar prices reported higher in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and Marketing Committee (APMC) here on increased seasonal demand from local millers amid tight supply from producing regions. Fresh rise in Madhya Pradesh pulses and reported demand from South-based millers also jacked up prices, according to sources. *
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FOODGRAINS & PULSES GRAM * Gram varieties ruled steady in open market here but demand was poor. TUAR * Tuar Karnataka recovered strongly in open market on renewed marriage season demand from local traders amid weak supply from millers. 2
* Batri dal reported down in open market on poor buying support from local millers amid profit-taking selling by stockists at higher level.
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* In Akola, Tuar - 7,300-7,700, Tuar dal - 10,100-10,500, Udid at 9,100-9,600, Udid Mogar (clean) - 10,700-11,100, Moong - 9,000-9,200, Moong Mogar (clean) 10,700-11,100, Gram - 4,200-4,500, Gram Super best bold - 6,100-6,300 for 100 kg. * Wheat, rice and other commodities remained steady in open market in poor trading activity, according to sources. Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg
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FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close Gram Auction 3,600-4,490 3,500-4,490 Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600 Tuar Auction 6,000-7,435 6,000-7,330 Moong Auction n.a. 6,000-6,300 Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500 Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800 Gram Super Best Bold 6,200-6,500 6,200-6,500 Gram Super Best n.a. Gram Medium Best 5,900-6,200 5,900-6,200 Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a. Gram Mill Quality 5,600-5,750 5,600-5,750 Desi gram Raw 4,650-4,700 4,650-4,700 Gram Filter new 6,100-6,200 6,100-6,200 Gram Kabuli 5,400-6,900 5,400-6,900 Gram Pink 6,400-6,600 6,400-6,600 Tuar Fataka Best 10,600-10,900 10,600-10,900 Tuar Fataka Medium 10,000-10,400 10,000-10,400 Tuar Dal Best Phod 9,600-9,800 9,600-9,800 Tuar Dal Medium phod 8,900-9,400 8,900-9,400 Tuar Gavarani New 7,450-7,550 7,450-7,550 Tuar Karnataka 8,100-8,200 8,000-8,100 Tuar Black 10,900-11,200 10,800-11,100 Masoor dal best 8,000-8,200 8,000-8,200 Masoor dal medium 7,500-7,900 7,500-7,900 Masoor n.a. n.a. Moong Mogar bold 10,800-11,000 10,800-11,000 Moong Mogar Medium best 10,000-10,500 10,000-10,500 Moong dal Chilka 9,500-9,800 9,500-9,800 Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a. Moong Chamki best 9,600-9,900 9,600-9,900 Udid Mogar Super best (100 INR/KG) 11,100-11,500 11,100-11,500 Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 9,800-10,500 9,800-10,500 Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 8,400-8,800 8,400-8,800 Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 4,100-4,300 4,200-4,400 Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 3,300-3,350 3,300-3,350
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Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 3,400-3,500 3,400-3,500 Watana White (100 INR/KG) 3,100-3,150 3,100-3,150 Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 3,600-4,500 3,600-4,500 Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,400-1,600 1,400-1,600 Wheat Mill quality(100 INR/KG) 1,550-1,750 1,550-1,750 Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 1,400-1,600 1,400-1,600 Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,450 2,200-2,450 Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 1,800-1,950 1,800-1,950 Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a. MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,100-3,700 3,100-3,700 MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,800-3,000 2,800-3,000 Wheat 147 (100 INR/KG) 1,400-1,500 1,400-1,500 Wheat Best (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,200 2,000-2,200 Rice BPT New(100 INR/KG) 2,700-2,850 2,700-2,850 Rice BPT (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,200 3,000-3,200 Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,850 1,600-1,850 Rice Swarna new (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,450 2,100-2,450 Rice Swarna old (100 INR/KG) 2,500-2,800 2,500-2,800 Rice HMT new(100 INR/KG) 3,100-3,600 3,100-3,600 Rice HMT (100 INR/KG) 3,800-4,200 3,800-4,200 Rice HMT Shriram New(100 INR/KG) 4,100-4,500 4,100-4,500 Rice HMT Shriram old (100 INR/KG) 4,500-5,000 4,500-5,000 Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 8,200-10,200 8,200-10,200 Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 6,000-7,200 6,000-7,200 Rice Chinnor new (100 INR/KG) 4,700-4,900 4,700-4,900 Rice Chinnor (100 INR/KG) 5,500-6,000 5,500-6,000 Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,450 2,200-2,450 Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 2,500-2,600 2,500-2,600 WEATHER (NAGPUR) Maximum temp. 41.2 degree Celsius (106.2 degree Fahrenheit), minimum temp. 29.1 degree Celsius (84.4 degree Fahrenheit) Humidity: Highest - n.a., lowest - n.a. Rainfall : nil FORECAST: Generally cloudy sky. Rains or thunder-showers likely towards evening or night. Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 41 and 29 degree Celsius espectively. Note: n.a.--not available (For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but included in market prices.) http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/06/05/nagpur-foodgrain-idINL3N0YR2WQ20150605 4
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Riceland, Producers Rice Join to Take Stake in Sage V Foods in Little Rock by Alexis Hosticka
on Thursday, Jun. 4, 2015 3:18 pm
Sage V Foods' facility in the Port of Little Rock. (Google Maps)
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Sage V Foods of Boulder, Colorado, has sold its interest in an instant rice production facility in Little Rock to Best Rice LLC, which is jointly owned by Riceland Foods and Producers Rice Mill, both of Stuttgart.Riceland and Producers are farmer-owned marketing cooperatives with rice drying, storage and milling facilities. The purchase marks the companies' first joint venture.Sage V Foods completed the facility, located in the Port of Little Rock, in 2009 and will continue to operate it. Sage V Foods produces rice-based ingredients for use in processed foods and the company‘s frozen rice is sold in the food service and retail markets, according to their website.Terms of the purchase were not disclosed.In a news release, Riceland and Producers said "plans are underway to increase the plant's capacity to accommodate current customers and anticipated demand."Sage V Foods also has facilities in Stuttgart and in Freeport, Texas http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/105351/sage-v-foods-sells-interest-to-best-rice-llc
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UPDATE 1-Philippines buys 150,000 tonnes rice from Vietnam, set to import more Fri Jun 5, 2015 5:32am EDT
* Vietnam wins tender, Thailand backs out * Private traders can import up to 805,000 T * NFA has option to buy additional 350,000 T (Recasts with possible additional imports) MANILA, June 5 (Reuters) - The Philippines agreed to buy 150,000 tonnes of rice from Vietnam in a tender on Friday and could import additional volumes to avert a potential spike in prices of the staple if adverse weather threatens the local crop.Demand from the Philippines, one of the world's biggest rice buyers, could support weak export prices in Asia. Thai 5 percent broken white rice fell to its lowest level in a year this week at $370 a tonne.The Philippines' state grains procurement agency, the National Food Authority (NFA), already has government approval to buy another 250,000 tonnes if drought brought on by an El Nino weather phenomenon hurts its harvest and it has the option to import 100,000 tonnes not allocated in Friday's tender.On top of that, it is ready to allow traders to bring in up to 805,000 tonnes more, with tariff, in the third quarter of this year. "That is the next importation that we will open, to be formally announced possibly within this month," said Joseph Dela Cruz, NFA deputy administrator for marketing operations.Vietnam won Friday's tender by cutting its offer to $410.12 per tonne to match the buyer's ceiling price for the 25 percent broken white rice variety.The NFA rejected Vietnam's initial offer of $419.35 per tonne for the full volume sought of 250,000 tonnes and Thailand's offer of $419 per tonne for 100,000 tonnes.Both countries were given the chance to revise their bids but Thailand deemed the Philippines' reference price too low and withdrew.Vietnam, which early this year won a 300,000 tonne supply contract with the NFA, must deliver the 150,000 tonnes in July in time for the lean harvest season in the Philippines.The NFA has imported 650,000 tonnes of rice so far this year after purchases last year totalling around 1.7 million tonnes, the biggest in four years.With El Nino now affecting more than half of the country's 81 provinces, the government is beefing up rice stocks to avoid a repeat of last year's spike in retail prices following damage to supply chains by Super Typhoon Haiyan in late 2013. Unlike last year, however, the cost of the staple food has been falling, with wholesale and retail prices down by 4.3 percent this year from a year before, with supply still adequate, government data showed. (Reporting by Erik dela Cruz; Editing by http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/05/philippines-rice-import-idUSL3N0YR2C220150605 6
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Import Duty Evasion: Reps Ask EFCC, Customs To Go After Rice Importers Edegbe Odemwingie and Bode Gbadebo Jun 5, 2015 3:44 am
The House of Representatives yesterday called on the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to recover all outstanding money in import duties owed the federal government by rice importers in the country. The lawmakers also urged NSC to henceforth implement only the Pure Rice Traders Policy in respect to the duties and levies in rice importation.The House resolution at plenary yesterday followed the consideration of the report of an Ad-hoc Committee on the Evasion of Payment of Import Duty on Imported Rice set up by the House few weeks ago. The lawmakers also added that the warehouses of the erring import companies must be closed until they settle all their outstanding import duties due to the federal government.The ad-hoc committee headed by the deputy House Leader, Hon. Leo Ogor, also recommended for the immediate cancellation of the entire rice import quota system and suspension of the 2015 quota allocation.Consequently, the House approved the committes‘s recommendations.Calling on the Nigerian Customs Service to ―recover every outstanding monies and seal up all their ware houses and their other businesses until the very last kobo is recovered to the government coffers in line with the customs Act.‘‘‗‘The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission should assist in prompt recovery of all outstanding monies owed the Federal Government by these companies.―Henceforth, the Nigerian Customs Service should insist only on verifiable bank guarantees from reputable banks and stop forthwith acceptance of any corporate guarantee from companies,‖ the House resolved. http://leadership.ng/news/438602/import-duty-evasion-reps-ask-efcc-customs-to-go-after-rice-importers
Procurement drive too futile to ensure fair prices of boro 8
12:00 AM, June 05, 2015 / LAST MODIFIED: 12:00 AM, June 05, 2015
Ahmed Humayun Kabir Topu
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Traders purchase newly harvested boro paddy from farmers at Tebunia Bazar in Pabna district. The prices, however, are too low to recover even the production cost, growers said. PHOTO: STAR The government's ongoing paddy procurement drive has hardly any impact for the local farmers as the target of 1415 tonnes is too small an amount for the district where paddy is the man crop.The farmers of the district brought 59,241 hectares of land under Boro cultivation with target to produce a total of 2.8 lakh tonnes of paddy amid suitable weather this year, said Md Omar Ali Shah, a development officer of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Pabna.But good yield of their main earning source fails to make farmers happy as the market prices remain low, largely due to local rice millers' reluctance to buy it. "Rice mill owners are the key paddy buyers but most of them are yet to start buying the crop as imported cheap Indian rice has occupied the market,‖ said Md Kazi Alamgir, a paddy trader of Tebunia market.Besides, farmers can hardly supply paddy to the government depots directly due to interference by middlemen.One maund (40 kg) of boro paddy is selling at Tk 500 to Tk 550 at the growers' level, which is not enough to recover even the production cost, growers said, adding that it sold for Tk 750 to Tk 800 last year. The government kicked off paddy procurement on May 1, offering Tk 32 per kg for rice and Tk 22 per kg for paddy. The drive will continue till August 31, the procurement target being 42,849 tonnes of rice and 1,415 tonnes of paddy," said Md Main Uddin, district controller of food.Stakeholders, however, said staff at 11 government procurement centres in the district often decline to purchase paddy directly from farmers.―We cannot sell paddy to the government depots directly as the middlemen and influential traders collect paddy from the farmers for Tk 550 to 600 a maund and then supply it to the depots at government-fixed rate of Tk 880,‖ said Md Nukul Hossain, a farmer of Jotkolshi village in Pabna Sadar upazila.A number of middlemen and traders are now collecting paddy from the farmers for low prices to sell it for high prices later, said farmers and traders.
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―My paddy cultivation cost per bigha stood at Tk 13 thousand but the average yield of 22 maunds can hardly bring Tk 11 thousand,‖ said Md Nuruzzaman, a farmer of Kalikapur village in Ishwardi upazila under Pabna district.―I returned back without selling paddy on last two market days as the price is poor,‖ said Mohsin Ali, a farmer of Radhakantapur village in Atghoria upazila.―Import of cheap Indian rice led to price fall of rice and consequent suspension of production in rice mills in the district caused drastic fall of paddy price during the peak boro
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season. We demand stopping import of Indian rice for the sake of the farmers," he said.KJM Abdul Awal, DAE officer of Pabna Sadar upazila, said the farmers should preserve paddy for at least two months, instead of rushing to sell the crop at the beginning of harvesting season as it causes price fall.The suggestion, however, is of very little practical value for most of the farmers who are in dire need of cash money. http://www.thedailystar.net/country/procurement-drive-too-futile-ensure-fair-prices-boro-92212
NFA and IRRI partner on improving rice quality Friday, June 5, 2015
LOS BAĂ‘OS, Laguna - The National Food Authority (NFA) signed earlier today (5 June 2015) a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) on improving rice quality in the Philippines.Under the MOU, the NFA and IRRI commit to promote and accelerate research on rice and rice-based farming systems toward establishing internationallevel standards for rice quality. Joint work will also be done toward consistent application of such standards for the benefit of all players in the Philippine rice industry, from farmers to consumers. "Through this agreement, the NFA hopes to maximize IRRI's research in achieving our food security mission of providing the country‘s rice requirements in terms of volume and quality. This will also guide us in our decision-making, not only in our operational activities but also in our policy-formulation, in anticipation of future developments such as infrastructure build-up," said NFA Administrator Renan Dalisay.Rice quality encompasses rice farming technologies and practices that help ensure sustainable agriculture, improved farmer welfare, grain quality, and dietary practices that support improved nutrition and health among consumers."We are happy to share technologies, some partly developed through work funded by the Department of Agriculture on grain quality and forecasting, with NFA," said IRRI Deputy Director General Bruce Tolentino. 10
Tolentino assured Dalisay of IRRI's support to NFA's efforts to make good quality rice available to consumers, as well as to adapt better to the effects of climate change, citing damage to rice storage infrastructure when Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines in 2013.NFA and IRRI will collaborate in these specific areas: grain quality improvement, including assessment of consumer
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preferences and research to enhance quality; rice breeding, production, and processing (postharvest)technologies; and the establishment of quality standards in relation to the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP), a key mechanism through which rice quality standards are promoted internationally. NFA and IRRI will also be sharing scientific data and research results as well as strategic analysis of developments and trends in international rice trade.The NFA is mandated to ensure the country‘s food security and stability of the supply and price of rice, the country‘s major staple. This collaboration is part of the NFA‘s efforts to widen its partnership with both public and private sectors toward finding long-term and sustainable ways to achieve national food selfsufficiency and security.IRRI is the world‘s premier research organization dedicated to reducing poverty and hunger, improving the livelihood of rice farmers and health of rice consumers, and ensuring environmental sustainability through rice science. Earlier, the NFA also signed a memorandum of agreement with the Kaya Natin! Movement, a civil society organization advocating good governance and ethical leadership, for a ―Bantay Bigas‖ project to ensure that the NFA‘s inexpensive quality rice will be continuously available, accessible, and affordable to poor consumers who are its intended beneficiaries.
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Commerce Min poised to hold 3rd rice auction Date : 5 มิถุนายน 2558
BANGKOK, 5 June 2015 (NNT) – The Ministry of Commerce is gearing up for the third auction for rice from the government‘s stock later this month while seeking ways to deal with another 14 million tons of substandard grains that remain unsold. Director-General of the Department of Foreign Trade Duangporn Rodphaya indicated that the third round of rice bidding for the year 2015 is being planned as instructed by the rice management committee. The new lot is comprised of over 1 million tons of 12 different strains, coming from 101 silos of the Government Warehouse Organization and 52 silos of the Marketing Organization for Farmers. It is intended to compensate for the off-season supply which is on the decline. 11
For the bidding process, the Director-General said rules and conditions will remain the same as in previous rounds and the floor value will be specified for bidders to use as reference when making their decision. The grains will be available for preview and quality inspection during June 8-12. Interested bidders will be able to submit applications on June 15 before qualified
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candidates are announced and bids are accepted on the following day. Ms Duangporn also revealed that there are currently another 16 million tons of rice left in stock. Of the amount, about 2.6 million tons are of good quality and will be gradually auctioned off, whereas the other portion of almost 14 million tons is considered substandard and not consumable. Discussions are being held with related ministries and agencies on alternative means of handling the latter batch, including supplying it to the industrial sector http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNECO5806050010019#sthas h.PoUyC7gk.dpuf
Everything But Arms treaty under scrutiny after bicycle trade problems The Ministry of Commerce is to launch surprise inspections of rice millers to find Vietnamese rice. Eli Meixler
Sat, 6 June 2015 Charles Rollet
The European Union is increasingly scrutinising abuse of its Everything But Arms treaty with Cambodia, underscoring both the importance of the zero-tariff agreement to the Kingdom‘s economy and the potential for its misuse.Under the EBA, least-developed countries (LDCs) such as Cambodia export all goods – except for weapons – duty-free to the European market.
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Thanks to the EBA and similar treaties, Cambodia enjoys ―one of the most important advantages to neighbouring countries such as China, Thailand and Vietnam‖, said Hiroshi Suzuki, president of the Business Research Institute of Cambodia.Jean-François Cautain, ambassador of the EU in Cambodia, said in a statement that the EBA‘s purpose was to help Cambodia and other LDCs better integrate into the global market – which comes at a cost to European tax collectors.―For a total of €3 billion that Cambodia exported to the EU last year, member states lose a combined amount of circa €250 million on imported duty tax,‖ he said.―The interest of the EU is to ensure compliance with the regulations that frame EBA.‖In Cambodia‘s rice sector, fears that cheap rice from neighbouring countries is being mixed with Cambodian rice exports to benefit illegitimately from the EBA have recently led the Ministry of Commerce to take action.A May 11 letter from the ministry said ―surprise inspections‖ would be launched into rice millers to investigate the issue, while certificates of origin would not be issued to violators.
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David Van, senior adviser to the Cambodia Rice Federation, said the Ministry‘s move should help stave off concerns by taking preventative measures before formal complaints are filed.―I absolutely have no clue if it is going to be efficient or not, but at least what the ministry is showing is that they are taking a proactive stance to demonstrate to the EU that they are not just sitting and waiting.‖According to Van, there have been no recent proven cases of EBA abuses when it came to rice exports.But that is not the case for another Cambodian industry. Last month, the European Commission said it uncovered a scheme under which Chinese-sourced bikes were being exported to Europe through Cambodia to circumvent an anti-dumping duty imposed on China in 2013.In response, the Commission slapped 48.5 per cent import duties on Cambodian bicycle imports, save for three companies it found to have been exporting legitimately.The companies affected by the duties have to wait for one year before they can have their exemption requests reviewed by the EU, according to the Commission.The investigation also revealed that local authorities in Cambodia and other countries that were inspected ―do not carry out cross checks between the Chinese export statistics and respective local import statistics.‖Ministry of Commerce spokesman Ken Ratha said he could not currently elaborate on the bicycle scheme in detail, although he said the ministry was now collecting information on bicycle producers potentially affected by the duties.―Let‘s see how much impact [the duties] have on those companies. ‖However, for the industry which benefits the most from the EBA, instances of companies abusing the agreement are ―uncommon‖, said Ken Loo, secretary general of the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia.Since the Cambodian government allows garment firms to import raw materials duty-free as long as they are re-exported after processing, numerous checkpoints are already in place.―Because of this duty exemption at the point of import for raw materials, there‘s a lot of inspection going on,‖ Loo said, adding that the EU annually inspected garment factories to ensure they complied with the EBA.Cambodian garment exports also benefited greatly from a loosening of EBA certificate of origin requirements in 2011, allowing the heavily import-dependent industry to massively increase its benefit from the deal.Cambodia now sells 35 to 40 per cent of garments to the EU, overtaking the United States last year.But even if Cambodia plays by the rules, the EBA will eventually phase out when the Kingdom moves up from its Least Developed Country status.Loo, however, was not concerned.―By the time we cease to enjoy the EBA scheme, the situation in Cambodia should have developed to a point where we are no longer as dependent. http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/everything-arms-treaty-under-scrutiny-after-bicycletrade-problems
Monsoon makes weak onset, may advance into peninsula VINSON KURIAN 13
The HinduThe normal onset date is June 1 but the Met had expected the rain to arrive two days earlier this year. File Photo THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JUNE 5:
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The monsoon made a weak onset over Kerala on Friday with only one centre in Kasaragod district recording a heavy rainfall of 8 cm during the 24 hours ending in the morning.The local Met office said, however, that moderate rain of varying amounts was reported from most places in Kerala and Lakshadweep. High winds But it did not issue any heavy rainfall warning for the state or Lakshadweep until June 9.A warning valid for fishermen said winds speeding up to 55 km/hr are likely until Saturday evening. For the first time in 10 years, the onset happened outside of the time band set four days to the either side of the May 30 median.The outer limit of this band had lapsed on Wednesday (June 3). Shows up again
A persisting anti-cyclonic circulation in the Arabian Sea had been working at cross-purposes with the timely arrival of the monsoon, according to experts.An array of western disturbances passing just to the north over Pakistan and north-west India only helped sustain the circulation, offering strong resistance to the monsoon flows.In fact, the circulation showed itself up prominently on the day the monsoon onset was announced, parked just to the northwest of a ‗trough‘ over Lakshadweep. In the process, it has delayed the formation of a crucial low-pressure area here by two more days, the Met said.The monsoon requires a ‗low‘ or a similar weather system to push the rains along the coast and into interior peninsula.Even assuming that it materialises, the ‗low‘ will not be allowed to gather significant strength.It will be allowed to move north towards the Mumbai coast by June 12, as per Met forecasts. Spell in East 14
It would strong monsoonal flows and heavy rain into coastal Karnataka, Konkan-Goa, Mumbai and adjoining south Gujarat during this phase.According to the US Climate Prediction Centre, the monsoon will bring heavy rainfall over the south peninsula until June 10. The north-eastern
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States also will receive heavy rain during this phase.The following week is likely to see a spike in rain over Mumbai and neighbourhood while the monsoon spreads out over east and north-east India.The north-eastern States, including eastern parts of Gangetic West Bengal, will go under a punishing spell during the week, the US forecasts said.But the west coast is seen quietening down a bit with below normal rainfall until June 17. The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology in Pune agrees with this outlook. (This article was published on June 5, 2015)
DNAnexus Powers Research and Analysis of Rice Genomes to Help Feed World’s Population Genomic Processing and Global Collaboration Lead to Scientific Discovery for Breeding Improved Rice Strains June 05, 2015 07:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DNAnexus Inc. announced today that its groundbreaking cloud-based genome informatics and data management platform is powering the 3000 Rice Genomes Project (3K RGP). The project is a partnership between the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), and BGI in China and their numerous collaborators globally, who are attempting to solve one critical question: how can we continue to feed the growing human population? ―The 3K Rice Genomes Project is a powerful example of how DNAnexus is being used to accelerate scientific discovery, in a project whose sheer volume and scope is unprecedented in the agricultural community‖ Rice is a diet staple for half the world‘s population. It is estimated that production of this grain must increase by at least 25% by 2030 to keep pace with population growth. Researchers are using genomics to identify critical genetic differences between strains of rice for nutrition, climate tolerance, and disease resistance – differences that can be utilized in the paddy field in upcoming years to breed rice varieties that can support global demands.The 3K RGP has analyzed 3,000 rice genomes, generating more than 100 TB of data that was processed on 37,000 CPU cores concurrently. 15
Using DNAnexus, the team completed the mapping and variant calling more than 200 times faster and without incurring additional costs in purchasing and maintaining compute infrastructure. 3K RGP investigators are located across the globe in 10 countries, and they are able to access results and collaborate in real time, without the costs of shipping these datasets on
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physical storage. The result has been hundreds of new genetic markers, each a potential pathway to improving outcomes for rice production. The genes linked to valuable traits can help breed new rice varieties that have improved yield, higher nutritional value, or greater tolerance to pests, diseases, and drought.According to Robert S. Zeigler, Director General of IRRI, ―Humans have been improving rice over thousands of years. Using this new knowledge of the rice genome, public interest research organizations can further improve rice yields, the nutritional content of rice, as well as the rice plant‘s resistance to the negative effects of climate change, pests, and disease.‖―The 3K Rice Genomes Project is a powerful example of how DNAnexus is being used to accelerate scientific discovery, in a project whose sheer volume and scope is unprecedented in the agricultural community,‖ said Richard Daly, CEO of DNAnexus. ―We are thrilled to support this work on our platform, particularly given the wider social benefits of success.‖ About DNAnexus DNAnexus combines expertise in cloud computing and bioinformatics to create a global network for genomic medicine. DNAnexus provides security, scalability and collaboration for enterprises and organizations that are pursuing genomic-based approaches to health in order to accelerate medical discovery. DNAnexus is supporting customers around the world that are tackling some of the most challenging and exciting opportunities in human health. For more information, please visit: https://dnanexus.com and follow us at @DNAnexus. Contacts Element Public Relations, for DNAnexus Tim Smith, 415-350-3019 tsmith@elementpr.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150605005073/en/DNAnexus-Powers-Research-AnalysisRice-Genomes-Feed#.VXODLM9Viko
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DNAnexus Inc. announced today that its groundbreaking cloud-based genome informatics and data management platform is powering the 3000 Rice Genomes Project (3K RGP). The project is a partnership between the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), and
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BGI in China and their numerous collaborators globally, who are attempting to solve one critical question: how can we continue to feed the growing human population? ―We are thrilled to support this work on our platform, particularly given the wider social benefits of success.‖Rice is a diet staple for half the world‘s population. It is estimated that production of this grain must increase by at least 25% by 2030 to keep pace with population growth. Researchers are using genomics to identify critical genetic differences between strains of rice for nutrition, climate tolerance, and disease resistance – differences that can be utilized in the paddy field in upcoming years to breed rice varieties that can support global demands.The 3K RGP has analyzed 3,000 rice genomes, generating more than 100 TB of data that was processed on 37,000 CPU cores concurrently. Using DNAnexus, the team completed the mapping and variant calling more than 200 times faster and without incurring additional costs in purchasing and maintaining compute infrastructure. 3K RGP investigators are located across the globe in 10 countries, and they are able to access results and collaborate in real time, without the costs of shipping these datasets on physical storage. The result has been hundreds of new genetic markers, each a potential pathway to improving outcomes for rice production. The genes linked to valuable traits can help breed new rice varieties that have improved yield, higher nutritional value, or greater tolerance to pests, diseases, and drought.According to Robert S. Zeigler, Director General of IRRI, ―Humans have been improving rice over thousands of years. Using this new knowledge of the rice genome, public interest research organizations can further improve rice yields, the nutritional content of rice, as well as the rice plant‘s resistance to the negative effects of climate change, pests, and disease.‖―The 3K Rice Genomes Project is a powerful example of how DNAnexus is being used to accelerate scientific discovery, in a project whose sheer volume and scope is unprecedented in the agricultural community,‖ said Richard Daly, CEO of DNAnexus. ―We are thrilled to support this work on our platform, particularly given the wider social benefits of success.‖ About DNAnexus DNAnexus combines expertise in cloud computing and bioinformatics to create a global network for genomic medicine. DNAnexus provides security, scalability and collaboration for enterprises and organizations that are pursuing genomic-based approaches to health in order to accelerate medical discovery. DNAnexus is supporting customers around the world that are tackling some of the most challenging and exciting opportunities in human health. For more information, please visit: https://dnanexus.com and follow us at @DNAnexus.
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DA eyeing P500 million for El Niño-mitigation strategies by Mary Grace Padin - June 5, 2015
By Mary Grace Padin THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Friday that it is targeting to tap its P500-million quick-response fund to bankroll its El Niño-mitigation strategies.Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala said he will seek the Department of Budget and Management‘s (DBM) approval to tap the quick-response fund.―The Commission on Audit [COA] is not allowing us to use the funds [for other purpose],‖ Alcala said in an interview.The DA usually allocates P500 million as standby fund which it taps to help farmers affected by natural calamities such as typhoons. Alcala said, however, that in the COA‘s view, the current El Niño episode ―does not yet require the allocation of government funds. ‖Alcala said he is going to meet with the DBM to request the use of the fund for their programs to help farmers cope up with the drought.So far, the El Niño weather phenomenon has already destroyed P2.1 billion worth of crops, according to data from the DA.―As of now there is no shortage in our production. But we want to maintain this, so we need to provide solutions on how we can minimize, if not stop, the effects of El Nino,‖ Alcala said.Among the strategies rolled out by the DA include a campaign to inform farmers on how to properly conserve water. Alcala also urged farmers to try other kinds of crops as rice is a water-loving crop.The DA-Philippine Rice Research Institute is disseminating information on irrigation methods and technologies such as the alternate wet and drying system, which guides farmers on when to irrigate their rice fields. http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/da-eyeing-p500-million-for-el-nino-mitigation-strategies/
Vietnam to supply 150,000 MT of rice to PHL by Mary Grace Padin - June 5, 2015
VIETNAM is set to secure a deal to supply 150,000 metric tons (MT) of rice to the Philippines as Manila races to beef up the buffer stock of the National Food Authority (NFA) for the lean months which would start in July.In a tender held on June 5, Vietnam offered to supply 150,000 MT of 25-percent broken well-milled rice at $410.12 per MT. The price includes cargo handling and freight costs. The entire volume will arrive on July 15.The volume is part of the 250,000 MT which the NFA Council has authorized to purchase via a government-to-government (G-to-G) deal to secure local rice supply. The El Niño weather phenomenon, which could dry up rice farmlands in the country, threatens local rice output.
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―The [Bids and Awards] committee will discuss how we would procure the remaining 100,000 MT of rice,‖ NFA Deputy Administrator Joseph Y. de la Cruz told reporters in an interview.De la Cruz said the government wants the remaining 100,000 MT of rice to arrive in the Philippines by August 15. The NFA has earlier invited Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam to join the bidding. The three countries have rice-supply agreements with the Philippines.Cambodia did
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not submit any quote. Thailand and Vietnam both offered to supply rice at $419 per MT, prompting the NFA to ask them to revise their quotations. Only Vietnam provided a revised price offer at $410.12 per MT. For the entire 150,000 MT, Vietnam‘s asking price was $61.58 million.The El Niño weather phenomenon has been tagged as one of the major factors behind the contraction in the country‘s output in the first quarter of the year.In January to March, rice production declined by 6.09 percent to 4.75 million MT (MMT), from 5.06 MMT in the fourth quarter of 2014, according to data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).The PSA also said the country‘s rice output could go down by 4.21 percent to 3.9 MMT in April to June this year, from 4.07 MMT recorded in the second quarter of 2014 due to the dry spell.Early this year the Philippines imported 500,000 MT of rice through a G-to-G deal with Thailand and Vietnam. This is in addition to the 163,000 MT of rice which Manila has allowed to be purchased under the minimum access volume scheme of the World Trade Organization. http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/vietnam-to-supply-150000-mt-of-rice-to-phl/
House Agriculture Committee Looks at Global Subsidies House Ag Committee Chairman Mike Conaway
WASHINGTON, DC -- The House Committee on Agriculture held a hearing this week to review and discuss the trade distorting impact of farm subsidies in other countries and whether these subsidies may result in violations of subsidy rules in the World Trade Organization (WTO). Craig Thorn of DTB Associates, LLC and Dr. Darren Hudson of Texas Tech provided testimony. Thorn noted that the runup in subsidies in the countries that his firm examined -- China, India, Brazil, Turkey, and Thailand -- began about a decade ago and have continued unabated. Thorn said much of the data was collected from reports by overseas offices of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agriculture Service because farm subsidies are rarely reported to the WTO in a timely fashion, and because some countries use faulty methodology to make reported subsidy levels appear smaller than actual outlays. The domestic support policies of these advanced developing countries, which are both key competitors and customers of U.S. agriculture, have a global impact. They have stimulated production, displaced imports, and, in many cases increased exports. "The U.S., as the biggest agricultural exporter, suffers most from these distortions," said Thorn." 19
This was a very timely and important hearing," said USA Rice COO Bob Cummings. "As the importance of the farm bill safety net grows for U.S. producers, Congress should understand that support for agriculture in key foreign countries continues strong. Both witnesses, and the
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questions from Committee Members, highlighted the importance of a vibrant U.S. voice at WTO headquarters to set the record straight about agriculture subsidies. USA Rice very much supports this initiative." Contact: Michael Klein (703) 236-1458
CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures CME Group (Prelim): Closing Rough Rice Futures for June 5
Month
Price
Net Change
July 2015
$9.805
- $0.120
September 2015
$10.075
- $0.120
November 2015
$10.340
- $0.125
January 2016
$10.595
- $0.125
March 2016
$10.790
- $0.125
May 2016
$10.790
- $0.125
July 2016
$10.790
- $0.125
Japan’s changing food tastes are hard to swallow for rice and sake enthusiasts The two global symbols of Japanese cuisine are falling in domestic popularity as growing sales of bread, beer and wine reflect an increasingly international flavourake is beginning to lose its privileged status in Japanese cuisine. Photograph: Alamy
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Friday 5 June 2015 11.03 BST Japanese cuisine made it on to Unesco‘s list of ―intangible cultural heritage‖in 2013, but it hardly needed that honour to be appreciated across the globe. Through the food of Japan, the west discovered a new frontier of taste: light and healthy, respect for texture and flavour, refined
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presentation. Little wonder, then, that today some of the most accomplished and multi-talented chefs are Japanese.What tends to get overlooked in any discussion of Japanese cuisine, however, are its two basic elements: rice and sake. For Japanese palates, each is essential to the success of a meal. Sake has a strong reputation and even a certain prestige abroad. But rice? Isn‘t it just, well, rice? Not for the Japanese. The only rice people eat there is made in Japan, for two reasons. Foreign producers are locked out of the market by prohibitive taxes – taxes that protect domestic producers allied with the country‘s conservative base. And domestic rice has a specific taste; the best, as far as the Japanese are concerned, is koshihikari rice, a shiny, short-grained variety. Once only grown in the coastal Niigata prefecture of Honshu, it‘s now cultivated on other islands and has even been copied by the Chinese. If ―rice is the metaphor of Japanese identity, sake is its accomplishment‖ For centuries, rice has shaped the Japanese landscape and symbolised nature‘s bounty and farmers‘ hard work. In the eighth century, in the Man‘yoshu poetry anthology, the plant was lauded for its ―radiant ears‖. For years, eating white rice was a privilege of the rich; the lower classes mixed it with ―poor‖ grains like millet and barley. To the Japanese, rice isn‘t just an accompaniment to a meal; it‘s its central element, so much so that, cooked, it is synonymous with the meal itself. In Japanese, gohan means both a bowl of rice and the entire meal.
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Sake, for its part, is considered uniquely Japanese, just like the rice it‘s made from. But Japan‘s signature beverage is a bit misunderstood abroad. In Japanese, sake is a generic term for all alcoholic beverages. The rice wine we call sake actually has a different name in Japan: nihonshu.These days, however, rice and sake, those two quintessential emblems of Japan, have hit a rough patch on native soil. Under globalisation, homegrown tastes have to compete either with standardised ones or ones that try to mimic the real thing. The agricultural lobby, too, has seen its power dwindle, and international free-trade deals under negotiation could make things worse. Rice and sake also fell victim tothe nuclear catastrophe of Fukushima in March 2011; the region was a big producer of both. And although the rice fields there have now been largely decontaminated of radioactive fallout, producers of sake continue to suffer; the purity of the water needed to make it has been compromised. Slowly but surely, rice and sake are losing ground in Japan. Bread consumption has risen to compete with rice, while beer and wine are outpacing sake. Only by concentrating on the singularity of its terroir can sake – and by extension the best varieties of rice – salvage its future, believes French geographer Nicolas Baumert, author of Sake: A Japanese Exception. Japan has a plethora of cookbooks and wine guides that tend to be as elitist as the advertising that shapes the trends that consumers follow, but today it‘s still old-fashioned word-of-mouth that makes or breaks a product‘s reputation, especially among amateurs of sake.If ―rice is the metaphor of Japanese identity, sake is its accomplishment‖ writes Baumert, an associate professor at Nagoya University.
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But while sake is without question ―the most accomplished‖ of all rice wines, the Japanese didn‘t invent it, he points out; it exists elsewhere in Asia, notably in China and South Korea. Still, so successfully has Japan appropriated the drink, it‘s now considered an authentic Japanese product. ―Other rice wines seem mere distant cousins,‖ the author notes. Sake and rice production was damaged by the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Photograph: Bruno Ehrs/Corbis Sake is anchored in the collective imagination of the Japanese. Traditionally associated with festivities and rituals, it was a libation that offered a break from people‘s daily routine. A blend of rice and water, sake was made through fermentation and so was a metaphor for life; it also had a major religious role, especially in Shinto, Japan‘s indigenous faith. According to historian Hidetoshi Miyachi, sake was long a drink of the aristocracy before military conscription during the Meiji period (1868-1912) transformed it into a popular beverage nationwide. Western dining habits, which allow wine to be drunk at table, changed consumption patterns yet again; sake started to be served in Japan with meals. Rice and sake have been at the heart of Japanese cooking and winemaking for centuries. And the importance they held at feasts is no more evident than in The Merits of Sake and Rice Compared, a scroll painted at the end of the 15th or start of the 16th century that was widely reproduced up until the 19th. A copy made in the 17th century and preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France is the subject of a wonderful new book published by Éditions Diane de Selliers.Rich in illustrations and intellectually rigorous in its commentary, the scroll is a parody of disputation, a literary genre of medieval Japan that employed controversy to impart an edifying message.There are three protagonists in the story: a nobleman who‘s an amateur of sake, a monk who craves rice, and a warrior who favours moderation in all things. The three men debate the fundamental question: ―Should one get drunk or stay sober?‖
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The amusing discussion echoes the verbal wit of Rabelais, notes Claire-Akiko Brisset, a Japan expert who supervised the translation of this ―poetic work on the art of cooking‖, as co-editors Estelle Leggeri-Bauer and Véronique Béranger call it. Diving deep into the sources of Japanese culinary art, the scroll has ―an exceptional documentary value‖, says their colleague, ethnologist Jane Cobbi.It provides the keys to understand dining habits and cooking techniques that are still with us today: the cutting up of fish and fowl, the preparation and presentation of meals, and detailed descriptions of utensils such as mortars, wooden pestles and sieves. ―What this beautiful document allows us to see is how a formal meal was arranged according to clearly defined norms,‖ writes Cobbi. It also signals ―the appearance of an ‗art of good living‘ that began with products chosen according to season and place‖, she says. Whereas before the 15th century the culinary arts seem to have been only a secondary theme in Japanese literature and iconography, the scroll marks ―the birth of gastronomie‖ in the archipelago.It also illustrates the pros and cons of drinking. Japan was always a tolerant place for drunks. The tipsy wage-earner taking the last train home is a recurring image in modern Japan. Even several centuries ago, drunkenness was not seen in a bad light – on the contrary. ―Ghosts and light drinkers don‘t exist,‖ went the adage. ―A banquet was considered a success when the guests started losing all control ... and even those who didn‘t like to drink pretended they were drunk in order to please their host,‖ historian Isao Kumakura writes in an afterword to the book.
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Proper drinking also had its rituals, such as the passing around of goblets as a seal of friendship. In those days, there was little drinking during meals, Kumakura notes. But after the meal was over, it was a veritable free-for-all of binge-drinking, buffoonery and bad behaviour. This article appeared in Guardian Weekly, which incorporates material from Le Monde http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jun/05/japan-changing-food-tastes-ricesake?utm_source=USA+Rice+Daily%2C+June+5%2C+2015&utm_campaign=Friday%2C+December+1 3%2C+2013&utm_medium=email
Thailand’s Rotting Rice May Be Sold for Animal Feed, Ethanol by Supunnabul Suwannakij June 5, 2015 — 4:15 AM PDT Thailand‘s government may sell most of its stockpiled rice to ethanol and animal-feed producers because it‘s no longer fit for human consumption, a move that could dwindle supply from the world‘s largest exporter of the grain.The junta will decide in about a month how to dispose of poor quality rice that was purchased under the previous government‘s rice subsidy program, Deputy Prime Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula told reporters Friday in Bangkok.A reduction in Thai inventories would cut global supply just as an El Nino weather pattern threatens to parch crops across Asia. The stockpiles of the Southeast Asian nation accounts for 37 percent of the global rice trade.― It will take a big burden out of global rice supply,‖ said Mamadou Ciss, who‘s traded the grain since 1984 and is president of Alliance Commodities (Suisse) SA in Geneva. ―This will be bullish to the rice market and we could see prices rising to $500 or more.‖ That would be the highest since August 2013.The price of Thai 5-percent broken white rice has fallen 9.3 percent this year to $379 a metric ton, the lowest since January 2008. State reserves in Thailand stand at about 16 million tons, up from about 2 million tons before the previous government began buying supplies directly from farmers in October 2011, government data show.The government is considering whether to sell 13 million tons of poor quality rice to producers of animal feed or ethanol, or whether to sort the grain into different grades before any sale, Duangporn Rodphaya, director-general at Department of Foreign Trade, said Friday. ‗Quite Costly‘
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―Grading the rice is quite costly, and selling to the industrial sector is a better way out,‖ Duangporn told reporters. A further 2.6 million tons will be sold gradually for human consumption, she said.Separately, the government plans to sell 1.07 million tons of rice at an auction on June 15. Since taking power in May last year, the military government has sold about 2 million tons of stockpiled rice.The El Nino weather pattern may reduce rain-fed rice production in South and Southeast Asia, according to the Rome-based Food & Agriculture
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Organization. El Ninos are caused by periodic warmings of the Pacific and can roil agricultural markets as farmers contend with drought or too much rain. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-05/thailand-s-rotting-rice-may-be-sold-for-animalfeedethanol?utm_source=USA+Rice+Daily%2C+June+5%2C+2015&utm_campaign=Friday%2C+December +13%2C+2013&utm_medium=email
APEDA News (India) International Benchmark Price Price on: 04-06-2015 Product
Benchmark Indicators Name
Price
1
Turkish No. 2 whole pitted, CIF UK (USD/t)
5975
2
Turkish No. 4 whole pitted, CIF UK (USD/t)
5375
3
Turkish size 8, CIF UK (USD/t)
4375
1
Californian Thompson seedless raisins, CIF UK (USD/t)
2603
2
South African Thompson seedless raisins, CIF UK (USD/t)
2263
1
Australian 5 Crown, CIF UK (USD/t)
2948
2
Iranian natural sultanas (Gouchan), CIF UK (USD/t)
1780
3
Turkish No 9 standard, FOB Izmir (USD/t)
2058
Apricots
Raisins
Sultanas
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Source:agra-net
For more info
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Commodity-wise, Market-wise Daily Price on 04-06-2015 Domestic Prices Product
Unit Price : Rs per Qty
Market Center
Variety
Min Price
Max Price
1
Dhing (Assam)
Other
2200
3000
2
Bargarh (Orissa)
Other
2100
2300
3
Kheda (Gujarat)
Other
1750
3310
1
Dhing (Assam)
Other
1450
1700
2
Amirgadh (Gujarat)
Other
1250
1500
3
Bonai(Orissa)
Other
1450
1600
1
Sirhind (Punjab)
Other
3000
4500
2
Haldwani(Uttrakhand)
Other
1500
2500
3
Mechua(West Bengal)
Other
2500
3000
1
Chala (Kerala)
Other
2700
2750
2
Banki (Orissa)
Other
2500
3000
3
Gumla(Jharkhand)
Other
1200
1400
Rice
Wheat
Mousambi
Brinjal
Source:agra-net
25
Egg
For more info Rs per 100 No Price on 04-06-2015
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Product
Market Center
Price
1
Ahmedabad
347
2
Chittoor
368
3
Hyderabad
332
Source: e2necc.com Unit Price : US$ per package
Other International Prices
Price on 04-06-2015 Product
Market Center
Origin
Variety
Low
Potatoes
Package: 50 lb cartons
1
Atlanta
2
Baltimore
3
Detroit
Colorado
Russet
23.50
23.50
Idaho
Russet
16
19
Wisconsin
Russet
19
19.50
Cucumbers
Package: cartons film wrapped
1
Atlanta
Canada
Long Seedless
8.50
9.50
2
Miami
Mexico
Long Seedless
12
13.50
3
San Francisco
Georgia
Long Seedless
12
12
Grapes
26
High
Package: 18 lb Containers Bagged
1
Atlanta
Mexico
Black Seedless
29
29.50
2
Chicago
Chile
Black Seedless
24
27
3
Detroit
Mexico
Black Seedless
32
33
Source:USDA
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