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Sen. Roberts: Producers need certainty in farm bill

Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kans., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and Jennifer Duffy, senior editor for The Cook Political Report, addressed rice industry members during the general session of the USA Rice Federation’s 2012 Government Affairs Conference at the Hyatt Regency Washington.

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Feb. 20, 2012

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Delta Farm Press Calendar of Events

Important meetings, trade shows, field days and conferences for those involved in Mid-South agriculture....More
Feb. 17, 2012

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Face of rice price not just another pretty chart

By 2032, demographers predict that just one rice farmer in China will feed three other people. This could be the single biggest social change in the last 1,000 years, in rice for sure and perhaps in the financial history of the world....More
Feb. 17, 2012

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Bullish year ahead for rice prices?

What makes U.S. rice prices, according to grain analyst Milo Hamilton? You'll be surprised....More
Feb. 14, 2012

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Corn and soybean profitability to remain strong

Corn and soybean profitability will remain strong for U.S. producers over the next decade, thanks to steady demand and high prices, according to USDA’s 2012 - 2021 Long-Term Agricultural Outlook Projections, released in February....More
Feb. 14, 2012

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Linscombe: Long-grain rice quality problems being tackled

Mid-South mills are warning producers that the quality of U.S. long-grain rice is increasingly at the top of customer concerns. Following several extremely difficult growing seasons that produced uneven rice crops, quality has been a hot topic during winter meetings....More
Feb. 11, 2012

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Food safety – clear conscience for Japan’s rice producers

If a government agency had just approved one of your field crops during a safety inspection, but you still suspected that something was wrong, what would you do – harvest and ship the crop? Or undertake your own investigation?...More
Feb. 10, 2012

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MSU’s Walker rice researcher of year

Tim Walker, associate research professor and agronomist at Mississippi State University’s Delta Research and Extension Center, Stoneville, Miss. was recently named the 2012 Rice Researcher of the Year at the 15th Annual National Conservation Systems Cotton and Rice Conference....More
Feb. 7, 2012

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U.S. rice stars in new video

The USA Rice Federation today released a nearly seven-minute video promoting the U.S. rice-producing industry from field to mill to market to table....More
Feb. 3, 2012

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East Arkansas Rice and Soybean Production Clinic set for Feb. 10

Arkansas' Lee, Monroe and Phillips County Cooperative Extension Services will conduct a Rice and Soybean Production Clinic on Friday, Feb. 10. The clinic will begin at 8:00 a.m. and conclude at noon at the Lon Mann Cotton Research Station on Highway 1 south of Marianna, Ark....More
Jan. 31, 2012

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Louisiana rice groups meet to hear updates

Louisiana rice farmers have been apprised of a plan to address the problem of saltwater entering irrigation ditches....More

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