USA Rice Daily, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 201
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USA Rice Daily
Up-to-the-Minute News on Issues and Activities
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USA Rice Federation is the global advocate of all segments of the U.S. rice industry with a mission to promote and protect the interests of producers, millers, merchants and allied businesses.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011
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| USA Rice Meets with Louisiana Rice Growers |
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USA Rice's Reece Langley talks to growers at today's meeting.
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CROWLEY, LA -- USA Rice Federation staff met today with Louisiana rice growers who serve on the boards of state rice organizations to provide an update on USA Rice activities and a forum to ask questions about developments in Washington.
USA Rice VP Government Affairs Reece Langley talked about the challenge of educating new congressional lawmakers about the rice industry before drafting of the 2012 farm bill. Langley told growers that House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders won't begin working on the legislation until next year and discussed the possibility that the 2008 farm bill could be extended until 2013 or 2014.
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USA Rice also held a lunch meeting with several Louisiana mill and merchant members.
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USA Rice President and CEO Betsy Ward provided an update on the rice industry's sustainability efforts, including the release of an environmental indicators report showing that growers are producing more rice with fewer resources. Ward added that the financial support of state research programs has been instrumental in efficiency and productivity gains for the rice growers.
"All state research is driven by the desire to produce more rice with fewer resources," she said.
Growers expressed concern about anticipated federal budget cuts that could impact direct payments, discussed ideas for a targeted education campaign focused on the importance of production agriculture, and reviewed agricultural developments within the state.
Contact:
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, (703) 236-1458 |
| Northeast Louisiana Rice Forum Scheduled for Tomorrow |
Please plan to attend tomorrow's Northeast Louisiana Rice Forum. Details are as follows:
Wednesday, Jan. 26
9 a.m.-Noon
Richland Community Center
817 Louisa Street
Rayville, LA
The meeting will include Louisiana State University Ag Center's research-based rice production recommendations and a report from the USA Rice Federation on activities and accomplishments.
Contact:
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, (337) 738-7009 |
| Peterson Announces Subcommittee Ranking Members |
WASHINGTON -- U.S. House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson (D-MN) today announced the names of Democrats serving as subcommittee ranking members. He also named the Democrats who have been assigned to the subcommittees. Peterson will serve as an ex-officio member of each subcommittee.
Rep. Leonard L. Boswell (D-Iowa) is the ranking Democrat on the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, which has jurisdiction that includes programs and markets related to rice and other commodities and the Commodity Credit Corporation. Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA) is a subcommittee member.
Rep. Tim Holden (D-PA) is ranking member on the Conservation, Energy, and Forestry Subcommittee, which oversees soil, water, and resource conservation programs. Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA) serves as ranking member on the Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee, which presides over foreign agriculture assistance and trade promotion programs, generally, as well as rural development, research, and biotechnology programs.
Contact:
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, (703) 236-1451 |
| Aroma Housewares Supports San Diego WIC |
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San Diego WIC staff accepts the donation of Aroma rice cookers.
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SAN DIEGO -- Aroma Housewares, America's top-selling rice cooker brand and a USA Rice Federation promotions partner, recently donated 400 rice cookers to the San Diego Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program. The cookers, which have a brown rice cooking feature, are given to WIC families to help moms prepare healthy, low-cost meals using brown rice.
Brown rice information and recipes were included along with one-pound bags of brown rice donated by Lundberg Family Farms. WIC staff reported that families who received the cookers are excited and appreciate the ease of preparing brown rice in the cooker.
California is the largest WIC state, providing benefits to its 1.4 million participants. Aroma and USA Rice continue a cross-marketing partnership to promote healthy meals using U.S.-grown rice and rice cookers.
Contact:
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, (703) 236-1454 |
| CME Group/CBOT Rice Futures Closing |
CME Group (Preliminary): Closing Rough Rice Futures for Jan. 25
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Month
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Price
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Net Change
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March 2011
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$14.75
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- $0.395
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May 2011
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$15.04
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- $0.39
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July 2011
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$15.285
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- $0.395
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Sept. 2011
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$15.12
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- $0.37
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Nov. 2011
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$15.35
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- $0.325
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Jan. 2012
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$15.595
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- $0.245
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March 2012
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$15.84
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