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- Rice Quotes • July 3, 2009-

(all per MT bag FOB;ex.bulk paddy) American					(all per MT bagged FOB) Asian
-	Gulf	Calif	Urug	Argen	-	Thai	Viet	India	Paki
4%	$525	$1150	$520	$510	100%B-5%DP	$575	$410	-	$425
10%	$520	-	$510	$500	15%	$525	n/a	-	-
Paddy	$315	-	-	-	25%	$470	n/a	-	$340


- Rice News • July 2, 2009 -

USDA Rice Export Sales Report USDA Export Sales Highlights Report USA Rice Daily KATC: "Rice Crop Nears Harvest" Daily Advertiser: "Rice research celebrates centennial; see video " Business Mirror: "BOC intercepts Thai rice shipments " Bangkok Post: "Thai rice gene patent 'sends wrong signal'" Colombo Page: "Sri Lanka to buy 70000MT of paddy from farmers" ExpressBuzz: "Govt wants FCI to lift rice" New Kerala: "Rice production grows by 2.8Percent" Pakissan: "Rice exports down from 3.3m tons to 2.9m" Pakissan: "World Bank approves $50 million for irrigation in Sindh" Pakissan: "River water inflows cross 0.4 million cusecs mark" CME Group:"Commodity News for Tomorrow" futures report by email Click your "Reload" or "Refresh" button on your browser to make sure you have the latest update of this page.

- Rice News • July 1, 2009 -

INO: "CBOT Rice : Touches Highs On Supportive Export Sales" USDA Rice World Market Price and LDP announcement Delta Farm Press: "U.S. rice acres increase" The Advertiser: "La rice acreage down after '08 hurricanes" Texas A&M University: "Texas Rice" May issue VN Net: "Bumper crop" SGGP: "Rice exports could reach new high" Thai Rice Exporters' Association Prices Wall Street Journal: "Monsoon Progresses Over Northern Areas " Thaindian News: "Rains in parched Chhattisgarh revive paddy" Business Standard: "Centre for raising paddy support price" FBD: "Rice: Indian Ag Min proposes MSP US$19.82 for per quintal" Business Daily: "EAC silence on Paki rice imports fuels anxiety" Pakissan: "River water inflows cross 0.4 million cusecs mark "

- Rice News • June 30, 2009 -

INO: "CBOT Rice Review: Ends Higher On Friendly USDA Report" USA Rice Daily USDA Rice Stocks report USDA Acreage Report Bus. Mirror: "Yap orders investigation on alleged NFA rice ‘diversion’" The Nation: "Vietnam to exceed rice export target" Nhan Dan: "Bumper crop of winter-spring rice" Bangkok Post: "Rice exporters chastise PM" TANN: "(trade minister will report solutions to the rice bidding)" Mizzima: "Late onset of monsoons hampers paddy cultivation" Reuters: "Monsoon rains cover almost all of India" Reuters: "India's MMTC seeks rice supply for exports" Business Standard: "MSP favours paddy cultivation, says study" Pakissan: "No ban on import of Pakistani rice into Indonesia: envoy " MenaFN: "Annual rice trade through Dubai records 36.5% growth" The Informer: "Liberia: Over 8,000 MT Japanese Rice in Town"

- Rice News • June 29, 2009 -

INO: "CBOT Rice: Weakens On Position-Squaring Before Reports" USDA Crop Progress USA Rice Daily INO: "USDA Ark/Louisiana/Tex/Calif Weekly Rice Review - Jun 29" Korea Herrald: "Korea may buy surplus rice stock" Business World: "Philippines to buy 75,000 tons of rice July 22" SunStar: "CenMin palay prod'n to increase by 4.6%" Jakarta Post: "Rice crops may face droughts in Indramayu" VOV: "A bumper rice harvest for Vietnam " The Nation: "Exporters urge release of some rice stocks" SciDev: "Global warming may halve Bangladesh rice yields" Rediff: "Rice export falls to 2.5 million tonnes" Business Standard: "Rice export down by a half to 2.5 MT in FY09" Business Standard: "Rain delay may raise basmati acreage" Reuters: "India rice crop down, may up basmati exports-expert" The Hindu: "Inter-ministerial differences on non-basmati rice exports" The News Intl: "50pc paddy crops may be lost due to water shortage" Gulf Times: "Pakistani rice exports cross $2bn mark again" Daily Times: "Rice exports cross $2 billion mark" Bloomberg: "Pakistan Invites Bids for 50,000 Tons of Urea" Pakissan: "Gulf rice traders fear 20-30 pc further dip in prices " Reuters: "Gulf rice traders fear further dip in prices"

- Rice News • June 26, 2009 -

INO: "CBOT Rice Review: Ends Lower As The Mkt Waits For USDA" USA Rice Daily USRPA: "The Rice Advocate" (for release Friday afternoon) Texas A&M: "Texas Weekly Crop Survey" (to be updated Friday) USDA Ag Attache: "Philippines Milled Rice PSD update" FT: "Rice exports boost Vietnam's growth" Indopia: "Agri Secy not in favour of lifting ban on rice export" Indian Express: "Paddy production likely to be hit by 40%, agri dept" India Times: "Paddy farming: Sanda method answer to delayed rains" The News Intl: "50pc paddy crops may be lost due to water shortage" Dawn: "Water shortage to badly impact crops in Sindh" Pakissan: "Paddy to be sown over 4.3 million acres in Punjab" Commodity Online: "Water shortage hits cotton, paddy in Sindh " New Vision: "Uganda: Rice, Sugar Get Duty-Free Access to EU"

- Rice News • June 24 & 25, 2009 -

INO: "CBOT Rice Review: Ends Lower On Erratic July-Sep Spread " INO: "CBOT Rice Review: Mixed As July Contract Surges Past Sep" USDA Rice World Market Price and LDP announcement USDA Rice Export Sales Report USDA Export Sales Highlights Report Delta Farm Press: "Rice Sustainability Task Force" USDA announces GSM-102 guarantees: Turkey, S.Korea, S.America, Mexico, China/Hong Kong, Central America, Caribbean Region BusinessWorld: "WB approves $70-M loan to boost RP rice yield" ABS CBN: "NFA monitors rice supply in lean season" USDA Ag Attache: Vietnam Thai Rice Exporters' Association Prices The Star: "Bernas confident of returning to the black" Reuters: "Slow monsoon threatens Bangladesh rice crop" USDA Ag Attache: India Monsoon report India Times: "Scarce rains leave paddy fields uncultivated" The Hindu: "10 days delay of paddy transplantation in Punjab " CNN: "Monsoon delay threatening Chhattisgarh paddy output" Reauters: "India grain export ban review depends on monsoon" This Day: "Nigeria: FG Issues Alert on Contaminated Rice" The Informer: "Liberia: Japan Donates Over 84,000MTons of Rice"

- Rice News • June 23, 2009 -

USDA Crop Progress KCCO MR-22-069C tender to buy 780mt of #5/20% June 25 USA Rice Daily NNBT: "VDO interview Thai & VN rice exporters signed MOU" Reuters: "Thailand says no to farm investment by foreigners" Reuters: "Monsoon lull may hit paddy sowing in West Bengal" The Hindu: "Rain Drain" Pakissan: "Farmers, gov't dispute over destruction of paddy crop "

- Rice News • June 22, 2009 -

INO: "CBOT Rice Review: Ends Lower On Outside Pressure" USA Rice Daily Delta Farm Press: "Aquatic weeds in many rice fields" INO: "USDA Ark/Louisiana/Tex/Calif Weekly Rice Review - Jun 22" JoongAng: "Massive rice surplus a dilemma for farmers" Bloomberg: "China to Scrap Export Tax on Wheat, Rice, Soybeans" People's Daily: "Nearly one fifth of rice fields in China grew high-yield" TANN: "PM: Gulf States' Investment Must Not Affect Thai Farmers" USDA Ag Attache: Thailand Prices update The Hindu: "10 days delay of paddy transplantation in Punjab " The Hindu: "Rice procurement crosses 304 lakh tonnes " DaijiWorld: "Udupi: Paddy Cultivation Picks up Momentum" Express Buzz: "State agencies yet to lift rabi paddy" Pakissan: "Pakistan becomes third largest rice exporting country "

- Rice News • June 19, 2009 -

INO: "CBOT Rice: Lower In Correction; Ends Weekly Uptrend" USA Rice Daily USRPA: "The Rice Advocate" (for release Friday afternoon) Texas A&M: "Texas Weekly Crop Survey" (to be updated Friday) Tempo Interactive: "BULOG Seeks Loans" VNS: "Export firms resume buying rice" Bangkok Post: "Firms want flexibility in rice sales " TANN: "PM to Discuss Rice Deal Cancellation with Bidders" The Hindu: "Govt allows export of 25,000-t of non-basmati rice to SA" Econ. Times: " Rice export policy after stocktaking in Sept" The News Intl: "Growers seek right to plant rice in prohibited zone" El Universal: "Venezuela buys rice in South America"

- Rice News • June 18, 2009 -

INO: "CBOT Rice Review: Surges On Tech Buys, Short-Covering" KCCO MR-22-069A tender no awards USA Rice Daily USDA Rice Export Sales Report USDA Export Sales Highlights Report VN Net: "Vietnam will not have rice for export by 2020?" The Nation: "Rice-bid cancellation displeases traders " Bangkok Post: "Rice deals back to drawing board" TANN: "New Auction to Be Held for Govt Rice Stockpile" Reuters: "Thai PM to Meet Exporters Over Rice Stock Sales" The Hindu: "Rice procurement reaches nearly 304 lakh tonnes " Indopia: "Bharti Kisan Union demands Rs 1,500 as Paddy MSP" Reuters: "India allows 25,000 T rice exports to South Africa" Econ. Times: "Rice export policy unlikely to be changed until Sept." Reuters: "More rice mills, fewer imports "

- Rice News • June 17, 2009 -

USDA Rice World Market Price and LDP announcement USA Rice Daily Manila Bulletin: "Gov’t urged to sell more fortified rice" VNS: "State scraps rice export quotas" Bangkok Post: "Rice deals back to drawing board" Thai Rice Exporters' Association Prices Daily News: "Govt to maintain rice buffer stocks " BSI: "Basmati rice exports may cross 2 MT on Iran demand" New Kerala: "Weak monsoon, farmers told to advance paddy..." The News Intl: "Presumptive tax to hurt exports: REAP" Pakissan: "Sindh facing acute water shortage for Kharif crops " Dominican Today: "Rice harvest jumps 20% in first 5 months"

- Rice News • June 16, 2009 -

USA Rice Daily USDA Crop Progress Delta Farm Press: "USA Rice reaches into Guatemala" VN Net: "Rice export management must not repeat errors: MOIT" The Nation: "Isaan irrigation development 'a big boost to rice farming" Bangkok Post: "Government urged to sell smaller lots" USDA Ag Attache - Thailand Intervention Target Expanded USDA Ag Attache - Thailand - Price update New Nation: "14,61,690 tonnes of Boro rice produced in Barisal" Reuters: "Lakshmi Energy gets 3-bln-rupee rice export order" The Hindu: "Govt may mull lifting ban on wheat, rice " Express Buzz: "Govt fails to procure paddy, farmers hit" USDA Ag Attache - India USDA Ag Attache - India - Highlights Daily Times: "Iran’s CG advises rice exporters to trade in ACU" Pakissan: "Rice exporters propose ACU for trade with Iran " Pakissan: "Change in tax regime to hurt exports: REAP chief " Japan Times: "Africa rice consumption soaring"

- Rice News • June 15, 2009 -

USA Rice Daily Business Day: "Global trade in rice set to recover in 2009" Delta Farm Press: "Brown rice for food packages" Business World: "NFA palay purchase short of summer target" VOV: "Vietnam unlikely to have sufficient rice for export by 2020" Thanh Nien: "Rice exports jump 87 percent" VN Net: "Rice export management to be enhanced" TANN: "PM Promises Alternative to Guarantee Fair Crop Prices" Rediff: "Wheat, rice export ban may be eased" Bloomberg: "India Monsoon Rains Won’t Advance in Next 3-4 Days" The Hindu: "Panel recommends Rs 950-980 as kharif paddy MSP" The Hindu: "Rice procurement crosses 300-lakh tonnes " The Hindu: "Rice basmati, wheat prices up on fresh buying " The Hindu: "Kharif sowing: Paddy areas up" Indopia: "Rice export ban can go only after food security for poor" MoneyControl: "Looking at lifting export ban on wheat, rice" The News Intl: "Ghotki farmers switch back to cotton after paddy" Public Agenda: "Ghana: Project to Boost Rice Production" EABW: "Uganda: Rice Import Bill Hits U.S.$500 Million" SeedQuest: "USA Rice Fed. establishes sustainability task force"

- Rice News • June 12, 2009 -

USA Rice Daily USRPA: "The Rice Advocate" (for release Friday afternoon) Texas A&M: "Texas Weekly Crop Survey" (to be updated Friday) BusinessWorld: "Higher rice stock noted; price spikes discounted" VOVnews: "Rice export management to be enhanced" FnBnews: "FCI to stop...rice procurement likely at 32mt" Financial Express: "Rice mills suffer due to ban on export" Statesman: "Crisis looms for paddy farmers" Indopia: "Kharif sowing: Paddy areas up"

- Rice News • June 11, 2009 -

USDA ERS Rice Outlook USDA Rice Export Sales Report USDA Export Sales Highlights Report USA Rice Daily Korea Times: "Rice Sales Plunge by Double Digit Figure" VN Net: "National rice reserves don’t greatly affect rice prices" Thanh Nien: "Food assoc. chastised for mis-managing rice exports" TANN: "First Day of Rice Pledging in Some Provinces Not Lively" The Nation: "Rice pledging opens loopholes for millers" BSI: "Centre yet to lift 40 lakh tonnes of rice for PDS, say millers" Econ. Times: "Govt weighs export of non-basmati rice" The Hindu: "Water released from dams for ‘kar’ paddy " New Kerala: "Congress protests distress sale of paddy"

- Rice News • June 10, 2009 -

USDA Supply Demand Report USDA Crop Production USDA Grains: World Markets and Trade USDA Rice World Market Price and LDP announcement KCCO MR-22-069B tender delayed to June 11 USA Rice Daily Texas A&M: "Texas Rice" KALB: "LSU AgCenter Report: Rice Water Weevil " Taiwan Today: "Farmers enjoy bounty on Koshihikari Rice" The Nation: "Farmers worried over rice liberalisation" Thai Rice Exporters' Association Prices TANN: "Commerce Ministry to Investigate Rice Buy-Back Scheme" TANN: "Mills...Stop Buying Rice under Govt's Mortgage Program" Reuters: "India paddy sowing begins on early rain in Bengal" Financial Express: "Pusa 1121 rice attracts new buyers" Times of India: "New farming technique yields more paddy" PCP: "The Paddy crisis and failure of procurement centers in Sindh" Bloomberg: "Shipments From Abidjan Halted by Strike" Daily News: "Riviana Foods Files $3.5 Million Permit"

- Rice News • June 9, 2009 -

USDA Crop Progress Delta Farm Press: "Investors moving to commodity markets" USDA Ag Attache: "Taiwan - Grain and Feed" VN Net: "Expert calls for prompt rice export management..." SGGP: "Rice prices fall - farmers fear losses" Bangkok Post: "Farmers urge end to rice quota system" TANN: "Rice Mortgage Scheme Still in Trouble" New Kerala: "Rice boom causes problems for Bangladesh" The Hindu: "Paddy transplantation to start in Punjab, Haryana" The Hindu: "Bihar farmers compelled to sell rice at low price " Express Buzz: "Government blames it on FCI’s non-cooperation " Business Standard: "Basmati rice exports up on W Asia demand" GNA: "Project to boost rice production in Northern Ghana initiated "

- Rice News • June 8, 2009 -

USA Rice Daily Business World: "N. Mindanao expects higher rice prices" Manila Standard: "Yap sees rice output expanding 2% in Q2 " SeedQuest: "Filipino farmers welcome new rice varieties" VNS: "Farmers told not to panic over pests" USDA Ag Attache: Vietnam - Monthly Exports TANN: "Rice Traders Seek BOT's Mediation of Export Deals" Bernama: "BERNAS opens 3,000 Retail Outlets by 2016" The Hindu: "Bihar farmers compelled to sell rice at low price " The Hindu: "Grains held steady in narrow movements " The Hindu: "Kickstarting modernisation in rice industry " Bloomberg: "India Monsoon Revives After Lull" Econ. Times: "Centre may crop kharif MSP" India Infoline: "Wheat procurement crosses 24MT (rice 30MT)"

- Rice News • June 5, 2009 -

USA Rice Daily USRPA: "The Rice Advocate" (for release Friday afternoon) Texas A&M: "Texas Weekly Crop Survey" (to be updated Friday) eTaiwan: "Rice farmers want more subsidies for spring damage" PDI: "2% growth in rice production seen" VN Net: "Gov’t urges rice exporters to seek more contracts" VNS: "Rice exporters call for helping hand" SGGP: "Rice exporters demand new management" USDA Ag Attache: Thailand - Weekly price update The Nation: "Rice stock release plan completed in 15 days" TANN: "Farmers Satisfed w/ Govt's Decision to Procure More Paddy" TANN: "Govt Considers Shrimp-Pledging Scheme" Bloomberg: "India Monsoon to Revive in Two Days, Move to Rice" The News Intl: "Better agriculture growth expected" MCOT: "Asian rice producers offer support to double African rice"

- Rice News • June 4, 2009 -

USDA Rice Export Sales Report USDA Export Sales Highlights Report USA Rice Daily Times Picayune: "$21 million sought for grain elevator" Taiwan News: "Rice prices stable despite spring damage" AFP: "Philippines plan to cut rice import" PDI: "RP to use new rice varieties to cut imports" Bangkok Post: "Rice mortgage quota up by 2m tonnes" Bangkok Post: "Off-season rice pledging to be extended past " Bangkok Post: "Cabinet OKs price support for Hom Mali harvest" The Nation: "Schemes 'undermining rice exports'" The Nation: "Price guarantee scheme 'also open to collusion'" The Nation: "TDRI supports agricultural price guarantee programme" TANN: "Farmers Block Roads to Protest Plan" TANN: "Rice Farmers Pressure Govt to Increase Pledging Quota" Bloomberg: "India Plans Law to Supply Cheap Rice, Wheat to Poor" APP: "Government urged to announce support price for major crops" Pakissan: "Duty exemption on Pakistani rice to continue" MCOT: "Annan seeks support for plan to double African rice output" Daily Independent: "Notorie, Cross River Sign MOU On Rice Mill" GNA: "Farmers to be supported to increase rice in the north "

- Rice News • June 3, 2009 -

KCCO MR-069 tender results USDA Rice World Market Price and LDP announcement USA Rice Daily ABS CBN: "RP, Korea build P785-M rice processing centers" Nhan Dan: "Rice export turnover gained over US$1.5B in five months" VN Net: "Farmers crying over unsold paddies" Thai Rice Exporters' Association Prices The Nation: "Cabinet approves rice guarantee programme" Bangkok Post: "PM calls meeting on rice mortgage" Bangkok Post: "Rice farmers rally at Govt House" Bangkok Post: "Guarantees beefed up to woo farmers " MCOT: "Farmers block highway; demand govt rice support" TANN: "Govt Offers Rice-Pledging Price for 8 Provinces" TANN: "PM to Consider Expansion of Rice Pledging Quota on Thurs" TANN: "Govt to Retain Rice-Pledging Program" Times of India: "'Floods destroy four million tonnes of rice every year'" Daily Times: "‘Rice exports expected to cross $2bn during FY09’" The News Intl: "Kenya may not increase rice import duty above 35pc" USDA Ag Attache: Ukraine - Rice Production and Trade

- Rice News • June 2, 2009 -

KCCO - 069 tender, early results - lowest offers #5/20% - $459.66 per mt FAS Lake Charles #5/20% PARBOILED - $549.50 per mt FAS Houston official awards to be public June 3, 4:00pm CDT USDA Crop Progress USA Rice Daily NWA News: "Overabundance of rain pushing back planting" Brownfield: "Missouri growers progressing, but still behind" Delta Farm Press: "USA Rice to award scholarships" Delta Farm Press: "Crop markets" Rednet: "An Output of Hybrid Rice per Mu to Reach 830 kg" Bloomberg: "Vietnam to Ship 650,000 Tons of Rice in June" Bangkok Post: "Rice import rules to be tightened" The Nation: "Rice farmers from Ayutthaya rally" Bangkok Post: "Farmers block Mae Sai highway" TANN: "Anti-Graft Commission Summons Officials" TANN: "Farmers Protest after Mills Refused to Accept More Rice" The Hindu: "Rice procurement reaches 295.83 LT so far this season" MoneyControl: "Govt must open up non-basmati rice exports: KRBL"

- Rice News • June 1, 2009 -

USA Rice Daily Mid-South Farmer: "USA Rice Federation in Cuba" China Daily: "Pricy Thai rice sees drop in exports to China" SunStar: "DA: Central Luzon rice yield 1.47% higher" VOV News: "VN bids for rice export contracts to the Philippines" VNS: "Rules issued for rice exports" Bangkok Post: "Price support scheme riles rice farmers" Bangkok Post: "Farmers protest at Commerce Ministry" TANN: "Farmers Protest Govt Rice Price Guarantee Scheme" TNA: "Thai exporters urged to apply GSP on exports to Russia " Daily Star: "Traders reap benefits as paddy sells at low prices" New Nation: "Bumper Boro paddy in BAEZ" Bloomberg: "India’s Monsoon May Revive Fully by June 4" The Hindu: "Will make all efforts to restore Kerala's rice quota" The Hindu: "Millers directed to purchase paddy " The Hindu: "Rice basmati rises on pick-up in demand " Dawn: "Rice exporters may achieve $2bn target " Dawn: "Growers fear for future of paddy crop"

- Rice News • May 29, 2009 -

USA Rice Daily USRPA: "The Rice Advocate" (for release Friday afternoon) Texas A&M: "Texas Weekly Crop Survey" (to be updated Friday) Business World: "Rice imports could reach 2.2 million MT" VN Net: "Vietnamese market awash with low-quality rice" VOV: "Gov’t tightens regulations on rice exporters " USDA Ag Attache: Thailand - Weekly Price update Bangkok Post: "Rice scheme may lose state B30bn" The Hindu: "Paddy crop...suffers from micronutrients deficiencies" Ahora: "Holguin Farmers to Expand Rice Growing " NST: "Space-age use for rice husks "

- Rice News • May 28, 2009 -

USDA Rice Export Sales Report USDA Export Sales Highlights Report USA Rice Daily Thanh Nien: "High yields, low quality mean double trouble" The Nation: "Govt may have to cancel contracts" TANN: "Foreign Trade Dept to Take Over Crop Distribution Program" TANN: "MPs Affirm No Rift in Coalition over Halted Rice Sale" NST: "Immediate imports to ease rice shortage" Bloomberg: "Malaysia to Import More Rice to Ease Shortage" Reuters: "India paddy acreage seen up on govt buying"

- Rice News • May 27, 2009 -

USDA Crop Progress USDA Rice World Market Price and LDP announcement USA Rice Daily Delta Farm Press: "USA Rice talks with Cuban officials" Delta Farm Press: "Ducksalad aggressive in rice fields" Sun Star: "DA-PhilRice beefs up rice self-sufficiency" VNS: "Ground breaks on Delta rice warehouse" USDA Ag Attache: "Vietnam - News Summary" Reuters: "Asia Rice-Thai prices bounce on govt stocks sale delay" TANN: "Dep Finance Minister Optimistic on Rice Committee's Work" TANN: "Dep PM to Resolve Conflict in Rice Committee" TANN: "Deputy PM Appointed Member of Rice Committee" Bangkok Post: "Suthep heads crop panel " Thai Rice Exporters' Association Prices The Hindu: "Govt to raise buffer norms for wheat,rice " Bus. Standard: "India to raise buffer norm on purchase of foodgrains" Dawn: "TCP not to enter rice market " Pakissan: "TCP will not buy more rice, Reap told " Pakissan: "Rice crop may be lower next year" Pakissan: "TCP protecting growers from exploitation "

- Rice News • May 26, 2009 -

INO: "CBOT Rice Review: Ends Lower; Selling Of July, Buying Sep" USA Rice Daily Taiwan News: "Rice harvest unaffected by spring damage" Business Mirror: "DA sees RP farm output to grow 3% this year " Jakarta Globe: "Government May Extend Rice Export Period" VOV: "Vietnam to build one more rice depot" VN Net: "VFA regulating rice exports – illogical: NA deputy" Bangkok Post: "Suthep, Pradit join rice committee" USDA Ag Attache: Thailand - Weekly Price Update Malaysian Insider: "Thai PM delays rice sale after political spat" NST: "Bernas ordered to release more ST15 rice into market" New Sabah Times: "Locally produced rice up 60 per cent " Econ. Times: "Govt pulls out all stops to ease rice exports" IIT: "Subcontracting rice export transactions to private parties " The Hindu: "Rice basmati up as export demand picks up " Pakissan: "Water inflows in rivers cross 0.29 million cusecs mark " AlertNet: "IRAQ: Disappearing paddy fields "

- Rice News • May 22, 2009 -

INO: "CBOT Rice Review: Ends Mixed; New Crop Seen As Leader" USA Rice Daily USRPA: "The Rice Advocate" (for release Friday afternoon) Times-Picayune: "Two new rice varieties could be released by LSU" Texas A&M: "Texas Weekly Crop Survey" (to be updated Friday) Stuttgart Daily Leader: "Cuban trade debated" VN Net: "Thunderstorms pose serious threat as farmers harvest rice" INO: "Bangladesh Reimposes Rice Export Ban After Price Rise" Reuters: "Bangladesh bans rice exports to curb prices" The Hindu: "Rice exports: It is more of commercial transactions " The Hindu: "Higher MEP dents India's basmati export in 2008-09 " New Kerala: "16 lakh mt rice procurement targeted" The Hindu: "Monsoon onset window open for Kerala coast " Stabroek: "Rice industry in chaos - Doerga"

- Rice News • May 21, 2009 -

INO: "CBOT Rice: Ends Higher As Modest Rebound Continues" USDA Rice Export Sales Report USDA Export Sales Highlights Report KCCO MR-22-069 tender to buy 8110mt of rice, June 2 6160mt #5/20% long grain or medium grain, well milled 1950mt of #5/20% Parboiled long grain well milled July shipment USA Rice Daily DTN: "Dry Spell Helping Farmers " Delta Farm Press: "Ricestar HT in medium-grain rice" Grain Net: "USA Rice Applauds New Legislation...Trade With Cuba" Bloomberg: "Philippine Rice Output May Climb, Govt Forecasts" PDI: "NFA rice sales still high" BusinessWorld: "W Visayas banks on early rains to raise rice yield" Reuters: "High prices tempt rice growers to plant cotton" The Hindu: "Rice procurement reaches 287.70 lakh tonnes "

- Rice News • May 20, 2009 -

INO: "CBOT Rice: Ends Higher, Supported By US Crop Concerns" KCCO 059A tender awards USDA Rice World Market Price and LDP announcement USA Rice Daily TodaysTHV: "Northeast Ark. Rice Farmers Hurt By Rain" Business World: "Storms cut rice output in Q2" PDI: "Asia rice prices keep falling" Asia News Net: "VN rice exporters call for quota to be raised" Bangkok Post: "Thai rice prices under pressure" Thai Rice Exporters' Association Prices Bloomberg: "India May Lift Ban on Rice Exports on Record Crop " The Hindu: "Unseasonal rain throws life out of gear in AP "

- Rice News • May 19, 2009 -

INO: "CBOT Rice: Ends Down Slightly As Demand Remains Poor" KCCO MR-22-059A lowest offer $484.54 per mt FAS Lake Charles USDA Crop Progress USA Rice Daily ABS CBN: "NFA rice sales exceed Q1 target" Business World: "Rice yield seen to grow slower in 1st half" VN Net: "Rice export management of VFA not ‘transparent’" VNS: "Rice exporters call for quota to be raised" Nhan Dan: "Thailand urged to raise co-operation on rice crop" The Nation: "Government to regulate rice imports"