August 27, 2020 In This Issue: Hurricane Laura: Damage Assessment On-Going in South Louisiana as Storm Enters Arkansas, Missouri USRPA Addresses Key Rice Markets in Virtual Event with Chinese Rice Buyers Washington DC Update Still Many Unknowns in the World Rice Market
USRPA successfully hosted another virtual event featuring eight speakers from the U.S. presenting for an audience in China this week. Over 80 attendees registered for the live event via Zoom and many have already watched the recorded seminar since. Grace Wang, Eastern Hemisphere Programs Coordinator moderated the event and Marcela Garcia, Read more…
By Milo HamiltonSenior Economist, Firstgrain, Inc. All is not well in the world rice market. Pakistan is dealing with heavy rains and quality problems with existing stocks. Hurricane Laura this Wednesday night made landfall near Lake Charles with a lower storm surge than forecasted but will molest rice in the Read more…
Start Time : Aug 20, 2020 03:34 PM Meeting Recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/9-5uLom32V9LTYXf9kz2RKolHJzBX6a80yEcqfFYyoimlw0PfsdQB9TbbJgVXmg Access Passcode: USRPA-2020
August 21, 2020 In This Issue: Rice Market Update: Another Perfect Storm Brewing? USRPA Addresses Key Long Grain Rice Markets Texas Rice Update US Long Grain Rice Makes it to Guatemalan TV
Dr. Mo Way, Kate Crumley and Dr. David Kerns Just want to alert you rice farmers and crop consultants to be on the look out for an aphid…English grain aphid. As you probably know, aphids have piercing-sucking mouthparts, like a rice stink bug. But aphids suck up plant juices from Read more…
On August 17, Roberto Wong, Executive Director of ARROZGUA was interviewed in Guatevision a Guatemalan public television operated by the National Broadcasting System, with general and educational programming, whose headquarters is in Guatemala City. Today, has a 75.5% transmit frequency at the national level. During the interview, Wong emphasized the Read more…
Major rice buyers of U.S. long-grain rice from Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama along with affiliated U.S. industry members, all tuned in to USRPA’s virtual conference yesterday. The presentations focused on the current status of the on-going rice harvest, the short and Read more…
August 13, 2020 In This Issue: First Rough Rice Export of 2020 Rice Market Update: Little Change in USDA’s WASDE Report Heroes vs. Heals USRPA Webinar Gains Support and from Industry USRPA Proceeds with U.S. Rice Master Class in Mexico
The Senate recessed today until September. This week was originally scheduled as the first week of the Senate’s August recess, but Majority Leader McConnell had kept the Senate in session in order to allow more time for negotiation on the fifth COVID response. The House had recessed earlier and is not scheduled Read more…