Farm Bill Update

Farm Bill Update

The naming of Senate farm bill conferees was left undone this week.  Negotiations over numbers and naming of conferees, in addition to farm policy issues not contained in the current farm bills under consideration, were rumored to be in active discussions. ...
Remember Your Grandfather’s Rice Market?

Remember Your Grandfather’s Rice Market?

2018 will be a year to remember.  In the rice market we have always said there are no two years alike and certainly there are specific years when something special happened that make them stand out.  The first one that comes to mind is 2008 when the market...
USDA Announces $12 Billion Trade Assistance Plan

USDA Announces $12 Billion Trade Assistance Plan

This week U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a $12 billion plan to support farmers hurt by retaliatory tariffs imposed by U.S. trading partners.  In acknowledgment of the disproportionate effect on U.S. farmers of trade retaliation, President...
Texas House of Reps Hears HCR 33

Texas House of Reps Hears HCR 33

Dwight Roberts, President & CEO of the US Rice Producers Association and in representation of its charter member, the Texas Rice Council, gave testimony earlier this week at a public hearing at the State Capitol on Texas House Concurrent Resolution 33 calling on...
Texas Upcoming Events

Texas Upcoming Events

[vc_row][vc_column][special_heading title=”Western Rice Belt Conference and Texas Rice Council Annual Meeting” subtitle=”January 18, 2017 – El Campo Civic Center, El Campo Texas” separator=”bottom”][vc_column_text]The annual...

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