August 6, 2020 In This Issue: Market Update: Rice Harvest Gaining Strength, South Delta Draining a Few Fields USRPA’s Rice Cooking Seminar is a Great Success in Guatemala Yangtze River in Asia Sees Historical Floods Nutrien Variety DG-263L Set for 2021 Release Washington DC Update
This week on August 4th, USRPA joined with over 180 organizations in sending a letter to leadership of the House and Senate. The letter expressed support for including a technical correction addressing the tax treatment of loan forgiveness under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) in the next round of relief Read more…
Nutrien Ag Solutions is seeing very promising results in the field testing of a new rice variety to be released as DG-263L. This will be the first of several long grain variety under the company’s Dyna-Gro seed brand. DG-263L is a high yielding long grain line with excellent grain quality and should Read more…
Yangtze River, the largest river in Asia is dealing with the worst floods in has seen in decades. As monsoon season in progress, the Yangtze river basin, which is particularly prone to flood and is home to abundance of fertile farmland in China, has been largely affected, and with more Read more…
USRPA and ARROZGUA continue its success social media campaign. The interactive virtual cooking seminars, done in two stages, via Zoom has been shared on the Facebook fan page USA Arroz throughout June and July. The chefs demonstrated various rice recipes from around the world featuring U.S. grown rice, emphasizing its Read more…
July 30, 2020 In This Issue: Good Early Field Yields, Hurricane Hanna Hurts Second Crop COVID Supplemental – Heroes vs. Heals Texas Rice Update USRPA Rice Virtual Training Seminar in China USRPA’s First Rice Master Class Kicks-Off August 3rd
USRPA continues adapting its promotional programs to continue expanding the message that U.S. rice is nutritious, economical, and the perfect grain for Mexicans diet especially during this time where COVID-19 is changing everyone’s lives. On August 3rd, we will kick-off the first Virtual Rice Class in Mexico! The webinar series Read more…
To accommodate the global travel restriction and adapt to rapidly developing cloud technology, USRPA is looking forward to its first public virtual event via Zoom in China on Wednesday 10 am -12 pm August 26th, 2020 (US Central time is Tuesday, August 25, 9-11pm). The educational seminar on US rice Read more…
By: Dr. M.O. Way, Prof. of Entomology, Texas AgriLife Research & Extension Ctr. Well, the Texas Rice Belt survived Hurricane Hannah, but rain from the storm came at an inopportune time. Texas rice farmers are in the middle of cutting their crop, so now many fields are muddy, but farmers Read more…
