Rice Farmers Ready for 2021! Today, December 18, 2020, marks the 23rd anniversary of the founding of the US Rice Producers Association. Today it’s impossible to not think of Mr. Jack Wendt, a Texas rice farmer and former President of Read more…
To accommodate the global travel restriction and adapt to rapidly developing cloud technology, USRPA held 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, Read more…
While the United States pulled out of the “Trans-Pacific Partnership” (CPATPP) agreement negotiations at the beginning of the Trump Administration, Mexico and a number of other countries did not. Among the eleven countries that signed the agreement in March of 2018, Read more…
PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA 19 de Julio 2021 CONTACTO: Alex Clark | Veronica Galvan+ 1 (713) 974-7423 Katy, Texas (19 de julio, 2021) – En una reunión reciente en The Woodlands, Texas, la junta directiva de US Rice Producers Association (USRPA Read more…
Welcomes New CEO, Marcela Garcia Katy, Texas (July 19, 2021) – At a recent meeting in The Woodlands, the Board of Directors of the US Rice Producers Association (USRPA) selected Marcela Garcia to serve as the new President & CEO, Read more…
PORTAGEVILLE, Missouri (July 15, 2021) Dr. Justin Chlapecka has been named Rice Extension Specialist and Assistant Research Professor with the University of Missouri, effective August 1. In this new partnership between the University of Missouri and the Missouri Rice Research Read more…
The cash market was largely unmoved from the previous two weeks. Price action in the cash market appears to be waiting for further crop updates. Last week the southern Delta was pummeled with unusual volumes of rain which unfortunately arrived Read more…
President Biden issued an Executive Order on July 9, “Promoting Competition in the American Economy”. The order specified 72 actions and initiatives by numerous federal agencies aimed at promoting competition and addressing problems identified by the White House. The order Read more…
For Immediate ReleaseJuly 15, 2021 CONTACT: Dwight Roberts(713) 974-7423 KATY, Texas (July 15, 2021) — Last week, the US Rice Producers Association hosted the 10th annual Rice Market and Technology Convention at The Woodlands Resort in The Woodlands, Texas. After Read more…
Although there are a few cash bids surfacing, the cash market is still considered extremely quiet. Because the bids that are surfacing vary significantly, it appears that mills are offering more for price discovery purposes than for actual demand. Rainfall Read more…
On June 23, 2021, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Homer Wilkes for Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment, Department of Agriculture. Dr. Homer Wilkes, a native of Port Gibson, Mississippi, currently serves as Director of Read more…
Nestled in the beautiful Arkansas River Valley, some 65 miles northwest of Little Rock, is a rice farm far away from the beaten path of the traditional Arkansas Delta rice-farming region. A multi-generational family farm, Tim and Robin Ralston are carving Read more…