Barely a month into implementation, USMCA is already fraught with major stumbling blocks as Canada and Mexico warn recent U.S. trade actions will have serious implications on the deal’s success. Main issues include the re-imposition of tariffs on Canadian aluminum and the new plan to address the complaints of southeastern Read more…
This week ended the first segment of the Master Class of American long-grain rice produced in Mexico by the US Rice Producers Association. During the first segment, Chef Melissa Morelos, MasterChef Mexico contestant, and finalist, presented various recipes from Latin America with American long-grain rice as the main ingredient. The Master Read more…
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…
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…
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…
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…
With the 2020 rice harvest in full swing, Southwest Louisiana farmers wasted no time in loading the first vessel of rough rice in the Port of Lake Charles for shipment to Honduras. Efforts of the South Louisiana Rail Facility (SLRF) and their farmer members have resulted in the development of Read more…
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…