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Global Rice Industry Converges in Cancun, Mexico
Last week, representatives of some 185 rice businesses from 35 countries gathered at the Rice Market & Technology Convention in Cancun, Mexico...
Washington, D.C. Update
This week, President Biden announced his intent to nominate Doug McKalip as the Chief Agricultural Negotiator for the US Trade Representative. He...
Market Update: A Year Like No Other Continues
On the ground, all seems to be going as planned now that planting has wrapped up in each state. Sure, there is plenty of consternation about...
Washington DC Updates
House Passes Ukraine Supplemental Assistance On Tuesday, the House introduced and passed a bill for supplemental assistance for the Ukraine...
Delta Farmers Planting Last Acres for 2022
We are finally caught up with planting in Arkansas—a welcome sign to all farmers, processors, and industry members. Despite the return to...
A&M AgriLife Research & Extension, Texas Department of Ag meet with Texas Rice Industry Representatives
On May 13, the new Directors of Texas A&M AgriLife, Cliff Lamb, Director of Research and Rick Avery, Director of Extension, along with Dan Hale,...
USDA announces $6 billion in natural disaster payments
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by natural disaster events in 2020...
Biden Administration Appoints Kelly Adkins to Serve as State Executive Director for USDA’s Farm Service Agency in Texas
The Biden Administration recently appointed Kelly Adkins as the new State Executive Director (SED) for the USDA Texas Farm Service Agency (FSA)....
Market Update: USDA Planting Report is Purely Prospective, Far from Actual
Prices remain firm as planting gets underway. The initial USDA Prospective Plantings report just published this week has a much rosier picture...