Rice

Iran issues tender to buy 30,000 MT rice from India.

Pestering pests threaten paddy crop output in Odisha’s Kalahandi distt.

Paddy output unlikely to come down despite monsoon havoc in Nepal.

Sri Lanka closes 0.2 MMT iinternational rice tender.

India rice basmati, wheat up on uptick in demand.

Despite Basmati price rise, Punjab border districts record 40% dip in cultivation.

Punjab and Haryana procure over 17.3 MMT of paddy so far, expect bumper crop.

UP farmers block highway as Haryana police stop paddy from entering the state.

Pakistan rice worth US $320.24 million exported in first quarter.

Govt bans paddy from UP.

Kolkata Food & Supplies dept targets 5.2 MMT paddy for 2018.

Myanmar govt to harvest 71,000 acres of rice paddy abandoned by Rohingya Muslims.

Paddy procurement to start from Nov 1 in Odisha.

Moga distt. (in Punjab) farmers sell paddy directly to millers.

India rice basmati edges up on stockists buying.

IGC cuts India 2017-18 rice output estimate by 1 MMT to 108 MMT.

Bangladesh has approved purchase of 100,000 tn parboiled rice from India at $455 per tn under a government-to-government deal.The price includes shipping, insurance, and discharge costs.The rice is to be shipped within 60 days after signing the deal, which is likely to happen soon. Bangladesh, the world’s fourth largest rice producer is importing rice aggressively as floods in the country have hit its rice crop as well as stocks.

Millers double non basmati purchase in Punjab from LY.

Vietnam ministry promises to reduce business barriers for rice exporters.

China helps Nepali farmers improve rice production, tackle food deficit