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| Biofuels: Whose cry for food shall be answered? |
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Commodity Online
Production is growing, but population is growing faster. If production is less than demand, then how do people get enough food? |
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| CBOT rice futures end mixed amid volatility |
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Commodity Online
NEW YORK: CBOT rice futures ended mixed Friday amid continued volatility and commercial buying of September and November rice while soybean futures ended sharply higher. |
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| Rice: The price you pay |
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By Sreekumar Raghavan
Rising prices, increasing consumption and shrinking production may make rice a rare commodity soon |
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| Rice falls again as wheat extends gain |
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Commodity Online
NEW YORK: CBOT rice futures ended limit-down for the third straight day on Thursday as market participants continued selling July and buying September and November. |
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| China says grain reserves safe after quake |
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Commodity Online
BEIJING: China’s Grain Reserves Corporation on Wednesday said, country’s grain reserves in the quake-hit regions remain intact despite some damage to granaries. |
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| Rice, wheat futures fall on global cues |
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Commodity Online
NEW YORK: CBOT Rice and wheat futures continued their downward trend on Wednesday as the market continued its retreat from its rally last week. |
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| India to export basmati rice to cyclone-hit Myanmar |
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Commodity Online
NEW DELHI: The Indian government has permitted the export of 400 tons of basmati rice, relief consignment from France to cyclone-hit Myanmar, through the Chennai port. |
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| Rice futures end lower on US crop report |
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Commodity Online
NEW YORK: CBOT Rice futures ended limit-down on Tuesday after Monday’s crop progress report applying downward pressure. |
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| India can provide food security for Gulf's energy |
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| Addressing the Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) here on Monday night he said that India is a reliable supplier of food products the Gulf countries and this will only expand in keeping with expansion of Indian agriculture, |
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| Crop production to hit 228 mn tone this fiscal:CMIE |
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Commodity Online
NEW DELHI: Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) on Tuesday said India’s total agriculture crop production is projected to increase at 228.8 million tons during FY-09 |
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| Basmati rice prices up on export demand |
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| The basmati market was bullish despite the fact that government imposed an export duty of Rs 8,000 per tonne on this premium variety recently. |
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| World rice production to rise by 2.3 percent: FAO |
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Commodity Online
ROME: UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Monday said Rice production in Asia, Africa and Latin America is forecast to reach a new record level this year. |
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| California farmers sell rice ahead of harvesting |
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| Rice farming which was not profitable in California due to lower prices, higher input costs had turned away many farmers to soybean and corn. For those who remained in rice farming, the new price rice has come as a boon. |
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| Wheat, rice futures end mixed on CBOT |
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Commodity Online
NEW YORK: CBOT wheat and rice futures finished mixed on Monday as traders sold July contracts and bought September futures. |
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| Indonesia plans rice crop in 10,000 sq.km |
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| Indonesian Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono said the government would conduct a feasibility study for the programme, which could help soothe worries about rice supplies in countries such as Malaysia and the Philippines. |
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| EU's largest bio-refinery to use 1.3 mn MT of wheat |
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| Ensus, a start-up biofuels company will set up a bioethanol production facility in North East England that will consume a major chunk of exportable wheat in England. The requirement of wheat is 1.2 to 1.3 mn tonnes which will also make animal feed. |
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| India may import wheat if global prices fall:USDA |
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India imported 1.8 million tons of wheat in 2007-08 and the USDA has revised wheat import forecast downward to 5 lakh tons from 2 million tons for 2008-09.
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| No more ban on futures in agri-commodities: Pawar |
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Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said that there will not be any more ban on futures in agri-commodities and there will be no requirement to extend the suspension on futures in four commodites beyond September. |
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| Pawar rules out wheat imports this year |
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Commodity Online
NEW DELHI: Agriculture and Food Minister Sharad Pawar on Monday ruled out wheat imports this year as its domestic procurement is all set to reach 20 million tonnes against the targeted 15 million tonnes in the current marketing season. |
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| Govt notifies export duty on basmati rice, steel |
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Commodity Online
NEW DELHI: In its desperate attempt to check price, the union government on Monday notified imposition of export duty on steel items and basmati rice. |
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