The NC Rice Festival drew a large crowd on Saturday, as people gathered to appreciate the history of Brunswick County’s connection to rice harvesting, and Gullah Geechee heritage.

The global rice market has been surprisingly consistent since the turn of the year. As it relates to the US, the supply-driven market could be upgraded from sideways to bullish, as long as we are looking at it with cautious optimism.

The three-day Rice and Grains Festival concluded on Sunday received an overwhelming response. A large number of citizens from the Panvel area visited and bought grains. According to the tehsil office, the farmers made a good business during the festival.

The state government expects a harvest of 70 lakh metric tonnes of paddy in the ongoing season despite the ‘no paddy in rabi’ policy it had announced in November.

India’s exports of agricultural items and processed foods rose 23% year on year to $19,709 million during April-January 2021-22, indicating continued robustness of the segment in the country’s exports basket.

A new hybrid rice has been introduced in Mwea, Kenya. Dr. Emmanuel Okogbenin, the director in charge of programs and commercialization at the African Agriculture Technology Foundation (AATF), made the announcement and said the new rice variety is more yielding and early maturing.

Rice is packed at Lộc Trời Group’s plant in An Giang Province. Rice exports this year are likely to maintain a good rank, as the local rice industry is increasingly improving in quality.

The Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) contributed largely to the Philippines’ food security amid the Covid-19 pandemic, an official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Thursday.

Pritam Singh, who farms on 110 acres, including some land taken on lease, at Urlana Khurd village of Haryana’s Panipat district, has just sold his harvest of Basmati rice varieties — PB 1121 and PB 1509 — at the local mandi at Rs 3,800 and Rs 3,500 a quintal, respectively.

A strange Indian angle has emerged in a variety of rice sold in premium stores across Bangladesh, counted among one of the world’s top rice-producing nations.