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U.S. Rice and Wine in Japan - A Winning Combination
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TOKYO, JAPAN - Last week, USA Rice conducted the final competition at the 3rd annual U.S. Medium Grain Recipe Contest where eight professional chefs, selected out of 166 entrants, were vying to create the best dish pairing U.S.-grown medium grain rice with wine.
First prize was awarded to Mr. Yo Ko of the Conrad Tokyo China Blue for his "Five Kinds of Dim Sum." Dim Sum are small dumplings that can be steamed or fried, and Chef Ko's entry was enhanced with special sauces using sweet wine for the steamed dumplings and dry wine for the fried. Second place was a tie between a red wine and rice terrine appetizer, and a risotto baked in a waffle maker.
Bill Farmer, USA Rice director of Asia programs, and Rachael Nelson, director of the U.S. Embassy Agricultural Trade Office here, were on hand to present Chef Ko with the 300,000 yen ($2,500) grand prize, and the 50,000 yen ($400) prizes awarded to the two second place winners.
"Through contests and activities like this we familiarize professional chefs with the attributes of U.S. medium grain rice," said Farmer. "It's impressive to watch them create menus on-the-spot that will appeal to our target consumer audience in Japan."
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Weekly Rice Sales, Exports Reported
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WASHINGTON, DC -- Net rice sales of 51,200 MT were reported for 2015/2016 marketing year, which began August 1, according to today's Export Sales Highlights report. Increases reported for Venezuela (30,000 MT), Panama (5,000 MT), Saudi Arabia (3,100 MT), Guatemala (3,100 MT, including 1,900 MT switched from unknown destinations), and Mexico (2,700 MT), were partially offset by decreases for unknown destinations (1,900 MT). A total of 389,700 MT in sales were outstanding on July 31 and carried over to 2015/2016. Accumulated exports in 2014/2015 totaled 3,267,000 MT up 7 percent from the prior year's total of 3,040,700 MT. Exports for 2014/2015 totaled 56,100 MT and were primarily to Mexico (26,700 MT), Panama (20,200 MT), Saudi Arabia (8,000 MT), and Canada (800 MT). This summary is based on reports from exporters from the period July 31 - August 6, 2015.
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| CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures | CME Group (Prelim): Closing Rough Rice Futures for August 6.
| September 2015 | $11.440 |
- $0.100
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November 2015
| $11.700 |
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January 2016
| $11.990 |
- $0.090
| | March 2016 | $12.225 |
- $0.060
| | May 2016 | $12.405 |
- $0.065
| | July 2016 | $12.405 |
- $0.065
| September 2016
| $11.885
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- $0.065
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In the News
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Around the Country
Photo gallery: A huge crowd visited the Aug. 7 2015 Arkansas Rice Expo in Stuttgart. Field tours offered producers a chance to hear the latest on rice breeding programs, soybeans and weed control.
Jeffery Sylvester of Ville Platte will be honored as Rice Farmer of the Year during the 79th International Rice Festival Oct. 15-18. Sylvester served on the Louisiana Rice Council for four years from 1998-2002, has served as president of his parish Rice Growers for the past 15 years and has been an officer for Louisiana Rice Growers for the past 10 years, first as secretary-treasurer, then as vice-president, and he is beginning his second year as president of Louisiana Rice Growers.
Tariffs and Trade
Arkansas Governor, Republican Asa Hutchinson, will travel in September to the island, which will make him the first US governor to visit Cuba since the official establishment of diplomatic relations between Washington and Havana last July.
Science and Technology
The tools that we have available now to coax more production out of our rice plants, out of our agricultural ecosystems, are miraculous compared to the tools we had 20 and 30 years ago.
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