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USA Rice Continues Rice Industry Visits, Participates in Annual Field Day
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| | Lundberg Family Farms CEO Grant Lundberg (l) and Dow Brantley |
BIGGS, CA - Yesterday, USA Rice Chairman Dow Brantley continued his California rice industry visit at the California Rice Experiment Station's annual field day held here. Brantley and USA Rice President and CEO Betsy Ward provided educational resources for attendees on behalf of USA Rice and visited the wide range of rice test plots throughout the station.
Following the field day, Brantley met with Grant Lundberg, CEO of Lundberg Family Foods in Richvale, California to discuss relevant industry issues and to tour the processing facilities and company headquarters.
The California visit wrapped up with a trip to the rice farming operations of USA Rice Council Chair Sean Doherty in Dunnigan, and USA Rice Farmers Conservation Committee Chair Leo LaGrande in Williams.
"I'm pleased we were able to participate in a California field day again and that our chairman was able to take time away from his operations in Arkansas to visit with California leaders," said Ward. "It's that grower-to-grower contact across a wide geography that strengthens our industry and is, I believe, one of the primary functions of USA Rice."
Brantley thought the time away from his farm was well spent. "I was able to meet with members from every sector of the industry out here - farmers, millers, merchants, and spend time with the chairman of the USA Rice Council. It was eye-opening to see the California operations - to see what they are doing differently than us in the south and hear first hand about the sometimes unique challenges they are facing here. I was happy to share insights into what we are doing and dealing with in the south, and Betsy and I will take back what we learned here. It's a win-win for us all."
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National Rice Month Spotlight: PF Chang's Participates in RiceGiving
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Second in a series of three articles this week highlighting upcoming
USA Rice National Rice Month promotions
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| | Visit P.F. Chang's and receive this RiceGiving card at your table |
ARLINGTON, VA - Consumers across the country have another reason to be excited about National Rice Month - they can have their rice and give it too. New this year, USA Rice is partnering with P.F. Chang's, a major user of U.S.-grown rice, to raise awareness about rice grown in the USA and to help those in need.
All month long, P.F. Chang's and USA Rice will partner to present RiceGiving -a new program that will donate a serving of U.S.-grown rice to a local food pantry for every rice entrée ordered by P.F. Chang's guests. Created by USA Rice and leveraging the national food bank network of Feeding America, the RiceGiving program is expected to donate as much as 100,000 pounds of U.S. rice - that's one million servings!
"This program is a great way to raise awareness - both that a majority of the rice people eat in this country is grown by American farmers, and that the U.S. rice community is sensitive to hunger issues in America." said John Hasbrook, USA Rice Foodservice Subcommittee chairman. "RiceGiving can make people feel good about their food decisions - when they choose U.S. rice, they are not only helping America's family rice farmers, they are helping provide that warm, nutritious meal to someone in need."
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Stay tuned to see the RiceGiving video on USA Rice's Facebook & Twitter!
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P.F. Chang's will promote the RiceGiving program to their patrons both in their 210 restaurants, and online to their nearly one million social media followers and newsletter subscribers. They will also use a dedicated webpage to explain RiceGiving, featuring a two minute video provided by USA Rice.
"We are honored to invite our guests to join in this important cause by dining to donate," said Michael Osanloo, Chief Executive Officer of P.F. Chang's. "Thanks to our loyal customers, we will be able to help put food on the table for many American families."
Betsy Ward, USA Rice President and CEO, is also enthusiastic about the program: "We cannot imagine a better restaurant partner for National Rice Month than P.F. Chang's. Already committed to great food and the highest quality rice, P.F. Chang's is also demonstrating its commitment to America's family rice farmers. We look forward to working together to support these farmers and those in need through our RiceGiving program."
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Weekly Rice Sales, Exports Reported
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WASHINGTON, DC -- Net sales of 33,500 MT for 2015/2016 were reported for Venezuela (29,500 MT, including 30,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 500 MT), Mexico (11,000 MT), South Korea (5,400 MT), and Haiti (4,100 MT), according to today's Export Sales Highlights. Decreases were reported for unknown destinations (28,000 MT) and Taiwan (1,100 MT). Exports of 89,900 MT were reported to Venezuela (29,500 MT), Colombia (14,300 MT), Honduras (11,300 MT), Mexico (9,600 MT), and Haiti (7,100 MT).
Exports for Own Account: New exports for own account totaling 100 MT were reported to Canada. Exports for own account totaling 100 MT to Canada were applied to new or outstanding sales. The current export for own account balance is 400 MT, all Canada.
This summary is based on reports from exporters from the period August 14-20, 2015.
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| CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures | CME Group (Prelim): Closing Rough Rice Futures for August 27
| September 2015 | $11.300 |
- $0.010
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November 2015
| $11.590 |
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January 2016
| $11.885 |
- $0.015
| | March 2016 | $12.140 |
- $0.015
| | May 2016 | $12.390 |
- $0.015
| | July 2016 | $12.425 |
- $0.015
| September 2016
| $11.435
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- $0.015
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In the News
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Around the Country
Farmers have undeniably been affected by water shortages, some more than others, but a new report has found that the state's agriculture industry as a whole has actually posted record revenues in the midst of the drought.
Whether they agree climate change is caused by humans or not, Yuba-Sutter farmers and water managers are bracing for the possibility of more frequent, extreme droughts and reduced snowpack due to a warming climate.
A Fresno U.S. District Court judge has refused a request by a coalition of Central Valley agribusiness and irrigators to turn off the water in northern California's Trinity River.
Rice farmers, researchers, breeders and more came together to learn about the newest developments in rice for the annual Rice Field Day on Wednesday at the Rice Experiment Station in Biggs.
Around the World
Egypt will ban rice exports again as of Sept. 1. to satisfy domestic consumption, the ministry of trade and industry said on Thursday. Egyptian medium grain rice mainly competes with U.S., Russian and Italian rice on the international market.
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