FAS Tour with Foreign Agricultural Attachés Visit Arkansas and Louisiana
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| Dow Brantley (third from right) speaks to attachés about rice production in Arkansas
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ROGERS, ARKANSAS- Foreign agricultural attachés arrived here on Sunday as part of a tour organized by the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). The group is visiting Arkansas and Louisiana this week, and will depart from New Orleans on Saturday. FAS worked with the Arkansas Department of Agriculture and the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry to develop the agenda.
The twenty-eight attachés participating in the tour represent the Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania.
The goal of the tour is to provide a firsthand look at U.S. agriculture in Arkansas and Louisiana, and an opportunity to learn more about topics such as production, marketing, international trade, rice, poultry, soybeans, specialty crops, sugar, forestry products, cooperatives, agricultural research, agricultural development, port operations, and cold storage.
The tour is making stops at many important spots including: Riceland Foods, Producers Rice Mill, Dow Brantley's farm, and the Dale Bumpers Rice Research Station in Arkansas; and in Louisiana the Angelina Ag Company, a 65,000 acre plantation that produces rice, corn, soybeans, cotton, grain sorghum, popcorn and oats, and the LSU Ag Center.
Since 1986, FAS has organized an annual orientation tour for the foreign agricultural attachés based in Washington. The tours are an effective goodwill building tool to help advance U.S. agricultural goals and interests.
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Rice Foundation Accepting Applications for 2016 Leadership Development Program
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| | Look for this photo on the website and you'll find the application! |
STUTTGART, AR - The Rice Foundation is accepting applications for the 2016 Rice Leadership Development Program. Rice producers or industry-related professionals between the ages of 25 and 45 are eligible to apply for the program. The application deadline is October 3.
The Rice Leadership Development Program provides a comprehensive understanding of the rice industry, with an emphasis on personal development and communication skills. During a two-year period, class members attend four one-week sessions designed to strengthen leadership skills through studies of all aspects of the rice industry.
The class is comprised of five rice producers and two industry-related professionals chosen by a committee of agribusiness leaders. The committee evaluates the applications of all candidates, reviews letters of recommendation and conducts personal interviews with the finalists. Interviews will be conducted at the USA Rice Outlook Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, in December.
The program is sponsored by John Deere Company, RiceTec, Inc., and American Commodity Company through The Rice Foundation and managed by USA Rice.
For additional information on the program or for an application form, visit usarice.com and click the "Read More" button on the sliding panel featuring the Leadership Program Applications.
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CCC Announces Prevailing World Market Prices
| WASHINGTON, DC ---The Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation today announced the following prevailing world market prices of milled and rough rice, adjusted for U.S. milling yields and location, and the resulting marketing loan gain (MLG) and loan deficiency payment (LDP) rates applicable to the 2015 crop, which will become effective today at 7:00 a.m., Eastern Time (ET). Rough rice prices decreased $0.07 per cwt for long grain and $0.08 per cwt for medium/short grain.
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World Price
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MLG/LDP Rate
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Milled Value ($/cwt)
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Rough ($/cwt)
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Rough ($/cwt)
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Long Grain
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14.45
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9.12
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0.00
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Medium/Short Grain
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13.95
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9.36
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0.00
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Brokens
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8.72
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This week's prevailing world market prices and MLG/LDP rates are based on the following U.S. milling yields and the corresponding loan rates:
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U.S. Milling Yields
Whole/Broken
(lbs/cwt)
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Loan Rate
($/cwt)
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Long Grain
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55.01/13.46
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6.50
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Medium/Short Grain
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61.81/8.43
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6.50
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The next program announcement is scheduled for September 9, 2015. |
| CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures | CME Group (Prelim): Closing Rough Rice Futures for September 2
| September 2015 | $11.690 |
+ $0.095
| | November 2015 | $11.955 |
+ $0.090
| | January 2016 | $12.245 |
+ $0.085
| | March 2016 | $12.495 |
+ $0.075
| | May 2016 | $12.730 |
+ $0.065
| July 2016
| $12.900
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+ $0.050
| September 2016
| $11.995
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+ $0.060
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