The Financial Gleaner The Financial Gleaner The Financial Gleaner. Guyana has complained that selected countries of the Caribbean Community's (CARICOM) 15-member bloc are not supplying timely and accurate data on their rice imports while sidestepping application for the 25 per cent common external tariff (CET) on imported rice. Guyana has complained that selected countries of the Caribbean Community's (CARICOM) 15-member bloc are not supplying timely and accurate data on their rice imports...

scientists focused on China, which produces a third of the world's rice and where rice fields have shrunk by 24 million acres in the past decade as farmers shifted to other crops and abandoned marginal land. BANGKOK, Thailand - As delegates to a climate conference here debate how to reduce greenhouse gases, one of the problems - and a possible solution - lies in the rice fields that cover much of Thailand, the rest of Asia and beyond. Methane emissions from flooded rice paddies contribute...

According to rough statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture, last year the efficient fertilisation programme operated on a trial basis in 42. It is believed that the programme will use less chemical fertiliser, reduce cost of agricultural production and help increase grain output. Thanks to the efficient land fertilisation, wheat output increased by more than 400,000 tonnes in 93 wheat producing counties and rice production rose 1.6 million tonnes in central China's Hubei Province....

Still, some experts warn that the price has nowhere to go but down if the market is flooded, and not everyone has forgotten how a massive grain deal with the Soviet Union in the early 1970s and the 1996 drought in China shot corn prices to record highs - prices that later wilted. President Bush is talking up alternative fuels and companies including Illinois-based Archer Daniels Midland co., the biggest ethanol producer in the world, are pouring money into research and development. Still,...

Marketmen said increased arrival against lack of buying support mainly pulled down rice prices. Rice remained weak in the wholesale grains market today owing to slackened demand coupled with increased arrival. In the rice section, basmati common remained under pressure and yielded further ground at Rs. BIZ/FINANCE ARTICLES Sensex dips as High Court issued an interim order restraining Reliance Industries from selling natural gas from KG gas field Media Release The benchmark Sensex dipped...

Chookiat Ophaswongse said rice exports are expected to reach 8.7 million metric tons on increased demand, above the government's export estimate of 8.5 million tons. CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--Chicago Board of Trade rice futures settled sharply higher Friday in a late rally as fund and technical buying pushed prices to their highest levels since mid-March, a floor trader said. Cash rice prices in Thailand and Vietnam were steady at high levels Friday in limited activity as the strong prices kept...