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Pakistan, Iran eye US$5b trade

Mubarak Zeb Khan
Dawn

Publication Date : 25-08-2015

Ahead of a high-level technical delegation from Iran, the Ministry of Commerce on Monday
explored various avenues to enhance bilateral trade to $5 billion in the next five years after the
lifting of international sanctions against Iran.A delegation from Iran will visit Islamabad on
August 25 to 26 to revive the trade links.Pakistan has a narrow export basket to Iran because 63
per cent of exports comprised of rice alone.Pakistans exports to Iran fell to a low level of $43
million in 2014 from $182 million in 2010.
While Iranian imports fell to $186 million in 2014 from $884 million in 2010.Pakistan signed a
preferential trade agreement (PTA) with Iran in 2006. Iran is not willing to convert PTA into a
free trade agreement.Tariff concessions were granted to Iran on 309 tariff lines while Pakistan
was offered concessions on 338 tariff lines.Major sectors covered under the PTA were rice,
fruits, cotton, cotton yarn, pharmaceutical products and cutlery.In April 2015, Pakistan and Iran
decided to prepare a five-year plan to enhance bilateral trade to the tune of $5 billion.The visiting
delegation will also discuss expansion of PTA.
Experts predict that payment mechanism normalisation will pave way for diversification of
exports to Iran.The meeting held on Monday in the commerce ministry was attended by officials
from Federal Board of Revenue, State Bank of Pakistan and Trade Development Authority of
Pakistan.The meeting discussed the trade complementarity with Iran and decided to actively
pursue policies to enhance exports of agricultural products to Iran.
http://www.asianewsnet.net/-Pakistan-Iran-eye-US$5b-trade-79901.html

Farmers eye El Nino forecast

NICK HEYDON
25 Aug, 2015 04:00 AM

Given concerns about El Nino, some growers won't look to plant dryland cotton

FARMERS are taking into account commodity prices and the season, with many an eye on the El Nino
situation, before making a call about their 2015-16 summer crop plan.McGregor Gourlay senior
agronomist Scott Rogers, Croppa Creek, said the season around Moree was looking promising with a
good moisture profile."There are some areas west of the Newell Highway that aren't looking quite as
good as in other parts of the region," Mr Rogers said.Yet he said, generally, the area planted to summer
crop would probably be down across the district.

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"The summer crop area will probably be back a little bit, with the area planted to sorghum down
given strong chickpea prices."Mr Rogers said given the high chickpea prices, the area set aside
for a summer crop had instead been planted to chickpeas to take advantage of the strong
market.He said dryland cotton was looking to be a popular choice for some farmers, particularly
those looking to switch to this crop for weed management, while there should also be some areas
planted to mungbeans with growers choosing a quicker option to try and avoid a dry
summer.Generally, he said summer crop planting was set to kick off from late August.
"The sorghum plant could possibly be a little bit earlier this year, as a lot of growers are nervous
about the long-range forecast," Mr Rogers said."Given concerns about El Nino, some growers
won't look to plant dryland cotton."As for last year's summer crop, Mr Rogers said the early
planted crops in the district had struggled due to some dry conditions, whereas the later planted
crops were able to take advantage of some rain.In the state's south, NorAg Consulting
agronomist Mark Norvall, Leeton, said seasonal conditions were pleasing at the moment."The
rain has been really good, and is above average compared to this time last year," he said."We are,
however, hanging out a little bit for water allocations to be announced - water allocations are still
low at this point in time."
http://www.theland.com.au/news/agriculture/cropping/general-news/farmers-eye-el-ninoforecast/2740907.aspx

Golden Rice: a shining solution, or an impending danger?

Beta-carotene enriched Golden Rice is a much touted humanitarian solution to widespread Vitamin A
deficiency in poor countries. But many argue the golden grains are only meant to improve the image of
big biotechs.

As the planet's population increases and climate change impacts agricultural production, the big
question for many is how to meet global food demand and ensure that food is nutritious in the
future. So far, the solutions touted - ranging from intensifying farming to genetically modifying
crops - are controversial.In countries such as Brazil and Paraguay, the rise of soybean
monocultures has already caused widespread deforestation and displacement of indigenous
people - sparking protests. But another crop in the form of genetically-altered rice has been at the
center of a raging debate for at least 30 years. It has become a debate over the acceptability of
genetically modified foods in general - and passions run high on both sides.

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The Philippines is home to both developers and critics of the controversial golden grains
Dubbed "golden rice" by its backers, the yellow-colored rice is enriched with beta-carotene to
combat widespread vitamin A deficiency in the developing world. They say it could improve
human health and that preventing production is immoral."We call it a crime against humanity,"
said Patrick Moore, director of Allow Golden Rice Now, a group advocating for the rice's
acceptance. "We take a fairly hard approach, because you have two million children dying every
year."
UNICEF estimates that vitamin A deficiency affects around 250 million children and that it's the
leading cause of preventable childhood blindness in over half of all countries, mainly in Africa
and South Asia.Still, on the other side, it's detractors say genetically modifying a staple food consumed by nearly half the worlds population, according to the International Rice Research
Institute- could have untold effects on human health and biodiversity.Masipag, the network for
Philippine farmers and scientists, say caution is needed.
Is Golden Rice food, medicine or both? If it is both, then the health department should be doing
safety studies, said Masipags director Chito Medina. So far only feeding studies have been
going on, showing that the Vitamin A is absorbed by the body, but there are no safety data
showing whether chemicals may have been produced in the process of genetic engineering.
Philippines: The theater of war

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It is unclear what genetically modified rice means for biodiversity - particularly for the future of
other varieties of rice
The Philippines is ground zero for the
rice's warring factions. It's the base of
theInternational
Rice
Research
Institute (IRRI), which is spearheading
the development of golden rice. It's also
home to the rice's most fervent opponents.
Anti-golden rice activists best expressed
this opposition in August 2013 when they
destroyed test fields in Pili, Camarines
Sur in the west of the country.The
destruction of the fields sparked debates
within the debate. Golden rice promoters saw the protest as a sign that the activists feared the
dangers to human health and environment they had been warning of for so long would prove
unfounded - and destroyed the evidence that could prove the contrary.

"On the one hand, they say there hasn't been enough science, enough testing on golden rice and
then they trash the science that would show golden rice works," said Moore.To Masipag,
however, the test field's destruction made clear that golden rice simply isn't welcome in the
Philippines. Medina said the network itself wasn't officially part of the destruction, but some of
its members were there in their own capacity. Medina also says that IRRI's logic when it comes
to golden rice is faulty.
For IRRI, rice will remain a staple, so what's wrong with making it more nutritious? Masipag
and other activists say that's the wrong approach. The safer, more biodiversity-friendly way to
combat vitamin deficiency is to provide a more balanced and varied diet, with protein and
vegetables. And they say enough beta carotene is found in nature - theres no need to modify a
staple food.
The orange sweet potato has five times more beta carotene than golden rice. Carrots have twice
to three times more, said Medina. But vitamin A needs fats in order to be absorbed by the
body. That is one of the reasons there is vitamin A deficiency of very poor people - its because
they cant afford to buy meat and they dont have balanced diets.
Bad for biodiversity?
Just what golden rice may mean for biodiversity, and for the future of native rice varieties is also
hotly contested. IRRI says misinformation about the detrimental effects of the geneticallymodified grain on existing varieties is contaminating debate."We don't understand, we dont
know where these ideas are coming from. There is no such thing as wiping out the other varieties
because rice is a self-pollinating plant," said Bruce Tolentino, IRRI's deputy general. "It's an
accusation without scientific basis."
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But activists point to an incident in 2006, when the U.S. Department of Agriculture Department
said trace amounts of a genetically modified strain of rice known as LibertyLink were found in
long-grain rice set for export - apparently after contamination.
"I find it absurd that they use the self-pollination argument, because past experience in China and
the US has shown the opposite," said Dirk Zimmermann, a sustainable agriculture campaigner at
Greenpeace. "Where they planted the rice in small test fields, it spread wildly onto other
production surfaces."Golden rice's cause also isn't helped by the fact that many of the patents for
the rice are held by big-name biotechs like Syngenta, Bayer and Monsanto - all of which have
been singled out for criticism in the GMO and monoculture debate.
Still, advocates of the rice point out that the biotechs have granted royalty-free access to allow
scientists to further develop the rice on a non-profit basis. But many are still worried the
introduction of golden rice will end up pushing farmers into industrial monoculture production.
The golden rice debate isnt going to end anytime soon - partly because the product isn't on the
market yet. The IRRI recently reported setbacks on their newest data: right now the rice doesn't
produce the same yields as other industrial varieties and can't compete commercially.IRRIs
Tolentino said researchers are working on breeding the rice to address the yield aspect. If they
succeed, they will have to apply for a regulatory permit to test the new variety in an open field.
Only after that would the seed be registered onto the standard seed regulatory system for the
government and private seed growers to use in the market.
It will take awhile. Were still only at the breeding stage, he said. It can be anywhere from at
least two years to five years from today.But Masipags Medina takes little comfort in the wait.
He says regulatory approval is likely.Regulators will tend towards approval, they are in favor of
it without really knowing what it is, he said. But for us 35,000 MASIPAG farmers, we will be
avoiding golden rice consumption. Well consume what we grow. Its sufficient for us.
http://www.dw.com/en/golden-rice-a-shining-solution-or-an-impending-danger/a-18670353

Heart smart lamb boost

ANDREW MILLER
25 Aug, 2015 02:52 PM
BOOSTING the heart smart properties of lamb may be as simple as supplementing the animal's diet with
a small amount of canola or rice bran oil, according to Tasmanian researchers.Ongoing work at the
Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) has been assessing the impact on meat, from feeding sheep
pellets with as little as five per cent of polyunsaturated oils.And Victorian and Tasmanian lotfeeders said
they would be open to the idea of including oils in sheep feed.TIA associate professor in Animal Science
and Genetics, Aduli Malau-Aduli, found feeding sheep supplements like canola, rice bran and flax seed
oil produced lamb that was both healthier and tastier.

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"The results are very promising and we have found that not only does the meat contain high
enough levels of omega-3 fatty acids to deliver health benefits, but that the bad fats, or saturated
fats, are also significantly lower in the meat," Associate Professor Malau-Aduli said."Saturated
fats are detrimental to human health, hence the increasing interest in the search for meat with
high unsaturated fat content and in particular, omega-3 fatty acids that can help combat heart
disease and arthritis," Professor Malua-Aduli said.
Victorian and Tasmanian feedlotters were open to the idea of including oils in sheep feed.Rick
Edgar, who runs a feedlot at West Cuyuac, Merino Stud Nareen, said he had heard about the
trial."I think the eating quality is the big challenge - but I think I would be interested," Mr Edgar
said."Would the cost be that big - canola oil in the mix with the pellets ?
"I don't think that would be a major hurdle - five pc is not a massive change, I think it is an easily
achieved option."Georgie Burbury, Eastfield, Cressy (Tas) said a feedlot would be the place to
try supplementary feeding, if there was a market for the lamb.She said TIA had approached
Eastfield, which turned off 4000 lambs a year, to be part of the trial, but it did not fit into their
system at the time."It comes down to ration cost and the price of the product at the end."If there
is a price for the product, at the other end, then it's a controlled environment, where you can
tinker with the ration," Ms Burbury said.Professor Malua-Aduli said the research demonstrated
meat from sheep fed polyunsaturated oil supplements contained enough omega-3 to be officially
considered a source of dietary omega-3.The meat contained at least 30mg of omega-3 per 100g
of product.
"Taste tests results have also been promising with the lamb fed with canola supplements showing
superior eating qualities," Associate Professor Malau-Aduli said.Research team member, TIA
PhD student Aaron Flakemore's said his goal was to see supermarket lamb with a Heart
Foundation Tick sticker."There is quite a bit of diversity between sheep - some sheep convert the
oil to unsaturated fats better than others," Mr Flakemore said."So there is potential to start
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Aduli will deliver a free public talk in Hobart as part of the University of Tasmania's Research
Week at 5.30pm on Wednesday, September 2 at the Brunswick Hotel.
The event will include lamb canapes for guests.

9th International Rice Festival Names Honorees

CROWLEY, LA-- Honorees at this year's International Rice Festival have been announced
ahead of the September 19 Festival Honoree Social and Queen's Ball held here.
Schilling
Schilling
Herbert E. Schilling II of Lafayette, Louisiana has been named Festival Honoree. Schilling is
President of the Schilling Distributing Co., Inc. and has served on the prestigious AnheuserBusch Advisory Panel. Anheuser-Busch is the reported largest single domestic user of U.S. rice.
Through Schilling's partnership with Louisiana Rice Mill, L.L.C. he has established a close
association with the rice industry and has maintained relationships that began under the tutorship
of his father with rice mills in Acadiana.
Sylvester
Jeffery Sylvester of Ville Platte, Louisiana was named Rice Farmer of the Year. A fourthgeneration farmer, Sylvester partners with his two brothers to farm 5,500 acres of rice, crawfish,
and soybeans. Extremely active in the community and the rice industry, Sylvester is an alum of
the Rice Foundation Leadership Class, a past board member of the Louisiana Rice Council, the
current president of the Evangeline Parish Rice Growers Association and the Louisiana Rice
Growers Association, and a board member of the Louisiana Rice Political Action Committee.
Sylvester was also instrumental in the formation of the Central Louisiana Rice Growers
Association.
Breaux
The International Rice Festival announced that Tyler Joseph Breaux of Iota, Louisiana is the
Junior Farmer of the Year. Tyler is 17 years old and the son of Jarrod Allen Breaux and Kim
Sittig Breaux. A fourth-generation rice farmer, he and his family farm rice, soybeans, and
crawfish.
One of Louisiana's largest and oldest agricultural festivals, the International Rice Festival draws
thousands of attendees who travel far and wide to take part in the festivities. The four-day
celebration highlights the importance of the rice industry and offers various special events that
are rich in tradition. This year's festival will be held October 15-18th here in Crowley.
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CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures

CME Group (Prelim): Closing Rough Rice Futures for August 25
Month

Price

Net Change

September 2015

$11.345

- $0.050

November 2015

$11.625

- $0.055

January 2016

$11.925

- $0.050

March 2016

$12.175

- $0.045

May 2016

$12.425

- $0.040

July 2016

$12.450

- $0.040

September 2016

$11.460

- $0.040

Scientists Describe Mechanism of Plant Immunity Against

Pathogens
Agrigenomics August 25, 2015
Norwich, UK (Scicasts) An international team of scientists
have described precisely how a plant can sense a pathogen,
bringing an unprecedented level of detail to a fundamental
hypothesis in plant immunity of relevance to tackling disease in
crops.In the mid-20th century, an American scientist named
Harold Henry Flor helped explain how certain varieties of plants
can fight off some plant killers (pathogens), but not others, with
a model called the "gene-for-gene" hypothesis. Seventy years
later, an international team of scientists describes precisely how
a plant senses a pathogen, bringing an unprecedented level of
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detail to Flor's model."We know that plants have sensors to detect pathogens but we knew little
about how they work," says Professor Banfield from the John Innes Centre (UK).
In a study published in eLife, the team led by Professor Mark Banfield, in collaboration with the
Iwate Biotechnology Research Centre (Japan) and The Sainsbury Laboratory (UK), investigated
how one sensor protein from rice called Pik binds with AVR-Pik, a protein from the rice blast
pathogen. This fungus causes the most devastating disease of rice crops. Using X-ray
crystallography facilities at Diamond Light Source in Oxfordshire, the team succeeded in
imaging the contact points between the plant and pathogen proteins at the molecular level - the
first time this has been done for a pair of plant and pathogen proteins that follow the gene-forgene model.
Dr Abbas Maqbool from the JIC, first author of the study added, "Harold Flor predicted that
plant sensors discriminate between different pathogen types, but at the time he had no knowledge
of the molecules involved. It is remarkable that his ideas have now crystallized into detailed
molecular models."Dr Maqbool, Professor Banfield and colleagues went on to discover that the
strength at which the Pik sensor binds with the pathogen AVR-Pik protein correlates with the
strength of the plant's response.
This opens up new avenues for engineering better plant responses against pathogens by building
sensors with increased strength of binding to pathogen proteins, and therefore conferring
enhanced resistance to disease."Once we understand how these plant sensors detect invading
pathogens, we can devise strategies to 'boost' the plant immune system and help protect rice and
other important food crops from disease," says Professor Banfield.
Article adapted from a John Innes Centre news release.
Publication: Structural basis of pathogen recognition by an integrated HMA domain in a plant NLR
immune receptor.Maqbool, A et al. eLife (August 25, 2015):

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Scientists turn oil spill dirt into fertile soil

by Eric Hopton

AUGUST 25, 2015

Major oil spills are dramatic and deadly, and most occur offshore, hitting hard and
understandably grabbing big headlines.But 98 percent of all spills thats more than 25,000 a
year are on land. Clean-up costs exceed $10 billion annually and the environmental impact of
all that contaminated soil is enormous. What if we could reclaim the poisoned land?

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Scientists at Rice University have developed a process known as pyrolysis to turn the black
oily dirt into good fertile soil. The technique, in which contaminated soil is heated in the absence
of oxygen, is fast, energy efficient, and much cheaper than current methods.

The dream becomes reality

The new approach is also much better for the environment than standard incineration techniques
for fast remediation, says Pedro Alvarez, professor and chair of Rices civil and environmental
engineering department.Our original goal was to speed the response to oil spills, but our
aspiration was to turn contaminated soil into fertile soil, says Alvarez. The professor and his
team turned that dream into reality.Pyrolyzing the contaminated soil for three hours reduced
the amount of petroleum hydrocarbon pollutants to well below regulatory standards. But, as an
unexpected bonus, pyrolysis also enhanced the soils fertility by turning the remaining carbon
into beneficial char.We initially thought we could turn the hydrocarbons into biochar,
Alvarez says. We turned out to be partly wrong: We didnt get biochar, but a carbonaceous
material that we call char and resembles coke.
Biochar is a particle that is separate from the soils mineral grains, says biogeochemist and coauthor Caroline Masiello, an associate professor of Earth science.While biochar is itself a
particle, the coke-like char appears to coat existing soil particles. It has an internal physical
structure that allows it to hold water and nutrients and provides a home for microbes, but here,
were not making any of those things. Were making an organic film that coats the minerals,
explained Masiello.
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Growing lettuce from the dead land

By removing toxic pollutants and the hydrophobicity that repels water, as well as retaining some
of the carbon and nutrients, Alvarez hoped the reclaimed soil would enhance plant growth.So the
researchers went on to test their discovery by successfully growing lettuce in reclaimed soil.
Theres no one plant officially accepted as the standard for testing petroleum toxicity, but
lettuce has been accepted by the community as very sensitive to toxins, especially petroleum,
said graduate student Julia Vidonish, the papers lead author.
Not just desert sand
Reclaimed soil may not necessarily be used to grow food, but it certainly could be used for regreening: planting grass to minimize erosion and to restore vegetation, Alvarez said.The process
takes advantage of existing petroleum chemistry. But the end product is clean. The
Environmental Protection Agency does not classify petroleum coke as hazardous waste, said
chemical engineer and co-author Kyriacos Zygourakis, professor of chemical and biomolecular
engineering.We proved we can remove all the bad actors and all the contaminants and at the
same time have a final product with agricultural value. We dont just turn it into desert sand.
The new paper is published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology.
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1113408133/rice-university-scientists-turn-oil-spill-dirt-into-fertile-soil082515/#TG6MejW9IBmFXUf5.99

PH eyes 6.5 pct rice output growth in 2016, says may buy more
Reuters
Posted at 08/25/2015 5:41 PM

MANILA - The Philippines aims to increase rice production by as much as 6.5 percent next year
after an expected fall in this year's output, with state spending to boost crop yields helping to
offset possible losses from the El Nino dry weather condition, a senior official said on
Tuesday.Higher domestic output, however, does not mean the Philippines, one of the world's
biggest rice importers, will not import the grain any more, with the government finalizing plans
to buy an additional 250,000 tonnes before the year ends, Francis Pangilinan, the country's food
security chief, told a congressional budget hearing.
The government was reviewing the latest production forecast for 2015 to see if there was a need
to buy more before El Nino intensifies further in the last quarter.Agriculture Secretary Proceso
Alcala said at the same hearing that the target next year is to harvest as much as 20.09 million
tonnes.That compares with the 18.86 million tonnes output that the government statistics agency
has projected for this year, below last year's record harvest of 18.97 million tonnes.Alcala said
the country will still need to import rice to ensure it has a comfortable buffer stock, especially
during the annual lean harvest season that usually starts in July.
Pangilinan, speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the budget hearing, said the government's
Food Security Council, composed of the country's economic managers, will soon finalize its rice
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import plans for the rest of the year.The Southeast Asian country expects to miss its 2015
production target after dry weather linked to the El Nino phenomenon, expected to intensify in
the last quarter, hurt the first-half harvest.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/08/25/15/ph-eyes-65-pct-rice-output-growth-2016-says-may-buymore

Pearl Universal Impex invests $100m in rice cultivation

Posted By: Chikodi Okereochaon: August 26, 2015In: BusinessNo Comments

From left: General Manager, Pearl Universal Impex Ltd, Mr. Nimit Jain; Director, Pearl
Universal Impex Ltd, Mr. Pranshu Goel; Governor Bello; Mr. Jain; Consultant and Public
Relations Officer to Pearl Universal Impex Ltd, Mr. Jibril Bokani Usman; Agronomist, Mr.
Ramanathan Srinivasan; District Head of Luma, Alhaji Isa M. Damisa during the visit.
A major importer of rice
in the country, Pearl
Universal Impex, has
invested
over
$100million into the
cultivation of 7, 500
hectares of rice farm and
construction of two rice
mills in Niger State.
Receiving Niger State
Governor,
Alhaji
Abubakar Sani Bello at
the farms, its Chairman,
Mr. Pulkit Jain, said the
firm would create 4, 000
direct jobs and 20, 000
indirect jobs through
their out grower scheme.
Jain said the company
intends to farm rice three
times a year on the land.
We have some challenges, such as the bad road here. But were bringing $2 million of our own
money to invest in the road, bringing the total of the entire project to $100 million, he said.Jain
explained that the company has been a major importer of rice in the country in the past, with
imports of 350,000 metric tonnes of rice yearly, but chose to invest in cultivation and milling of
scientifically tested, high yielding varieties of rice in order to achieve the Federal Governments
target of achieving self-sufficiency in rice production.
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He added that the company is also about to set up integrated rice mills with parboiling and
drying facilities in Borgu and Bida local government areas of the state, each with paddy
processing capacity of 150, 000 tons per annum.We will also support the out grower farmers in
Niger State by providing them with technical know-how, improved seeds, fertiliser and
pesticides and subsequently procure high quality paddy from them to feed 100 per cent capacity
of the rice mills, he announced.Jain said to underline its commitment, the company last June
started a pilot scheme to determine the variety of rice most suitable to the region on a 500
hectares of land in Saminaka, a community situated around Swashi Dam in Borgu Local
Government Area of the state.
http://thenationonlineng.net/pearl-universal-impex-invests-100m-in-rice-cultivation/

What's new at India Sweet House? Chinese food

The 34-year-old Indian shop now has three new Indo-Chinese dishes on the menu: fried rice,
chili paneer and Manchurian. Shown here are the fried rice and the Manchurian -- which isn't
made with chicken, but is vegetarian.
(Amy Scattergood / Los Angeles Times)
By BARBARA HANSEN
India Sweet House on Pico celebrates its 34th anniversary on Aug. 27.
Its much the same now as it was then founder
Jagdish (Jack) Chiller is on hand almost every day,
offering the same sweets and snacks. But recently,
something new was added Indo-Chinese food.
This was the idea of Chillers nephew, Sahil (Sam)
Chaudhary, a new face in the shop.I have a lot of
young customers coming in. They need something
different, he says.The three new dishes,
introduced this summer, are listed on a sign taped
to the wall menu. They are fried rice, chili paneer
and Manchurian. The recipes are Chaudharys.
Educated at hotel schools in India, Australia and
the United States, he moved here from New Jersey
a few months ago. Why Chinese? India and China
have a common border and share some ingredients,
he said.Today, China is Indias largest trading
partner, but the culinary influence began long ago when Chinese migrants settled in India,
chiefly around Calcutta (now Kolkata). Chinese food prepared with an Indian touch is
immensely popular all over the country and on every level, from street stalls to restaurants in
five-star hotels.
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Chicken Manchurian, in a brown sauce with garlic, ginger and soy sauce, is a classic. Because its
food is vegetarian, India Sweet House makes Manchurian with vegetables, including cauliflower,
cabbage, carrots and bell peppers. These are formed into balls held together with flour and
cornstarch and served in a bowl of dark broth seasoned with soy sauce. The mix includes enough
jalapeos to make this one spicy dish. Try it spooned over the fried rice, which is vegetarianstyle, without meat or eggs but with assorted vegetables. Basmati rice makes it light and flaky.
Chili paneer cubes of Indian cheese smothered with bell pepper and onion is slightly sweet
as well as spicy, with ground dried chiles from India. If you want to torque it up even more, a
shaker of hot, red chili powder is on each table. What you wont find is a bottle of soy sauce.The
condiment bar holds chopped cilantro, onion, green chiles and tamarind and mint chutneys, but
these are meant to go with Indian food.For a beverage? Hot tea, of course. And afterward, get a
sweet from the display in the counter.
India Sweet House, 5992 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, (323) 934-5193.
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Pack to school: What do professional chefs pack for their

kids?
Steve Mellon /Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pack to school: What do professional chefs pack for their kids?
Steve Mellon /Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Chef Ling Robinson with a summer roll at her restaurant, Asiatique Thai Bistro.
Posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 12:00 pm | Updated: 12:05 pm, Tue Aug 25, 2015.
By Arthi Subramaniam Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Restaurant chefs are like every other parent when it comes to

wanting to give their children specially prepared, tasty and healthy
school-box lunches. But they have an advantage because of their
professional background and access to a variety of foods, and can
almost pull off anything when it comes to pleasing their childs
palate.Heres how they think outside the box for the back-to-school
days:Sonja Finn, chef and owner of Dinette in Pittsburghs East
Liberty, does not favor sugared foods for her 3-year-old son, Miles,
but insists on some sort of fruit.What she packs: A pasta with
walnut-basil pesto. Sometimes she would pack baked spinach rice, which she makes with
basmati rice, onion, spinach and vegetable or chicken stock; or a roasted chicken breast; or some
version of a peanut butter sandwich made with no-sugar peanut butter and low-sugar wheat
bread. A banana is a must, and so is some sort of a cut fruit like watermelon, strawberries or
apricots. Miles favorite is matzo balls made by his nana.
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Her prep technique: I make pesto ahead of time and keep it in the freezer. On Sunday night, I
cook a pound of pasta and then add the frozen pesto to the hot pasta. I keep stirring until the
pesto melts completely, coating the pasta and at the same time cooling it. That way I dont need
to wait for it to cool to pack it away (waiting isnt an option anyway since its already midnight
by the time I get around to making the school lunch). I can immediately pack it into individually
covered containers and put it in the fridge, and Im set for the week. Frozen walnuts will ensure
that the pesto will be green, she says.What she wont pack: No juice boxes and no yogurt
shooters.From Dinettes menu: Dinette doesnt have a lunch menu, and so sometimes Miles
gets a slice of cheese pizza that was made the night before. A lot of Miles lunches are prepared
at Dinette.
Her school lunch: I didnt take lunch from home. I did school lunch the whole time.Changes
in lunch-box fare: The convenience foods and prepackaged foods have gotten worse. There is
more sugar, more salt and the sizes have gotten bigger.Bill Fuller is the corporate chef at Big
Burrito. He has an 11- and 14-year-old and packs their lunches every day.What he packs: Either
a sandwich, milk (I pack the milk with a small ice pack together in a baggie because my kids
hate warm milk), fruit and snack (crackers, chips, etc.) or a thermos of soup or leftovers instead
of the sandwich. Occasionally two slices of leftover pizza in place of the thermos of
soup/sandwich. If they are sweet, Ill drop a piece of leftover Halloween candy or some cookies
in there.What he wont pack: Nothing that wont be temperature safe through the course of the
day. Not very many sweets. Never soda.
From Casbahs menu: I always sent leftover pastas from Casbah (his restaurant in Pittsburghs
Shadyside), especially the Ricotta Cavatelli. Both my kids devour that.His school lunch: We
rarely packed lunches but when we did it was a sandwich, chips/snack, fruit. We usually ate
school lunch because my grandmother cooked in the cafeteria. In those days, they actually
cooked, so it was my grandmother cooking for us every day in grade school. Also, we got free or
reduced lunches throughout school too, and that was hard to pass up.His lunch box: I had an
Adam-12 box when I was a little kid.
Also a Spider-Man one, I think. I remember the Adam-12 one best because I hit Eddie Krauch
in the face with it once and got in trouble. We were friends, mostly, but got in a fight that
day.Changes in the lunch-box fare: Not much in my world. I guess I can afford fresh fruit and
my mother couldnt. A lot of kids bring pre-packaged stuff. My older kid likes to take Ramen
noodles occasionally since the middle school cafeteria has a microwave. We never had a
microwave!Ling Robinson, executive chef and owner of Asiatique Thai Bistro in Larimers
Bakery Square, who has four children and two grandchildren, says its important to prepare a
different lunch every day for children as they will remember it. Its a gift from childhood that
creates special memories of how much their mother or father loved them, she says.What she
will pack: Fresh, healthy, non-processed food.
I always include a protein, fruit and vegetable. I grill chicken or beef or salmon, steam
vegetables, thinly slice apples, cut up some carrots, and put it all together in one container with a
light dressing using olive oil. For my older boys, who require more calories, I would make a
sandwich containing salmon, beef or chicken.What she wont pack: Chips, soft drinks or
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prepackaged meats.From Asiatiques menu: I would pack foods such as our Summer Roll,
which is quick and easy to make, and contains fresh leaf lettuce, cilantro, mint, avocado, tomato
and tapioca skin. She wraps it with chicken or salmon and rice noodles.Her school lunch:
Growing up in Thailand, I would take rice with mixed vegetables and seafood. She says she
was fortunate because her parents insisted on those foods along with fruit. All kinds of fruits.
Her lunch box: My lunch box was a vertical stack of containers the bottom one had rice, the
middle one had steamed vegetables and the top held fresh fruit. I also carried one metal spoon
no plastic spoons. If you had brothers and sisters at the same school, you also carried their
lunches in your lunch box. You just added more containers to your stack. It was usually the older
child who had to carry it to school.Changes in the lunch-box fare:
Back then, our lunch boxes featured these three different compartments for three food groups.
It was easy to open and was safe and secure. Today, everything is taken in Ziploc bags, which
are sometimes not so easy for the children to open without spilling on themselves. Also, its all
about processed fruits and puddings in plastic containers. I do use the safe plastic box containers
that are easier to open. My boys and grandchildren would have a hard time carrying the stacked
lunch boxes today, so its the next best thing.
FRESH RICOTTA CAVATELLI
WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE,
RAPINI AND TOMATO
You could freeze the Ricotta Cavatelli before adding the sausage and tomatoes.
2 Ricotta Cavatelli (see recipe below)
1/4 cup olive oil, plus oil for pasta water
2 loose Italian sausages (spicy or mild)
4 cloves garlic, sliced thinly
1/2 bunch rapini, thinly sliced
1-2 teaspoons red pepper flakes (optional)
3 cups whole Italian canned plum tomatoes with juice
1 tablespoon fresh oregano, chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
1 cups fresh ricotta (room temperature)
Make Ricotta Cavatelli.
In a 4-quart pot, add salt and oil to water. Bring water to boil before cooking sausage.
Heat a large skillet and add olive oil. Crumble sausage into oil and let it brown, breaking up large
chunks with a spatula.
When sausage is browned, add garlic and rapini. Add red pepper flakes, if desired. Stir until
rapini is tender.
Roughly crush tomatoes with your hands and add with juice to rapini-sausage mixture.
Put cavatelli in boiling water. Let cook until it floats and then just a minute more.
Strain pasta and add to sausage mixture. Add fresh oregano and toss together. Add seasonings.
Place in a large, shallow pasta bowl. Arrange dabs of ricotta across the surface.
Serve immediately.
For Ricotta Cavatelli
1 pound Lamagna ricotta
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3 eggs
4 cups all-purpose flour
Combine ricotta and eggs in mixer fitted with dough hook. Mix well.
Add flour; mix for about 5 minutes. If dough is sticky, add a little more flour and mix again.
Place dough onto counter. Wrap in plastic and allow to rest at least 30 minutes.
Roll dough out to 1/2-inch thick. Then cut into 3/4-inch strips.
Roll through cavatelli maker onto lightly floured tray. Freeze extra pasta.
Bill Fuller
CHICKEN SUMMER ROLL
It is quick and easy to make.
1 to 2 ounces skinless, boneless chicken breast
1/2 ounce olive oil
1 tapioca skin
1 ounce baby spinach
1 ounce brown rice
2 sprigs cilantro
1 ounce shredded carrots
2 slices of cucumber
Thinly slice meat. Wash in salt water; thoroughly rinse.
Pour olive oil in nonstick pan and saute chicken on both sides until done. Let cool; side slice the
meat and keep ready for use in summer roll.
Wet tapioca skin and lay flat on clean surface.
Spread spinach on top of tapioca skin. Then top with brown rice, cilantro, carrots, cucumber and
sliced chicken.
Tightly roll up tapioca skin.
Slice roll to desired thickness.
Makes approximately 5 pieces.
Ling Robinson
SIMPLE PESTO
Any pasta will work for this pesto, but the more fanciful the shape, the better. I recommend
having the child pick it out.
1 1/2 ounces grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
2 medium cloves garlic
2 1/2 ounces frozen walnuts
6 ounces basil leaves
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil, divided
1 pound pasta, cooked
In a food processor, pulse cheese, garlic, walnuts, basil, salt and 1/4 cup olive oil until a little
chunky. Scrape down sides.
Then running the processor, drizzle in the rest of the oil.
If making ahead of time, pack into a plastic bag or container and freeze.
Add pesto to cooked pasta.
Makes approximately 1 cup.
Sonja Finn
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El Nio event seen worst since 1998 25 Aug 2015

Tuesday, August 25th, 2015
The Philippiness government expects nearly all the countrys 81 provinces by end-2015 to feel
the brunt of a dry spell from the current El Nio episode that is seen to be the worst since the
1997-1998 event, the Department of Science and Technology (DoST) said 24 Aug.Philippine
Statistics Authority data show GDP growth slipping from 5.85% y/y in 1996 to 5.19% y/y in
1997 and then worsening to a 0.58% y/y contraction in 1998.Agriculture Secretary Mr. Alcala
told reporters at the sidelines of budget deliberations at the House of Representatives on 18 Aug
that his department has asked for more than PHP1bn in additional funds to support El Nio
mitigating measures. In his announcement last 20 Aug, DoST assured that the government has
been preparing for the worsening El Nio episode that is expected by PAGASA to last until May
16.
External Link : http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=TopStory&title=el-nio-event-seen-worstsince-1998&id=114141
http://www.centennialasia.com/el-nino-event-seen-worst-since-1998-25-aug-2015/

Rice output up but PH still needs imports DA

August 25, 2015
Written by Jester P. Manalastas
Published in Nation

EVEN if the country is already rice sufficient the government still needs to import rice, the
Department of Agriculture (DA) said. During a budget hearing, Agriculture Secretary Proseso
Alcala reported to the Committee on Appropriations that the country was already 96 percent rice
sufficient in 2014, marking an increase from 82 percent in 2010. In fact, the Philippines was
tagged as the worlds fastest rice producer with a production growth rate of of 4.02 percent from
2010 to 2014 by the 2015 United States Department of Agriculture World Production, Markets
and Trade report.
Alcala added that in 2014, the Philippines recorded its historical best
production of palay 18.97 million metric tons.
He likewise boasted that the Philippines
bested other countries in production growth rates such as India with 2.97 percent, Vietnam with
2.35 percent, and China with 1.14 percent.The Philippines also exceeded the world average of
1.39 percent, Alcala added.
However, Alcala admitted that the government still needs to buy imported rice to ensure enough
buffer stock, especially during lean months or no rice production during summer months.
Kulang pa tayo sa target natin na 100 percent kaya kailangan pa ding mag-import, para
maiwasan natin na pumila ang mga tao para lang makabili ng bigas, Alcala told the lawmakers.
The DA is also preparing for the adverse effect of the El Nio phenomenon, which the
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government is expecting to bring worse and long dry spell resulting in lesser rice production. For
2016, the DA proposed a budget of P53.38 billion or a 2 .6 percent increase from this years
allocation
of
P52
billion.
http://www.journal.com.ph/news/nation/rice-output-up-but-ph-still-needs-imports-da

Riverina irrigators raise water access concerns through

social media
ABC Rural
By Laurissa Smith
PHOTO: Dog Maggie, five-month-old Lachlan and Erin, 10 months, feature on social media for the southern Riverina's Speak
Up campaign. (Shelley Scoullar)

Irrigators in southern New South Wales are turning to social media to drive home their
message of local food production.
Some in the Murray Valley feel
government policies are restricting their
access to irrigation water.They want
politicians and the wider public to know
about it.The Speak Up campaign, which
was launched this month, invites
producers to interact with people by
sharing personal stories of growing food
with irrigation water, on Facebook,
Twitter, and Instagram.Deniliquin rice
farmer and secretary of West Berriquin
Irrigators, Shelley Scoullar, is behind the
initiative.She is frustrated at the lack of a
water allocation for general security
irrigators in the district, despite
Dartmouth Dam holding more than 70 per cent of its capacity and Hume Dam being 40 per cent
full.
"What we really want to be able to do is trade or lease with the (Commonwealth) Environmental
Water Holder the water they've got in surplus so we can use it for productive use," she said."Let's
finish off these crops."Mrs Scoullar said the response to the online campaign has been extremely
positive.Irrigators involved in the campaign met with the NSW Member for Murray Adrian
Piccoli last week to highlight their concerns.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-25/speak-up-campaign-southern-riverina-2508/6722072

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Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- Aug 25

Tue Aug 25, 2015 2:29pm IST
Nagpur, Aug 25 Gram prices shot up in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and Marketing
Committee (APMC) here on good festival season demand from local traders amid thin arrival
from
producing regions. Notable rise on NCDEX, upward trend in Madhya Pradesh gram prices and
enquiries from South-based plants also helped to push up prices, according to sources.
*

FOODGRAINS & PULSES

GRAM
* Gram varieties zoomed up in open market on increased buying support from local
traders amid weak arrival from producing belts.
TUAR
* Tuar varieties continued to go up in open market here on increased demand from
local traders amid thin arrival from producing belts. Weak production in this season
reports, thin overseas arrival and sharp rise in Madhya Pradesh tuar prices also
pushed up this commodities prices.
* Moong varieties, Lakhodi dal and Batri dal too zoomed up in open market here on good
seasonal demand from local traders amid tight supply from producing belts.
* In Akola, Tuar - 9,800-910,100, Tuar dal - 13,800-14,200, Udid at 9,400-9,700,
Udid Mogar (clean) - 11,300-11,700, Moong - 7,600-7,800, Moong Mogar
(clean) 9,200-9,800, Gram - 4,500-4,800, Gram Super best bold - 6,000-6,0200
for 100 kg.
* Wheat, rice and other commodities remained steady in open market in thin trading
activity, according to sources.
Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg
FOODGRAINS
Gram Auction
Gram Pink Auction
Tuar Auction
Moong Auction
Udid Auction
Masoor Auction
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3,900-5,080
3,900-4,970
n.a.
2,100-2,600
n.a.
8,000-9,800
n.a.
6,000-6,400
n.a.
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Gram Super Best Bold
6,500-6,800
6,200-6,500
Gram Super Best
n.a.
Gram Medium Best
5,900-6,100
5,600-5,800
Gram Dal Medium
n.a.
n.a.
Gram Mill Quality
5,800-5,900
5,400-5,700
Desi gram Raw
4,900-5,000
4,800-4,850
Gram Filter new
6,200-6,400
6,000-6,200
Gram Kabuli
6,400-7,500
6,400-7,500
Gram Pink
6,800-7,000
6,800-7,000
Tuar Fataka Best
14,300-14,700
14,000-14,100
Tuar Fataka Medium
13,500-13,900
13,000-13,500
Tuar Dal Best Phod
12,800-13,200
12,500-12,900
Tuar Dal Medium phod
12,000-12,600
11,700-12,200
Tuar Gavarani New
10,300-10,400
9,800-10,000
Tuar Karnataka
10,700-10,700
10,400-10,500
Tuar Black
12,600-12,900
12,400-12,800
Masoor dal best
8,600-8,800
8,600-8,800
Masoor dal medium
8,150-8,450
8,150-8,400
Masoor
n.a.
n.a.
Moong Mogar bold
9,600-9,900
9,600-9,800
Moong Mogar Medium best
8,200-8,800
8,200-8,800
Moong dal Chilka
8,600-8,800
8,500-8,800
Moong Mill quality
n.a.
n.a.
Moong Chamki best
8,400-9,200
8,400-9,000
Udid Mogar Super best (100 INR/KG) 11,700-12,000
11,700-12,000
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 10,600-11,000
10,600-11,000
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG)
9,400-9,800
9,400-9,800
Batri dal (100 INR/KG)
5,100-5,500
4,800-5,500
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg)
3,800-4,000
3,500-3,600
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG)
3,150-3,350
3,150-3,350
Watana White (100 INR/KG)
3,100-3,200
3,100-3,200
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 3,300-3,900
3,300-3,900
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG)
1,400-1,500
1,400-1,500
Wheat Mill quality(100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,700
1,600-1,700
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG)
1,350-1,550
1,350-1,550
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,250-2,400
2,250-2,400
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 1,950-2,100
1,950-2,100
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a.
n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,400-3,700
3,400-3,700
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,750-2,900
2,750-2,900
Rice BPT New(100 INR/KG)
2,800-3,000
2,800-3,000
Rice BPT (100 INR/KG)
3,050-3,300
3,050-3,300
Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG)
1,700-1,900
1,700-1,900
Rice Swarna new (100 INR/KG)
2,400-2,500
2,400-2,500
Rice Swarna old (100 INR/KG) 2,700-2,800
2,700-2,800
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Rice HMT new(100 INR/KG)
3,400-3,800
3,400-3,800
Rice HMT (100 INR/KG)
3,900-4,300
3,900-4,300
Rice HMT Shriram New(100 INR/KG) 4,300-4,500
4,300-4,500
Rice HMT Shriram old (100 INR/KG) 4,600-5,100
4,600-5,100
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 8,000-10,000
8,000-10,000
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 7,000-7,500
7,000-7,500
Rice Chinnor new (100 INR/KG) 4,500-4,900
4,500-4,900
Rice Chinnor (100 INR/KG)
5,400-5,700
5,400-5,700
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG)
2,100-2,350
2,100-2,350
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG)
2,400-2,500
2,400-2,500
WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 33.4 degree Celsius (92.1 degree Fahrenheit), minimum temp.
22.8 degree Celsius (73.0 degree Fahrenheit)
Humidity: Highest - n.a., lowest - n.a.
Rainfall : nil
FORECAST: Partly cloudy sky. Rains or thunder-showers likely towards evening or night.
Maximumand minimum temperature would be around and 34 and 23 degree Celsius
respectively.
Note: n.a.--not available
(For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, butincluded in market prices.)
http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/08/25/nagpur-foodgrain-idINL4N1103CI20150825

Monsoon: Sept, a washout for India, says Korean agency

VINSON KURIAN
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUGUST 25:
A deficient August is likely to be followed by a forgettable September to round off this years
South-West monsoon when it retreats fully from mainland India in another 35 days.October
could spring a nasty surprise in terms of drier than normal weather, according to a long-term
forecast issued on Tuesday by the APEC Climate Centre based in Busan, South Korea.

November relief
But November could make an impression with normal rainfall for most of the country with
excess rain indicated for some of the fringe areas.And December could turn in a bumper in terms
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of normal rainfall for the country as a whole even as the extreme southern and western flanks
witness excess showers.
The month-wise break-up of expected rain for the four months of September, October,
November and December projected by the South Korean forecaster is as follows:

Month-wise outlook
September
Excess Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh
Normal- Chhattisgarh, East Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and
Kashmir,Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Northeast Rajasthan, South Tamil Nadu and
Kerala
Deficient rest of Northwest India and South Peninsula and entire Central India

October
Normal South Kerala, South Tamil Nadu,East Rajasthan, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir,
Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland-Mizoram-Manipur-Tripura,
Assam and Meghalaya
Deficient East India, Northwest India, Central India and South Peninsula

November
Excess Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar and extreme South Peninsula
Normal Northwest India, West and South Peninsula
Deficient Tamil Nadu, South Coastal Andhra Pradesh

December
Normal almost the whole country

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Excess South Tamil Nadu, Kerala, entire West Coast including Konkan-Goa and adjoining
interior Maharashtra, entire Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha.
Deficit to stay
The overall rain deficit as a whole was unchanged at 11 per cent on Tuesday but individual
figures for the main four geographical divisions have worsened from overnight.Over South
Peninsula, the shortfall has reverted to being a crippling 20 per cent while that over the Central
Peninsula worsened to 14 per cent.More or less similar is the situation both in North-West India
and East and North-East India where the deficits, though still in single figures, have gone up to
five per cent and seven per cent respectively.
None of the weather models set great store by a fresh low-pressure area expected to form over
North Bay of Bengal in another two days.The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather
Forecasts speculates that the low would die out without so much as a whimper.
(This article was published on August 25, 2015

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/monsoon-sept-a-washout-for-india-sayskorean-agency/article7579217.ece

Arkansas Farm Bureau Daily Commodity Report

A comprehensive daily commodity market report for Arkansas agricultural commodities with
cash markets, futures and insightful analysis and commentary from Arkansas Farm Bureau
commodity analysts.Noteworthy benchmark price levels of interest to farmers and ranchers, as
well as long-term commodity market trends which are developing. Daily fundamental market
influences and technical factors are noted and discussed.

Soybeans
High Low
Cash Bids 909

818

New Crop 893

829

Riceland Foods
Cash Bids Stuttgart: - - -

Pendleton: - - -

New Crop Stuttgart: - - -

Pendleton: - - -

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Futures:

High

Low

Last

Change

Sep '15 908.00

888.00

894.25

+1.50

Nov '15 889.50

867.25

877.75

+3.75

Jan '16 892.00

870.00

881.00

+3.50

Mar '16 890.50

868.75

881.25

+5.00

May '16 891.75

872.00

884.50

+5.75

Jul '16 896.50

878.50

888.25

+5.00

Aug '16 895.25

883.50

887.50

+4.75

Sep '16 883.50

883.50

876.50

+5.75

Nov '16 879.25

862.00

872.25

+5.50

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Soybean Comment
Soybeans were the lone bright spot in the commodity market, as prices recovered today following the overall
market higher today. In addition to this support, prices also got a boost from another large export sale for next
marketing year, that more than 11 million bushels over the last 2-days. While this is great for the near term,
sales for 2015/16 technology remain well below where we would like for them to be. The slow export market
will remain a drag on prices and will likely limit gains as long as the export market remains an issue.

Wheat
High Low
Cash Bids 465

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New Crop 513

488

Futures:

High

Low

Last

Change

Sep '15 511.25

492.50

495.00

-8.25

Dec '15 516.00

496.50

499.50

-8.50

Mar '16 521.50

502.50

505.75

-6.75

May '16 525.25

506.50

509.25

-6.50

Jul '16 527.00

509.00

511.50

-6.25

Sep '16 534.75

518.75

520.50

-6.25

Dec '16 548.00

531.75

534.50

-6.00

Mar '17 550.00

550.00

544.50

-6.00

547.75

-5.75

May '17

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Wheat Comment
Wheat prices closed lower today, and fell back below support near $5. Continued weak demand and improving
supply remains a drag on prices. U.S. wheat exports and domestic demand continue to be disappointing to the
market and preventing wheat from being able to hold gains above $5.

Grain Sorghum
High Low
Cash Bids 373

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New Crop 371

306

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Corn
High Low
Cash Bids 363

321

New Crop 390

341

Futures:

High

Low

Last

Change

Sep '15 375.00

363.75

365.50

-3.25

Dec '15 386.75

375.25

377.00

-3.50

Mar '16 397.50

386.50

388.00

-3.75

May '16 403.75

392.75

394.25

-3.75

Jul '16 408.00

396.75

398.25

-3.75

Sep '16 401.75

390.25

391.75

-3.75

Dec '16 407.25

395.50

397.00

-4.25

Mar '17 416.75

406.50

407.75

-3.75

May '17 417.75

417.75

414.25

-3.50

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Corn Comment
Corn prices closed lower today. While outside markets strengthened, corn failed to hold onto yesterday's
marginal gains. Last week's crop tour showed mixed results with some of the last big states coming in above
last years yields. The market needs additional demand support to help maintain gains, and continue to hold
support near $3.63.

Cotton
Futures:

High

Low

Last Change

Oct '15 64.64

63.21

63.76

-0.88

Dec '15 64.82

62.86

63.16

-0.89

Mar '16 64.5

62.55

62.86

-1.08

Memphis, TN Cotton and Tobacco Programs

Cotton Comment
Cotton futures were sharply lower again today. Growing fears of a global economic slowdown in light of the
recent events in China. Outside markets sold off hard as well. December futures continued to retrace the gains
charted in reaction to the monthly supply/demand report, completing a 62% retracement. The next support is at
the contract low of 61.25.

Rice
High Low
Long Grain Cash Bids - - -

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Long Grain New Crop - - -

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Futures:

High

Low

Last

Change

Sep '15 1148.0

1118.5

1134.5

-5.0

Nov '15 1176.5

1145.0

1162.5

-5.5

Jan '16 1190.0

1185.0

1192.5

-5.0

Mar '16

1217.5

-4.5

May '16

1242.5

-4.0

Jul '16

1245.0

-4.0

Sep '16

1146.0

-4.0

Rice Comment
Rice futures followed other commodities lower today in reaction to economic news out of China this weekend.
Losses in rice weren't as sharp as other commodities, as the market found support yesterday's low. Additional
support can be found at the 50% retracement level of the summer's gains at $11.06.

Cattle

Futures:
Live Cattle:

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High

Low

Last

Change

Aug '15 144.850

143.375

143.525

-0.325

Oct '15 143.450

141.525

141.550

-0.775

Dec '15 145.575

143.700

143.700

-0.675

Feb '16 145.275

143.700

143.725

-0.475

Apr '16 144.025

142.525

142.650

-0.250

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Jun '16 136.175

134.650

134.875

-0.150

Aug '16 134.325

132.925

132.925

-0.175

Oct '16 136.450

135.050

135.300

+0.025

Dec '16 136.000

135.600

135.650

+0.125

Low

Last

Change

Aug '15 211.650

210.650

210.700

-0.125

Sep '15 201.500

197.900

198.500

+0.425

Oct '15 198.250

194.325

194.725

-0.175

Nov '15 196.050

192.350

192.450

-0.325

Jan '16 190.475

186.925

187.050

-0.300

Mar '16 188.550

185.125

185.900

+0.125

Apr '16 188.000

186.100

186.875

+0.775

May '16 188.175

185.075

185.925

+1.025

Feeders:

High

Arkansas Prices
Ft. Smith Livestock Auction
Heber Springs Livestock Auction
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City - Feeder Cattle Auction Weighted Average Report

Cattle Comment
Cattle prices weakened again today. While prices tried early on to close the gap left in yesterday
market, they failed to do so leaving open the downside potential in live cattle market. While beef
prices moved higher again today, they failed to provide enough support to push prices higher as
slow movement in cash markets.

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Hogs
Futures:

High

Low

Last

Change

Oct '15 67.850

66.150

67.200

+1.375

Dec '15 63.500

62.000

63.200

+1.200

Feb '16 67.875

66.800

67.450

+0.700

Apr '16 71.800

71.075

71.275

+0.125

May '16 76.150

75.950

76.050

+0.300

Jun '16 79.800

79.125

79.150

-0.575

Jul '16 78.500

77.400

78.500

+1.600

Aug '16 77.425

76.875

77.000

+0.250

Oct '16 66.975

66.500

66.850

+0.350

Hog Comment

Shell Eggs
Daily Midwest Regional Eggs
Daily New York Eggs
National Turkeys
Weekly Weighted Average Prices for Whole Young Turkeys
Delmarva Broilers
Daily Southern Broiler/Fryers
http://www.arfb.com/ag-markets-statistics/report/

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