Posts in Rice
Long Awaited Iraq Rice Tender Arrives

Iraq’s Ministry of Trade has announced a global tender for 30,000 MT of rice. This tender is outside of the US-Iraq Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and can be filled by any country. Companies have one week to submit bid documents to the Ministry.

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Protect Investment Inside Grain Bins

If you still have grain stored on the farm, are you confident it will be as high of quality when you pull it out as when you put it in? Gary Woodruff, district sales manager and grain conditioning expert for GSI, suggests taking steps to protect your investment inside your bins.

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Annual NELA Growers Meeting Highlights Row Rice

The Northeast Louisiana Row Rice meeting was held here Tuesday morning and was a hybrid get-together, with area growers and extension staff meeting both in-person and virtually to view the presentations. The Thomas Jason Lingo Center hosted, with social distancing and precautions in place.

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Passing Down the Passion

Located in Louisiana’s Acadia and Vermilion parishes is Simon Farms, a multi-generational family farm known far and wide for their dedication to conservation. This close-knit family has a passion for soil health and a thirst for knowledge about ways to improve their agricultural production.

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LSU AgCenter To Hold Virtual Rice Meetings

The LSU AgCenter is planning to shift most of the rice meetings it holds each winter to a virtual format this year. Topics will include rice economics, pest control, fertilization, variety development, soybeans and crawfish. Presentations for Evangeline, Acadia, Jefferson Davis and the rest of southwest Louisiana will be online. Videos can be accessed via the internet at an address to be provided soon.

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JT Meleck Louisiana Rice Vodka

JT Meleck is a new craft vodka out of Louisiana. Founder Michael Frugé’s family has farmed the land where he is distilling vodka out of rice since 1896. Frugé’s great-great uncle, JT Meleck, first started farming on the property.

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