Chicago Board of Trade rice futures Wednesday closed limit up, 50 cents higher, on concerns about the cyclone that devastated Myanmar over the weekend. July rice closed up 50 cents ... [visit site]

The Nigerian government has decided to suspend import duty on rice for the next six months in an effort reduce the cost of the commodity in the country.The Nigerian government ... [visit site]

Myanmar's rice-growing heartland, which has been devastated by the recent Cyclone Nargis, has posed worries for long-term food shortages including rationing and political problems for its military regime. The ... [visit site]

The Thailand government has announced its plans to supply a total of 500,000 MT of emergency rice supplies to Malaysia in three days.The Malaysian government had earlier asked for help ... [visit site]

Global rice export prices began easing after the Philippines abandoned a tender to buy 675,000 MT of rice and the state-run National Food Authority said it would wait until the ... [visit site]

Wholesale prices for Basmati rice are set to remain high after doubling in the last 12 months with demand surging and production costs climbing. Rising prices for basmati and other ... [visit site]

According to Brazilian Census Bureau, IBGE, Brazil should harvest 11.9 million MT of rice, up 0.3% from the March estimate made by the agricultural statistics department of the Census Bureau.Brazil ... [visit site]

For the week ended May 1 in metric tons. Based on Aug-Jul marketing year. New sales are gross sales for the week, net sales are the result of destination changes ... [visit site]

Chicago Board of Trade rice futures traded limit up for the second straight day Thursday on growing concerns about how Myanmar's cyclone will affect world rice supplies. September and November ... [visit site]

The Bangladesh government has decided to ban all exports of rice for six months after domestic rice prices almost doubled in a year causing widespread hardship to the country's impoverished ... [visit site]

According to the Philippines agriculture department, The Philippine National Food Authority may hold its next tender in June or July to buy the remainder of its rice import requirement to ... [visit site]

Indicative rice export prices in Thailand were unchanged Friday, supported by a strong demand in the market amid general tight supplies in most origins.Thailand's export supply situation has improved substantially ... [visit site]