m tons of rice imports could cause problems for Iran farmers. Favorable climate this year has compensated for the reduction in the lands allocated to the high-yield rice cultivation, said Iranian Rice Association Secretary Jamil Alizadeh-Shayeq, adding therefore the amount of production has not changed in comparison with the preceding year. m tons of rice imports could cause problems for Iran farmers. m tons of rice imports could cause problems for Iran farmers. Favorable climate this year...

Russia warns India, says it will ban rice, sesame and peanut imports. Food safety watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said it had seized several shipments of Indian rice, sesame and peanuts after finding banned pesticide, contaminants and insecticides in them. It urged India to provide safety certificates on its food exports, including the use of pesticides and other specifications. Copyright Dailyindia.com/ANI.

Tokyo- In response to global warming, Japan hopes to develop rice farms that can better withstand heat and use less water, Japanese news agency Kyodo reported Saturday. The ministry plans to reveal measures to counter the effects of global warming, including the new rice farms and measures for fruit and vegetable production. A predicted doubling of the concentration of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere and the resulting global warming seriously threatens the country's rice crop,...

The USDA says the nation's corn growers will plant their biggest crop since 1944 as they try to cash in on near-record grain prices spurred by demand for ethanol. Department of Agriculture, corn planting will be up 15 percent this year to over 90 million acres. The USDA forecast projects Illinois farmers will plant 8.7 million acres of soybeans, the state's smallest crop since 1976. Department of Agriculture's first estimate of the nation's 2007 crop. Ethanol demand boosts corn planting 15...

Guyana is threatening legal action against its Caricom member states which routinely breach a five year pact on production, export and import of the commodity. Several regional countries routinely ignore the requirement, a Caricom-based trade body has found, or, at best, provide only partial data while sidestepping application for the 25 per cent common external tariff (CET) on imported rice. Vincent and the Grenadines to explain the non-submission of data on their individual rice imports....