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The Star People's Food Awards: Chicken rice
Thailand military leaders to pay rice farmers
Vietnam exports over 2 mln tons of rice, over 40 pct to China
Rice in Thailand Climbing on Signs Army Wont Allow Cheap Sales
Thai military makes paying rice farmers a priority
Rice farmers overjoyed as payments begin
Thai army rulers rush to placate rice farmers, boost economy
Rice farmers thank NCPO for payments
PWO denies losing 3-million tonnes of rice
Phitsanulok farmers start planting rice as rainy season arrives
Rice rules flat on poor offtake
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices - APMC & Open Market-May 26
Jordan requests import of 20,000 tons of rice as exception to Egypt ban
TABLE-India Grain Prices - Delhi - May 27
El Nio-ready rice varieties pushed
Rice payments begin


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The Star People's Food Awards: Chicken rice

Chicken rice is much-loved by Malaysians.
Which eatery sells your favourite version of this famous dish? Make a recommendation via The Star Peoples
Food Awards on Metro Online Broadcast (MOB) (mob.com.my) in June and stand a chance to win attractive
prizes.The awards are given out to the best Malaysian street food in the Klang Valley.Each month, the public
can vote for their favourite category-based street food via MOB.This week, we feature two well-known dining
venues said to serve tasty chicken rice.


A plate of steamed chicken being prepared for customers at Restoran Satellite.
RESTORAN SATELLITE (Non-halal)
Address: Jalan Gasing 10/1, Petaling Jaya, Selangor

For tender,
smooth-
textured
chicken,
look no
further than
Satellite
Chicken
Rice
Restaurant
in Jalan
Gasing.Run
by Alfred
Kuan, 60,
and his
wife, Kim,
the shop
looks humble next to a newer and bigger chicken rice restaurant.Although it only has a small number of items
on its menu, the business has been running for more than 50 years. It was started by Kuans father in 1963.Kuan
started helping out at the shop when he was eight and took over after his father died in 2004.His wife, who is of
Hainanese descent, prepares the chicken daily with the help of five workers.She modified the original recipe
handed down by Kuans father, to make it more Hainanese.
The chicken, available poached or roasted, is loved for its smooth, not-too-salty taste.The beansprouts, at only
RM2 a serving, are plump and crunchy. Everything is prepared fresh, down to the chilli sauce and mashed
ginger.Kuan is open about his methods, The chicken is poached for about 35 minutes before being dunked in
ice-cold water right after cooking this stops the cooking and seals in the juices.Kuan said the poached


chicken was especially popular.A single serving of poached chicken rice is RM6, while roasted chicken costs
RM6.50. The half poached chicken is RM18 and whole, RM35, while half and whole roasted chicken costs
RM19 and RM37, respectively.
TIM KEE (Non-halal)
Address: 65G Jalan Radin Anum, Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur
The chicken here is roasted using charcoal fire, which is a traditional method, says owner Danny Koh, 43.The
taste is different when you use a charcoal stove, said Koh, who got the recipe from a friend.
Thailand military leaders to pay rice farmers
27 May 2014 Last updated at 01:21 BST
Thailand's coup leaders have been quick to
say they will focus on fixing the country's
economic problems.The military rulers have
promised to find ways to boost growth, and
they've committed to paying farmers who are
owed money from the previous government's
rice subsidy scheme.The former Thai
government was buying rice at prices
significantly higher than found on world
markets, and protesters said the system was
corrupt.But more recently many rice farmers
were left out of pocket, with the authorities
unable to make the payments. Jonathan Head
reports from Bangkok.

Image:Danny Koh with his famous Tim Kee Chicken Rice.
The chicken is marinated with a secret seasoning for one to two hours before the skin is coated in a thin layer of
marmite syrup.It is then roasted in the charcoal oven for 45 minutes.The result is roast chicken with a nice,
golden, crispy skin and sweet, succulent meat with a hint of smokiness.The chicken is doused with soy sauce


made using Kohs own recipe. Poached free-range chicken and sesame chicken are also available.The yellow
ginger rice is another feature of the chicken rice served here.
The yellow ginger is fried in oil before being added into the rice pot along with a little turmeric powder, chicken
stock, and a secret ingredient.Koh takes pride in handpicking the chillies for the sauce and uses an equal ratio
for the ingredients, which includes garlic and calamansi lime juice.Some of the side dishes are popular too, such
as Sour Vegetable a mixed stew of mustard green (Kai Choi), tamarind, dried chillies and roast
pork.Another favourite is our handmade parang fish balls, Koh said, adding that the bean sprouts were
sourced from Ipoh.The restaurant also serves various herbal soups in addition to the regular free soup that
comes with an order of chicken rice.The Pork Rib Lotus Soup is boiled with peanuts before being steamed for
two hours.
May 27, 2014 5:58pm
HANOI, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam has earned some 899 million U. S. dollars from selling 2.061 million tons
of rice to world market as of May 22 in 2014, with over 40 percent sold to China, said Vietnam Food
Association (VFA) on Tuesday.In the first three weeks of May, Vietnam has exported 309,000 tons of rice,
worth 133 million U.S. dollars, Vietnam Industry and Trade Information Center under the Ministry of Industry
and Trade quoted VFA as saying.According to a recent report by the Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Development (MARD), Vietnam's rice exports in May are expected to dip 10.2 percent in volume and 7.3
percent in value year-on-year.
However, the country's rice enjoyed a positive signal as the average export price of the product in the first four
months of 2014 stood at 456.19 U.S. dollars per ton, up 4.4 percent year-on- year, said MARD.The Philippines
was the market that saw remarkable growth in January-April period with an increase of 5.26 times in volume
and 5.79 times in value year-on-year.The report said the Philippines ranked the second among Vietnam' s large
rice importers in four-month period with 18.66 percent of market shares while China maintained Vietnam's
biggest rice importer, accounting for 41.75 percent of the market shares.
.


Rice in Thailand Climbing on Signs Army Wont Allow Cheap Sales
By Supunnabul Suwannakij and Chanyaporn Chanjaroen May 27, 2014 12:11 PM GMT+0500
Rice prices in Thailand are set to advance as much as 8 percent as the lowest rates in five years attract buyers
and on speculation the military government wont allow sales at cheap levels, exporters said.The cost of the 5
percent broken variety may rise to $400 a metric ton from $370, Somkiat Makcayathorn, secretary general of
the Thai Rice Exporters Association, said by phone yesterday. New-crop rates already increased $5 this week,
said Mamadou Ciss, the president of Alliance Commodities (Suisse) SA.The army last week removed the
cabinet led by the Pheu Thai Party in a coup.

The government started buying rice from farmers at above-market rates in 2011, boosting stockpiles to a level
equivalent to about a third of annual global trade. Prices plunged 23 percent last year and the program lapsed in
February. The junta-led National Council for Peace and Order will check the amount and quality of stockpiles
before going ahead with sales, the commerce ministry said.We feel that we have to pay more than before, said
Ciss, whos traded rice since 1984.
Thai rice is now the cheapest in the world and demand has increased from China, Nigeria and Ivory Coast,
he said by phone from Geneva.Prices of 5 percent broken white rice from Thailand extended their decline by
about 12 percent this year and Somkiat described the price of $370 as a market floor.The rally will be limited by
stockpiles in Thailand, Somkiat and Ciss said. State inventories stood at 16.7 million tons as of Feb. 11, the
commerce ministry estimated. That compares with global trade of 41 million tons this year, U.S. Department of
Agriculture data show.
Rising demand will boost Thai exports to 10 million tons this year, beating an earlier prediction of 7.5 million
tons, Somkiat said. The country will regain its position as the worlds biggest shipper in 2015, the USDA
estimates.The military government is signaling it wont offload rice at cheap rates, Chookiat Ophaswongse,
the exporters associations honorary president, said by phone. This will prompt buyers to increase purchases
as prices may continue to rise.To contact the reporter on this story: James Poole in Singapore
at jpoole4@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: James Poole at jpoole4@bloomberg.net Thomas Kutty
Abraham


Thai military makes paying rice farmers a priority
BANGKOK Sat May 24, 2014 4:29am EDT

(Reuters) - Thailand's military junta and the finance ministry will meet on Monday to discuss how to pay rice
farmers over $2.5 billion owed under a failed subsidy scheme run by the government the military overthrew on
Thursday.The Finance Ministry said in a statement on Saturday that Air Chief Marshal Prajin Juntong would
meet senior officials from the ministry and from state banks to set out policy. Prajin has taken charge of
economic affairs under the military government.
Army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha, who heads the government, addressed hundreds of civil servants at an
army facility on Friday, a day after the army seized power, and told them that paying the farmers was "an urgent
issue", according to a source with knowledge of the meeting who requested anonymity.The state rice-buying
scheme was one of the key policies in the populist electoral platform that brought ousted premier Yingluck
Shinawatra to power in 2011. It was criticized by opponents who played a role in driving her from office for
running up huge losses and being riddled with corruption.Two weeks ago Thailand's anti-graft agency indicted
Yingluck for negligence for charges related to the rice-subsidy scheme, one of several policies that won the
support of Thailand's poor for both Yingluck and her brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, before her.
Thaksin, a billionaire telecommunications tycoon turned politician, earned the loathing of the royal
establishment and was himself ousted in a military coup in 2006.Yingluck's rice-buying scheme paid millions of
rice farmers way above the market price for their grain.The scheme boosted rural incomes but made it
impossible for the government to sell the rice on the export market without incurring big losses. Thailand was
left sitting on millions of metric tons (1 metric ton - 1.1023 tons) of rice stockpiles.Yingluck's administration
had hoped limited supply from what was then the world's top rice exporter would drive up global prices and
eventually allow international sales at a profit.The gambit failed as India and Vietnam exported millions of
metric tons more rice to plug the gap.
The Thai scheme ran into funding problems that were exacerbated by the government's inability to access funds
from the state budget from December.Facing a wave of anti-government protests, Yingluck dissolved
parliament in December, called an election and ran a caretaker administration with limited fiscal
powers.Protesters disrupted the February vote, which was subsequently annulled, leaving Thailandwithout a
fully functioning government until the army seized power on Thursday.Prayuth suggested on Friday he would
be able to tap the state budget for funds to pay the farmers."The budget office reported that there is about 40


billion baht ($1.23 billion) in the central budget that can be used to pay farmers," the source quoted Prayuth as
saying."Some are offering another 50 billion baht in loans," Prayuth added. "This should be sufficient to pay for
farmers.
"That was an apparent reference to possible loans from banks. Commercial and state banks proved unwilling to
lend to the Yingluck administration, worried about the legitimacy of such borrowing by a caretaker government
and possible law suits.At the end of April, farmers were still owed an estimated 90.5 billion baht. Some have
been waiting since late last year for rice sold to the state from the crop harvested from October.Prayuth was
reported as saying all farmers could be paid within 20 to 25 days.Air force chief Prajin, who was already
chairman of national flag carrier Thai Airways International, will oversee the ministries of commerce, industry,
agriculture, energy, labor and transport as well as finance. ($1 = 32.5950 Thai Baht)
(Reporting by Khettiya Jittapong; Writing by Alan Raybould; Editing by Simon Webb & Kim Coghill)
Rice farmers overjoyed as payments begin
The Nation May 27, 2014 1:00 am
RICE FARMERS across the country were delighted as payments under the rice-pledging scheme resumed
yesterday under the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO). am so glad that the money has arrived,"
Chamnarn Taenghom from Phichit province said.During the past six months, millions of farmers had
desperately pressed for payments from the Yingluck Shinawatra-led administration to no avail. While the
previous government blamed the months-long political turmoil as the main obstacle, critics blamed massive
corruption. After the NCPO seized power, it vowed to prioritise the payments to farmers.
"We need money to invest in a new crop season," Chamnarn said.According to the Phichit branch of the Bank
for Agriculture and Agricultural Co-operatives (BAAC), it is paying more than 10,000 farmers under the Bt2-
billion budget approved by the NCPO.Additional funds are on the way. BAAC branches have been allocated
different amounts, as the number of farmers at each branch differs.Sa-ngob Bua-jan yesterday showed up at the
BAAC's Khon Kaen branch and found that the payments had progressed to queue No 1023 already."I have two
queue cards, one being No 1056 and the other being 1406.
So I am convinced I will get my money soon," he said.Sa-ngob, 66, thanked the NCPO for giving priority to
rice farmers. Many farmers committed suicide recently due to the delayed payments.Nupin Promta, a 47-year-
old farmer, was overjoyed when she learnt that the BAAC had begun paying again. "I am told I will get money
within five days," she said.The BAAC branch in her hometown has already received a Bt650-million budget
and will get more.Elsewhere, payments to farmers under the rice-pledging scheme have also resumed.In
Uttaradit province, Boonrod Prabsamornchai received more than Bt236,000 from the rice-pledging scheme
yesterday."It has revived my hope," he said.Kittisak Rattanawaraha, who chairs the Network of Rice Farmers in


the Lower North, said with the NCPO running the country all participants in the rice-pledging scheme believed
they would be paid within one month."All farmers are delighted," he said.In Sukhothai province, rice farmers
joined more than 1,000 demonstrators in expressing support for the military. They handed flowers to a major-
general at the Sukhothai City Hall.

Thai army rulers rush to placate rice farmers, boost economy
BY ORATHAI SRIRING AND ALAN RAYBOULD
BANGKOK Mon May 26, 2014 9:19am EDT
RELATED TOPICS
(Reuters) - Thailand's new military rulers are moving fast to tackle economic problems caused by the absence of a
proper government since December and are making it a priority to pay arrears owed to rice farmers, big supporters of
the government they ousted.The military seized power on Thursday after nearly seven months of turmoil that
hurtbusiness confidence, halted much government spending and scared away tourists. Theeconomy shrank 2.1
percent in the first quarter and recession was on the cards.Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra dissolved
parliament in December and called an election for February.
From that moment, her caretaker government was unable to initiate new policies, even as the economy foundered,
and found it impossible to raise funds for the troubled rice scheme.The military has now torn up the constitution and
the finance ministry has moved quickly to find money for the farmers, inviting banks to tender early next month to
provide 50 billion baht ($1.53 billion) in loans to fund the rice scheme."We have seen their intention to help farmers.
This is an urgent issue," said Chaiyarit Anuchitworawong, a senior vice-president at Bangkok Bank Pcl, Thailand's
top lender.Gothom Arya, a lecturer in human rights studies at Mahidol University, did not think the urgency was
necessarily political, designed to placate supporters of Yingluck, her Puea Thai Party and her brother, Thaksin
Shinawatra, another former premier deposed by the army in 2006 .
"There are hundreds of thousands of farmers in need of money and they are owed months of payment, which wasn't
possible while both sides were squabbling," he said."The army isn't thinking right now about turning a pro-Thaksin
electorate away from Puea Thai Party or any other pro-Thaksin party. My view is that they're thinking: Let's solve
one of the most pressing problems in the country first."
BOOST TO RURAL ECONOMY


Whatever the motivation, 40 billion baht will be injected into the rural economy fairly quickly as the state-run Bank
of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives pays some of the 90 billion baht owed to farmers from its reserves.The
military government plans to pay the remaining 50 billion baht in less than a month, according to comments from
coup leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha.Air Chief Marshal Prajin Juntong, who is overseeing economic matters for
the junta, told reporters after meeting top civil servants that the rice payments could add 0.2 percentage point to
economic growth this year.He said that would be on top of forecast 2 percent growth.
That is the middle of the range forecast by the NESDB planning agency, which compiles Thailand's GDP
figures.Business leaders are expecting an economic stimulus package and are relieved that it should now also be
possible to get a state budget ready for the new fiscal year from October 1.Prajin, who is also chairman of flag carrier
Thai Airways International, said the budget would be on time."This should be positive for the economy in the second
half," said Surachai Kositsareewond, an executive vice-president at Bangchak Petroleum Pcl. "The clearer economic
policies should help boost confidence and the private sector is ready to adjust.
"The new government will roll over a cut in the corporate tax rate to 20 percent, which lapses in December, and an
extension of the 7 percent value-added tax rate before it reverts to 10 percent in September, Somchai Sajjapong, head
of the Finance Ministry's fiscal policy office, told reporters.The deposed government had planned to do this but did
not have the authority, leaving businesses up in the air.The government will also extend cuts to income tax rates
brought in at the end of 2013, Somchai said.It will go ahead with some projects under a halted 2 trillion baht ($61
billion baht) infrastructure plan, as well asparts of a 350 billion baht water management project drawn up after
disastrous floods in 2011 but repeatedly delayed.
Somchai said he was confident the economy would grow more than 2 percent this year and that the ministry was
hoping for 3 percent. To reassure financial markets, he said the military government had no intention of imposing
capital controls.The last military-led government in Thailand brought in draconian controls in December 2006, at a
time when the baht was soaring. They caused the stock market to plunge 14.8 percent in a single day. ($1 = 32.5950
Thai baht)
(Additional reporting by Bangkok bureau; Writing by Alan Raybould; Editing by Simon Webb and Ron Popeski)
Rice farmers thank NCPO for payments
THE NATION May 28, 2014 1:00 am


RICE FARMERS, happy to receive money overdue for their pledged rice, thanked the National Council for
Peace and Order (NCPO) for taking care of them.In Kalasin, 1,000 farmers went to City Hall to show their
gratitude for the NCPO and its attempt to restore national peace. They submitted further requests for aid to the
council via Kalasin Governor Suwit Subongkot. In Udon Thani, farmers presented flowers to Army officials at
Prajak Silpakhom Camp to thank them.Some 500 farmers in Nakhon Si Thammarat thanked the NCPO via
Fourth Army Region chief Lt-General Walit Rojanapakdee, who urged the farmers to regain the world No 1
title for rice export.A Khon Kaen farmer, Sirinan Srimungkhun, after collecting her Bt92,000 at a Bank for
Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) branch in Muang district, said she thanked the NCPO for
giving importance to rice farmers and helping them.

A Kanchanaburi farmer, Jamnong Madthong, 61,
who was given Bt100,000, said he was thankful to
NCPO chief, General Prayuth Chan-ocha, for his
speedy help to farmers.In Ang Thong, farmers
queued up to receive money for their pledged rice
yesterday. One farmer said he was happy to
receive Bt150,000 cash as it would help him
repay the cash he borrowed to buy fertilisers and
pesticides, and leave him some for the next crop.
In Pathum Thani, BAAC Lat Lum Kaew branch
paid Bt20 million to 94 farmers yesterday and
said the remaining Bt115 million would be paid to
farmers by next Monday. June 2. In Nakhon
Ratchasima, provincial Governor Winai Buapradit affirmed that the rice farmers should be paid by June 20. In Songkhla,
farmers in five districts got payments from BAAC branches and said they planned to pay for their children's education and
invest in the next crop.

PWO denies losing 3-million tonnes of rice

Petchanet Pratruangkrai
The Nation May 28, 2014 1:00 am
Says 'missing stock' waiting for delivery to govt warehouses.The Public Warehouse Organisation yesterday
denied that it had lost as much as 3 million tonnes of rice as leaked by an audit committee source to the public,
saying a figure was missing from the relevant documentation."Rice has not disappeared from stockpiles. The
report claiming missing stock came from a June 26 [2013] survey, when some rice had been polished and was
waiting for delivery to the governments' warehouses," said Chanudpakorn Vongseenin, president of the PWO, a
state enterprise under the Commerce Ministry.To clarify inventory levels, the ministry has set up a working
committee to review rice stockpiles.The ministry will promptly send a team to report to the military coup-


makers' National Council for Peace and Order the rice stocks figure. The PWO and the Internal Trade
Department should be able to provide the right figure to the NCPO.
Team from NPCO

To recheck the figures, the ministry's working committee will also cooperate closely with the NCPO's team to
inspect rice warehouses.According to a study by the audit committee, about 2.9 million tonnes of rice have gone
missing from government warehouses.According to the ministry's own report, about 13 million tonnes of milled
rice remained in warehouses, of which 4 million tonnes already had purchasing contracts and were waiting to be
delivered. The remaining 9 million tonnes were under no obligation and could be sold.Surasak Riangkrul,
director-general of the Foreign Trade Department, said it needed to go slowly with its rice-delivery and
marketing plans until it gets clear instructions from the junta. However, rice for China under government-to-
government deals will continue to be shipped out.General Chatchai Salikalya, vice chairman of the NCPO's
economic team, will today meet with senior officials of the Commerce Ministry. The topics for discussion are
expected to be rice stocks and the rice-sales plan as well as measures to drive exports and control the cost of
living.

Phitsanulok farmers start planting rice as rainy season arrives

Date : 27 2557
PHITSANULOK, 27 May 2014 (NNT) - Local farmers of Phitsanulok Province have started growing rice as
the rainy season arrives. Rice farmers of Bang Rakam District in the province began preparing their farmland
with ploughs following a couple of rainy days in the area which have helped moisten the soil ready for the
planting season. Mrs. Ngern Jubkeaw, a native of Bang Rakam and owner of a 22 rai farmland, said that the rain
has softened the soil, a blessing for seeding. She said that the planting season could have started a month ago;
however, the unusually hot summer during the past few weeks had proven unfavorable for agriculture as it
caused various canals to dry up. She has chosen to plant Jasmine fragrant rice, saying the crops bear the most
expensive price tag in the market.

Rice rules flat on poor offtake
OUR CORRESPONDENT
With not much trading taking place in the market, prices of aromatic and non-basmati rice varieties ruled
unchanged on Monday.Pure Basmati (raw) was at 12,300. Duplicate basmati (steam) fetched 7,200. Pusa-


1121 (second wand) was at 7,200, Tibar at 6,100 while Dubar at 5,250.In the non-basmati section,
Sharbati (steam) sold at 4,700 while Sharbati (sela) quoted at 4,250. Permal (raw) was sold at 2,300,
Permal (sela) at 2,400, PR-11 (sela) sold at 2,600 while PR-11 (raw) at 2,650. PR14 (steam) sold at
2,850 a quintal.
Amit Chandna, proprietor of Hanuman Rice Trading Company, told Business Line that the market is moving at
snails pace. Trading has been lukewarm over the few days. After witnessing a fall last weekend, prices of
almost all the rice varieties have been ruling unchanged. Market sentiments are low and any major alteration in
rice prices is unlikely, said market experts.
Pusa-1121 (steam) sold at 9,200 a quintal, while Pusa-1121 (sela) quoted at 7,500 a quintal.
(This article was published on May 26, 2014)

27.05.2014
Vietnam has earned some 899 million U. S. dollars from selling 2.061 million tons of rice to world market as of
May 22 in 2014, with over 40 percent sold to China, said Vietnam Food Association (VFA) on Tuesday.In the
first three weeks of May, Vietnam has exported 309,000 tons of rice, worth 133 million U.S. dollars, Vietnam
Industry and Trade Information Center under the Ministry of Industry and Trade quoted VFA as saying.

According to a recent report by the Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD),
Vietnam's rice exports in May are expected to dip 10.2 percent in volume and 7.3 percent in value year-on-
year.However, the country's rice enjoyed a positive signal as the average export price of the product in the first
four months of 2014 stood at 456.19 U.S. dollars per ton, up 4.4 percent year-on- year, said MARD.The
Philippines was the market that saw remarkable growth in January-April period with an increase of 5.26 times
in volume and 5.79 times in value year-on-year.The report said the Philippines ranked the second among
Vietnam' s large rice importers in four-month period with 18.66 percent of market shares while China
maintained Vietnam's biggest rice importer, accounting for 41.75 percent of the market shares.

Nagpur Foodgrain Prices - APMC & Open Market-May 26
Mon May 26, 2014 2:28pm IST
Nagpur, May 26 (Reuters) - Gram and tuar prices in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and Marketing
Committee (APMC) moved down here in absence of buyers amid poor quality arrival. Easy condition


on NCDEX in gram and downward trend in Madhya Pradesh pulses also pushed down prices in weak
trading activity, according to sources.

* * * *

FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Gram varieties ruled steady in open market here but demand was poor.

TUAR
* Tuar varieties showed weak tendency in open market here on poor buying support from
local traders amid good supply from crushing plants.

* Moong varieties suffered heavily open market here on lack of demand from local
traders amid good supply from producing regions.

* In Akola, Tuar - 4,100-4,300, Tuar dal - 6,300-6,500, Udid at 6,100-6,500,
Udid Mogar (clean) - 7,200-7,700, Moong - 8,200-8,400, Moong Mogar
(clean) 9,500-10,200, Gram - 2,400-2,600, Gram Super best bold - 3,300-3,600
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 Available prices Previous close
Gram Auction 2,300-2,630 2,300-2,680
Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction 3,800-4,275 3,880-4,235
Moong Auction n.a. 5,200-5,500
Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800
Gram Super Best Bold 4,000-4,200 4,000-4,200
Gram Super Best n.a.
Gram Medium Best 3,850-3,950 3,850-3,950
Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a.
Gram Mill Quality 3,500-3,650 3,500-3,650
Desi gram Raw 2,850-2,950 2,850-2,950
Gram Filter new 3,200-3,400 3,200-3,400
Gram Kabuli 8,500-10,500 8,500-10,500
Gram Pink 7,700-8,100 7,700-8,100
Tuar Fataka Best 6,500-6,700 6,600-6,800
Tuar Fataka Medium 6,300-6,400 6,400-6,500
Tuar Dal Best Phod 5,800-6,000 5,900-6,100
Tuar Dal Medium phod 5,400-5,700 5,500-5,800
Tuar Gavarani 4,400-4,500 4,500-4,600
Tuar Karnataka 4,450-4,550 4,500-4,600
Tuar Black 7,800-8,000 7,800-8,000
Masoor dal best 6,200-6,400 6,200-6,400


Masoor dal medium 6,000-6,200 6,000-6,200
Masoor n.a. n.a.
Moong Mogar bold 9,800-10,400 10,200-10,800
Moong Mogar Medium best 9,200-9,700 9,600-10,200
Moong dal super best 9,200-9,600 9,500-9,900
Moong dal Chilka 9,000-9,400 9,300-9,700
Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a.
Moong Chamki best 8,000-9,100 8,000-9,100
Udid Mogar Super best (100 INR/KG) 8,200-8,500 8,200-8,500
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 6,800-7,600 6,800-7,600
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 5,700-6,000 5,700-6,000
Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 4,700-6,000 4,700-6,000
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 3,050-3,150 3,050-3,150
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 3,300-3,400 3,300-3,400
Watana White (100 INR/KG) 3,500-3,600 3,500-3,600
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 4,800-5,300 4,800-5,300
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,200-1,600 1,200-1,600
Wheat Mill quality(100 INR/KG) 1,200-1,500 1,200-1,500
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 1,300-1,500 1,300-1,500
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,300 2,000-2,300
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 1,700-1,800 1,700-1,800
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 2,800-3,100 2,800-3,100
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,200-2,700 2,200-2,700
Wheat 147 (100 INR/KG) 1,100-1,400 1,100-1,400


Wheat Best (100 INR/KG) 1,700-2,000 1,700-2,000
Rice BPT new(100 INR/KG) 2,700-2,900 2,700-2,900
Rice BPT old (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,600 3,200-3,600
Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG) 1,700-1,850 1,700-1,850
Rice Swarna old (100 INR/KG) 2,700-2,800 2,700-2,800
Rice Swarna new (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,450 2,300-2,450
Rice HMT new (100 INR/KG) 3,300-3,600 3,300-3,600
Rice HMT old (100 INR/KG) 3,500-3,700 3,500-3,700
Rice HMT Shriram (100 INR/KG) 4,200-5,100 4,200-5,100
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 10,000-13,500 10,000-13,500
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 7,000-9,500 7,000-9,500
Rice Chinnor (100 INR/KG) 5,500-6,000 5,500-6,000
Rice Chinnor new (100 INR/KG) 5,000-5,500 5,000-5,600
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 1,300-1,500 1,300-1,500
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,600-1,700 1,600-1,700

WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 42.8 degree Celsius (109.0 degree Fahrenheit), minimum temp.
26.0 degree Celsius (78.8 degree Fahrenheit)
Humidity: Highest - n.a., lowest - n.a.
Rainfall : 0.0 mm
FORECAST: Partly cloudy sky. Rains or thunder-showers likely towards evening or night. Maximum and
Minimum temperature likely to be around 43 and 27 degree Celsius respectively.
Note: n.a.--not available
(For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but included in market prices.)


Jordan requests import of 20,000 tons of rice as exception to Egypt
ban
Daily News Egypt / May 25, 2014
As Syrian crisis harms trade with Jordan and refugees put pressure on its food supply, country is looking for
new import partners.Jordan requested importing 20,000 tons of Egyptian rice
(AFP Photo)

By Abdel Qader Ramadan
Jordans Ministry of Industry and Trade submitted a formal
request to the Egyptian Ministry of Industry and Foreign
Trade last week to allow the import of 20,000 tons of
Egyptian rice to Jordan as an exception to the ban on rice
exports, said Issa Haider Murad, chairman of the Amman
Chamber of Commerce.We have asked Egypt also to provide
various agricultural products, supply commodities and fruits
in order to compensate for the shortfall that Jordan witnessed
in these categories following the deterioration of commercial
traffic with Syria, as well as Jordan accommodates a large
number of Syrian refugees, Palestinians and Egyptian workers, he said.
Jordan imports a type of medium grain rice similar to Egypts products from a number of places including the
United States, Spain and Italy, although the Egyptian variety is cheaper. Jordan imports other types of rice from
Thailand and Pakistan, and the nations rice imports reach up to 80,000-100,000 tons per year.Egypt consumes
approximately 2.5m tons of white rice per year while it produces approximately 3.5m tons, translating into a
surplus of up to 1m tons per year. Several years ago, the government began scaling back cultivation to cut water
consumption, imposing a ban on exports in 2008.Jordan was one of the first countries to declare its support for
the roadmap announced by former defense minister and army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on 3 July last year,
following the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.


TABLE-India Grain Prices - Delhi - May 27
Tue May 27, 2014 3:35pm IST
Rates by Asian News International, New Delhi
Tel: 011 2619 1464
Indicative Previous
Grains opening close
(in rupees per 100 kg unless stated)
----------------------------------------------------------
Wheat Desi 2,000-2,600 2,000-2,600.
Wheat Dara 1,500-1,650 1,530-1,730.
Atta Chakki (per 10 Kg) 220-250 220-250.
Roller Mill (per bag) 1,650-1,775 1,650-1,775.
Maida (per bag) 1,650-1,800 1,660-1,800.
Sooji (per bag) 1,850-2,000 1,850-2,000.
Rice Basmati(Common) 8,900-9,200 8,900-9,200.
Rice Permal 1,810-2,425 1,810-2,425.
Rice Sela 1,600-1,700 2,650-1,750.
I.R.-8 1,900-2,100 1,900-2,100.
Gram 2,950-3,450 2,950-3,450.
Peas Green 3,200-3,300 3,150-3,250.
Peas White 3,000-3,200 3,000-3,200.
Bajra 1,450-1,650 1,425-1,600.


Jowar white 2,100-3,600 2,100-3,600.
Maize 1,600-1,700 1,600-1,700.
Barley 1,350-1,700 1,350-1,700.

Source: Delhi grain market traders.
El Nio-ready rice varieties pushed
Farmers urged to use drought-resistant types
By Ronnel W. Domingo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
12:05 am | Tuesday, May 27th, 2014

The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is calling on rice farmers to plant El Nio-ready varieties
for the coming wet-season crop cycle, amid efforts to minimize the impact of a dry spell on food supply.The
Department of Agriculture-supervised agency on Monday released a list of early maturing and drought-
tolerant rice varieties, which PhilRice said need to be cultivated especially areas around the country that are
deemed most vulnerable to the El Nio weather phenomenon.Citing data from the Philippine Atmospheric,
Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), PhilRice said places including the provinces
of Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Pangasinan, Camarines Sur, Iloilo, Negros Occidental, Bohol, Leyte,
may bear the brunt of the dry spell.

The worst effects of El Nio are expected to be felt from the last quarter of 2014 until the first quarter of
2015.According to PhilRice, planting rice varieties that mature early could mean that the crop would be
harvested before drought comes.With drought-tolerant varieties, rice could still thrive even with limitations in
water supply, said Nenita V. Desamero, a PhilRice scientist that breeds rice.For irrigated lowland farms,
PhilRice highly recommends the variety called Pagsanjan, also known as PSB Rc10, as well as the Tubigan
4 (PSB Rc134) and Tubigan 14 (PSB Rc160).

For upland environments, PhilRice recommends the Pasig (PSB Rc80), Apo (PSB Rc9) and Katihan 1
(PSB Rc23) varieties.The agency also said that the drought-tolerant Sahod Ulan 1 (NSIC Rc192) Rio
Grande (PSB Rc14) and Sacobia (Rc68) are best for rain-fed, lowland farms.In a report to Agriculture


Secretary Proceso J. Alcala, PhilRice also provided a list of newly released varieties for such farms that are not
served by the countrys network of irrigation infrastructure.These include 11 other varieties of the Sahod Ulan
seriesNos. 2-12some of which can yield up to 6.7 tons of palay per hectare.Drought-tolerant varieties are
recommended in areas that are regularly stressed and lack water supply, Desamero said.But for rainfed areas
with enough and fully distributed water from planting to harvesting, irrigated varieties can be used to exploit
their high yield potential, she added.The scientist added that with such a wide range of choices, farmers have a
wide latitude for deciding wisely which varieties to plant.

Rice payments begin
Published: 27 May 2014 at 09.43
Online news: Learning From News
Writer: Terry Fredrickson
Rice farmers are delighted at the coup-makers's success in finding money to make overdue payments for rice
pledged long ago, but they are also worried about the future .A farmer in Nakhon Pathoms Kamphaeng Saen
district receives payment for rice pledged under the pledging scheme at a branch of the Bank for Agriculture
and Agricultural Cooperatives. Paying farmers is one of the most urgent policies set out by the junta. THITI
WANNAMONTHA
Farmers praise coup makers payment of overdue rice funds
Penchan Charoensuthipan
Farmers have praised the coup-makers for paying long-overdue funds owed to them under the rice-pledging
scheme. They have also called on the new government to pay more attention to the plight of rice growers. The
National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) announced yesterday one of its most urgent policies was to
obtain funds to pay the 800,000 farmers owed money for their pledged rice. The budget for the scheme dried up
in October last year and the Yingluck Shinawatra government failed to find loans to cover the costs after the
House dissolution. About 92 billion baht was required to cover payments to farmers. Just four days after the
coup was announced on Thursday, the NCPO has already begun paying the long-overdue debts.
Business was brisk throughout the day. Many farmers used the payment to pay off debts. THITI
WANNAMONTHA
Sanong Petpan, a 49-year-old farmer in Bang Len district of Nakhon Pathom, said his family members were
jubilant after they received a call from the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) asking


him to bring his rice-pledging certificate and collect his money. He said
he felt relieved as he has been in debt for almost eight months after
borrowing money to cover rice field rents, fertiliser, harvesting costs
and other expenses. Mr Sanong said a bank officer asked him to come
in to claim 300,000 baht today for his 27 tonnes of pledged rice. Until
the BAAC call, he had thought his payment would not come until the
end of the year. He said he was grateful to those who realised the plight
of farmers. "I have huge debts," said Mr Sanong, adding that he had to
make an installment payment to the BAAC, and then pay the remaining
money to others. He said he wanted to know the new government's
policy on assistance for farmers as he has cultivated rice for the new
season, which will need to be harvested within the next 120 days. The farmer said he did not know how much
he would earn from selling the rice. Mr Sanong said he understood the problems arising from the rice-pledging
scheme. He said a new government may not need to pledge rice at steep prices as this could be a financial
burden. He said he wanted the government to help sustain rice prices at 9,000-10,000 baht per tonne, in
comparison with the current price of 6,000-7,000 baht per tonne. The prices of fertiliser and petrol should also
be controlled to curb farming costs, he said. Montha Thaipa, a 50-year-old farmer, said she was delighted to
receive her rice-pledging payment.

She wanted the next government to pay serious attention to
farmers' problems, such as rice prices and rising farming
costs. If farming costs are curbed, farmers' incomes and
quality of life could be boosted, she said. Ms Montha said she
would spend the money on installment payments for a pickup
truck she bought to carry fertiliser and pesticide. Meanwhile,
a fertiliser shop owner, who gave her name only as "Pui", said
she was glad that the farmers will receive their rice-pledging
scheme payments as many paddy growers owed her money
for fertiliser and pesticide. "I am happy that farmers will
receive the biggest sums of money in their lives because from
now on there will be no populist policies to make rice prices
higher than market prices again," she said. She said the fact that farmers were paid late for their pledged rice has
also impacted other businesses in the supply chain, such as fertiliser shops. This has forced many shops to close,
she added.
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