[RayChuang88]

The problem with growing rice in Asia is that their hanging on to traditional farming methods is slowing down rice production. They're nothing like American rice growing, where modern farming methods with special machines designed to work in muddy rice fields, modern use of fertilizers and modern irrigation methods ensures very high yields on a per farmer basis.

In fact, many specialty rice sold in Japan are starting to come from Arkansas and Texas, where such specialty rice could be grown on a large scale and still sell at a nice profit in Japan even after import duties.

[RegulatorCountry]

the conversion of good cultivable land in the United States to biofuel producing corn

Feed corn shortages due to biofuels I can understand. But, I have yet to see any indication that corn is being grown in former rice paddies in the United States.

[Post Toasties]

‘All the rice in China’ just ain’t what it used to be, it seems.

[Post Toasties]

‘All the rice in China’ just ain’t what it used to be, it seems.

[montag813]

Perhaps the Philippines should import American bread. Time to find a new staple.

[bill1952]

> the negative impact of climatic changes;

Sure.

>Until the world refocuses on increasing its food grain output and controlling the population

Red flags up...

[montag813]

Wheat prices continue to drop since the blowoff top last month...

[steve86]

Good availability in Mumbai, where my wife called her relatives last night to check. No problems at all. Also, a record wheat harvest.

[Verloona Ti]

Crop failures in a particular year exasperate the situation, which occurred this year with lower-than-expected crops in Australia and the United States.

I just love living in a post literate world, where words like "exacerbate" are too exotic for familiarity....Shouls this latest bit of newspaper dumbassery be blamed on SpellCheck or upon uneducated writers and /or editors?

[Verloona Ti]

Crop failures in a particular year exasperate the situation, which occurred this year with lower-than-expected crops in Australia and the United States.

I just love living in a post literate world, where words like "exacerbate" are too exotic for familiarity....Should this latest bit of newspaper dumbassery be blamed on SpellCheck or upon uneducated writers and /or editors?

[rabidralph]

Poop faster!

[Sawdring]

My uncle's neighbor farms Horseradish in Northern Minnesota, after a couple of years he floods the fields and farms rice on them to kill off the old roots and amend the soil. Perhaps he will produce more rice this year instead of Horseradish.