Rice farmers curtailed plantings by nearly 2 percent in the face of dry weather caused by the El Niño weather pattern, leading to the smallest world rice crop in four years. The 2015/16 crop of 417.1 million tonnes also is 2-percent smaller than in 2014/15, says the monthly Rice Outlook. “At 157.7 million hectares, global rice… » Read More
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