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Japan's rice prices rose to a record average of 4,214 yen per 5 kilograms, more than double the level a year earlier

"Rice is everything" in Japan, according to Firstpost, but consumers are facing a crisis: the country is running out of supplies and the price is rocketing.

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Pakistani wheat production is expected to drop 13% from last season’s record production due to a decrease in area and dry weather

Last fall, shelves in the rice section of supermarkets were almost bare. Any available rice’s prices had shot up.

The 26 per cent reciprocal tariff imposed by the US has created a stir in Punjab’s rice industry. 

Caught in the crossfire of a trade war between Canada and the United States are local businesses that are trying to figure out how to dodge soaring costs. 

The jump in rice prices in Japan has led to an increase in less expensive imports of the staple food. Those products are now showing up on more supermarket shelves.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s rice export prices have shown signs of recovery following a prolonged decline, according to the Vietnam Food Association (VFA).

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman stated that the revolution in fertilizer access is the government's strategic step that has boosted national rice productivity significantly and sustainably.

Northeast Arkansas farmer Derek Haigwood says he had a pretty decent start to this year’s planting season.

It’s eaten with almost every meal, used to make sushi, made into sweets, fermented into alcohol and offered to the spirits at religious ceremonies.

As rice exports decline in value, Vietnamese firms ramp up imports to stockpile cheap, low-grade rice for processing and feed.

CHANDIGARH: The central government will implement a new tariff regime on rice exports from May 1

MANILA, Philippines — Rice tariff collections slumped by 63 percent in February from a year earlier, marking the fourth consecutive month of decline since tariff rates were slashed last year to historic lows.

India may continue to maintain or even expand its agricultural exports to the United States despite the newly announced tariffs by President Donald Trump, as rival exporting nations face even steeper duties, according to noted agricultural economist Ashok Gulati.

Last month the Japanese agriculture department unveiled a plan to release 210,000 tonnes of rice from government stockpiles that is usually used for emergency cases if crops fail.

Myanmar earthquake death toll crossed the 2,000 mark as slow telecommunications and lack of machinery hold up relief process.