# Missouri rice farmers eye export market on banks of Nile River | STLPR

> Missouri rice farmers may gain an export market in Egypt, which is halving rice planting to conserve water after a new Ethiopian dam threatened Nile flows. The proposal is to ship rough rice that Egyptian mills would process.

- Date: 2018-08-13 · published 2018-08-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Egypt · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63598-missouri-rice-farmers-eye-export-market-on-banks-of-nile-river-stlpr
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Egyptian demand for US rough rice would give Missouri producers an outlet while China trade tensions persist, a modest support for US rice prices.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2018-12-30 | [China Market Open for Import of U.S. Milled Rice; Big Deal for Louisiana and Rice Farmers — Louisiana Farm Bureau News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61658-china-market-open-for-import-of-u-s-milled-rice-big-deal-for-louisiana-and-rice.md) | +3.5% | +6.7% |
| RICE | 2019-12-01 | [Strong exports help buoy the market and point to higher prices - Rice Farming](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55670-strong-exports-help-buoy-the-market-and-point-to-higher-prices-rice-farming.md) | -1.4% | +3.8% |
| RICE | 2017-10-31 | [India to export rice to Bangladesh - Market News \| The Financial Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68434-india-to-export-rice-to-bangladesh-market-news-the-financial-express.md) | -1.8% | +7.5% |
| RICE | 2024-12-30 | [Govt embarks on import to tame rice market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10454-govt-embarks-on-import-to-tame-rice-market.md) | +0.7% | +3.2% |
| RICE | 2020-08-19 | [Global Markets: Rice – Trade Contracts on Low Exportable Supplies — Louisiana Farm Bureau News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51702-global-markets-rice-trade-contracts-on-low-exportable-supplies-louisiana-farm.md) | +0.8% | +2.0% |

## Sources

- stlpr.org: https://www.stlpr.org/economy-business/2018-08-13/missouri-rice-farmers-eye-export-market-on-banks-of-nile-river

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