1.   The farmers sweated to make sure that each grain of the planted rice produced many grains more.

2.   Grain prices have gone up, which means that not much locally produced grain is being harvested.

3.   It also produces fewer branches than rivals, so using less energy on growing and more on producing grain.

4.   Rinsing the rice before cooking will produce grains that are more separate.

5.   A European Union decision to allow farmers to produce more grain should not affect international agricultural trade agreements, U.S. officials said Tuesday.

6.   Elena Tyurina, marketing director for the Institute for Agrarian Market Trends, said Russia has actually produced more grain for human consumption than it needs.

7.   Russia will produce enough grain for its own use, but it will no longer be able to provide former Soviet republics with cheap grain.

8.   Prices within the Union are aligned with prices on world markets but many countries which produce grain in competition with the Union are expected to have poor harvests.