USA Rice Update

As you prepare your fields for this year’s crop, USA Rice is developing marketing plans to help move the rice you will grow. Read More »

The rice industry faces challenges ahead, but Ag Secretary nominee Sonny Perdue brings a Southern-oriented Farm Bill background. Read More »

USA Rice takes a look back at 50 years of ag advocacy in Washington, D.C. Read More »

Change comes to Washington, D.C.; USA Rice is ready Read More »

Six chain restaurant chefs learn firsthand the work that goes into getting rice from the field to their kitchens. Read More »

Some trading ‘partners’ fail to live up to their agreements. Just as you’re getting your farms ready for the next rice-growing season, we’re getting ready here in Washington, D.C., for the next legislative season, finalizing priorities and planning for the year ahead.  And what a year it is promising to be. The second session of the 114th Congress has what ... Read More »

USA Rice Sets Key Priorities for the New Year. By Betsy Ward President and CEO USA Rice Federation Our most successful USA Rice Outlook Conference ever is freshly behind us and a new year is stretching out before us, so this seems like a good time to lay out some of our key priorities for 2016. International Trade With nearly ... Read More »

Industry’s sustainable practices put it in a good environmental light. By Betsy Ward President and CEO USA Rice Federation The concept of “sustainability” has exploded into the national consciousness over the past 15 years. It is a word that is ubiquitous but a concept that can prove difficult to define. There is no doubt, however, that sustainability is a concept ... Read More »

  By Betsy Ward President and CEO USA Rice Federation USA Rice’s vital efforts offer excellent return on investment. USA Rice’s domestic promotion program is supported by check-off dollars from rice states and is spent in three main areas: Nutrition, Foodservice and Retail. Our international programs are supported by the USDA’s Foreign Market Development (FMD), Market Access Program (MAP) and ... Read More »

The contract must be structured to promote convergence. The rice futures contract is not a particularly efficient hedging tool, so four years ago the USA Rice Federation formed the Rice Futures Contract Working Group to study the issue and look for ways to improve the contract’s performance. Our contract struggles with low volume and episodes of wild basis swings (the ... Read More »