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With tight world supplies, an interruption anywhere could likely send prices higher and help U.S. exports. By Vicky Boyd Editor Once the top rice-exporting country globally in 1980, the United States has since slipped to a distant sixth place where it...

Year-end doldrums mean little potential for prices to climb until after the start of the new year. By Kurt Guidry The rice market appears to be stuck in a sideways trading pattern with little indications of significant moves in either direction....

Lower overall supplies, higher prices conspire to reduce demand for this year’s crop. By Kurt Guidry After struggling to find support for prices for most of 2016, the rice market has been able to enjoy moderate price increases to this point...

A USA Rice trade delegation recently visited with Mexican customers to reassure them of their importance as a key market for U.S. rice. Mexico has been the top market for U.S. rice both in volume and value for decades. We’ve...

Lower acreage, increased export expectations bring market optimism, but more export sales will be needed to significantly boost prices. By Kurt Guidry The rice market finally received some positive fundamental supply and demand news over the past few weeks with the release...

The rice industry faces challenges ahead, but Ag Secretary nominee Sonny Perdue brings a Southern-oriented Farm Bill background. By Betsy Ward President and CEO USA Rice The Trump candidacy may well have changed campaigning forever. And the Trump Administration is, as promised, turning Washington on its...

With an imbalance between supply and demand, lower production and supplies will be needed in 2017 to strengthen prices. By Kurt Guidry The rice market in Louisiana and much of the Southern rice-growing states continues to be pressured with large supplies and...

A half century of technology and policy changes have helped Arkansas grow to become the nation’s top rice producer. By Mary Hightower In 1967, the world saw the first heart transplant, “The Graduate” was No. 1 at the box office and the...

Change comes to Washington, D.C.; USA Rice is ready By Betsy Ward President and CEO USA Rice Every four or eight years, the country gets a new president, and he’s usually not from the party of the sitting president. In fact, only twice in modern history...