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Domestic rice markets continue to shine as exports lag

• By Kurt Guidry • As we head into planting season for the 2021 rice crop, the current cash rice market in Louisiana has remained supported in the $20 to $21 per-barrel range ($12.35 to $12.96 per hundredweight). A 500,000...

University of Arkansas economist explains MFP for state’s growers

Not long after Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced details of a support package for farmers, Scott Stiles phone started ringing. On July 24, the U.S. Department of Agriculture rolled out the Market Facilitation Program, Food Purchase and Distribution Program and...

While soybeans suffered in the 2018 market, Arkansas’ rice crop value soared

The value of Arkansas’ No. 1 crop fell by 15 percent in 2018 as the effects of an ongoing trade dispute between the United States and China took hold through the summer. A report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture...

At home and abroad

As you prepare your fields for this year’s crop, USA Rice is developing marketing plans to help move the rice you will grow. The state agriculture and research meetings are winding down, and you’re in the process of making plans...

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