After a bruising 2017, in which substantial spring flooding cost growers in the state an estimated $175 million in lost production and damaged acreage, rice growers saw higher production in 2018 than in any of the three previous years, according to an April 4 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The report, published by the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics ... Read More »
Planted rice acres for 2019 are only expected to decline about 3 percent from 2018, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Services’ Prospective Plantings Report released March 29. Altogether, growers say, they plan to plant 2.87 million acres this year compared to 2.946 million acres in 2018. Growers in the top three rice-producing states — Arkansas, California and Louisiana — ... Read More »
Attractive rice prices have spurred U.S. rice growers to plan to plant more acres this year, but Arkansas rain remains a wild card. Read More »
The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts that farmers in the six rice-producing states will plant about 2.69 million acres, or about 9 percent more, than in 2017, according to figures in the USDA’s March 29 planting intentions report. Read More »
Lower acreage, increased export expectations bring market optimism, but more export sales will be needed to significantly boost prices. Read More »
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its Prospective Plantings Report March 31, and it showed rice growers planned to plant about 17 percent fewer acres this season than in 2016. Read More »
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