Rice production and marketing in the United States

Rice production and marketing in the United States is a multi - billion dollar industry, with economic impacts at many levels, including the production and sale of agricultural inputs, such as seeds, fertilizers, machinery and other agricultural services. At farm level alone rice generates more than $1.5 billion in revenue.

Rice is planted on more than 2.7 million acres (1.1 million hectares) in USA. Practically all production takes place in six states – Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Texas – and in relatively small regions within these states.

Almost half of the annual rice crop is used domestically. US per capita rice consumption is 24 pounds per year.

-          This  fact file  is from USA Rice Federation

Rice and USA….

Just read these facts and thought, you would love to read these facts:

More than three centuries in the making, today’s US rice industry is recognized as an innovative, technologically advanced, conservation-friendly and dependable supplier of high-quality rice which above all else, is committed to providing a safe, nutritious and abundant product to feed people in the US and around the world.

Over the past 150 years, rice production has gradually moved westward, taking root in today’s Mid-South and Gulf Coast rice-producing areas. In California, the 1849 Gold Rush brought people from all nations, many of whom were rice eaters. By 1920, Sacramento Valley farmers had established the California rice industry…

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