Overview

Photo courtesy of USDA NRCS.

U.S. rice production accounts for less than 2 percent of the world total; however, the United States is an important exporter due to the relatively small percentage of rice traded globally. In recent years, about half of U.S. production has been exported.  May 2010 ... Rice

Marketing

• California Rice Commission
• CalRiceGrowers - This California-based Web site is designed to enhance the local and worldwide marketability of paddy rice.
• Global Agricultural Trade System (GATS), FAS, USDA, 2009.
• International Rice Research Institute
• Grain: World Markets and Trade, Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), USDA.
• Rice, Economic Research Service (ERS), USDA.
• Rice Backgrounder, ERS, USDA, 2006.
• Rice Online - The Internet homepage for all rice information.
• Rice Project, University of California Cooperative Extension.
• Rice Publications, University of Arkansas.
• Rice Yearbook, ERS, USDA, 2009.
• USA Rice Federation
• U.S. per capita food availability, ERS, USDA, 2008.
• U.S. Rice Producers Association 

Production

• Crop Production Annual Summary, National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), USDA.
• Crop Values Annual Summary, NASS, USDA.
• Cultivated Wild Rice Production in California, University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Daniel Marcum, 2007, $15 - This publication contains key information for growers on every aspect of cultivated wild rice production from varieties, basin construction and planting to harvesting, processing and marketing. 
• Rice, Louisiana State University.
• Missouri Rice Page, University of Missouri.
• Crops: Rice, Mississippi State University. 
• Rice Production Best Management Practices, Louisiana State University.

Businesses/Case Studies

• Lowell Farms, El Campo, Texas - The Raun family has raised rice along the Texas Gulf Coast for more than 80 years. The farm markets its grain through retail stores and online using the Lowell Farms brand.
• Lundberg Family Farms, Richvale, California - This family-owned and -operated rice farm is located in the Sacramento Valley. The farm raises brown and specialty rice varieties using organic and sustainable growing practices called Nutra-Farmed. The farm also markets a line of brown rice products.
• Rice, The New American Farmer, SARE, USDA - Describes a rice operation in California.
• Riceland Foods, Stuttgart, Arkansas - This farmer-owned cooperative provides marketing services for rice, soybeans and wheat. Created in 1921, the cooperative has become the world’s largest miller and marketer of rice.

Links checked April 2010.