Overview

The United States is a significant producer of rye. The 2008 rye crop totaled 8.0 million bushels and was valued at nearly $50.5 million, reflecting an average price jump from $3.22 per bushel in 2004 to $6.32 last year. Much of the U.S. rye production takes place in Georgia and Oklahoma. In 2008 Georgia produced 1.2 million bushels of rye, which was valued at $8.4 million; Oklahoma produced 1.1 million bushels of rye, which was valued at $7.3 million.  (NASS 2009)  September 2009 ... Rye


Other Links

• AGS 104--A New Rye Cultivar for Winter Forage and Silage Production, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 2007 - Describes a new early winter rye cultivar developed by the University of Florida and the University of Georgia.
• Crop Profile for Rye in Georgia, 2006.
• Crop Production Annual Summary, National Ag Statistical Service (NASS), USDA, 2009.
• Crop Values Annual Summary, NASS, USDA, 2009
• Fall Rye Production, Alberta Agriculture and Food, Canada, 2007 - This crop is the most productive of the cereal grain crops under conditions of low temperature, low fertility and drought.
• Feed Year in Review (International), Economic Research Service (ERS), USDA, 2008.
• Grain and Oilseed Reports, USDA - National report on weekly markets.
  
• Rye: A forgotten spirit is reborn, New York Times, 2006.
  
• Rye, The New American Farmer, Sustainable Agriculture and Research Education (SARE), USDA - Describes two rye-growing operations in the United States.
  
• Rye Production and Uses Worldwide, American Association of Cereal Chemists, 2001.
  
• Rye: Supply and disappearance, Feed Grains Database, ERS, USDA, 2008.
  

Link checked June 2009.