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Market Update: All Eyes on Harvest
More reports are coming in of an average to above average crop, which is great news for mills looking for head rice, and producers looking for...
Missouri Rice Council Hosts Field Day
On Tuesday, the Missouri Rice Research & Merchandising Council hosted its first in-person Field Day since the start of the pandemic....
Cochran Fellows Visit South Louisiana Rail Facility
As part of the USDA's Cochran Fellowship Program, a group of six Guatemalans and Hondurans are currently participating in the U.S. Rice Quality,...
Market Update: Iraq Completes MOU Purchase, U.S. Imports at All-Time High
It is encouraging to see Iraq hold up to its end of the MOU with the U.S. despite prices being nearly double that of competing origins. Iraq has...
USRPA Continues with In-Person Activities in Guatemala throughout 2022
USRPA, in collaboration with Arrozgua, hosted another successful “Big Pot” event at Irtra, a theme park in Guatemala. Each day of the event,...
USDA Reports: World Agricultural Production, World Agricultural Supply & Demand Estimates, & Grain: World Markets & Trade
Click the buttons below to access the most recent USDA reports: World Agricultural Production WASDE Report Grain: World Markets &...
Rice Farming Industry Loses a Voice of Reason
John Browning Alter January 10, 1948 – August 8, 2022 John B. Alter was one of those rice farmers who didn’t hesitate to speak his mind. He...
Market Update: Anyone Harvesting Rice in Arkansas Yet?
Harvest is in full swing now, and seeing rice come into the barn is a great success. Texas and Louisiana have reached what most agree is the halfway...
Washington, D.C. Update
Senate Votes on Reconciliation Bill On Sunday, the Senate approved the Inflation Reduction Act on a 50-51 party-line vote, with Vice President...