Overview
Rice is produced worldwide and is the primary staple for more than half the world's population. In the United States, rice farming is a high-cost, high-yielding, large-scale production sector that depends on the global market for almost half its annual sales. Domestically, per capita rice consumption—including
rice used in beer—has risen sharply over the past 25 years. ERS analyzes events in the domestic and global rice markets that influence supply, demand, trade, and prices.
Feature
Rice
Outlook (monthly) provides updates on current market
developments and their influence on the rice sector, with
data on production, consumption, prices, and trade.
 2008 Farm Bill Side-By-Side (August 2008) presents a title-by-title summary of key provisions of the 2008 Act in a side-by-side comparison with previous legislation. The side-by-side includes links to related ERS publications and to analyses of previous farm acts. New features include a user's guide, an A-Z list of major provisions, and a search function.
Rice Backgrounder
(December 2006) reports that U.S. rice farming is a high-cost, large-scale
operation. While domestic disappearance continues to increase,
the outlook for rice farm incomes is tempered by higher
production costs and continued strong competition in many
international markets from lower cost Asian exporters.
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