Small California rice crop part of U.S. slump

California growers will record their smallest rice crop in 17 years as U.S. production fell by 14 percent this year, says the monthly Rice Outlook report. Plantings and yields are down in most states although California, in the second year of water restrictions, is forecast to have a record yield of 8,600 pounds per acre. “Conditions… » Read More

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