U.S. Rice Plantings to Jump 16%
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/14 - SNS -- Area planted to rice in 2014 is expected to total 2.88 million acres, up 16% from 2013, according to the USDA's seeding intentions estimates for 2014.
Lower prices for competing commodities is contributing to the expected increase in rice acres compared with last year. The expected acres planted to long grain rice in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Missouri account for the increase in both long grain and all rice planted acres.
With California experiencing a severe drought, medium and short grain acres are expected to decline by 18 and 44%, respectively from 2013. The expected increase in medium grain acres in Arkansas is helping to offset some of the expected acreage decline in California.
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