U.S. Rice Crop Down 5%
WASHINGTON - Jan 10/14 - SNS -- U.S. rice production in 2013 is estimated 190 million cwt, up 1% from the previous forecast but down 5% from 2012, according to the USDA's final production estimates for the 2013 crop.
Planted area is estimated at 2.49 million acres, down 8% from 2012. Area harvested, at 2.47 million acres, is also down 8% from the previous crop year. The average yield for all United States rice is estimated at a record high 7,694 pounds per acre, up 34 pounds from the previous forecast and 245 pounds above the previous record high set last crop year.
Good growing conditions and new seed varieties, combined with dry weather conditions at harvest, led to record setting yields in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Missouri.
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