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Smaller U.S. Rice Crop

WASHINGTON - JAN 12/23 - SNS -- The U.S. rice harvest ended up at 160 million cwt, down 16% from the 2021 total, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2022.

Planted area for 2021 was estimated at 2.22 million acres, down 12% from 2021. Area harvested, at 2.17 million acres, was down 13% from the previous crop year.

The average yield for all United States rice was estimated at 7,383 pounds per acre, down 326 pounds from the 2021 average yield of 7,709 pounds per acre.

Rice Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production by Class - States and
United States: 2020-2022
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                    :           Area planted            :          Area harvested
   Class and State  :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                    :   2020    :   2021    :   2022    :   2020    :   2021    :   2022
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                    :                              1,000 acres
Long grain          :
Arkansas ...........:   1,325       1,095       1,000       1,315       1,085         990
California .........:      12           7           7          12           7           7
Louisiana ..........:     430         380         370         424         375         366
Mississippi ........:     165         105          85         164          99          84
Missouri ...........:     220         195         150         210         190         146
Texas ..............:     180         188         190         176         179         181
                    :
United States ......:   2,332       1,970       1,802       2,301       1,935       1,774
                    :
Medium grain        :
Arkansas ...........:     135         115         105         125         107          93
California .........:     465         365         220         462         363         218
Louisiana ..........:      50          40          55          49          38          49
Mississippi ........:       1           -           -           1           -           -
Missouri ...........:       8           4           5           4           4           3
Texas ..............:       4           2           5           3           2           5
                    :
United States ......:     663         526         390         644         514         368
                    :
Short grain 1/      :
Arkansas ...........:       1           1           1           1           1           1
California .........:      40          35          29          40          35          29
                    :
United States ......:      41          36          30          41          36          30
                    :
All rice            :
Arkansas ...........:   1,461       1,211       1,106       1,441       1,193       1,084
California .........:     517         407         256         514         405         254
Louisiana ..........:     480         420         425         473         413         415
Mississippi ........:     166         105          85         165          99          84
Missouri ...........:     228         199         155         214         194         149
Texas ..............:     184         190         195         179         181         186
                    :
United States ......:   3,036       2,532       2,222       2,986       2,485       2,172
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See footnote(s) at end of table.                                                 --continued
Rice Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production by Class - States and United States:
2020-2022 (continued)
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                    :          Yield per acre           :            Production
   Class and State  :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                    :   2020    :   2021    :   2022    :   2020    :   2021    :   2022
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                    :   ----------- pounds ----------      ---------- 1,000 cwt ----------
Long grain          :
Arkansas ...........:   7,530       7,660       7,430       99,020      83,111      73,557
California .........:   7,100       7,200       6,300          852         504         441
Louisiana ..........:   6,860       6,890       6,680       29,086      25,838      24,449
Mississippi ........:   7,420       7,540       7,370       12,169       7,465       6,191
Missouri ...........:   7,250       8,050       7,950       15,225      15,295      11,607
Texas ..............:   8,200       6,900       6,580       14,432      12,351      11,910
                    :
United States ......:   7,422       7,471       7,224      170,784     144,564     128,155
                    :
Medium grain        :
Arkansas ...........:   7,220       7,380       7,240        9,025       7,897       6,733
California .........:   8,920       9,240       9,020       41,210      33,541      19,664
Louisiana ..........:   6,430       6,690       6,530        3,151       2,542       3,200
Mississippi ........:   7,200         (X)         (X)           72           -           -
Missouri ...........:   7,430       7,600       7,500          297         304         225
Texas ..............:   5,500       3,500       3,900          165          70         195
                    :
United States ......:   8,373       8,629       8,157       53,920      44,354      30,017
                    :
Short grain 1/      :
Arkansas ...........:   6,200       5,500       5,000           62          55          50
California .........:   6,870       7,450       7,400        2,748       2,608       2,146
                    :
United States ......:   6,854       7,397       7,320        2,810       2,663       2,196
                    :
All                 :
Arkansas ...........:   7,500       7,630       7,410      108,107      91,063      80,340
California .........:   8,720       9,050       8,760       44,810      36,653      22,251
Louisiana ..........:   6,820       6,870       6,660       32,237      28,380      27,649
Mississippi ........:   7,420       7,540       7,370       12,241       7,465       6,191
Missouri ...........:   7,250       8,040       7,940       15,522      15,599      11,832
Texas ..............:   8,150       6,860       6,510       14,597      12,421      12,105
                    :
United States ......:   7,619       7,709       7,383      227,514     191,581     160,368
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-   Represents zero.
(X) Not applicable.
1/  Sweet rice acreage, yield, and production included with short grain.

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