date:May 14, 2013
Mississippi the historical rice base is between 400,000 acres and 500,000 acres, Murphy said. It was probably the number two value crop in Mississippi in the mid-1970s and 1980s.
Last year growers in the state planted 126,000 acres of long grain rice, and this year's planting intentions report puts the crop at 110,000 acres.
The rice people say it's a really political crop, Murphy said. Governments around the world intervene in rice markets. So does the U.S., with Treasury Department restrictio