SPEND SUMMER VACATION THE “RICE” WAY – PLAN A PROMOTION TO EARN SCHOLARSHIP MONEY!

ARLINGTON, VA, May 15, 2008 — Contacts: Randy Jemison (337) 738-7009, rjemison@usarice.com, Chuck Wilson, (870) 673-7541, cwilson@usarice.com, or Patricia Alderson, (703) 236-1472, talderson@usarice.com

Throughout rice country, high school juniors and seniors are looking forward to summer. The USA Rice Federation encourages them to invest some vacation time in planning an innovative promotional campaign for September, which is National Rice Month.

A grand prize of $3,500, plus an expense-paid trip in December to the USA Rice Outlook Conference in Little Rock, AR awaits the student who conducts the best promotion. In addition to the grand prize, USA Rice is offering eight additional scholarship awards ranging in value from $250 to $2,000.

Eligible students, whose families are directly involved in the rice industry in Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas, can qualify to enter by conducting a promotional campaign in their local community during September with U.S.-grown rice as the central theme.

For more scholarship information see the Industry Affairs on the USA Rice Federation Web site, or call Randy Jemison (337) 738-7009 or Chuck Wilson at (870) 673-7541.

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The USA Rice Federation is the global advocate for all segments of the U.S. rice industry with a mission to promote and protect the interests of producers, millers, merchants and allied businesses.