Global Advocate for the U.S. Rice Industry

The IGC continues to be an important opportunity for world grain analysts to gather and discuss issues that transcend commodities and regions, and their reports strongly reinforce the analyses published regularly by U.S. analysts. Full story

Topics ranged from rice variety performance and row rice production to carbon credit economics and conservation, and what to expect from the market and federal ag policy in the coming year. Full story

Beginning this month, Curtis McCoy is the new FAS trade specialist for rice, helping strengthened and broadened U.S. rice exports through marketing programs. Full story