# Rice Outlook: January 2018 | Economic Research Service

> USDA's Economic Research Service released its January 2018 Rice Outlook, analyzing US and global rice markets using the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates projections. The 2017/18 medium- and short-grain ending stocks forecast was lowered by 1.7 million cwt to 9.3 million cwt, down 19 percent from a year earlier.

- Date: 2018-01-17 · published 2018-01-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/10603-rice-outlook-january-2018-economic-research-service
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Lower medium- and short-grain ending stocks signal tighter US supplies, which supports rough rice prices. The change is modest, so the effect on the market is limited.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2026-01-30 | [Rice Outlook: January 2026 Domestic Outlook - Rice Farming](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21135-rice-outlook-january-2026-domestic-outlook-rice-farming.md) | +1.3% | -6.5% |
| RICE | 2026-07-31 | [Rice Outlook: July 2026 - Rice Farming](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18419-rice-outlook-july-2026-rice-farming.md) | +3.1% | +7.8% |
| RICE | 2025-04-30 | [Growing Demand for Broken Rice for Feed and Food: The Implications for Global Trade \| Economic Research Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25195-growing-demand-for-broken-rice-for-feed-and-food-the-implications-for-global.md) | +1.0% | +8.2% |
| RICE | 2022-02-15 | [Rice Outlook - Rice Farming](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42765-rice-outlook-rice-farming.md) | +0.5% | +7.5% |
| RICE | 2023-04-25 | [Global market forecasts positive for SunRice - Research As A Service - Listcorp.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36489-global-market-forecasts-positive-for-sunrice-research-as-a-service-listcorp.md) | +3.3% | -0.6% |

## Sources

- ers.usda.gov: http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details?pubid=86792

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