# Rice Outlook: February 2026 - Rice Farming

> The USDA lowered its 2025/26 all-rice export projection by 2 million cwt to 87 million, cutting long-grain exports to 56 million. The rice supply projection was also trimmed by 1 million cwt to 47.7 million on lower long-grain imports.

- Date: 2026-02-27 · published 2026-02-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/12571-rice-outlook-february-2026-rice-farming
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Lower export demand from Latin America and reduced import supply partly offset each other, but the weaker export outlook is bearish for US rough rice prices.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2026-02-18 | [2026 Rice Market Outlook](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12012-2026-rice-market-outlook.md) | -8.3% | +5.4% |
| RICE | 2016-12-01 | [Exports lag - Rice Farming](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73519-exports-lag-rice-farming.md) | +2.3% | -4.8% |
| RICE | 2018-07-26 | [Looking into the crystal ball - Rice Farming](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64097-looking-into-the-crystal-ball-rice-farming.md) | -1.4% | -10.3% |
| RICE | 2018-01-15 | [Winter hibernation - Rice Farming](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10605-winter-hibernation-rice-farming.md) | +5.2% | +7.0% |
| RICE | 2020-05-15 | [Much stronger foundation - Rice Farming](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7504-much-stronger-foundation-rice-farming.md) | -7.9% | -7.8% |

## Sources

- ricefarming.com: https://www.ricefarming.com/current-issue/rice-outlook-february-2026/

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