# Midsouth Rice Production and Trade Update for 2024/25

> A Midsouth rice outlook shows Arkansas production expected to rise slightly for a third straight year, with lower operating costs for seed and diesel. A possible 2025 seed shortage could limit acreage expansion.

- Date: 2025-02-12 · published 2025-02-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26131-midsouth-rice-production-and-trade-update-for-2024-25
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Expanded planted area would add supply, while a seed shortage could cap growth and lift production costs.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2021-10-15 | [Arkansas Rice Update 10-15-21](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44639-arkansas-rice-update-10-15-21.md) | -2.2% | -0.3% |
| RICE | 2025-08-29 | [Grain Journal \| Broken Rice Gains Traction in Feed and Food Markets,…](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23399-grain-journal-broken-rice-gains-traction-in-feed-and-food-markets.md) | +0.5% | -2.4% |
| RICE | 2023-10-22 | [Mint Primer: Making sense of India’s record food production \| Mint](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33583-mint-primer-making-sense-of-india-s-record-food-production-mint.md) | +2.4% | +9.9% |
| RICE | 2020-11-16 | [Cambodia: Food Price Update - September/October 2020. Focus: Effect of the COVID-19 outbreak on food prices - Cambodia \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50241-cambodia-food-price-update-september-october-2020-focus-effect-of-the-covid-19.md) | +3.4% | +3.0% |
| RICE | 2025-11-10 | [Producers Rice Mill holds 82nd annual membership meeting in Stuttgart \| Stuttgart Daily Leader](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22029-producers-rice-mill-holds-82nd-annual-membership-meeting-in-stuttgart-stuttgart.md) | +1.1% | +1.2% |

## Sources

- southernagtoday.org: https://southernagtoday.org/2025/02/12/midsouth-rice-production-and-trade-update-for-2024-25/

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