# South Louisiana Rail Facility To Develop Rice Mill In Jeff Davis Parish - LED | Louisiana Economic Development

> Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards and the South Louisiana Rail Facility announced an $11.6 million rice mill in Jefferson Davis Parish. The facility can handle up to 25,000 bushels of rice per hour for storage and export, with construction set to begin in September 2020. The project is expected to create 35 jobs.

- Date: 2020-06-11 · published 2020-06-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/4926-south-louisiana-rail-facility-to-develop-rice-mill-in-jeff-davis-parish-led
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Added paddy storage and export capacity in Southwest Louisiana improves rice handling logistics but is too small to move world prices. It is a modest positive for regional rice flows.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2020-06-12 | [South Louisiana Rail Facility to build rice mill - Rice Farming](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6719-south-louisiana-rail-facility-to-build-rice-mill-rice-farming.md) | -3.6% | +10.9% |
| RICE | 2020-09-21 | [Port of Lake Charles to Resume Shipments — Louisiana Farm Bureau News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51188-port-of-lake-charles-to-resume-shipments-louisiana-farm-bureau-news.md) | -0.5% | -1.1% |
| RICE | 2021-05-06 | [Bulk Bag Filler Speeds Packaging at Kennedy Rice Mill \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47147-bulk-bag-filler-speeds-packaging-at-kennedy-rice-mill-feed-and-grain.md) | -2.8% | -5.9% |
| RICE | 2022-01-17 | [Indian rice traders stop new export deals due to shortage of freight trains \| Stock Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43112-indian-rice-traders-stop-new-export-deals-due-to-shortage-of-freight-trains.md) | +5.6% | +6.1% |
| RICE | 2026-03-21 | [Asia Rice: Top export hubs see limited activity, muted prices on high shipping rates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20263-asia-rice-top-export-hubs-see-limited-activity-muted-prices-on-high-shipping.md) | -0.0% | -0.5% |

## Sources

- opportunitylouisiana.gov: https://www.opportunitylouisiana.gov/news/south-louisiana-rail-facility-to-develop-rice-mill-in-jeff-davis-parish

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