# Is there a profitable future for U.S. rice prices?

> An economist reviews six questions for future US rice prices, including whether China will buy US rice under the Phase I deal. He also discusses declining world rice profitability, rising Asian incomes and soil contamination in China. The piece is an outlook rather than a report of new events.

- Date: 2020-02-12 · published 2020-02-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54676-is-there-a-profitable-future-for-u-s-rice-prices
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Possible Chinese purchases of US rice could firm US prices, but structural supply and demand trends remain unclear. This is mainly a longer-term view.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: neutral

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/rice/is-there-a-profitable-future-for-u-s-rice-prices-

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