# Assuming stable U.S. rice acres for 2019, look for a repeat of the 2018-19 market - Rice Farming

> US rice bids in Louisiana were around $17 per barrel, with buyers pulling back into the year-end lull. USDA raised medium- and short-grain rice export forecasts by 3 million cwt in December on lower production in Australia and Egypt.

- Date: 2019-01-15 · published 2019-01-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61164-assuming-stable-u-s-rice-acres-for-2019-look-for-a-repeat-of-the-2018-19-market
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Higher US export prospects from reduced Australian and Egyptian output support US rice prices. Activity is seasonally quiet, so the price effect is modest.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2021-07-03 | [Rice market upate for the week ending July 2, 2021 - Rice Farming](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12902-rice-market-upate-for-the-week-ending-july-2-2021-rice-farming.md) | -1.4% | +5.1% |
| RICE | 2020-03-15 | [Tight stocks, positive market set the tone for this season - Rice Farming](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7549-tight-stocks-positive-market-set-the-tone-for-this-season-rice-farming.md) | +1.3% | +9.2% |
| 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 | 2022-02-15 | [Rice Outlook - Rice Farming](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42765-rice-outlook-rice-farming.md) | +0.5% | +7.5% |
| RICE | 2019-10-14 | [Grain Market Review: Rice \| 2019-10-14  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56649-grain-market-review-rice-2019-10-14-world-grain.md) | -1.2% | -2.2% |

## Sources

- ricefarming.com: https://www.ricefarming.com/departments/feature/assuming-stable-u-s-rice-acres-for-2019-look-for-a-repeat-of-the-2018-19-market/

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