# Louisiana ratoon crop comes at a cost — rutted fields - Rice Farming

> South Louisiana rice farmers are finishing their ratoon, or second, harvest, with good yields that are needed because rice prices are lower. A video report from an LSU AgCenter correspondent covers rutted fields in Acadia Parish.

- Date: 2018-11-21 · published 2018-11-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62122-louisiana-ratoon-crop-comes-at-a-cost-rutted-fields-rice-farming
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Good ratoon yields add modest US rice supply at a time of lower prices, a mildly bearish factor for the local crop.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2025-06-27 | [India's Rice Bins Are Stuffed And Another Record Crop Coming](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24156-india-s-rice-bins-are-stuffed-and-another-record-crop-coming.md) | -3.3% | -3.3% |
| RICE | 2020-12-02 | [Rice crop improves in storm-ravaged year](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49716-rice-crop-improves-in-storm-ravaged-year.md) | -1.6% | -2.6% |
| RICE | 2023-05-09 | [Asia rice output turns corner as farmers expand planting](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36006-asia-rice-output-turns-corner-as-farmers-expand-planting.md) | -1.6% | -0.1% |
| RICE | 2024-09-01 | [Sri Lanka on La Niña watch with warning for 2025 Maha rice crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28681-sri-lanka-on-la-nina-watch-with-warning-for-2025-maha-rice-crop.md) | -0.5% | +1.9% |
| RICE | 2025-04-19 | [Record wheat, rice stocks as spells of rain shielded crops \| India News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25059-record-wheat-rice-stocks-as-spells-of-rain-shielded-crops-india-news.md) | -4.0% | -4.9% |

## Sources

- ricefarming.com: https://www.ricefarming.com/departments/feature/louisiana-ratoon-crop-comes-at-a-cost-rutted-fields/

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