# The yin and yang - Rice Farming

> US rice ending stocks for 2017/18 are estimated at 29.2 million cwt, the lowest since 2000/01, and long-grain stocks are nearly half their prior-year level. Projections of larger 2018 US planting could add supply and cloud the longer-term price outlook.

- Date: 2018-03-15 · published 2018-03-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66073-the-yin-and-yang-rice-farming
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Tight old-crop supplies support current prices, but expected larger 2018 acreage would weigh on prices once new crop arrives.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: neutral

## Sources

- ricefarming.com: https://www.ricefarming.com/departments/feature/the-yin-and-yang/

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