# South Louisiana Rail Facility to build rice mill - Rice Farming

> The South Louisiana Rail Facility plans an $11.6 million rice mill in Jefferson Davis Parish, able to handle up to 25,000 bushels of rice per hour. Construction is slated to begin in September with completion expected by January 2021.

- Date: 2020-06-12 · published 2020-06-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/6719-south-louisiana-rail-facility-to-build-rice-mill-rice-farming
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Added export handling capacity for Louisiana rough rice could modestly improve local marketing access, but the project is too small to move global prices.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2019-07-29 | [More rice mills stop operations \| Philstar.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58170-more-rice-mills-stop-operations-philstar-com.md) | -4.0% | -10.0% |
| RICE | 2020-05-09 | [Rice exports to Bangladesh via West Bengal likely to begin soon \| The Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53103-rice-exports-to-bangladesh-via-west-bengal-likely-to-begin-soon-the-business.md) | -4.1% | +14.2% |
| RICE | 2024-06-14 | [High shipping costs dent Vietnam's rice prices - BusinessWorld Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29840-high-shipping-costs-dent-vietnam-s-rice-prices-businessworld-online.md) | -1.9% | -20.7% |
| RICE | 2020-03-19 | [Rice price stabilised thanks to increase in supply, federation says \| Vietstock](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7424-rice-price-stabilised-thanks-to-increase-in-supply-federation-says-vietstock.md) | -4.7% | +0.2% |

## Sources

- ricefarming.com: https://www.ricefarming.com/departments/south-louisiana-rail-facility-to-build-rice-mill/

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