# Initial Reports on Impact of Flooding on Rice Crop in Southern Louisiana | USA Rice Federation

> More than 20 inches of rain fell in southwest Louisiana, causing historic flooding that affected a large number of parishes, with 29 requesting disaster declarations. An LSU specialist provided an early, speculative estimate of about $14.3 million in losses to the rice crop, excluding ratoon losses.

- Date: 2016-08-16 · published 2016-08-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/9950-initial-reports-on-impact-of-flooding-on-rice-crop-in-southern-louisiana-usa
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Losses in Louisiana rice are small relative to the global market, but the flooding adds modest upward pressure on US rough rice prices by tightening domestic supply.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bullish ▲

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2016-08-15 | 1 | +6.1% | 3.5 | Historic Louisiana flooding threatened the US rough rice crop (supply shock), a plausible driver of a sharp rally in US rough rice futures, though the report is dated one day after the move and likely reflects flooding news already building (floods began ~Aug 12-14). |

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## Sources

- usarice.com: https://www.usarice.com/news-and-events/publications/usa-rice-daily/article/usa-rice-daily/2016/08/16/initial-reports-on-impact-of-flooding-on-rice-crop-in-southern-louisiana

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