SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The new U.S. Drought Monitor shows growing severe drought in the southeast corner of California. Moderate drought is also expanding in the same region and the northern ...
That's in part because it is one of the only major crops grown in water-flooded conditions ... In the U.S. as of 2010, about 15 percent of rice acreage was in California, 49 percent in Arkansas ...
Small and medium producers wishing to grow rice will be able to sign option contracts with the federal government, which will guarantee the purchase of their production at a pre-established price.“ ...