UC Rice Blog

It's hard to quantify the effect this summer's heat has had on rice yields so far.

Based on early projections, 478,000 acres of rice were planted this year. This is down 37,000 acres from last year. Lower acreage is in part due to a large rainfall event on May 4 and 5 which prevented some planting.

Rice acres approved for seed production in 2024 totaled 24,000 acres, of which, 872 acres were in the Quality Assurance (QA) program.

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