Rice growers suffering from lack of trade action

A rice lobbying organization says the Biden administration’s lack of focus on trade is hurting US rice farmers.

Louisiana rice miller Bobby Hanks chairs the Trade Policy Committee for USA Rice. He tells Brownfield heavy subsidies in countries like India put US rice farmers at a competitive disadvantage.

“We’re having a hard time competing with them globally. We’re challenged in all the export markets that we’ve been traditionally exporting rice to, but we’re also threatened here in the United States.

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