The 2011 harvest is pretty much finished. Yield reports are starting to come in, and so far it seems that yields were OK. I've heard of growers that thought their yields were going to be much higher, but considering the rough start, are happy with the more "average" yields.
The National Agricultural Statistics Service has relesed its November projection, and California looks pretty good. Yields were adjusted up from the October projection. I don't have much information on quality yet, so I'll wait before giving any trends.
If you have any comments on how your season went and what your yields looked like, leve me a note in the comments section below.
See you at the 2012 Rice Growers Winter Meetings (which will be announced soon)!
Rice area harvested and yield (National Agricultural Statistics Service, Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture.
| Area harvested | Yield per acre | ||||
| 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | October 2011* | November 2011* | |
| 1,000 acres | pounds | ||||
| Arkansas | 1,785 | 1,155 | 6,480 | 6,800 | 6,850 |
| California | 553 | 588 | 8,020 | 8,300 | 8,400 |
| Louisiana | 535 | 420 | 6,100 | 6,400 | 6,400 |
| Mississippi | 303 | 153 | 6,850 | 7,100 | 7,100 |
| Missouri | 251 | 128 | 6,480 | 7,200 | 7,200 |
| Texas | 188 | 180 | 7,160 | 7,000 | 7,000 |
| US | 3,615 | 2,624 | 6,725 | 7,123 | 7,167 |
*Forecast