Rice planting is behind the five-year average pace with USDA reporting 17 percent of the nation’s crop in the ground. Like all commodities, it is an expensive one this year, with farmers battling costs across the board.
LSU AgCenter’s Craig Gautreaux gives us a planting update from one of the top rice-producing states-- Louisiana.
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