Rough rice stocks in all positions on December 1, 2016, totaled 160 million hundredweight (cwt), up 10 percent from the total on December 1, 2015. Stocks held on farms totaled 48.5 million cwt, and off-farm stocks totaled 112 million cwt. Long grain varieties accounted for 67 percent of the total rough rice, medium grain accounted for 31 percent, and short grain varieties accounted for 2 percent.
Milled rice stocks in all positions totaled 5.80 million cwt, down 7 percent from a year ago. Milled rice stocks were comprised of 3.54 million cwt of whole kernel rice and 2.26 million cwt of second heads, screenings, and brewers rice.
