WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:
NATIONAL RICE MONTH
Profile America — Wednesday, September 10th. To highlight its importance, both as a crop and as part of the changing U.S. diet, this is National Rice Month. Globally, rice is the world's most important cereal grain. Reflecting both our increasing cultural diversity and awareness of good nutrition, Americans have increased their annual consumption of rice from 1980's 9½ pounds to today's 31 pounds each. Rice has been grown in America since the late 17th century, and is currently a $3 billion a year crop. While not the world's leading producer, the U.S. is the leading non-Asian exporter of rice, sending nearly $2.3 billion worth annually to overseas markets. The grain is raised by farmers in Arkansas, California, Mississippi, Texas, Missouri and Louisiana. Profile America is in its17th year as a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau.
Sources: http://www.usarice.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=114&Itemid=122
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/rcs-rice-outlook/rcs14g.aspx#.U9QKZSh1SFY
http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/farm-income-and-wealth-statistics/annual-cash-receipts-by-commodity.aspx#.U91GDih1SFY
http://www.usarice.com/doclib/188/231/5324.pdf
http://www.uark.edu/ua/ricersch/pdfs/per_capita_rice_consumption_of_selected_countries.pdf
http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/product/enduse/exports/c0000.html
http://www.usarice.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=671&Itemid=386
http://www.usarice.com/doclib/157/3366.pdf
Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotions of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Multimedia Gallery" by the "Newsroom" button).
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SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau
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