A Plan for Integrated Rice Marketing in Louisiana

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Excerpt from A Plan for Integrated Rice Marketing in Louisiana: Implications of Acquiring Proprietary Rice MillsThe American Grain Association, Lake Charles, Louisiana, -asked Farmer Cooperative Service to study the feasibility of Louisiana rice growers acquiring from five to seven rice mills and to make recommendations about their Operation on a cooperative basis.An intensive evaluation of Louisiana rice production and marketing strongly indicated that the problem was greater than determining the economic and financial feasibility of acquiring five to seven rice mills. Additionally, it required fitting these mills into a coopera tive marketing system radically different from the present system.Stated briefly, the present system is one in which rice growers either market green rice direct to mills, or dry and store rice at farm or commercial-including cooperative-driers, then for the most part, offer the rice for sale to mills through bid procedures operated by the Louisiana Grain Exchange or the Louisiana Farm Bureau. A relatively small part Of the crop-an estimated 10 percent-is sold through direct sale to the mills. Identity of individual lots is preserved. This practice results in inefficient use of storage facilities. And buyers' evaluation of grades and yields varies from one buyer to the other and leaves much to be desired.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.