History 101:US Rice Producers Association

摘要

USRPA celebrates the 13th anniversary of its formation. Back in 1998 when the US Rice Producers Association (USRPA) was in its infant stages, there was some confusion among folks in the rice industry as to why there were two rice groups. During the past 13 years, new leadership throughout the rice industry, both farmers and processors along with affiliated industry, raise the same question. Maybe it's time to take note from a letter to the editor of Rice Farming written 13 years ago by the USRPA board chairman at the time. It's worth clarifying some points regarding the new USRPA at the time, an organization comprised of producer groups from Texas, Mississippi and Missouri. The fact is that the USRPA did not leave the USA Rice Federation over some external rice industry issues but because the federation, as it was known, ceased to exist.