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USDA Announces Loan Rates For Rice And “Pulse” Crops

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) today announced the 2015 marketing assistance loan rates by region for dry pea, lentils, small chickpeas and large chickpeas (known as “pulses”), and by state for rough rice.

Marketing assistance loans provide interim financing to producers so that commodities can be stored after harvest when market prices are typically low to be sold later when price conditions are more favorable.

2015 Rough Rice Loan Rates by State and Class

State

Long Grain Rice

Medium Grain Rice

$ per hundredweight (cwt)

Arkansas

6.45

6.23

California

6.36

6.59

Louisiana

6.51

6.32

Mississippi

6.62

6.50

Missouri

6.38

6.50

Texas

6.82

6.41

U.S. Average

6.50

6.50

U.S. loan rate applies to all other states.

Medium grain includes short grain.

Marketing assistance loans for the 2015 rice crop are available through May 31, 2016. The loan rate for long grain whole kernels is $10.22 per cwt; for medium grain (including short grain), $9.63 per cwt; and for broken kernels (all classes), $6.51 per cwt.
 

2015 Regional Pulse Crop Loan Rates

Crop

East Region Loan Rate

West Region Loan Rate

National Loan Rate

$/cwt

Dry Peas

5.31

5.81

5.40

Lentils

10.40

14.04

11.28

Large Chickpeas

11.28

11.28

11.28

Small Chickpeas

7.43

7.43

7.43

The West region includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Washington. The East region includes Montana, North Dakota and states not included in the West region. The rate for small and large chickpeas applies to all states and counties.

For more information on discounts and premiums applicable to loan forfeitures, contact your local Farm Service Agency office or visit www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_File/2-lp-grain_r01_a24.pdf

Marketing assistance loans were authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill, which builds on historic economic gains in rural America over the past six years, while achieving meaningful reform and billions of dollars in savings for the taxpayer. Since enactment, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has made significant progress to implement each provision of this critical legislation, including providing disaster relief to farmers and ranchers; strengthening risk management tools; expanding access to rural credit; funding critical research; establishing innovative public-private conservation partnerships; developing new markets for rural-made products; and investing in infrastructure, housing and community facilities to help improve quality of life in rural America.

Source:usda.gov
 


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