Originally Posted by Stormborn:
You have been drinking too much. There is not suggestion that my advice will save anything. Rice cannot be sold as a one product and be successful. It has to saturate every avenue of its use and still hope for some luck to make it a stable income generating source. Rice is not competitive for the people with three acres depending on someone else s tractor etc. For farmers with over 50 acres it is quite feasible. Each acres can net close to 1k US in 6 weeks and three times a year in favorable times.
Then instead of playing monday morning quarterback, describe how the farmer can be competitive with other world producers. If you don't have a solution then stop playing a know it all.