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USDA Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities

Building a Market for Sustainable U.S. Rice

With support from the USDA, AgriCapture partners with American rice farmers and mills to reduce annual emissions, conserve local water supplies and grow the market for Climate-Friendly, U.S.-grown rice.

Water-Saving Irrigation

Farms use Furrow Irrigated Rice or Alternate Wetting and Drying to reduce water use, promote aquifer sustainability, and improve downstream water quality.

Introducing drying periods or limiting overall water use limits methane emissions and can reduce arsenic absorption.

Efficient Fertilizer Application

Farmers reduce overall inputs to increase rice plant’s absorption of fertilizer, prevent water supply contamination, and limits nitrous oxide emissions.

Monitor, Report, & Verify

AgriCapture uses field-level data, remote sensing, satellite imagery, & soil sampling to verify health and environmental impact with integrity.

Identity Preservation

Farmers and supply chain partners ensure that climate-friendly rice is identity preserved during harvest, storage, milling, and packaging to maintain rice quality and sustainability.

2023 Program Overview

30

Farms

Across the Mississippi Delta

20,000

Acres

of U.S. Grown Rice

1.6

Million

Direct Farmer Incentives

Tom Vilsack, United States Secretary of Agriculture, endorsing AgriCapture Climate-Friendly Rice in March 2024

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Recognizes AgriCapture

In early 2024, AgriCapture, Columbia Grain International, and Great River Milling welcomed U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to celebrate the first USDA-funded climate-smart product: Great River Milling Sustainably Grown Long Grain Rice.

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This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under agreement number NR233A750004G004.

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In addition, any reference to specific brands or types of products or services does not constitute or imply an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for those products or services.

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