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2025 Rice Harvest Sparks Supply and Price Concerns

10/18/2025

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Story summary

Early shipments of rice from the 2025 harvest raise concerns about supply, demand, and prices due to extreme weather.
Competition for new-crop rice is increasing, and agricultural cooperatives offer higher provisional payments to growers than last year.
In summer 2024, rice was scarce in stores, and Zen-Noh reported a drop in secured quantities.
An agriculture ministry survey indicated deliveries to these intermediaries decreased by 340,000 tons year on year.

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Story summary

Early shipments of rice from the 2025 harvest raise concerns about supply, demand, and prices due to extreme weather.
Competition for new-crop rice is increasing, and agricultural cooperatives offer higher provisional payments to growers than last year.
In summer 2024, rice was scarce in stores, and Zen-Noh reported a drop in secured quantities.
An agriculture ministry survey indicated deliveries to these intermediaries decreased by 340,000 tons year on year.