I wonder how much of our rice growing land is being paid to keep fallow by the U.S. government.
I thought it might be a good idea to stock up on rice about three years ago. ;-)
https://thecounter.org/biden-administration-farmers-conservation-reserve-crp-usda-vilsack/
The goal is to add 4 million acres of farmland to the Conservation Reserve Program, which takes land out of production to blunt agriculture’s environmental impact.