U.S. Rice Survives Low-Carbohvdrate Fad: With a popular diet craze over, U.S. rice producers return to core strengths

摘要

Whether the U.S. trend to eliminate or reduce carbohydrates is over depends on whom you ask. What is not disputed is low-carbohydrate diets are mostly not popular in other parts of the world, which is good news for U.S. rice producers and marketers. The main effect low-carbohydrate eating methods had on their businesses, they say, was to increase the popularity of different rice varieties. The 2005-2006 growing season is expected to be a record-setter at more than 278 million hundredweight, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Economic Research Service (ERS), Washington, D.C.