Growers want premium price paid for their crop

摘要

Rice producers alarmed by this year's dismal estimates for payments say it's time for California rice growers to start demanding a premium for California-grown rice.Faced with low-market returns with this year's record California crop, some say it's unfair the way rice marketers lump California rice with rice grown throughout the world. A group of committee members who have revived a group called Rice Producers of California believe now is the time for rice producers to find new ways to market rice rather than relying on private "pool" companies.