It’s feast or famine with the second rice crop this year; inclement weather, high costs and poor water
availability is putting a damper on some producers this year. According to Rice Farmers Co-op General Manager Darryl Socha – guys that got the first crop out early, their second crop looks really good. If they got their first crop out late, it’s not as good. They lost out on the second crop, that’s really their bread and butter. Socha adds that some aren’t even going to try for a second crop due to fertilizer costs which are still high.