Respess said he expects the acreage to increase to about 75,000 this year. Rice pays debts. Dwayne Wheeler, Tunica County agricultural agent, said few fields have rice emerging. Wheeler said farmers are planting more rice than last year, largely due to improved market prices and the opportunity to rotate to a different crop. The 1996 Farm Bill allows farmers more freedom to plant different crops.
Farmers like to rotate rice and soybeans.
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