Ancient Chinese ceremonial records for rice plants date as for back at 2800 BC, and some historians have traced it back even further. Rice cultivation in the United States can easily be traced to 1694, when rice first reached the South Carolina Shore.
Rice is one of America's most important agricultural enterprises.
The rice growing industry in our country is the most efficient in the world. There are thousands of different varieties of rice grown throughout the world. Only a few are grown commercially in the U.S., and these varieties have been specially bred and selected to meet the needs of consumers in terms of quality and cooking characteristics. The basic differences in these types are their cooking characteristics. Long Grain rice is four to five times as long as it is wide.