A Plan for Integrated Rice Marketing in Louisiana: Implications of Acquiring Proprietary Rice Mills

Excerpts: It is the purpose of this study to: --- Analyze the economic and financial feasibility of acquiring five to seven rice mills; --- Develop a concept for marketing rice for member producers on a cooperative basis; and --- Evaluate the costs and benefits to member producers. The main text is divided into essentially two parts. The first part briefly describes the economic situation and marketing structure in the rice supply area and the financial background and milling costs of the study mills. The purpose of this section is to provide an understanding of the Louisiana rice marketing situation. Such an understanding is basic to proposals for any changes in rice marketing. The second part discusses our concept of an integrated cooperative marketing system.