USDA estimates marketing year (MY) 2024/25 rice production (milled basis) at the second highest
on record at 150.0 million metric tons (mmt) and up 9 percent from MY 2023/24. Harvested area
is estimated at a record 51.0 million hectares (mha) and up 7 percent from MY 2023/24. Yield
(rough basis) is estimated as the second highest on record at 4.41 tons per hectare (t/ha), up 2
percent from the MY 2023/24 season. (For more information, please contact Dath.Mita@usda.gov.)