Rice Community

Rice was the founding industry for many irrigation towns in Southern NSW and Northern Victoria.

Since its establishment, the industry has employed thousands of people across regional Australia; predominately in the Riverina region of NSW. It now contributes significantly to the economic health of those regions.

It’s estimated that every $1 of rice production equates to $6 in flow on economic activity*.

More information about the communities, businesses and people behind the rice industry is available on the following pages.

*Source: 1986 Powell Report.

Rice Towns

A number of towns – small and large - are supported by rice growing, including:

Leeton

Leeton is home to the headquarters of the Ricegrowers’ Association of Australia, along with processing and marketing compa...

Rice Business

In the business of growing and supplying rice to the world, there are many cogs in the wheel.

SunRice is the company which processes and packages rice. After determining which varieties of rice and how much they’ll grow eac...

Meet the People

Meet the people in the Australian rice industry

There are many people involved in the rice industry, from rice paddy to the rice on your plate.

To explain more about the process and science of growing rice to production o...

Youth & Women

Young rice growers

The rice industry, and in particular the RGA, supports young rice growers as they are the future leaders of the Australian rice industry.

Scholarships to university, leadership programs a...

Murray Darling Basin Plan

The Murray Darling Basin Plan is being developed and is intended to deal with the future management of water resources in the Murray-Darling Basin in the national interest.

The RGA has been lobbying the Federal Government to ensure the p...

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