Australia is the best country in the world to grow rice.

The rice industry is vertically integrated and wholly Australian-owned from “paddock to plate.
The Australian rice industry supports direct employment of close to 2,200 people and exports to 50 countries.
Australian rice is milled, packed and branded in the Riverina by SunRice, unlike most agricultural products exported from Australia which are sold as a bulk commodity and value-added off-shore.
There are 1000 rice growing farms in Australia, the majority of which are family owned. In 2019 there were 100 families growing rice due to drought and low water allocations.
In 2017 Australia produced 800,000 tonnes of rice, this number is reduced to just over 55,000 in 2019 due to drought and low water allocations.
When water is available, the rice industry generates around $800 million revenue per annum, with around $500 million of this coming from value-added exports.
When water is available, rice is Australia’s third largest cereal grain export, and the ninth largest agricultural export.