Shock: Even with trace amounts of additional planet food in the air, we should still be able to continue farming rice

‘Rice farming still viable despite climate change’

RICE farming is still a viable business despite the impacts of climate change to agriculture, according to a rice-economy expert.

Sept. 2011: China sets new world record with hybrid rice yield

CHANGSHA, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- The yield of China's hybrid rice breed, which is known as super rice, has exceeded 900 kg per mu (0.067 hectare), setting a new world record in rice output.

Dec. 2011:  Indian farmer sets new world record in rice yield - The Philippine Star » Business Features » Agriculture

MANILA, Philippines - Indian officials have confirmed a farmer’s claim of beating the rice yield world record of 19 tons per hectare previously held by hybrid rice developer Yuan Long-ping of China.

Global rice production set to hit record in 2011-2012—FAO | Inquirer Business

PARIS—The harvest of rice around the world in 2011-2012 should hit a new record of 721 million tons and lead to lower prices, the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization said Wednesday.

With the growing season nearly over in the northern hemisphere and well underway in the southern, the FAO predicted in its latest quarterly report that rice production should increase by three percent from the previous year.