Rice processing research points to evolving milling rates as quality factor

Research by the Arkansas Rice Processing Program is showing valuable insights for rice farmers that affect their take-home pay and the quality of rice for food makers. Over the past two years, in cooperation with the global food corporation Mars and several rice farmers in Arkansas, researchers with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station's Rice Processing Program have dug into the problem with declining head rice yields, or the total weight of unbroken rice kernels after milling.