美国于17世纪开始种植水稻。近几年,全国水稻年种植面积为100万公顷,年产稻谷600万吨左右。水稻生产集中于南部的阿肯色、路易斯安娜、密西西比、德克萨斯和西部的加利福尼亚州,另在南部的密苏里和佛罗里达州,也有小面积的水稻生产。在产稻各州中,以阿肯色面积最大,约占全美水 The United States began planting rice in the 17th century. In recent years, the annual planting area of ​​rice in the country is 1 million hectares, with an annual output of 6 million tons of rice. Rice production is concentrated in southern Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and western California, and in southern Missouri and Florida there are also small-scale rice production. In producing rice in the state, to Arkansas, the largest area, accounting for the nation’s water