ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the difference between rice production in California and in the South is due to the differential roles of state governments, which are in turn related to the distinct structures of agriculture in California and the South, the organizations that are fostered in each setting, and their different degrees of mobilization. The South has historically had a low budget ideology regarding state and local government. The marketing order was developed specifically for research. It established the California Rice Research Board, which received checkoff money collected by the mills and directed it to specific research projects. The semi-dwarfs also create an increased problem with weeds because less shading occurs and because water management suitable to semi-dwarf seedling vigor tends also to increase the vigor of grass weeds. Cultivation practices not only account for variation of productivity for a given rice variety, but the introduction of new technology allows the development of new varietal strains.
