American rice farmers say the Puerto Rican market is being taken by foreign rice.

【Latest News: U.S. Farmers Complain to Trump at the White House That the Puerto Rico Market Has Been Replaced by Other Countries】

On December 8, 2025, Washington time, Meryl Kennedy, a farmer representative from Louisiana, told President Donald Trump in the White House Oval Office:

My industry has been damaged because foreign countries "dump" rice into Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico was once one of the best markets for U.S. rice, but U.S. producers are being replaced by producers from India, Thailand, and China. We have not transported rice to Puerto Rico for many years, and we Southerners are really struggling.

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