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Rice (Oryza sativa).
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Going Once, Going Twice: 165,000 Tons of Rice • Mar. 25, 2025, 2:41 AM ET (New York Times)
Rice farming science in race to reduce grain's climate change impacts • Mar. 22, 2025, 1:13 PM ET (ABC News (Australia))

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Also Known As Oryza sativa

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Robert Allston, detail of an oil painting by George Whiting Flagg, 1850s; in a private collection
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