Biggs, CaliforniaBiggs (formerly Biggs Station) is a city in Butte County, California, United States. The population was 1,964 at the 2020 census, up from 1,707 at the 2010 census. GeographyBiggs is located at 39°24′50″N121°42′37″W / 39.41389°N 121.71028°W / 39.41389; -121.71028 (39.413820, -121.710316). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km), all land.
RiceCereal grain and staple foodRice plant (Oryza sativa) with branched panicles containing many grains on each stemRice grains of different varieties at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)Rice is a cereal grain and, in its domesticated form, is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Africa and Asia. Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa (Asian rice)—or, less commonly, Oryza glaberrima (African rice).
AustraliaCountry in OceaniaAustralia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It has a land area of 7,688,287 km (2,968,464 sq mi), making it the sixth-largest country in the world, and is the world's flattest and driest inhabited continent.
SushiJapanese dish with vinegared riceSushi (すし, 寿司, 鮨, 鮓; pronouncedor) is a traditional Japanese dish made with vinegared rice (鮨飯, sushi-meshi), typically seasoned with sugar and salt, and combined with a variety of ingredients (ねた, neta), such as seafood, vegetables, or meat; raw seafood is the most common, although some may be cooked.
Black marketA black market is a clandestinemarket or series of transactions that has some aspect of illegality within a legal jurisdiction; it may also not be compliant with an institutional set of rules. If the rule defines the set of goods and services whose production and distribution are prohibited or restricted by law, non-compliance with the rule constitutes a black-market trade since the transaction itself is illegal.
Rice production in the United StatesRice production is the fourth largest among cereals in the United States, after corn, wheat, and sorghum. Of the country's row crop farms, rice farms are the most capital-intensive and have the highest national land rental rate average. In the United States, all rice acreage requires irrigation. In 2000–09, approximately 3.1 million acres in the United States were under rice production; an increase was expected over the next decade, to approximately 3.3 million acres.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.