much to do about rice

Our local news announced a few weeks ago that there was going to be a rice shortage and places like Costco and Sams Club were going to limit two bags per person. I am very perplexed about this entire situation, rice... shortage?
This weekend I went to the commissary and the I saw the same thing. THey had no 5, 10 or 20 pound bags of rice and there was a limit disclaimer. Now, I have this need to buy rice. I am going to see if I can some from the co-op and go back to the commissary this week.
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