Perhaps there is a silver lining. Because Ilan's fields are inundated in winter, its spring rice crop is of especially good quality. A recent survey of rice dealers from central and southern Taiwan revealed that Ilan rice is considered the second best in the country, after Taitung.
或許天公疼憨人，宜蘭田冬季「種水」的結果，春耕後的一期稻作，米質特別好，近來中南部糧商針對全台灣米質的調查顯示，除台東池上，蘭陽平原的米質排名全省第二。