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589 million tones of paddy rice is produce a year. It varies from year to year, of course, but world production averages around 440 million metric tons a year. how ever much they feel like producing when they're not making a super computer.  they make 190 million tons of rice each year   *  p.s. 1.3 million tons a year.
Rice production is estimated by results of objective yield survey in Japan. The number of sample field is around 10,000 and those are selected by random sampling. Before harvest season, yield is forecasted by number of stocks, number of ears, number of grains and weight of 1,000 grains. When those items can be measured, measured value is used for estimation. If not, items are forecasted by prediction formula. After experimental harvest is conducted, yield is estimated by weight of sample.