Rice, depending on the cultivar and growing region, is typically harvested at 14%–24% moisture content on a wet basis. Soon after harvest, rice needs to be dried to ∼12.5% moisture content (MC) to minimize respiration rates and to inhibit microbial and insect growth. Dried rough rice is stored, then dehulled and typically milled before consumption or processing to other products. The rice drying methods use traditional and mechanical systems with different technological complexity and capacities for either on-farm…