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What is Rice Milling? Starting a rice mill business

1. Acquire the required knowledge

2. Write a rice milling business plan

3. Get the funds

4. Acquiring a suitable land space

5. Build your rice mill factory

6. Buy the equipment

7. Install the equipment

8. Get licenses

9. Hire personnel

10. Start your production

Do you want to know the steps to set up a rice milling business? Want to start a rice milling business? Do you want to know how to produce your own custom package rice to sell?

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What is rice milling?

This is the step in the post-production of rice that involves the removal of husk and bran layers, which produce rice that can be edible and free of impurities.

The rice comprises about 20% of husk and 12 % bran layers, which leaves you with about 68% edible rice free from impurities.

Starting a modern rice milling business

This is the method of producing high-quality rice where rice undergoes several modern rice milling processes by using modern rice milling machines, to meet the market demands. The process involves the following:

1. Pre-cleaning

2. Dehusking

3. Paddy removal

4. Polishing or whitening

5. Grading and separation of white rice

6. Mixing

7. Mist polishing

8. Weighing of rice

9. Bagging of rice

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Acquire the required knowledge

You cannot develop a strategy, start a rice milling business or make an investment without understanding the milling industry. Do your research and learn about the rice milling business. If there is a rice mill in your area, visit the location to learn how it works and some of the equipment. This knowledge will give you a clear understanding of your business needs and expectations.

Write a rice milling business plan

By now, you should already know a lot about a rice mill and what it takes to run a business. Now is the stage where you need to put everything into your business plan. A business plan should contain all the funds needed to purchase and set up a business, the number of people to hire, a profit and loss analysis, a cash flow analysis, and the projected rice mill business.

Get the funds

Since you know the money requires for capital and recurring expenses, then you can begin sourcing money that you can use to finance the rice milling business. You can ask family and friends, and find investors or loans to finance your business. Using your business plan, it will be easier to convince investors to build a business.

Acquiring a suitable land space:

The land should have enough space for rice drying, rice milling machines, and storage places.

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Build your rice mill factory

Start working on the land. You’ll need to construct the working site that should have a place for drying and storing, a place where the rice mill takes place. Provide security by building a fence wall that reduces intruders. Create a reception room where you can receive customers and sell your item.

Buy the equipment

In the rice milling business, you have to acquire some rice milling equipment elsewhere to conduct the rice milling process successfully.

Most of the equipment is durable and stands the test of time. Some of the equipment can be fabricated. The fabricated one will be cheaper compared to the real one. Just be aware that you need to be sure that the fabricated one will do the work it was meant to be else, otherwise you’ll only waste your money.

Install the equipment

By now your rice milling machines have arrived. It’s time to start installing them. The service requires an expert to install it successfully. Most often, the company that sells the machines will always have an expert to do the work for you. You’ll only need to ask them.

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Get licenses

Get the license from the federal government to ensure that you have the certification and permission to go on with the business.

Hire personnel

It’s time to hire people who help you run the business. In the rice milling business, one important factor to consider when hiring people is their experience. Especially the technicians who are responsible for operating and maintenance of the machines.

Start your production

By now, you must have everything in place. You can start your production.

Package your product

Do you want to produce your own packaged rice and create distributor chains? Packaging is really important. To get people to notice your product in the marketplace, you’ll need to package your product in a customized sack.

Attractive designs do help in marketing your product. However, you can hire a graphic design company to do the design for you.

Rice is still a staple food in many countries, If you need to set up a rice milling business wherever you are, please do not hesitate to contact us.


Hongjia Grain Machinery Co., Ltd. was established in 2000. It is a professional manufacturer and exporter of rice millsrice processing machinesrice processing plant, rice processing plants, paddy parboiling plant, etc. We can provide a unique overall layout design, customized rice mill products, and installation services for the rice mill production line according to the different needs of customers and site conditions. It combines technology, manufacturing, and sales in one.

If You Are Ready to Start a Rice Milling Business, please contact us for the Rice Milling Machine. We Can Provide Professional Design and Comprehensive Guidance According to Your Needs. Get in touch with us now!

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