FELIPE DALLA LANA RAYNE, LOUISIANA The first crop of the 2026 rice season is moving quickly toward harvest, with a few fields already harvested in Southwest Louisiana and many more expected to be cut in the coming weeks. Although we still...

KARAH JANEVIVIUS USA Rice Italy’s Agriculture Minister, Francesco Lollobrigida, went viral recently for a video in which he said imported rice was hurting the country’s farmers and urging Italian consumers to “check the labels and choose Italian.”  An agriculture minister promoting...

Sam Rustom, Ph.D. // Lina Bernaola, Ph.D.     Rain, Rain Go Away Surprise, surprise – it’s raining again. We have received roughly five inches of rain this week (July 13) at the Wintermann Station. Although a few farmers got started with harvest...

BONNIE COBLENTZ STARKVILLE, MISSISSIPPI  Rice production requires a significant amount of water, and while Mississippi still has plentiful supplies of this resource, careful managers are finding ways to cut use of this diminishing resource. One method that shows tremendous promise is recirculating...

MANOCH KONGCHUM RAYNE, LOUISIANA Timely harvest is one of the most critical factors affecting rice grain quality and profitability. In Louisiana, rice producers frequently encounter weather-related challenges during the harvest season, including rainfall, high humidity, and delayed field access, which can...

Lauren Kirschman UW News Climate projections estimate that, by the end of this century, the land area exceeding rice’s temperature limits could expand by 10 to 30 times in Asia’s major rice-producing nations. Photo: Pixabay Arguably the most important crop on Earth, rice...

Sarah Marsh Janish According to the June 2026 NASS Acreage Report, U.S. rice planted area fell sharply to 2.017 million acres, a 28% drop from the previous season and the lowest number of rice acres since the 1970s. The steep decline is...

Vidalina Abadam, coordinator Jennifer Bond, Andrew Sowell, Seth Wechsler, and Ethan Sabala, contributors U.S. All Rice Supplies Lowered for 2026/27 There are several revisions this month on both the supply and use side of the U.S. 2026/27 rice balance sheet....

RICHARD E. HICKS OCEAN SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI Welcome back to our overview of the world’s major rice producers. This month we highlight Bangladesh. This may be confusing to some of you old timers, but this used to be referred to as East Pakistan....

Rice cultivation in the Delta now eligible for Healthy Soils Program grants The Delta Stewardship Council has long recognized that elevation and agricultural emissions are critical issues for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. In response, the Council’s Delta Plan policies and...

Rice Research and Extension Center in Stuttgart hosts free event on Aug. 6 John Lovett  Share on FacebookShare on X (Twitter)Share on LinkedIn RICE FIELD DAY— The 2026 Rice Field Day will be held on Aug. 6 at the Rice Research and...

Sarah Marsh Janish We have had some interesting calls lately concerning issues we do not usually see in the fields. We have received calls about small circular areas with “snipped” rice in fields west of I-5. The small circles looked VERY...

US RICE PRODUCERS KATY, TEXAS  The Board of Directors of the US Rice Producers Association (USRPA) has appointed Iris Figueroa as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. Figueroa joined USRPA in 2022 and quickly embraced the association’s core mission of being...

 Kurt D. LaRose MAFG When Debbie Hoffpauir says, “This has been a two‑person show,” she isn’t exaggerating. Every part of the operation — planting, harvesting, milling, packaging, delivering, and selling — is carried out by Debbie and her husband, Ben,...

Corteva Agriscience Tim Flowers has spent his entire life in and around Dexter, Mo. Agriculture was always a big part of his life — his parents ran a small farm, and much of his extended family worked in row crops,...