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  Baoshan Xing, University Distinguished Professor of Environmental and Soil Chemistry, director of UMass’ Stockbridge School of Agriculture International research co-led by UMass Amherst holds real promise for helping to meet the triple threat of growing population, climate change, and agriculture’s...

MIKE LOIZZO GAINSVILLE, FLORIDA The Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) boasts organic-rich soil, ideal for farming. Rice producers, however, must deal with phosphorus and iron tightly bound in the soil, making them unavailable to plants. New University of Florida Institute of Food and...

MICHELLE LEINFELDER-MILES STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA Variety Trial: Delta rice acreage has been steadily increasing, and yields are comparable with the statewide average (Table 1). I estimate that Delta acreage approached, if not exceeded, 15,000 acres in 2025. To support the growing industry,...

Rice, It Is The Best Of Times And The Worst Of Times RICHARD E. HICKS OCEAN SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI If I may be so bold to paraphrase Dickens rice farming today can be at the least challenging and best a daunting challenge. I...

Felipe Dalla Lana (Rice Pathologist) and Madison Flasco BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA The list of pathogens causing disease in Louisiana’s rice fields is long, and it may soon grow due tothe re-emergence of a viral disease that has not been seen in...

Conservation... calricenews.org We want to thank the following partner organizations for their support of the rice footprint report written by UC Davis earlier this year. As the report clearly states, working ricelands provide critical habitat in a state that has lost...

Dr. Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles / UCCE mmleinfeldermiles@ucanr.edu This article is my annual review of UCCE Delta rice research and seasonal observations. Variety Trial: Delta rice acreage has been steadily increasing, and yields are comparable with the statewide average (Table 1). I estimate that...

RESILIENT RICE — Julie Thomas, a research scientist in the crop, soil and environmental sciences department, displays rice grown in a study investigating high nighttime temperature tolerance. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo by Paden Johnson) HYR gene...

KENNETH GAUTREAUX BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA Last year, farmers that got their rice planted early got rewarded with higher yields, which is a typical result most years. But 2025 was not a typical year – if there is such a year in farming. According to Ronnie...

Members of the research team set up the trays in the greenhouse to simulate pre-flooding conditions with Suraj Melkani front left. (Photo provided) MIKE LOIZZO GAINSVILLE, FLORIDA The Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) boasts organic-rich soil, ideal for farming. Rice producers, however, must deal...

  of the experimental fields in Kunshan City, China; (b) and (c) comparing yield and grain weight of conventionally grown rice (CK), rice treated with 30% less fertilizer (RF), and rice treated with 30% less fertilizer and nano-selenium...

Paden Johnson/U of A System Division of Agriculture Christian Schubert, left, and Scott Lafontaine have published research showing how milled rice can improve nonalcoholic beer. Lafontaine is an assistant professor of food chemistry in the Food Science Department in the...

U of A System Division of Agriculture Griffiths Atungulu, left, professor and agricultural engineer, works with Samuel Olaoni, a doctoral research student in the Food Science Department, on rice processing research. JOHN LOVETT FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS Before it gets to your table in a...

Farmers Look to Diversify Crops, Improve Profitability TATE CRONIN DYERSBURG, TENNESSEE Rice is the primary staple for more than half the world’s population, with the United States alone estimated to plant almost 3 million acres in 2025, according to the USDA. Most...

Supports national task force, launches new insecticide trials to protect Texas rice KAY LEDBETTER COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS Texas A&M AgriLife experts are serving as key research and Extension partners in a new multistate response led by USA Rice to address the devastating spread of rice...