Linquist contributes to report on acreage needed for wildlife conservation
TRINA KLEIST AND KAT KERLIN
DAVIS, CALIFORNIA
Will California’s rice acreage be enough to meet the needs of key species that thrive in the crop’s seasonally flooded fields? If not, how much...
MARK RASMUSSEN
EL CAMPO, TEXAS
Mark Rasmussen is a member of the US Rice Producers Association (USRPA), an alternate board member of the Texas Rice Council, and a third-generation rice farmer on the Texas Gulf Coast.
For decades, my family and I...
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS EXTENSION
MORRILTON, ARKANSAS
In the nation’s largest rice-growing state, questions are being asked about what can be done at the international level to make the playing field even in global rice trade.
Global agricultural trade took center stage at...
MICHAEL KLEIN
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA
Fighting a war on two fronts is never advisable. Sure, the Romans pulled it off a few times, and so did the allies in World Wars I and II, but they were dragged into those fights –...
VIDALINA ABADAM, ANDREW SOWELL, SETH WECHSLER, ANGELICA WILLIAMS AND JENNIFER BOND
USDA
U.S. Rice Stocks Are Raised On Lower Use Forecast
The U.S. all-rice ending stocks projection for 2025/26 increased 5 million hundredweight (cwt) to 55.3 million this month, the highest...
KEN DUHE
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
The crawfish industry that Louisiana depends on today didn’t just grow organically – it was built, in large part, through decades of LSU research. Now, as new challenges emerge – from extreme weather to evolving biological...
RYAN MCGEENEY
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
Rice billbug has been a pest in U.S. rice production for as long as farmers have been growing it. But in 2026, it’s almost certainly going to be the No. 1 pest Arkansas rice farmers will...
BOB SCOTT
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS
And then it rained… What a difference rain can make. I hope a lot of residual treatments went out between wind gusts prior to this rain setting in. There was a noticeable difference in overall rice growth...
JOHN LOVETT
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS
Electricity and water don’t usually mix, but technological advancements in floating solar arrays open the potential to generate electricity while decreasing impacts on farm irrigation reservoirs and agricultural land.
Michael Popp with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station is...
CONNOR WEBSTER
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
When it comes to deciding the direction of my research program, I rely heavily on my extension program to identify the needs of the industry. There’s always going to be unique one-off situations that may not...
RICHARD E. HICKS
OCEAN SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI
This past week I spent a very enjoyable hour or so talking to a producer from California. It was very enlightening to speak with someone from that state. California is a place that pretty much...
Specialists Speaking - TYLER MUSGROVE - LOUISIANA
Over the past 10-15 years, rice insect control has been an afterthought in Mid-South crop management. And it was for good reason — the pest spectrum was limited to a small handful of...
Specialists Speaking - SAM RUSTOM - TEXAS
Background
Over the past 10 years, rice delphacid (Tagosodes orizicolus) has become the No. 1 crop management concern for Texas rice producers. Native to Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, we think this...
Specialists Speaking - LUIS ESPINO - CALIFORNIA
As I write this, planting season in California is starting. Price of rice is still depressed, so it is important to keep costs down. This might be a good time to review some...
Specialists Speaking - JARROD T. HARDKE - ARKANSAS
You can’t outguess insects, but you can be on the lookout. Drought conditions create interesting concerns for developing insect problems. On one hand, there can be fewer alternate hosts for insects to...
