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Rice delphacid, a damaging pest in Texas rice production, moved into the state this year, with a population confirmed in Stoneville and reported in some south Delta counties. (Submitted photo by MSU Extension Service/Morgan Hutton)BONNIE COBLENTZ STONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI Harvest ended a...

(U of A System Division of Agriculture photo) JOHN LOVETT FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS A new economics study shows the potential for an ancient process to develop new domestic demand for rice and offset declining exports. That process is malting, which has been around for...

The Rice Market Dilemma US RICE PRODUCERS KATY, TEXAS America’s rice farmers are facing one of their toughest seasons yet, squeezed by low prices, rising costs, and intense global competition. Imports are climbing, exports are slipping, and heavy market speculation is driving...

Being born and raised in the southwest Louisiana coastal prairie town of Gueydan was an ideal environment for someone who would spend his career in the region’s rice industry. Gueydan is a small community in western Vermilion Parish that...

Solar Leasing on Agenda for NALC, NASDA Foundation’s Mid-South Conference To install, or not to install, that is the question — and attendees of the 12th Annual Mid-South Agricultural and Environmental Law Conference will have the chance to hear perspectives on...

Herbicide Widens Palmer Pigweed Control Options for Rice Growers, but Stick to the Label ⋅ BY JOHN LOVETT ⋅ University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station A word of caution to rice growers: the herbicide fluridone has become a...

⋅ DR. BRUCE LINQUIST ⋅ University of California Cooperative Extension This year, with high input costs and low rice prices, a lot of growers are testing their soil to determine if they need to apply P and K fertilizer. I have received...

A New Weed Science Society of America Article Shows the Need to Deploy Multiple Control Measures to Protect Rice Grain Production in a Furrow-irrigated System A recently published article in the journal Weed Science demonstrates just how devastating Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) can...

Integrated Approach Aims to Preserve the Provisia and Max-Ace Technologies ⋅ BY FORD BALDWIN ⋅ My career as a rice weed scientist began at the University of Arkansas in 1974. While barnyardgrass was the No. 1 weed problem in rice, weedy...

Report from Missouri Rice Council Annual Meeting  Last week, Bootheel rice farmers gathered here for the Missouri Rice Council annual meeting that had been rescheduled due to a February snow storm. Following a short reception, attendees heard from several speakers focused...

⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅ U of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture The Rice Technical Working Group — RTWG — has bestowed a distinguished award on a distinguished professor. Jason Norsworthy, distinguished professor and Elms Farming Chair of Weed Science at the University...

What It Is USDA’s Farm Service Agency is issuing up to $10 billion in direct payments to eligible agricultural producers of eligible commodities for the 2024 crop year through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP). These one-time economic assistance payments will...

Two researchers with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture will be part of a three-year study examining how farmers’ risk preferences impact water use during drought. Mike Daniels, professor and Extension soil and water conservation scientist, and John...

I grew up in the small community of McGehee on our family farm. I was 10 years old when the historic 1980 drought happened, and I can remember my dad trying desperately to irrigate what we could but losing most of...

Gene for Cold Tolerance in Rice Offers New Opportunities for Breeding Resilient Varieties A gene called COLD6 contributes to cold tolerance in rice, potentially offering a pathway to use molecular design to breed a rice variety with higher resistance to...