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TODD MILLER  BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA Growing up in Rapides Parish as the son of a U.S. Air Force recruiter, LSU AgCenter entomologist Tyler Musgrove may not have been destined to become the state’s latest rice specialist, but an agriculturally rich upbringing certainly didn’t...

GABE SALDANA COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS Two new Texas A&M AgriLife Research projects are advancing rice breeding strategies to improve productivity for growers while creating new opportunities in health-focused markets. Led by Shyamal Talukder, Ph.D., AgriLife Research rice breeder, geneticist and assistant professor in the Texas A&M...

Dr. Bruce Linquist CALIFORNIA I often get questions asking how varietal choice can impact nitrogen (N) management. To begin answering this question, we conducted a trial at two locations in California that examined nine varieties at six N rates ranging from...

Dr. Will Eubank MISSISSIPPI Fertility Management Timing is everything when it comes to rice production, and in 2025, our timing for agronomic decisions was impacted. Persistent rains impacted many of our pre-flood nitrogen applications and the consequences showed up as combines entered...

RICHARD E. HICKS OCEAN SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI Hello, as I take pen in hand I am staring out the window of my wife's camper, my son-in-law and I are in north Georgia fly fishing. Notice I did not say catching. Fishing is...

MOLLY BUCKLER / KATY, TEXAS With an estimated 15–20 percent reduction in long-grain acres this season, rice producers are facing a challenging and uncertain landscape. From shifting markets to rising input costs, the pressure to adapt and find new opportunities...

DR. ALVARO DURAND-MORAT / FAYETTVILLE, ARKANSAS As the 2025/26 rice season approaches, it is important to assess market fundamentals to anticipate challenges and position the U.S. long-grain rice sector for the year ahead. Globally, the rice market remains supply-dominated, a trend...

JOSH HANKINS / ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA Back in 2022, the USA Rice–Ducks Unlimited–National Black Growers Council joint proposal to USDA’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program received the highest score from grant reviewers. Rice, as a commodity, ultimately secured nearly $200 million...

Vida Abadam / coordinator Andrew Sowell & Jennifer Bond / contributors USDA/ERS Reduced Harvested Area Offsets Yield Gains to Trim 2025/26 All Rice Production   On January 12, 2026, USDA, NASS published the Crop Production 2025 Summary report. The report contains year-end...

JOHN LOVETT FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS HYR gene hub focus of research to improve rice quality and yield Researchers with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station have identified genetic mechanisms in rice that can help counteract the negative effects of higher nighttime temperatures. Drastic...

  NINA MUKERJEE FURSTENAU, BJ ‘84 COLUMBIA, MISSOURI Stephen McKaskle dips his hand into a bin and holds out his palm. “You’re looking at the oldest rice variety in America,” he says, sifting through brownish and blunt-tipped grains. “Carolina Gold.” McKaskle’s family...

MATT SALANIK / BRIGHTON AGENCY   For years, conversations about U.S. rice quality in Latin American markets have arrived at the same conclusion: exports are slipping, competition is intensifying and South American rice is winning on attributes that matter most to consumers....

RICE FARMING Rob Mills Early in the 20th Century, a visitor to southern California remarked that the area he was seeing for the first time was the closest thing to the Garden of Eden he could ever imagine laying eyes on....

TODD MILLER BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA The adage “variety is the spice of life,” is often used to promote the idea that trying new and different things makes the world around us more interesting. And while few would consider rice “spicy,” two new varieties of...

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