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⋅ BY RYAN LOY ⋅ University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Following two consecutive years of decline (see Figure 1), United States rice production increased to roughly 2.9 million acres in 2023. In 2022 and 2023, the world was consuming more...

⋅ BY WHITNEY BRIM-DEFOREST ⋅ University of California Cooperative Extension White water fire (Bergia capensis) was found in September 2023, by the Butte County Agricultural Commissioner’s office in a Butte County rice field. The weed was identified by the California Department...

MSU Extension Names New Delta Region Coordinator The Mississippi State University Extension Service’s Delta region will soon have new leadership. Alex Deason, who has been an MSU Extension agent based in Sunflower County since 2013, began his new role as regional...

Rice Processing Program Develops Guidelines to Maximize Quality, Reduce Energy ⋅ BY JOHN LOVETT ⋅ U of A System Division of Agriculture The Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station’s Rice Processing Program has released new recommendations to guide on-farm, in-bin rice drying in Arkansas...

The Panama and Suez canals typically bear the weight of global commerce but now carry the additional, heavier burdens of weather and war. “There are two maritime disasters going on simultaneously. One of them is political and the other one...

Mississippi Rice Council Annual Meeting Recounts a Year of Rice-Centric Activities Mississippi Rice Council President Kirk Satterfield welcomed about 75 producers to the annual meeting recently to learn about promotion, research, agronomy, politics, and more. Promotions were first up with a...

⋅ BY IAN GRETTENBERGER, KEVIN GODING, SOPHIE ALLEN (UC DAVIS), and LUIS ESPINO (UCCE) ⋅ Rice seed midge damage was first officially recorded in California rice production in 1953, and this pest is actually a number of different species that...

With an increased interest in conservation and land preservation, the use of legal tools like land trusts and conservation easements have grown in popularity. Specifically, nonprofit land trusts which typically act as a 501(c)(3) organization for the purpose of...

Experts addressed the theme ‘Provisia — save the technology’ during a recent conservation forum. ⋅ BY CARROLL SMITH ⋅ Author’s note: At the end of January, Horizon Ag hosted a Provisia Rice Panel during the National Conservation Systems meeting in Jonesboro,...

⋅ BY CALEB HAMPTON ⋅ The return of fully planted rice crops to the Sacramento Valley following years of drought has restored another essential feature of the region. After harvest, reservoirs replenished by last year’s historic storms enabled farmers to...

⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅ University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Trent Roberts and Caio Vieira, faculty members with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, were recognized for their conservation work in rice and soybeans at the National Conservation...

Louisiana rice consultant, Rusty Elston, said his father, Willard Elston, made sure his children knew how to work beginning at an early age. “This is where the training for my career actually began,” Rusty said. “My father set the...

As an interest in land conservation has grown among both the public and private sectors in the past decade, land trusts have become an increasingly popular avenue for encouraging and enforcing conservation practices. While there are various types of land...

USA Rice Welcomes New International Trade Policy Director Karah Fissel has joined USA Rice as the new director for international trade policy. Karah will manage the International Trade Policy Committee and its subcommittees, and her first week will be spent traveling...

⋅ BY ROBERT NATHAN GREGORY ⋅ Mississippi State University Extension Service "Where are all the ducks?” It’s a question James Callicutt fields with more frequency and urgency from hunters and birders in Mississippi by the year. Callicutt, a Mississippi State University Extension...