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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...

Rice Farming Magazine and Corteva Honor Independent Consultants Rice Farming magazine and Corteva were honored to present Mr. Gary Dodd (pictured second from left in left photo) of Yuba City, California, as the 2024 Rice Consultant of the Year. Dodd is...

⋅ BY CALEB HAMPTON ⋅ California Farm Bureau New technologies have transformed the world during the past half-century. Agriculture has been no exception, with the emergence of aerial drones, autonomous tractors, and other equipment changing the way crops are planted, cared...

Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Alumna Confirmed ⋅ BY KATHERINE HANCOCK ⋅ Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences former student Brooke Rollins ’94 has been confirmed as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. She is the first Texan...

⋅ BY MICHAEL KLEIN ⋅ USA Rice More than 300 rice researchers from around the world gathered in New Orleans recently for the 40th biennial Rice Technical Working Group meeting to discuss everything from agronomy, breeding, and cytogenics to utilization, weed...

⋅ BY DEBORAH WILLENBORG ⋅ It was a packed house at the Bolivar County Extension Auditorium for the Mississippi Rice Council Annual meeting recently. President Kirk Satterfield welcomed and thanked attendees and provided both his President’s report and the Mississippi Rice...

⋅ BY BRAD WATKINS ⋅ High input prices in recent years have significantly reduced profit margins for rice producers in the Mid-South. The negative impact of tightening profit margins is felt most acutely by rice producers renting cropland. A significant...

⋅ SPONSORED CONTENT ⋅ As a longtime Horizon Ag customer and seed producer, Prairie County, Arkansas Farm Manager Darren Walker has seen a lot of good-yielding pure-line varieties introduced, only to be replaced by a better-yielding variety every few years. The...