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2025 Rice Industry Lifetime Achievement By Scott McClure When Dr. Ronnie Levy picked up the phone late last summer, he wasn’t expecting news that would leave him speechless. He was called by Dr. Tim Walker, Horizon Ag CEO, to let him...

MIKE LOIZZO GAINSVILLE, FLORIDA The Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) boasts organic-rich soil, ideal for farming. Rice producers, however, must deal with phosphorus and iron tightly bound in the soil, making them unavailable to plants. New University of Florida Institute of Food and...

Matt Salanik, Brighton Agency For rice farmers, every season brings new challenges. Weather shifts, rising input costs, and global trade pressures make planning harder and margins tighter. As growers prepare for the 2026 season, resilience will once again be tested in...

Farmers Look to Diversify Crops, Improve Profitability TATE CRONIN DYERSBURG, TENNESSEE Rice is the primary staple for more than half the world’s population, with the United States alone estimated to plant almost 3 million acres in 2025, according to the USDA. Most...

Dr. Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles / UCCE mmleinfeldermiles@ucanr.edu This article is my annual review of UCCE Delta rice research and seasonal observations. Variety Trial: Delta rice acreage has been steadily increasing, and yields are comparable with the statewide average (Table 1). I estimate that...

Amy Gimpel Biological and Agricultural Engineering WATER RESEARCH — Annie Lobitz, left, and Wafa Youssfi, graduate students in the College of Engineering at the University of Arkansas, are part of a research collaboration between the college and the Arkansas Water Resources...

  of the experimental fields in Kunshan City, China; (b) and (c) comparing yield and grain weight of conventionally grown rice (CK), rice treated with 30% less fertilizer (RF), and rice treated with 30% less fertilizer and nano-selenium...

Paden Johnson/U of A System Division of Agriculture Christian Schubert, left, and Scott Lafontaine have published research showing how milled rice can improve nonalcoholic beer. Lafontaine is an assistant professor of food chemistry in the Food Science Department in the...

U of A System Division of Agriculture Griffiths Atungulu, left, professor and agricultural engineer, works with Samuel Olaoni, a doctoral research student in the Food Science Department, on rice processing research. JOHN LOVETT FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS Before it gets to your table in a...

Farmers Look to Diversify Crops, Improve Profitability TATE CRONIN DYERSBURG, TENNESSEE Rice is the primary staple for more than half the world’s population, with the United States alone estimated to plant almost 3 million acres in 2025, according to the USDA. Most...

In 2021, LSU AgCenter researchers Lawrence Datnoff and Brenda Tubaña published a paper analyzing the role silicon plays in plant stress reduction and why the element is not used as a fertilizer in agricultural production. Since its publication in the...

Congress Seeks to Strengthen Oversight: Proposed Amendments to AFIDA National Agricultural Law Center Staff Over the past few years, federal and state lawmakers have become increasingly concerned about foreign investments in U.S. agricultural land. While there is no federal law that...

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...

Mahindra Launches 11th Annual Military Salute Giveaway to Thank Our Military Mahindra Ag North America (MAgNA) announced the return of an exciting tradition: the annual Mahindra Military Salute Giveaway. This year’s giveaway features a Mahindra 1120 tractor with a loader and...

⋅ BY REBEKAH HALL ⋅ University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture LeadAR, the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s leadership program, is accepting applications for its next class of leaders. The in-depth learning experience covers economic and social issues...