The Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction is once again accepting nominations for its annual induction ceremony, which will be held March 24, 2022, in Baton Rouge.
The nomination form can be obtained online at www.louisianaagriculturehallofdistinction.com or through any parish Louisiana...
• By Ryan McGeeney •
Arkansas growers have seen a little — or a lot — of everything this year, including record low temperatures and snowfall in February and a record rainstorm in June.
Nevertheless, many row crop farmers in the...
The Canadian Health Agency's Feed and Food Divisions have approved the Max-Ace rice system from RiceTec. The move allows for unrestricted planting of the cultivars, which are bred to withstand over-the-top applications of Highcard herbicide from Adama.
For the 2022...
The University of Arkansas, in collaboration with The Organic Center and the University of California Cooperative Extension, has been awarded nearly $500,000 through U.S. Department of Agriculture's Organic Research and Extension Institute. The funding will help support a three-year...
A project to measure greenhouse gases and water use in furrow-irrigated rice, and the use of cover crops as a remediation tool in land leveling are just two of the presentations that are part of the Northeast Rice Research...
Since 1910, four generations of the Schiurring family have harvested rice on the 3S Ranch near El Campo in Colorado and Wharton counties, Texas. The family grows approximately 1,500 acres of long-grain rice annually.
Third-generation, J. Brent Schiurring was one...
• By Bruce Linquist •
In most years, California rice farmers manage their winter straw by flooding a field where the rice straw has either been chopped or chopped and incorporated. In these cases, the flood water helps to ensure...
• By Ching Lee •
Favorable weather conditions and fewer acres of planted rice this year should allow California farmers to remove their crop without worries of autumn rainfall complicating harvest.
All eyes are now on how much precipitation the coming...
After a one-year hiatus due to COVID-19, the USA Rice Outlook Conference is once again planned as an in-person event, Dec. 5-7, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
While some elements of the event might be a bit different due to safety...
• By Jarrod Hardke and Trent Roberts •
Urea prices up. Phosphate prices up. Potash prices up. Diesel prices up. Rice prices up.
So there’s at least one highlight in that list. A number of conversations are coming up about how...
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has appointed new members to the Arkansas State Plant Board to fill positions left vacant under an Arkansas Supreme Court ruling earlier this year.
“The Plant Board is one of the most significant commissions for Arkansas agriculture,...
“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” Crop farmers should take this adage to heart when marketing their grain, advised University of Missouri Extension agricultural economist Martyn Foreman.
“If you haven’t already developed a post-harvest grain marketing...
Despite the cancellation of the Horizon Ag Arkansas Field Days in Stuttgart and Jonesboro this summer due to Covid-19, the company wanted to provide growers an opportunity to learn more about its offerings in the Delta — Clearfield varieties...
• By Steve Linscombe •
Rice harvest is well underway in the northern rice production area of the Mid-South where a high percentage of U.S. rice is grown. In general, yields have been good to excellent while head rice milling...
Research advancements in rice and soybeans, two of the top agricultural commodities in Arkansas, will be the focus of a virtual field day 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, presented by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
The online...
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