Nutrien Ag Solutions announces the acquisition of Suncor Energy’s AgroScience assets, which consists of several patented and patent pending technologies in the area of biocontrol. This new biocontrol technology is expected to introduce chlorin-based photosensitizer to the global market...
By Deborah Willenborg •
The U.S. rice industry’s “Grown in the USA” mark has been around for decades. It signified to consumers that the rice contents of the package bearing the mark was 100% U.S.-grown.
While it has been the dominant...
The 50th annual Eagle Lake Rice Field Day tour is scheduled for 4 p.m. June 25th at the David R. Wintermann Rice Research Station on Farm-to-Market Road 102 just north of Eagle Lake, followed by an evening program at...
⋅ BY KANE WEBB ⋅
Last fall, exceptional heat and drought hit southwest Louisiana, threatening the region’s crawfish crop. It soon became evident that things were going to be worse than anticipated as extreme heat conditions along with saltwater intrusion, lack...
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) have issued a final rule to update the implementing regulations for Section 10 of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). Section 10 of the ESA sets out various voluntary programs available to...
The Roy Blunt Soil Testing and Research Laboratory will strengthen
research support for southeast Missouri producers.
A groundbreaking was held April 5 for the Roy Blunt Soil Testing and Research Laboratory at the University of Missouri’s Fisher Delta Research, Extension, and...
Hiring is Part of a Recent Partnership Supporting Collaborative Breeding Efforts
Horizon Ag is pleased to announce the hiring of Dr. María Guadalupe Montiel for the newly created position of rice breeder for the company’s independent lab located at the...
Last year’s post-harvest weather was a big help, giving farmers a chance to knock out field prep.
⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅
About half of Arkansas’ expected 1.45 million acres of rice has been planted, with northeast Arkansas leading the way,...
⋅ BY V. TODD MILLER ⋅
A national group of scientists — including two from the LSU AgCenter — has released the Fertilizer Recommendation Support Tool, or FRST, a decision aid providing an unbiased, science-based interpretation of soil test phosphorus...
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...
Classifying workers as “employees” or “independent contractors” is an important task for agricultural employers because of the legal obligations and protections they owe to their employees. Some agricultural employers hire workers to complete various tasks or provide certain services...
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...
⋅ 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 OLIVIA McCLURE ⋅
The LSU AgCenter has named Adam Famoso resident director and research coordinator of its H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station near Crowley.
Famoso, a rice breeder who has been central to the station’s variety development efforts, assumed the...
