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...
Mizzou’s new Digital Agriculture Research and Extension Center will enhance research, education and outreach in emerging digital technologies for farming.
Nearly one-third of Missouri's economy is tied to agriculture. That’s why the state’s flagship land-grant institution, the University of Missouri,...
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...
⋅ BY DEBORAH WILLENBORG ⋅
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 to Costa Rica...
⋅ BY LINDA J. FORBES ⋅
University of California Agricultural and Natural Resources
In 2020, agencies and experts in Colusa County came together for a project evaluating winter cover crops (planted in the fall and terminated in late winter or early...
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