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Zack Tanner: 2025 Rice Farmer of the Year Scott McClure When Zack Tanner learned he had been named the 2025 Rice Farmer of the Year, sponsored by Horizon Ag and USA Rice, his reaction was one of disbelief, sweet memories and...

  Dr. Dustin Harrell: 2025 Rice Industry Award Scott McClure The U.S. rice industry has honored Dr. Dustin Harrell, Director of the California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation’s Rice Experiment Station, with the 2025 Rice Industry Award, sponsored by Horizon Ag and USA...

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...

Rice delphacid, a damaging pest in Texas rice production, moved into the state this year, with a population confirmed in Stoneville and reported in some south Delta counties. (Submitted photo by MSU Extension Service/Morgan Hutton)BONNIE COBLENTZ STONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI Harvest ended a...

India’s agricultural landscape is as diverse as its culture, but a few crops dominate both acreage and production. Among these, three stand out for their sheer volume, economic impact, and role in feeding millions: rice, wheat, and sugarcane. Let’s explore what makes...

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...

Herbicide Widens Palmer Pigweed Control Options for Rice Growers, but Stick to the Label ⋅ BY JOHN LOVETT ⋅ University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station A word of caution to rice growers: the herbicide fluridone has become a...

⋅ DR. BRUCE LINQUIST ⋅ University of California Cooperative Extension This year, with high input costs and low rice prices, a lot of growers are testing their soil to determine if they need to apply P and K fertilizer. I have received...

My journey into agriculture, particularly rice in the Mid-South, is anything but conventional. I grew up in the heart of Dallas, Texas. That’s not to say I didn’t have a connection to agriculture. Like a lot of folks post...

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...

⋅ 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...

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...

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...