The Bureau of Reclamation announced initial water allocations for Central Valley Project water contractors. As the season progresses, the bureau may change the amount of water delivered.
The initial allocation as based on conservative estimates of the amount of water...
Rice farmers in northeast Louisiana, including those interested in trying row rice, heard advice from LSU AgCenter scientists about the upcoming 2019 season at a recent meeting in Rayville.
They also heard some potentially good news from the president of...
During its recent annual meeting, the Louisiana Agricultural Consultants Association awarded six scholarships totaling $12,000.
Also recognized was Dennis Burns, who received the County Agent of the Year award.
Burns serves Catahoula, Concordia and Tensas parishes, and he specializes in agricultural...
‘‘Growing up on a farm in Northeast Louisiana, I was always interested in agriculture,” says rice consultant Richard Costello. “I like watching the crops grow and progress. It gets in your blood. During my advanced postdoctoral training at Louisiana...
UC Rice Yield Contest promotes friendly competition while collecting production data
• By Vicky Boyd,
Editor •
The University of California’s Rice Yield Contest may provide bragging rights to the top producers, but it also has proven a good way to collect production...
New grass species joins weedy rice as weeds that tested California growers and PCAs in 2018
• By Vicky Boyd,
Editor •
Although the number of rice acres in California infested with weedy rice — also known as red rice — has remained...
Researchers fine-tuned N, seeding recommendations for Provisia rice during 2018 season.
The 2018 season was the first year the Provisia variety, PVL01, was grown commercially. Louisiana grew approximately 10,000 acres of PVL01, and the average yield was about 42-43 barrels...
Even if the fall of 2018 marked the “harvest that never ended,” Arkansas growers managed to pull enough rice from the land to mark a 30 percent increase over 2017’s disastrous numbers, which reflected the severe spring flooding of...
In partnership with the University of Arkansas, Horizon Ag plans to introduce two Clearfield varieties for seed production this season and commercial planting in 2020.
The new medium- and long-grain varieties were released by the University of Arkansas and are...
Tremont Lyman, an independent agricultural retailer in California, has brought all of its 15 retail operations under a new brand: Grow West.
The new entity was formed through a partnership of its two major founding members, Colusa County Farm Supply...
Four Louisiana agricultural leaders, including a rice pioneer, will be inducted into the Agriculture Hall of Distinction during ceremonies in March.
This year’s four inductees are Grady Coburn, Jack Hamilton, George LaCour and Linda Zaunbrecher.
A native of Gueydan, Zaunbrecher is...
Two upcoming production meetings aim to help growers and industry experts reach a consensus on the best approach to an increasingly popular method of agriculture in Arkansas: furrow-irrigated rice, also known as row rice.
“Row rice is an emerging production...
The amount of rough rice stored on and off the farm increased by 16 percent in December 2018 compared to the same month in 2017, according to the recently released U.S. Department of Agriculture rice stocks report.
At the same time,...
Sure to be a best-seller, Mississippi State University's "2019 Insect Control Guide for Agronomic Crops" is available for free download from https://bit.ly/2tahYVv.
The 129-page manual contains insect-related information on the gamut of Delta crops, ranging from rice to soybeans and cotton.
In...
More than 750 million people don’t get enough nutrients from their food, and more than two-thirds of those live in places that consume a lot of rice. Can rice bred for extra protein be the answer?
“There are hundreds of...
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