It goes without saying that seed selection is one of the most important decisions a rice farmer has to make during the winter planning time.
These easy-to-use charts, which highlight proprietary variety and hybrid traits for the Mid-South, Texas and...
⋅ BY TOBIE BLANCHARD ⋅
LSU AgCenter
The LSU AgCenter is partnering with Horizon Ag, a seed marketing and variety development company, to initiate a new rice breeding program focused on varieties for southern rice-producing areas, which include Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi,...
As planting season begins, farmers are testing their soil to determine the nutrients needed to grow their crop. Mississippi State scientists and colleagues from nearly 50 universities, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, non-profit organizations, and industry partners released a...
⋅ BY BRITTANEY MANN ⋅
U of A System Division of Agriculture
Naturally occurring polyphenols and proteins from pigmented waxy rice may help starch ingredients improve texture without any chemical modification — a change some consumers may welcome, said Ya-Jane Wang,...
⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅
EDITOR
John Cecil is a fourth-generation rice grower in Willows, California. His great grandfather bought some land there back in the 1800s. He began to take over the operation located in the Glenn-Colusa irrigation district in...
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...
⋅ BY RYAN LOY ⋅
University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Following two consecutive years of decline (see Figure 1), United States rice production increased to roughly 2.9 million acres in 2023. In 2022 and 2023, the world was consuming more...
⋅ BY WHITNEY BRIM-DEFOREST ⋅
University of California Cooperative Extension
White water fire (Bergia capensis) was found in September 2023, by the Butte County Agricultural Commissioner’s office in a Butte County rice field. The weed was identified by the California Department...
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 IAN GRETTENBERGER, KEVIN GODING, SOPHIE ALLEN (UC DAVIS), and LUIS ESPINO (UCCE) ⋅
Rice seed midge damage was first officially recorded in California rice production in 1953, and this pest is actually a number of different species that...
With an increased interest in conservation and land preservation, the use of legal tools like land trusts and conservation easements have grown in popularity. Specifically, nonprofit land trusts which typically act as a 501(c)(3) organization for the purpose of...
Experts addressed the theme ‘Provisia — save the technology’ during a recent conservation forum.
⋅ BY CARROLL SMITH ⋅
Author’s note: At the end of January, Horizon Ag hosted a Provisia Rice Panel during the National Conservation Systems meeting in Jonesboro,...
⋅ 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...
