The Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame is seeking nominations from the public for its next class. The nomination deadline is Nov. 1.
The Agriculture Hall of Fame recognizes Arkansans who have contributed significantly to the state’s largest industry, while spotlighting...
Nominations for inductees into the 2019 Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction are being accepted now through Nov. 19. Selected individuals will be recognized during a banquet at L’Auberge Hotel in Baton Rouge on March 7, 2019.
The nomination form can...
Arkansas farmers accelerated harvest operations in the wake of excessive rains from the remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon, and those who are under way are making good crops.
The Arkansas rice harvest is about 60 percent complete and seems to...
Two California operations that grow rice are among the three farms in the running for the California Leopold Conservation Award.
The honor, which recognize private landowner achievement in voluntary stewardship and management of natural resources, will be presented at the...
The 82nd International Rice Festival will recognize Gerard Frey as the 2018 Farmer of the Year during the event, Oct. 18-21, in Crowley, Louisiana.
Frey was born and raised in the rural community of Shortbread, northeast of Iota in Acadia...
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The California Rice Research Board recently honored Randall "Cass" Mutters with its annual Rice Industry Award.
The recognition, presented at the California Rice Field Day, recognizes and honors an individual from any segment of the rice industry...
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Editor •
The California Rice Experiment Station has found a partner in Albaugh LLC to help bring their ROXY herbicide-tolerant rice system to market.
The agreement with the Ankeny, Iowa-based marketer of post-patent crop protection materials is the culmination...
Texas rice farmers are seeing near-record yields of good quality grain, and many are considering a second harvest, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Research experts.
Dr. Lee Tarpley, AgriLife Research crop physiologist, Beaumont, says despite a few problems for some...
Mississippi growers will produce about 20 percent more rice this year, thanks in part to additional acres planted over 2017’s total.
Larry Falconer, agricultural economist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service, says early forecasts predict national yields near last...
The 2018 rice harvest in southwest Louisiana is past the halfway point, and Louisiana State University AgCenter agents say farmers are pleased.
“Yields have been good, and it seems overall to be a very good crop,” says Jeremy Hebert, LSU...
If you know a grower or entity that has embraced sustainability through innovative practices and leadership, they might be a perfect candidate for the second annual USA Rice Sustainability Award.
Now in its second year, the award is designed to...
University of California Cooperative Extension farm advisor Whitney Brim-Deforest has been to several farm calls in the past few weeks about an unknown grass weed.
Between last season and this, she has seen seven fields that appear to have bad...
Billbugs, once an occasional pest of rice that cannot survive in standing water, are increasing pressure as row-rice acreage grows.
Billbugs are weevils whose larvae bore into the side of rice tillers, or stems, and deprive developing grain heads of...
Rice is beginning to head in the California rice-production area. As you scout your fields, keep weedy rice in mind.
In the past few weeks, University of California Cooperative Extension farm advisers have received 10 suspect samples. Of these, two...
Representatives of the Missouri Rice Research and Merchandising Council and Southeast Missouri State University recently traveled to Egypt to discuss the potential for shipping Missouri paddy rice to Egypt and collaborating on rice breeding and agronomic rice research with...
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