Although it’s still too early to tell, delayed planting could shore up at least short-term prices.
By Kurt Guidry —
Information coming from the U.S. Department of Agriculture over the past several weeks has been mixed in terms of providing...
Faced with what they call potentially devastating cuts to research and educational programs, Louisiana State University AgCenter leaders have called on constituents to contact their local lawmakers and educate them on the importance of these programs.
In a call-to-action letter...
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The rice pretender war is heating up this spring as USA Rice is registering formal complaints and offering recommended fixes to purveyors of what the trade group terms...
Davis, California-based Arcadia Biosciences has found significant yield increases with three of its proprietary input traits stacked together, according to research results from the past two seasons.
In the trials at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia, multiple...
The LSU AgCenter will hold a series of field days to help rice farmers learn about the latest practices to improve crop production.
Experts will make presentations on variety development, fertility, diseases, insects and weeds.
“These field days give us the...
By Susan M. Collins-Smith —
Spring’s cool temperatures have rice producers playing the waiting game in Mississippi.
The crop is 60 percent planted, but very little of it has emerged, says Bobby Golden, a rice and soil fertility agronomist with...
By Luis Espino —
Tadpole shrimp (TPS) are starting to pop up in rice fields. A grower asked me when is the period when rice is “safe” from TPS. He is seeing very small shrimp, and seedlings are already past...
By Karl Wiggers —
With Easter in the rearview mirror, the huge demand for crawfish has begun to decline.
But that doesn’t mean crawfish farmer Allen McLain of Vermilion Parish has drained his ponds yet. He has more than 700...
Rutgers-led genome research finds fungal pathogen that causes rice disease became harmful 21 million years ago.
About 21 million years ago, a fungus that causes a devastating rice disease first became harmful to the food that nourishes roughly half the...
The 2018 Horizon Ag Louisiana Field Day, featuring the new Provisia Rice System, Provisia rice variety PVL01 and the latest Clearfield rice varieties, will be held June 26 at Richard Farms near Kaplan, Louisiana.
Horizon Ag partnered with BASF to...
Report it to the Mississippi Delta Ag Theft Task Force!
A number of area producers and building owners are reporting copper theft directly related to tractors, ATVs, trailers, irrigation wells and other items targeted for scrap metal and wiring.
If you...
As this season starts, growers and pest control advisers should continue to be mindful of weedy rice. As mentioned in last year's communications, in 2017 University of California Cooperative Extension received 22 new samples. Fortunately, the infested acreage did...
The California Rice Commission recently recognized a handful of individuals during its Circle of Life Reception in Sacramento, which is an annual opportunity to tell the industry’s story to key audiences.
In a sushi-rolling competition that involved lawmakers, Assembly Republican...
Horizon Ag has resigned its website, www.horizonseed.com, to make it easier for farmers and seed dealers to access tools and information about the latest Clearfield and Provisia rice varieties.
“At Horizon Ag, we are always striving to improve our...
By Bruce Schultz —
Cool April weather has slowed growth of recently planted crops, especially rice.
The season started with good planting conditions in March. “But the cool weather set in after emergence, and everything just slowed down,” says Louisiana...
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