Memphis, Tenn.-based Horizon Ag has announced a partnership with the Israeli firm, Kaiima Bio-Agritech Ltd., to develop high-performing rice varieties. The two began the multi-year project, which involves using Kaiima’s proprietary EP technology platform, in 2015.
EP technology, short for enhanced...
Ah, have times have changed. When Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., published its first "Compendium of Herbicide Adjuvants" in 1992, it contained 76 listings from 22 companies.
Thirteen editions later, and the 2016 version lists 779 products from 38...
Nominations are being sought for the 2017 Louisiana Hall of Distinction through Nov. 21. Selected individuals will be recognized during a banquet at L’Auberge Hotel in Baton Rouge on March 2, 2017.
A joint effort among the Louisiana State University AgCenter, Louisiana...
Donald A. Leonards, a fourth-generation rice producer near Crowley, La., was named the 2016 Rice Farmer of the Year by the 80th International Rice Festival.
He will be recognized during the festival, which will be held Oct. 20-23 in Crowley.
Leonards...
Homer Lundberg, who with his three older brothers founded Lundberg Family Farms in Richvale, Calif., was honored at the recent California Rice Field Day for his decades of service to the rice industry and his community.
In presenting the 55th...
Horizon Ag continues its quest to provide the industry improved grain quality and better agronomics with the introduction of two long-grain and one medium-grain Clearfield variety for the 2017 season.
The releases, which are naturally tolerant to the imazethapyr herbicide, are...
RiceTec continues to push the yield limits of commercial rice with the introduction of the new Clearfield hybrid, RT7311 CL, for the 2017 season. At the same time, the Houston, Texas-based firm is working to improve grain quality, a...
Think you have some pretty good yields? See how you fare against fellow California producers with the University of California Cooperative Extension's Rice Yield Contest.
This season, UCCE expanded it to include the entire Sacramento Valley. Last year, it just held...
Sacramento, Calif.-based Farmers' Rice Cooperative named Rick Rhody as its new CEO. He replaces Kirk Messick, who had been serving as interim CEO since the departure of Frank Bragg III.
"“There are many challenges that FRC and the rice industry...
About 100 rice producers attending the Horizon Ag Louisiana field day learned about new Clearfield varieties with improved agronomics that should help reinforce their economic sustainability.
“We can produce record amounts of rice every season, but if farmers aren’t profitable...
Under cloudy skies and cool temperatures, attendees of Louisiana State University AgCenter's 107th annual rice field day in Crowley June 29 got a glimpse of several new varieties, hybrids and crop protection materials in the pipeline.
Among those were a Clearfield...
While some crop protection companies are reducing their presence in the agricultural industry because of cyclic downturns, Valent U.S.A. is investing in its future with expansion and new construction projects.
By Vicky Boyd
Editor
The Walnut Creek, Calif.-based firm is nearing...
Mississippi State University's Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station recently released a new long-grain conventional variety adapted to the state's soils and climates. Dubbed "Thad," the variety is named after U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran.
Thad has yields similar to Rex, released...
Monheim, Germany-based Bayer AG and Redmond, Wash.-based Planetary Resources have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop applications based on satellite imaging.
Bayer plans to purchase the data from aerospace technology provider Planetary Resources to create new agricultural products and...
Rice Growers Association LLC recently opened an office in Yuba City, Calif.
The vertically integrated company was formed by rice producer Greg Van Dyke and industry veteran Pat Daddow.
RGA plans to provide consumers with a "Farm to Fork" experience by managing...
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