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BASF, Horizon Ag partner on ClearPro yield contest

BASF and Horizon Ag have have partnered to host the ClearPro Rice Challenge. To enter the ClearPro Rice Challenge for the 2021 season, access the contest rules and submit your entry form available at www.ClearProRice.com. Among the requirements are: • The ClearPro...

RiceTec slates Louisiana field day for June 29 near Iota

RiceTec plans to hold its Louisiana field day, June 29, from 9 a.m.-noon CDT at the Troy Fruge Farm, southeast corner of Highway 97 at Ye Olde County Road near Iota. Topics to be discussed include the FullPage system, which...

LSU AgCenter Rice Field Day returns June 30 after a year’s hiatus

After only being allowed to meet virtually last year, rice farmers will be able to put boots on the ground at this year’s rice field day, which will be held June 30 at the LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey...

Horizon Ag Louisiana field day set for June 29 near Kaplan

The 2021 Horizon Ag Louisiana Field Day is back in person and better than ever, with the spotlight this year on new, high-performing Clearfield and Provisia varieties that are raising the bar for yield potential, weed management and disease...

Yara fertilizer launches global program to ‘decarbonize’ farming

Yara, an Oslo, Norway-based global fertilizer supplier, has joined the growing list of companies offering incentives and expertise to farmers to sequester carbon in the soil and reduce emissions. By doing so, growers may be able to obtain third-party...

EPA approves fungicide premix with proprietary nanotechnology

The Environmental Protection Agency has registered AZterknot fungicide from Vive Crop Protection for use on a wide array of crops, including rice, corn, cotton, peanuts and soybeans.  It is a premix of a traditional fungicide, azoxystrobin, and a biological, an...

Koch acquires Compass Mineral North American micronutrient assets

Koch Agronomic Services LLC has completed its acquisition of Compass Minerals' North American micronutrient assets, the global intellectual property rights with trademarks and patents, and certain other assets associated with Wolf Trax, Rocket Seeds and Hydro Bullet product platforms....

UArk honors Frank Carey, Jeff Rutledge as oustanding alumni

Frank Carey and Jeff Rutledge have been named 2021 outstanding alumni by the University of Arkansas' Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences. Carey is the Outstanding Ph.D. Alumnus...

RiceTec plans limited launch of the Max-Ace rice system this season

Following Environmental Protection Agency approval in February, RiceTec and Adama plan to bring to market their new Max-Ace Rice Cropping Solution. The herbicide-tolerant rice cultivars, paired with Highcard herbicide, give rice growers another  weed control tool, high yield potential...

Arkansas Rice seeks high schoolers to become ‘Rice Reps’

Arkansas Rice is once again seeking high school juniors and seniors in the state who want to learn more about rice and participate in rice advocacy programs. Participants also will be eligible for 10 scholarships. The program,  dubbed “Rice Reps,”...

Producers Rice, solar firm ink deal to build solar project

More than 18 months in the works, Producers Rice Mill and Scenic Hill Solar finally received approval from the Arkansas Public Service Commission to build a 26-megawatt DC solar power plant combined with up to 40 megawatt-hours of energy...

John Deere launches weed-detecting spray system

John Deere has launched See & Spray, a system that detects green plant material on fallow ground to activate the system. Once weeds are detected by the camera, a signal is sent back to the controller. Once the controller identifies...

RiceTec raises $43,000 for charity

When RiceTec launched its newest charitable program, Harvesting Hope, the company had no idea it would be amid a time that nonprofits would be struggling to raise funds to achieve their missions. Under the program, RiceTec customers who donated 1...

‘Most Crop Per Drop’ contest challenges Arkansas producers

Experimentation paid off for Arkansas producers who competed in the “Most Crop Per Drop” contest — in knowledge gained about irrigation management and in cash prizes for the top winners. Contest winners were announced recently during the 34th annual Arkansas...

Conference honors UArk Extension’s Mike Daniels for conservation work

• By Ryan McGeeney • The Arkansas Soil and Water Education Conference and the Judd Hill Foundation recently honored one of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s longest-serving conservation experts, presenting Mike Daniels with the 2021 Outstanding Conservationist...

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