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By Deborah Willenborg • According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), farmers and ag cooperatives need to be on high alert this spring as cyber criminals might attack the industry during planting and harvesting seasons, “disrupting operations, causing financial...

• SPONSORED CONTENT • Blain Pearce Pearce Consulting LLC McGehee, Arkansas Growing up, I always wanted to work for a man named Steven Walls who scouted cotton and soybeans. When I was 12 years old, he picked me up at 5:30 one morning...

There’s still time to apply to the Missouri Century Farm Program. Deadline is May 1. If your farm has been in your family since Dec. 31, 1922, you can apply to have it recognized as a Missouri Century Farm. To qualify, the...

The art of irrigation begins now The time we’ve all been waiting for is finally here. While I write these comments on March 29, there are already several thousand acres of rice planted across the Missouri bootheel. In fact, we...

⋅ By Cassidy Nemec ⋅ Assistant Editor Matthew Sligar always enjoyed the arts while growing up in a farming community, so it came as no surprise this third-generation rice farmer wrote a children’s book titled Daddy’s Got Dirt: A California Rice...

Innovations featured at 113th LSU AgCenter Rice Field Day LSU AgCenter rice researchers are once again inviting producers and industry professionals to the H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station for its annual field day to be held Wednesday, June 29. “We...

Rice Processing Program develops on-farm drying guidelines. ⋅ By John Lovett ⋅ University of Arkansas 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 to maximize quality...

Rainfall data is essential information for farmers to help manage their fields. However, one of the main challenges is to have good coverage in areas where there are only a few weather stations close by. In addition to that,...

LSU AgCenter shines light on resistant weeds. ⋅ By Johnny Morgan ⋅ With the increase in herbicide-resistant weed varieties, researchers are examining new methods of control — including using blue light to target stubborn weed species. LSU AgCenter weed scientist Lauren Lazaro...

Mississippi high-performing rice variety resistant to a major disease. Mississippi State researchers announce the development of a high-performing rice variety that may be an “insurance policy” for growers. Scientists in the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station recently unveiled a new...

⋅ By Julian M. Lucero and Blake E. Wilson ⋅ Louisiana State University AgCenter The apple snail, Pomacea maculata, is a global invasive rice pest. Within the past decade, the apple snail has established itself in Louisiana but has only recently...

Seed rice farmer shares strategy for success. ⋅ By Carroll Smith ⋅ Editor Wingmead is a large farm where rice, soybeans and corn are grown in Prairie County, Arkansas. It’s also a seed rice operation that prides itself on clean fields and...

Input costs have risen alarmingly in recent months. The causes are many, complex and unsustainable. The supply chain issues of the past two years continue to plague commodity industries. The conflict in Ukraine has worsened supply chain disruption, and...

Legend has it that the all-you-can-eat buffet, or smorgasbord, hit its height of popularity in the 1980s. I can’t vouch for the accuracy of this claim, but I do admit that I’ve eaten my share. Not only the sheer...

By Tiffany Dobbyn • UC Davis researchers are collaborating with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and UC Agriculture and Natural Resources on a project to help farmers in the state improve their fertilization and irrigation practices. CDFA received...