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By Kathleen Forman • Mississippi State researchers are announcing 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 rice variety, Oryza...

By Peter Bachmann • Earlier this week, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai met in Baltimore with her British counterpart, Secretary of State for International Trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan to hold a dialogue around strengthening the U.S.-UK trade relationship. Prior to the Monday...

By Will Clark • Fast facts: Ninth annual Mid-South Conference set for June 10 in Memphis Six continuing education hours including one hour of ethics will be provided Register online at https://bit.ly/3rSvzAd Early bird registration deadline May 22 Early bird...

In 2022, be flexible and have more than one plan. In a recent edition of the Mississippi Crop Situation podcast out of Stoneville, Mississippi, the “Crop Doctors,” Drs. Don Cook, Jason Bond and Tom Allen, Jr. with Mississippi State University...

• SPONSORED CONTENT • John Penning Penning Family Farms Sutter County, California I was raised in the small town of Robbins, California — an ag community of 100 people in the Sutter Basin area of the Sacramento Valley. I am a fourth-generation...

• SPONSORED CONTENT • Amy Beth Dowdy ABD Crop Consulting LLC Dexter, Missouri When I was born, I was the only girl in a nursery full of boys. It’s been that way my entire life, but I am comfortable in that environment and...

Spray early, spray less We say it every year, repeatedly, to the point of getting eye rolls: focus on pre-emergence (PRE) herbicides! There’s no single easier way to improve weed control and save money than to get PRE herbicides overlapped...

Researchers look for strategies to improve rice cropping systems to feed a growing global population. ⋅ By Blair Fannin ⋅ More rice production can be produced while minimizing the crop’s environmental impact, new research suggests. And that’s important with the global population...

LSU AgCenter names two new conventional rice varieties In January, Rice Farming reported that Louisiana State University had released an early, high-yielding long grain and a high-amylose long grain for parboiling and export markets — LA19-2212 and LA20-2126. Both varieties...

Hard numbers may positively affect compensation in the carbon market. ⋅ By Ronnie Helms, Jim Grove and Trey Helms ⋅ Climate-smart farming, sustainable farming practices, green house mitigation and carbon sequestration are terms that are now in many agricultural publications. Depending on...

Louisiana-grown variety has an average glycemic rating of 41. ⋅ By Tobi Blanchard ⋅ For people interested in keeping their blood sugar levels in check, they now have a new tool thanks to rice developed at the LSU AgCenter Rice Research...

Like ducks and geese, salmon may be next to benefit from California rice fields. ⋅ By Jim Morris ⋅ California Rice Commission A generation ago, it may have seemed far-fetched that Sacramento Valley rice fields could play a vital role for millions of...

While scientists have been raising alarms on climate change for decades, it’s in the more recent past that private citizens have taken action — like home recycling — and started demanding more. Companies followed suit with their own initiatives,...

2021 is in the rear view mirror, and you’ve been planning for the upcoming season for the past few months. As temperatures warm up across the Rice Belt, it’s time to get your game on. It’s no secret you...

By Josie McLaurin • Teams of rice farmers spread out across Capitol Hill recently to meet with lawmakers and key staff to share industry concerns and priorities as preparations for the 2023 Farm Bill get underway. “We had excellent participation in...