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Ground broken on new South Louisiana rice mill

Ground was broken recently for the $21 million Southern Louisiana Mill Facility on 3 acres adjacent to the South Louisiana Rail Facility in Jeff Davis Parish, Louisiana. The five story 15,000-square-foot building, which will house a state-of-the-art processing mill, is...

Woe is rice milling for the 2021 season

The 2021 season wasn’t without its difficulties throughout the year, but overall, the grain yield results have been very good. So good, in fact, that a new state average yield record is currently projected at 168.9 bu/acre (7,600 lbs/acre)....

UArk aromatic rice variety used to make award-winning gins

• By John Lovett • Artisanal gins from Wonderbird Spirits in Mississippi are the only known American gins in commercial production that start with rice as the base, and they are made from an aromatic variety created by rice breeders...

LSU AgCenter economists offer tools for farmers to monitor bottom lines

With agricultural input costs on a rapid rise and the volatility of current commodity markets, farmers are having to tighten their belts to stay in the black. To navigate the complicated economic nature of operating a profitable farming operation, the...

New high-amylose Clearfield variety joins other Horizon Ag varieties in 2022

Horizon Ag firmly believes the future of the Southern rice industry is closely tied to its ability to provide the quality and type of long-grain rice in demand by important customers throughout the Western Hemisphere. That’s why the seed...

EU lifts 25% retaliatory duty on U.S. rice

• By Peter Bachmann • As world leaders met for the Group of 20 Summit this weekend, U.S. and European Union negotiators worked on the sidelines to reach a deal that lifts the retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products, including milled...

Clemson aims to boost organic rice production in salty coastal South Carolina

A Clemson University-led project aimed at reviving South Carolina’s rice industry has nabbed a federal grant to further its efforts. Given the acronym iCORP — Increasing Coastal Organic Rice Production in South Carolina Using Salt Tolerant Cultivars — it tackles...

LSU AgCenter receives grant to further IPM programs

The Louisiana agriculture industry is valued at more than $12 billion. But with the state’s subtropical climate comes insects, diseases and weeds, which affect every facet of the business. A three-year National Institutes of Food and Agriculture grant was recently...

New rice parboiling method saves water, improves nutrient content

• By Fred Miller • Food scientists at the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station have developed a new parboiling process that reduces water use up to 75% and improves nutrient content in rice. Annegret Jannasch, a food science graduate student in the...

Louisiana Ag Hall of Distinction opens nomination period

The Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction is once again accepting nominations for its annual induction ceremony, which will be held March 24, 2022, in Baton Rouge. The nomination form can be obtained online at www.louisianaagriculturehallofdistinction.com or through any parish Louisiana...

Wet spring, dry fall could lead to strong finish for central Arkansas rice

• By Ryan McGeeney • Arkansas growers have seen a little — or a lot — of everything this year, including record low temperatures and snowfall in February and a record rainstorm in June. Nevertheless, many row crop farmers in the...

RiceTec receives Canadian approval for Max-Ace rice

The Canadian Health Agency's Feed and Food Divisions have approved the Max-Ace rice system from RiceTec. The move allows for unrestricted planting of the cultivars, which are bred to withstand over-the-top applications of Highcard herbicide from Adama. For the 2022...

USDA grant will help support organic rice research at UArk, UC

The University of Arkansas, in collaboration with The Organic Center and the University of California Cooperative Extension, has been awarded nearly $500,000 through U.S. Department of Agriculture's Organic Research and Extension Institute. The funding will help support a three-year...

U Ark’s NERREC hosts virtual tour beginning Oct. 18

A project to measure greenhouse gases and water use in furrow-irrigated rice, and the use of cover crops as a remediation tool in land leveling are just two of the presentations that are part of the Northeast Rice Research...

Texas family enlists conservation programs to aid rice farm, wildlife

Since 1910, four generations of the Schiurring family have harvested rice on the 3S Ranch near El Campo in Colorado and Wharton counties, Texas. The family grows approximately 1,500 acres of long-grain rice annually. Third-generation, J. Brent Schiurring was one...

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