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How a Texas Rice Grower Honors His Family with His Crop ⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅ Editor Andrew Boettcher would have never imagined his life turning out the way it has years ago when he was running track at Stephen F. Austin...

Herbicide Widens Palmer Pigweed Control Options for Rice Growers, but Stick to the Label ⋅ BY JOHN LOVETT ⋅ University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station A word of caution to rice growers: the herbicide fluridone has become a...

⋅ DR. BRUCE LINQUIST ⋅ University of California Cooperative Extension This year, with high input costs and low rice prices, a lot of growers are testing their soil to determine if they need to apply P and K fertilizer. I have received...

In early April, a spate of internet stories popped up, once again, about arsenic, brown rice, and white rice. You probably saw them. Someone probably sent one of them to you. Or all of them. They were sent to...

Nowadays, when you google something, you get an “AI Overview” at the top of the screen of results. If you google “Preparing for the unexpected,” you get the following: “To prepare for the unexpected, identify potential risks, develop contingency...

My journey into agriculture, particularly rice in the Mid-South, is anything but conventional. I grew up in the heart of Dallas, Texas. That’s not to say I didn’t have a connection to agriculture. Like a lot of folks post...

Insect Defense Insect control in Arkansas rice starts up front before the seed hits the ground. Rice water weevil and grape colaspis are our worrisome early season insect pests, and the below-ground damage they cause is difficult to combat. For years,...

Ongoing Study Explores Alternative Method to Managing Field Margins ⋅ BY WHITNEY BRIM-DeFOREST ⋅ CONTRIBUTIONS BY TAIYU GUAN, LUIS A. ESPINO, AND SARAH E. LIGH  University of California Cooperative Extension Incorporating hedgerows in rice could provide growers with an alternative method for managing...

A New Weed Science Society of America Article Shows the Need to Deploy Multiple Control Measures to Protect Rice Grain Production in a Furrow-irrigated System A recently published article in the journal Weed Science demonstrates just how devastating Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) can...

Integrated Approach Aims to Preserve the Provisia and Max-Ace Technologies ⋅ BY FORD BALDWIN ⋅ My career as a rice weed scientist began at the University of Arkansas in 1974. While barnyardgrass was the No. 1 weed problem in rice, weedy...

Report from Missouri Rice Council Annual Meeting  Last week, Bootheel rice farmers gathered here for the Missouri Rice Council annual meeting that had been rescheduled due to a February snow storm. Following a short reception, attendees heard from several speakers focused...

⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅ U of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture The Rice Technical Working Group — RTWG — has bestowed a distinguished award on a distinguished professor. Jason Norsworthy, distinguished professor and Elms Farming Chair of Weed Science at the University...

Two researchers with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture will be part of a three-year study examining how farmers’ risk preferences impact water use during drought. Mike Daniels, professor and Extension soil and water conservation scientist, and John...

By now, you have probably heard the details on USDA’s Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP), backed by $10 billion from the American Relief Act of 2025, but if you haven’t, I’ll share them, and how to apply for the...

What It Is USDA’s Farm Service Agency is issuing up to $10 billion in direct payments to eligible agricultural producers of eligible commodities for the 2024 crop year through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP). These one-time economic assistance payments will...