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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of the Army announced June 9 their intent to revise the definition of “waters of the United States” to better protect the nation’s  water resources. As described in an EPA declaration requesting remand...

Dr. Jong Ham needs growers' help in identifying isolates of the bacterial panicle blight pathogen (Burkholderia glumae) and fungicide-resistant isolates sheath blight (Rhizoctonia solani) in Louisiana rice fields. An associate professor in the Louisiana State University Department of Plant Pathology...

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...

• By Mary Hightower • The Rohwer Research Station in Desha County is known for hosting row crop variety trials as well as pest management and soil fertility experiments. This week it earned a bit of notoriety in another field:...

• By Jarrod Hardke • “At some point it can’t get any wetter, it can only get deeper.”  The south half of Arkansas is feeling that statement this week. Torrential rains struck areas of east-central and southeast Arkansas with places...

• By Ryan McGeeney • Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson declared a state of emergency Thursday in response to the record rainfall and flooding in the southeastern area of the state. The declaration allows him to direct $100,000 from the Governor’s Disaster...

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...

• By Ryan McGeeney • By Tuesday morning, the soils Desha County had seen an almost complete reversal of fortune. “A week ago, we were needing the rain,” John Farabough, Desha county agricultural Extension agent, said. “We went from powder-dry dust...

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...

To some people, farming is an idyllic way of life, but producers face some unique stressors that can impact their well-being. “There are so many unknowns in the farming business,” said Emily Carter, Mississippi State University Extension agent in Sharkey...

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...

• By Nick Bateman, Gus Lorenz and Ben Thrash • Our rice water weevil plots went to flood two weeks ago, and RWW activity has been extremely low. These plots are located in Stuttgart, where RWW pressure is low to...

• By Yeshi Wamishe and Jarrod Hardke • The production of hydrogen sulfide in some soil types due to an interplay between soil chemistry and microbes under anaerobic/ flooded conditions may affect rice starting early in its development. Does your...

The 47th annual Eagle Lake Rice Field Day is scheduled for 5 p.m., June 29, at the Eagle Lake Community Center, 100 N. Walnut Ave., in Eagle Lake, Texas. “We are looking forward to hosting our local rice producers and...

• By Deborah Willenborg • At the opening of the Allen Parish Rice Growers Association annual meeting May 26 in Kinder, Louisiana, President Eric Savant, a local rice grower, welcomed everyone back in-person for the first time in more than...