The California Department of Water Resources conducted the first Phillips Station snow survey of the season Dec. 30. The manual survey recorded 30.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 10.5 inches, which is 93% of...
During the 2020 season, 31 new suspected weedy rice samples were received and six were confirmed to be weedy rice. Three came from new sites in Sutter, Yuba and San Joaquin counties.
The other three came from already infested fields....
• By Kay Ledbetter •
When it comes to “wild pig wars,” Dr. John Tomeček — Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service wildlife specialist in the Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management — has been leading the charge in Texas....
Arkansas State University’s annual Agribusiness Conference will be a virtual event in 2021.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 virtual conference will be presented live via WebEx Wednesday, Feb. 10.
The 27th annual conference will focus on the outlook for...
Struggling families in a 21-county area served by the Central Texas Food Bank will have something to be thankful for this Christmas as the Western Rice Belt Conference Committee donated 11,000 pounds of rice.
Committee members, who farm in an...
Mississippi farmers generated an estimated agricultural value of $7.35 billion in 2020, a 5% increase from 2019 that saw soybeans top forestry for the No. 2 spot behind poultry.
The predicted total ag value exceeds 2019’s production value of $7.01...
• By Lydia Holmes •
Dr. Michele Reba, a research hydrologist with the U.S. Department of Agricultural Agriculture Research Service, is the 2020 recipient of the USA Rice Sustainability Award. Reba was chosen for her leadership and innovative research around...
• By Lesley Dixon •
Before the panel of judges watched the first video in this year's National Rice Month Scholarship Video Contest, the 2020 entries made an impression just on their sheer number — a record-breaking 107.
"Since 2016, when...
Breeders in Arkansas, California and Louisiana have all released jasmine-type rice cultivars. Until recently, no one has characterized their physical, chemical, thermal and pasting properties and compared them to imported Thai jasmine, which comprises about 60% to 70% of...
Three California rice producers have been named top yielders in their respective production regions in the 2020 University of California Rice Yield Contest.
Their names will now be put in a drawing for a chance to win a John Deere...
The University of Arkansas recently published cultural performance data from the Arkansas Rice Performance Trials (ARPT), Commercial Rice Trials (CRT) in grower fields and from seeding date studies conducted during 2018-2020. These studies are supported through grower check-off funds...
• By Mary Hightower •
The University of Arkansas at Monticello, the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture and the Five Oaks Ag Research and Education Center recently announced a partnership for forestry and wildlife research and a graduate...
Two new Clearfield long-grain varieties offer good yield potential and disease package.
• By Vicky Boyd,
Editor •
Two new Clearfield long-grain varieties available commercially in 2021 will up the ante with high yield potential, good grain quality and strong blast resistance.
CLL16...
The challenges growers faced in 2020, including multiple tropical storms and hurricanes as well as the COVID-19 pandemic, seemed to never end. Harvest for many was a challenge, to say the least.
With the 2020 season in your rearview...
First DynaGro rice variety shows high yield potential, good grain quality in trials.
• By Vicky Boyd,
Editor •
Since acquiring Bayer’s rice breeding program in 2015, Nutrien Ag Solutions and its parent company, Agrium, have mostly flown under the radar developing...
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