A Texas A&M University graduate student received a research grant to better identify, understand and ultimately mitigate fall armyworm populations in Texas and the central United States.
Ashley Tessnow, a doctoral candidate in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and...
The annual National Rice Month Scholarship Video Contest is up and running with a new sponsor, American Commodity Co., and a revamped website full of information and tips on making and submitting a great video.
Open to graduating high school...
With rice harvest gaining speed in many areas and the crop making rapid progress in others, reports are coming in across the South regarding the strong performance of promising new Horizon Ag Clearfield and Provisia varieties.
Farmers are already starting...
• By Tommy Butts •
Harvest is rapidly approaching, and the majority of folks have put weed control thoughts behind them. However, identifying and assessing late-season weed escapes is a necessity to develop an effective weed control strategy for the...
• By Bruce Schultz •
The harvest for the 2020 rice crop in south Louisiana is nearing the halfway point, and the result is a big improvement over a string of bad to mediocre years.
“If these yields hold out, I...
Valley, Nebraska-based Valley Irrigation has acquired the Benton, Mississippi-based ag-tech company, PrecisionKing, which focuses on moisture monitoring, pump control and remote sensing.
"We are excited about this acquisition for many reasons," says Darren Siekman, Valley vice president of water delivery...
Four icons of agriculture were inducted into the Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction during a ceremony Aug. 6 at the L’Auberge Hotel in Baton Rouge.
The four individuals are James Barnett, a forestry researcher from Pineville; John Denison, a rice,...
Rice harvest is approaching in the Mississippi Delta, and early signs point to good yields in 2020.
Bobby Golden, rice specialist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service and an assistant professor with the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station,...
University of California Cooperative Extension is seeking input from California growers of field crops, consultants and allied industry on how the division should approach research and Extension efforts.
"Your input will highlight the most important issues facing field crop production...
• By Josh Hankins •
The Arkansas Rice Federation board selected Kelly Robbins as the organization's new executive director, effective Aug. 1.
He succeeds Lauren Waldrip, a partner at Campbell Ward, a Little Rock-based public affairs and public relations firm.
Most recently,...
• By Fred Miller •
Rice will lead off a series of online commodity-based field days designed to give Arkansans a first look at the latest University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture research and Extension from the safety of...
• By Mary Hightower •
Growing rice may provide some insulation from the economic impacts of COVID-19 for Arkansas farms, but cotton growers are likely to be harder hit through 2023, according to a model run by the University of...
The rice field day circuit is different this year, and those of us who try to hit many of them may be having withdrawal symptoms.
Sure, these events are a chance learn about the latest research at the various universities...
Some folks may miss riding around in the panel trucks listening to different presentations during the annual Rice Field Day at the California Rice Experiment Station near Biggs.
But for many others who prefer not being in the hot sun...
• By Vicky Boyd,
Editor •
After the discovery of rice delphacid in an El Campo, Texas, greenhouse last winter and a possible sighting recently in Victoria County, a Texas A&M AgriLife Research entomologist has cautioned growers and consultants to be...
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