• By Blake Wilson, Julian Lucero and Mark Shirley •
Invasive apple snails — sometimes called giant, golden or channeled apple snails — are native to South America but have been introduced into many regions. Several species of apple snails...
Despite coronavirus restrictions, rice breeding programs continue albeit with a few changes.
• By Vicky Boyd,
Editor •
In mid-March, University of Arkansas rice breeder Xueyan Sha decided only a few days before his scheduled trip to the university’s Puerto Rican winter...
2 non-native stink bugs prompt questions about treatment thresholds, spray timings in Florida rice.
• By Vicky Boyd,
Editor •
Since it was first confirmed about 13 years ago, an exotic rice stink bug from the Caribbean and Central and South America...
Several groups have taken to social media using the hashtag #stillfarming to let consumers know that agriculture is one of 16 essential business structures and that farmers continue to grow food during the coronavirus pandemic.
As some farmers I know...
This is an exciting time to grow rice in the United States. Advances in technology and innovative practices have revolutionized the industry and made us one of the most sustainable crops in the world. Over the past 30 years,...
Arkansas revisits rice stink bug thresholds, finding they still balance grain damage with grower profitability.
• By Vicky Boyd,
Editor •
As two southern rice-producing states changed their rice stink bug thresholds, reducing the number that would trigger treatment, University of Arkansas...
Use plant growth stage and DD50 to gauge when best to make N applications.
• By Jarrod Hardke •
Proper nitrogen (N) management is all about timing. Whether we’re talking about preflood N, midseason N or boot N, we need to...
Epidemic levels of kernel smut and false smut were prevalent in the 2019 Louisiana rice crop. While smuts have always been a common problem in northeast Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta rice-growing regions, smuts were never really a concern...
Even with a projected acreage increase, the market appears better than 2017 as long as demand doesn’t wane.
• By Kurt Guidry •
The current rice market continues to show strength despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the prospects for larger acreage...
• By Ryan McGeeney •
As anyone who’s ever seen their working conditions boiled down to a single pair of digits can tell you, big numbers don’t always tell the whole story.
To see the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s tell it,...
According to a Mississippi State University research study, feral pigs cause $66 million in property damage in the Magnolia State each year. With the wild hog population increases and damage estimates constantly changing, it’s now easier to report and...
• By Ching Lee •
Ideal planting conditions should have allowed rice farmers throughout the Sacramento Valley plenty of time to prepare and seed their fields this spring, But short supplies of a liquid fertilizer have slowed their progress, leaving...
Furrow-irrigated rice has been gaining ground, increasing from less than 1% to 10% of total rice acreage in Arkansas in the past five years.
The “Arkansas Furrow-Irrigated Rice Handbook” provides research-based information about selecting cultivars, establishing stands, and managing fertility,...
• By Bruce Schultz •
Rice prices have rebounded, and the Louisiana 2020 crop is off to a good start.
Louisiana State University AgCenter economist Michael Deliberto said there are several reasons why the economic outlook for rice is positive.
“There is...
Like people, some plants handle stress better than others.
Now, in a recent issue of Agronomy, a team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university scientists report their identification of U.S. rice varieties with the right "genetic" stuff for coping...
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