Disease Management in California
There are four main diseases that affect rice in California: blast, stem rot, smut, and aggregate sheath spot. I listed them from more to less important.
While blast does not occur every year, it can be very...
Irby Named Associate Director for MSU Extension
Trent Irby has moved into an administrative role with the Mississippi State University Extension Service after more than 12 years of serving the state’s soybean growers.
MSU Extension Director Angus Catchot recently named Irby...
⋅ BY TOBIE BLANCHARD ⋅
LSU AgCenter
The LSU AgCenter is partnering with Horizon Ag, a seed marketing and variety development company, to initiate a new rice breeding program focused on varieties for southern rice-producing areas, which include Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi,...
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) have issued a final rule to update the implementing regulations for Section 10 of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). Section 10 of the ESA sets out various voluntary programs available to...
As planting season begins, farmers are testing their soil to determine the nutrients needed to grow their crop. Mississippi State scientists and colleagues from nearly 50 universities, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, non-profit organizations, and industry partners released a...
Growing a Sustainable Crop for the Bottom Line
⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅
EDITOR
Jeff Rutledge owns and operates a farm in Newport, Arkansas, located between and along the White River and Black River. Rutledge has an undergraduate degree in agronomy from...
⋅ BY BRITTANEY MANN ⋅
U of A System Division of Agriculture
Naturally occurring polyphenols and proteins from pigmented waxy rice may help starch ingredients improve texture without any chemical modification — a change some consumers may welcome, said Ya-Jane Wang,...
⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅
EDITOR
John Cecil is a fourth-generation rice grower in Willows, California. His great grandfather bought some land there back in the 1800s. He began to take over the operation located in the Glenn-Colusa irrigation district in...
The Roy Blunt Soil Testing and Research Laboratory will strengthen
research support for southeast Missouri producers.
A groundbreaking was held April 5 for the Roy Blunt Soil Testing and Research Laboratory at the University of Missouri’s Fisher Delta Research, Extension, and...
The U.S. rice industry generates roughly $34 billion toward the U.S. economy, but exports account for more than 50% of the rice produced and processed here in the United States. Agricultural exports are critical to the U.S. economy, and...
There’s a song I listen to every now and then with the lyrics “life is not the mountaintops; it’s the walking in between.” I really like that metaphor this time of year. It seems like the “in between” time...
Hiring is Part of a Recent Partnership Supporting Collaborative Breeding Efforts
Horizon Ag is pleased to announce the hiring of Dr. María Guadalupe Montiel for the newly created position of rice breeder for the company’s independent lab located at the...
Last year’s post-harvest weather was a big help, giving farmers a chance to knock out field prep.
⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅
About half of Arkansas’ expected 1.45 million acres of rice has been planted, with northeast Arkansas leading the way,...
⋅ BY V. TODD MILLER ⋅
A national group of scientists — including two from the LSU AgCenter — has released the Fertilizer Recommendation Support Tool, or FRST, a decision aid providing an unbiased, science-based interpretation of soil test phosphorus...
Seeding Rate Work in Furrow-Irrigated Rice
We recently wrapped up the “meeting season” circuit, where it seems like we speak about every other day on various research topics that we’ve been looking at throughout the year(s). While meeting season is...
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