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Shorter supplies have shorn up the current market, but increased 2018 planting projections cloud long-term price outlook. By Kurt Guidry When reviewing the factors influencing the rice market, it becomes fairly apparent that contrasting forces could shape future price movement. On one...

With the introduction this season of Loyant with Rinskor Active from Corteva Agriscience, growers have a new mode of action to add to their weed-management toolbox, according to a news release. This takes on more importance because of the growing...

A team of University of Arkansas researchers was recently recognized for its contribution toward helping rice producers grow more rice using less water. The team is evaluating alternate wetting and drying, which can require up to 30 percent less water...

University of Arkansas breeding program releases new jasmine-type long grain. By Ryan McGeeney The University of Arkansas recently released ARoma 17, a new aromatic long-grain rice that offers exceptional rough rice yields with good milling yields. Aromatic rices are fragrant varieties that...

With tight world supplies, an interruption anywhere could likely send prices higher and help U.S. exports. By Vicky Boyd Editor Once the top rice-exporting country globally in 1980, the United States has since slipped to a distant sixth place where it...

Researchers from Cornell University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service recently released a nutritious red rice cultivar that could appeal to consumers interested in alternative grains. The new variety, Scarlett, is whole-grain rice that has a nutty,...

Drs. Steve Linscombe and Johnny Saichuk, both retired Louisiana State University AgCenter researchers, were honored with distinguished service awards from the 2018 Rice Technical Working Group. RTWG is an international group of rice experts that meets every even-numbered year to collaborate...

Randy Jemison, retired Louisiana field representative for USA Rice, was honored recently by the Louisiana Rice Council and the Louisiana Rice Growers Association with a distinguished service award. The award was presented at the annual joint meeting of the two...

The agricultural division of DowDuPont, the company created when Dow and DuPont merged, will have a new name come this summer – Corteva Agriscience. As part of the merger, three divisions will be created. DowDuPont expects to spin off the...

Making inroads into the imported jasmine market proves challenging for growers and millers. By Vicky Boyd Editor The United States imports about 400,000 metric tons of jasmine rice annually, a figure that hasn’t gone unnoticed by Fred Zaunbrecher. As a Louisiana...

Colombian trip helps Texas A&M entomologist learn more about a rice planthopper and prepare in case it reappears in the South. By Mo Way, Fernando Correa and Maribel Cruz The rice delphacid (Tagosodes orizicolus) is a serious rice pest in much...

USA Rice promotions in nearly 25 countries help tell the U.S. rice industry’s positive story. I think everyone in the rice industry knows we export about half of our crop annually, making us highly dependent on market conditions around the...

Growing up, our parents would scold us if we were picking at the food on our plate during dinner. “You better clean your plate. Think of the poor starving kids in China.” Back then, I just thought it was one...

Weedy rice control remains elusive for California growers, but researchers continue to search for potential herbicides. By Vicky Boyd Editor Whitney Brim-DeForest displayed the five different biotypes of weedy rice found in California at the Rice Experiment Station's annual Rice Field Day. The California...

California Rice Research Foundation OKs two varieties for release. By Kent McKenzie The California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation Board of Directors recently released two new rice varieties for California producers — a Calrose-type medium grain with blast resistance and a jasmine-type...