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Kent Brown, a fourth-generation rice grower from Hathaway north of Jennings, Louisiana, was named the International Rice Festival's 2017 Rice Farmer of the Year. In the late 1800s, Brown’s ancestors, who were Iowa wheat farmers, moved during the historical migration...

Rice farmers just by their nature are conservationists and stewards of the land. But do you know a producer who goes above and beyond the call of duty by adopting the latest technologies to further protect resources? Nominate him or...

Kurt Guidry, a professor of agricultural economics with the Louisiana State University AgCenter in Baton Rouge, has been named regional director for the AgCenter Southwest Region. The appointment is effective Oct. 1. Guidry, who will be based at the H....

Dr. Albert Fischer, a University of California, Davis, weed ecophysiologist, was honored with the Marlin Brandon California Rice Industry Award at the recent California Rice Experiment Station Rice Field Day in Biggs. The award, named after the late Dr. Marlin...

Breeders at the California Rice Experiment Station recently unveiled ROXY rice—a line of medium-grain resistant to oxyfluorfen herbicide—at their annual field day. Three years into development, Rice Experiment Station director Dr. Kent McKenzie, who's leading the project, says he's pleased...

Colusa County, California, rice producer Kurt Richter has launched "Rice Radio," a monthly podcast designed to fill a void in existing media. "The core topics will be California rice and the Sacramento Valley and fringe topics," he says. Fringe subjects...

Although RiceTec doesn't plan to introduce any new hybrids for 2018, the Houston, Texas-based company does expect to have significantly improved seed availability for next season. "We've been sold out the last two years, so this year we made plans...

Diamonds may be a girl's best friends, but Diamond — University of Arkansas' new long-grain variety — is shaping up to be a producer's best friend. "It has an extremely high yield potential, and people who have it are excited...

Rice acreage may be down in Mississippi this season, but the amount of ground devoted to rice research at Mississippi State University's Stoneville research station is as high as Extension agronomist Bobby Golden can remember. This year, the U.S. Department...

Rice growers in Arkansas just got a little more help in their battle against insect pests when the University of Arkansas hired Dr. Nick Bateman as the new Extension rice entomologist. Bateman — an Arkansas native — is no stranger...

A weed not typically associated with flooded rice fields has begun to trouble at least one Arkansas rice producer. The Poinsett County grower first brought the problem of stinkgrass to the attention of Bob Scott, University of Arkansas Extension weed...

BASF Corp. and the Israeli company, Kaiima Bio-Agritech Ltd. recently announced they will be partnering on developing herbicide-tolerant non-GMO crops using the Kaiima's proprietary EP technology platform. Although the technology is applicable to most crops, Kaiima has focused on a...

Southeast Missouri State University will host an agriculture technology workshop series, beginning Aug. 1, to help agribusinesses gain insight into innovations and regional resources available to them. The series will meet each Tuesday and Thursday during the first two weeks...

The University of California is once again this season conducting the UCCE Rice Yield Contest. Much like the 2016 season, Cooperative Extension has divided the rice-producing area into quadrants to remove some of the variability among production areas. Growers compete with their...

Growers host farm-scale demonstrations to learn more about the new weed-control system. By Vicky Boyd Editor Kaplan, La., rice producer Christian Richard, who has a 20-acre demonstration field of Provisia rice, looks forward to having the herbicide-tolerant system as another weedy rice...