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Chuck Wilson, who manages the Rice Leadership Development Program and is director of The Rice Foundation, is like a proud father when one of his leadership graduates shines. In fact, he refers to the producers and allied industry members...

Wilmington, Del.-based Nichino America Inc. and Kawasaki, Japan-based Kyoyu Agri Co. Ltd. have signed a licensing agreement that would allow Nichino to market and sell the rice herbicide, pyraclonil, in California. The product is not currently registered for use in...

Horizon Ag and BASF have reached a formal agreement to launch the Provisia Rice System in 2018, providing a new tool for post-emergence control of a broad range of grasses, including weedy rice. Like the Clearfield Production System for rice,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its Prospective Plantings Report March 31, and it showed  rice growers planned to plant about 17 percent fewer acres this season than in 2016. "The expectation of higher prices for competing commodities is contributing...

Officials with Southeast Missouri State University's Department of Agriculture recently dedicated a new greenhouse designed for rice research at its Malden Regional Campus. The 1,500-square-foot facility is expected to broaden rice breeding efforts spearheaded by the Missouri Rice Research and...

James Rice Farms has opened a new rice mill in Prairie Ronde, La. A partnership between Beth James and Rolando Sanchez, it processes the branded Prairie Ronde Rice, named after the area in which it is grown. The facility, which will...

• SPONSORED CONTENT • As fourth-generation rice farmers in Butte County, my brother, sister and all our spouses are proud to continue the tradition of our family’s heritage. In addition to growing rice, I operate a commercial ground application business...

As soon as I could legally drive a truck, Arkansas crop consultant Danny Moore hired me to work for him, which I did for 10 years. We checked a lot of rice during that time. In 2008, I joined...

Multiple-inlet rice irrigation relies on poly tubing and Pipe Planner software to boost water-use efficiency while reducing overall use. By Vicky Boyd Editor Scott Matthews, a rice producer south of Jonesboro, Ark., experimented with multiple-inlet rice irrigation about 10 years ago, had a couple of self-described disasters and...

Weedy rice expansion in California raises concern, prompting calls for using only certified seed and an industry-wide scouting effort. By Vicky Boyd Editor A weedy rice infestation exploded in California from a handful of confirmed fields in prior years to covering more than 10,000 acres in 2016,...

Louisiana’s crawfish producers generally are harvesting more pounds this season than last, allaying fears about damage from last summer’s flooding. By Vicky Boyd Editor After historic flooding in south Louisiana last summer, many crawfish producers were concerned about how the 2017 season would shape up....

The Cajun French have an expression, “Laissez les bons temps rouler,” which means “let the good times roll.” And nowhere do the good times roll more than during Mardi Gras, regardless of where the parades and parties are held. Historically a Louisiana celebration,...

The rice industry faces challenges ahead, but Ag Secretary nominee Sonny Perdue brings a Southern-oriented Farm Bill background. By Betsy Ward President and CEO USA Rice The Trump candidacy may well have changed campaigning forever. And the Trump Administration is, as promised, turning Washington on its...

With an imbalance between supply and demand, lower production and supplies will be needed in 2017 to strengthen prices. By Kurt Guidry The rice market in Louisiana and much of the Southern rice-growing states continues to be pressured with large supplies and...

Simple, farmer-built gauge helps augment water management. By Vicky Boyd Editor More than 40 years ago, Leroy Isbell, a rice producer near England, Ark., built his first rice water gauge after seeing one in a store in Carlisle, Ark. “It had a block of...