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Vicky wanted me to talk a little about early season nutrient management. Since this is not my area of expertise, I turned to Toni Spencer with M&J Fertilizer in Winnie, Texas. Virtually all her rice farmers apply products that contain...

Growing up, I learned a lot from my father who was a crop consultant and a professor at Delta State University in Cleveland, Miss. He taught me about damaging weed and insect pests and which products to use to...

• SPONSORED CONTENT • I have been a weed scientist for a long time and have worked with different cropping systems. The rice cropping system is very interesting to me because of its uniqueness and global impact as one of...

Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain has temporarily lowered the state's rice seed germination standards for 120 days. "While performing routine tests like purity and germination on seed rice, the LDAF Seed Lab discovered the quality was...

A half century of technology and policy changes have helped Arkansas grow to become the nation’s top rice producer. By Mary Hightower In 1967, the world saw the first heart transplant, “The Graduate” was No. 1 at the box office and the...

As I drove home last summer after photographing sweet rice harvest in Northern California, I was itching so badly I could hardly sit still. But my discomfort also brought back a story a Des Arc, Ark., producer told me...

Ag policy, technology and breeding have helped shape the Louisiana rice industry during the past five decades. By Bruce Schultz Growing rice in Louisiana and the LSU Rice Research Station figured prominently in Rice Farming magazine 50 years ago, just as it...

Yields, pest control and cultivation have advanced during the past five decades as Texas growers strive to remain profitable. By L.T. “Ted” Wilson Rice production in Texas has changed greatly over the past 50 years. Table 1 summarizes a few of the major differences...

USA Rice takes a look back at 50 years of ag advocacy in Washington, D.C. As Rice Farming celebrates its golden anniversary, I’d like to offer congratulations and take a brief look at what the agriculture landscape in Washington, D.C.,...

It’s hard to believe Rice Farming magazine will celebrate its Golden Anniversary this year. Many changes and challenges have affected the U.S. rice industry over the past 50 years. Farms are larger, prices are volatile, machinery is highly mechanized and...

Unique production system evolved to meet California’s special needs, resulting in high yields and quality and with an eye on the environment. By Whitney Brim-DeForest, Luis Espino and Cass Mutters Rice production in California has changed dramatically over the past 50 years....

Early rice pioneers had to overcome doubting lenders and agronomic challenges to pave the way for today’s successful Mississippi rice industry. By Bobby R. Golden and Jason A. Bond Fifty years ago in 1966 marked the 18th year of farm-scale rice production...

Houston-based RiceTec and Adama Agricultural Solutions, an Israel-based crop protection company, plan to collaborate on development of herbicide-tolerant non-genetically engineered rice hybrids. The announcement of the FullPage Rice Cropping Solution, as the herbicide-tolerant rice hybrid system will be called, was...

For more than six decades, a major stop along the way to a new rice farming season is the Mid-South Farm & Gin Show. This year’s event will be held at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tenn., March 3-4. “The...

University of California Cooperative Extension names top three producers in its 2016 annual rice yield contest. By Bruce Linquist In 2015 University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) initiated the UCCE Rice Yield Contest as a pilot study in Butte County. In...