Donald A. Leonards, a fourth-generation rice producer near Crowley, La., was named the 2016 Rice Farmer of the Year by the 80th International Rice Festival.
He will be recognized during the festival, which will be held Oct. 20-23 in Crowley.
Leonards...
Dr. Mike Stout, who for 19 years served as a rice entomologist, was named head of the Louisiana State University Department of Entomology. He replaces Jim Ottea, who served as interim head.
Stout received a bachelor's degree in biology from...
The University of California's Agriculture and Natural Resources has established a $1 million endowed chair for California grown rice.
The position, one of 100 created by UC President Janet Napolitano's matching-fund program in 2014, will provide a UC Cooperative Extension scientist...
California rice producers attending the recent annual Rice Field Day at Biggs received some good news and some bad news when it comes to weed control.
As soon as the 2017 use season, they could have a new herbicide—Butte, a...
Many Louisiana rice and soybean producers were looking at decent crops before torrential rains in August flooded many fields and created mud bogs in others.
Kurt Guidry, an agricultural economist with Louisiana State University's AgCenter, puts initial flood losses to...
Homer Lundberg, who with his three older brothers founded Lundberg Family Farms in Richvale, Calif., was honored at the recent California Rice Field Day for his decades of service to the rice industry and his community.
In presenting the 55th...
Crawfish may spend a good part of their life in water, but flooding at the wrong time could affect reproduction and survival. One of the keys to the 2017 season will be how fast producers are able to pump...
Flanked by members of Arkansas' rice, soybean and wheat promotion boards, officials with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture dedicated a new foundation seed processing plant, Aug. 9, outside of Stuttgart.
The state-of-the-art facility, which was built on university...
Horizon Ag continues its quest to provide the industry improved grain quality and better agronomics with the introduction of two long-grain and one medium-grain Clearfield variety for the 2017 season.
The releases, which are naturally tolerant to the imazethapyr herbicide, are...
RiceTec continues to push the yield limits of commercial rice with the introduction of the new Clearfield hybrid, RT7311 CL, for the 2017 season. At the same time, the Houston, Texas-based firm is working to improve grain quality, a...
Growers turn to decades-old chemistry to fight ALS-resistant rice flatsedge.
By Vicky Boyd
Editor
Every time Ricky Posey and his stepbrother, Joe Ray Melvin, looked out their shop door near Hunter, Ark., they saw a big patch of ALS-resistant rice flatsedge that...
Think you have some pretty good yields? See how you fare against fellow California producers with the University of California Cooperative Extension's Rice Yield Contest.
This season, UCCE expanded it to include the entire Sacramento Valley. Last year, it just held...
Sacramento, Calif.-based Farmers' Rice Cooperative named Rick Rhody as its new CEO. He replaces Kirk Messick, who had been serving as interim CEO since the departure of Frank Bragg III.
"“There are many challenges that FRC and the rice industry...
About 100 rice producers attending the Horizon Ag Louisiana field day learned about new Clearfield varieties with improved agronomics that should help reinforce their economic sustainability.
“We can produce record amounts of rice every season, but if farmers aren’t profitable...
Texas A&M AgriLife researchers gave rice growers highlights of their new product pipeline during the recent 42nd annual rice field day at the David R. Watermann Rice Research Station in Eagle Lake, Texas.
Rice breeder Dr. Rodante Tabien has two...
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