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Under cloudy skies and cool temperatures, attendees of Louisiana State University AgCenter's 107th annual rice field day in Crowley June 29 got a glimpse of several new varieties, hybrids and crop protection materials in the pipeline. Among those were a Clearfield...

For the past two years, breeders with Crop Production Services have quietly been working to develop rice hybrids with improved agronomic traits. By Vicky Boyd Editor The first resulting commercial hybrid, named Express, is set for market introduction in time for...

While some crop protection companies are reducing their presence in the agricultural industry because of cyclic downturns, Valent U.S.A. is investing in its future with expansion and new construction projects. By Vicky Boyd Editor The Walnut Creek, Calif.-based firm is nearing...

Vicky Boyd, editor of Rice Farming and Soybean South and managing editor of Cotton Farming magazines, took top honors in Fresno County (Calif.) Farm Bureau's 22nd Annual Journalism Awards, Farm Trade Print category. Boyd wrote about how California's drought and...

Mississippi State University's Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station recently released a new long-grain conventional variety adapted to the state's soils and climates. Dubbed "Thad," the variety is named after U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran. Thad has yields similar to Rex, released...

In the first of a series of field days, Louisiana State University's AgCenter highlighted two varieties it released in 2015 that are receiving good reviews. CL153, a Clearfield-tolerant long-grain, has less chalk and better disease resistance than CL151. The mills...

When it rains, it pours. Rice producers in Texas who have suffered from reduced water deliveries and four years of drought now are experiencing too much rain. As a result, officials with Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension predict yields may...

Monheim, Germany-based Bayer AG and Redmond, Wash.-based Planetary Resources have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop applications based on satellite imaging. Bayer plans to purchase the data from aerospace technology provider Planetary Resources to create new agricultural products and...

Construction of the University of Arkansas' Foundation Seed Facility outside of Stuttgart is on schedule with a planned ribbon cutting and opening Aug. 9. The next day, attendee's of the Rice Expo can take tours of the new plant, which...

A group of researchers at the University of Delaware has found that incorporating rice husks into the soil can decrease toxic inorganic arsenic levels in rice grain by 25 to 50 percent without negatively affecting yield. The team was led...

For the first time since 2008, Cuba has accepted a 20-ton shipment of U.S. long-grain rice. The move comes after President Barack Obama declared in December 2015 that he would restore full diplomatic relations with Cuba and the United States...

  To create positive momentum and remove the cloud moving forward, demand and accompanying sales will need to increase. By Kurt Guidry While there were no changes made in the supply and demand numbers released in the April release of U.S. Department...

As Mexican rice borer expands, a collaborative effort is studying new management regimes and control methods. By Vicky Boyd Editor Since the Mexican rice borer was first confirmed in Texas in the 1980s, it has slowly expanded its range throughout Southeast Texas and into...

Not too long ago, I was talking to a retired University of California Cooperative Extension farm adviser about Farm Bureau farm centers. Back in the days before paved roads and the Internet, these local meeting halls served as an outreach...

For the first time in four years, water is flowing from lakes near Austin, Texas, to rice producers west of Houston. Water from the Highland Lakes is once again flowing down the Colorado River to the Texas Coastal Bend, bringing...