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Rice Growers Association LLC recently opened an office in Yuba City, Calif. The vertically integrated company was formed by rice producer Greg Van Dyke and industry veteran Pat Daddow. RGA plans to provide consumers with a "Farm to Fork" experience by managing...

Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Valent U.S.A. plans to expand its research facility in Leland, Miss., as well as build a new facility near Champaign, Ill. The investments are part of a wide-scale global research initiative announced earlier this month by...

I was raised in Yuba County on a walnut and prune ranch, so a career in agriculture was a natural fit. I’ve spent the past 16 seasons as research manager and Pest Control Adviser at Butte County Rice Growers...

I began scouting cotton in 1994 while attending Arkansas State University. In 1996-97, I worked for Don Benson, an independent consultant, in Marinna, Ark., who also checks rice. After starting my own business — Southern Heritage Cotton Co. — in...

Intermittent flooding leads to water savings and potential profit from greenhouse gas offset credit sales. By Mark Isbell 2016 presents an opportunity for Mid-South rice farmers to reap additional profits from irrigation conservation practices beyond just water savings. They will have a...

Pay attention to wind, several other factors to minimize off-target herbicide movement onto sensitive crops. By Vicky Boyd Editor As growers of other row crops have transitioned away from glyphosate because of resistance concerns, the timing and extent of herbicide drift damage to...

The growth of big data within agriculture has created some big privacy concerns. But a collaborative effort among several universities, agri-businesses and ag groups hopes to develop an independent national online repository to help allay some of those fears. The...

Erratic export demand, strong U.S. dollar and higher U.S. rice prices conspire to soften short-term market outlook. By Kurt Guidry The supply and demand outlook for the rice market remained mostly unchanged with the release of U.S. Department of Agriculture’s World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates...

Credit Moro, Ark., farmer Billy Don Hinkle with coming up with an easy way to connect two pieces of poly tubing together without any tools. The Splice Device, as the invention is called, is being marketed by Delta Plastics of...

The Food and Drug Administration is moving forward with new standards for levels of inorganic arsenic in infant rice cereals. In what the agency calls a draft guidance to the industry, it is proposing a threshold of 100 parts per...

Northern California rice producers received good news today as the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which operates the sprawling Central Valley Project, announced it would make full deliveries north of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. In making the initial allocations, the...

This season, U.S. rice growers nationwide are expected to plant 3.04 million acres, or 17 percent more than they did in 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's prospective plantings report released March 31. Growers in each of the...

Early in my career, I worked for a company that offered a product line in conjunction with consulting services. I enjoyed the scouting so much that after a few years, I formed my own company, Tomlinson Crop Services. In 2015,...

My career in the rice industry began in mid-1997 when the company that I was working for registered Stam brand propanil in California. In 2001, the company was purchased by Dow AgroSciences, which had a portfolio of rice products....

South Louisiana rice farmers dodged big rains and continue planting. But they are advised to drain water from drill-seeded fields to promote germination. The unexpected rains in early March have delayed rice planting in some regions, but in South Louisiana,...