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...

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...