FMC U.S. introduced today Keenali Complete herbicide and Keenali GR herbicide as the brand names for the new herbicides powered by Dodhylex active in the United States. Pending EPA decision, FMC anticipates the launch of Keenali Complete herbicide in 2027 and Keenali GR...

Horizon Ag has some exciting news to kick off the New Year. First, they are pleased to announce that Robyn Chlapecka has joined the Horizon Ag team as our District Field Representative for Northeast Arkansas and Missouri. Robyn brings valuable experience from her previous role...

Hello, 2025! I feel like each year brings a combination of the expected and unexpected — the rice industry certainly had both. Acres were up as expected, but outside factors influenced the rice itself. Whether hurricanes or market fluctuations,...

My first thoughts of rice being grown in Texas was in agronomy class at Texas Tech when Dr. Clark Harvey told the class about rice in the state. Raised on the High Plains near Lubbock, I could not imagine...

I’d like to utilize my space this month to express my appreciation to all readers over the past three years who I’ve been contributing to Rice Farming magazine for. The Specialist Speaking column has been a regular for me...

⋅ BY RONNIE LEVY ⋅ U.S. long-grain rice has long been considered the quality standard of the world. In recent years, however, a number of both domestic as well as international customers have complained about the quality of some southern...

⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅ University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Upending of a 40-year precedent in rulemaking and a pair of end-of-year plot twists for two laws meant to prevent fraud and improve national security were just some of...

Texas Farm Bureau 2025 Scholarship Applications are Open Texas Farm Bureau is committed to empowering the youth of Texas by investing in scholarships and programs to help students develop leadership skills and a future in agriculture. This year, TFB will award...

Who is AgriCapture, and What are They Doing for Rice? AgriCapture, a Nashville, Tennessee-based carbon credit company established in 2021, is taking the rice industry by storm. Read the following Q&A with president Tyler Hull to find out more about...

The annual Rice Awards were presented on Dec. 7 in Little Rock, Arkansas. New Rice Leadership Development Class Announced Members of the 2025 Rice Leadership Development Class were announced recently during the annual Rice Awards Luncheon at this year’s USA Rice...

⋅ BY JUDITH EPPELE ⋅ University of California Bonnie Reiss Leading on Climate Fellow Farmers placed clumps of soil into metal mesh baskets, submerged the baskets into jars of water, then watched to see if their soil held together. The slake...

AgCenter Researchers Join International Colleagues to Study Disease Posing Growing Threat to Rice ⋅ BY OLIVIA McCLURE ⋅ LSU AGCENTER A disease called false smut is posing a growing threat to the global rice crop, and LSU AgCenter scientists are part of...

⋅ BY XIN-GEN (SHANE) ZHOU, LINA BERNAOLA, NUPUR SARKAR, GARY BRADSHAW, SAM RUSTOM, AND SABIN KHANAL ⋅ A new viral disease, Hoja Blanca, caused by the rice hoja blanca virus (RHBV), has been visually identified in 1,400 areas of ratooned...

There are few American commodities as dependent on trade as rice is. Despite being a relatively small crop in terms of U.S. acreage, we are the 5th largest exporter in the world and the largest in the Western Hemisphere....

The Louisiana Agricultural Technology & Management Conference sponsored by the Louisiana Agricultural Consultants Association will be held Feb. 12-14, 2025, at Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville, Louisiana. In addition to the general sessions where presentations such as the Endangered Species...