Amy Beth Dowdy ABD Crop Consultants, LLC Dexter, Mo. When I was in college, I worked with Terra as a field scout from 1990-92. After that internship, I joined the company full-time as a consultant from 1992-96 and, in 1996, I started...

Americans should continue to supply the commodities. By Johnny Broussard Director Industry Affairs & Communications USA Rice Federation USA Rice Federation strongly opposes President Barack Obama's proposed budget changes for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 operation of the United States' humanitarian overseas food...

Producer organization continues to focus on viable export markets. By Dwight Roberts President and Chief Executive Officer, USRPA The old saying, "There are no two years alike," rarely fails to be true, and 2013 is certainly shaping up to be another unique version....

By Carroll Smith Editor "It was a dark and stormy night" was first penned by English novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton in the opening sentence of his 1830 novel Paul Clifford, according to Wikipedia – an online encyclopedia. Now, in 2013, Bulwer-Lytton's words...

By Dr. Drew Ellis Greenville, Miss. The theme of the 2012 rice-growing season was "early." Dry conditions enabled many in the Mid-South to get in the fields ahead of schedule. This early planting led, in some instances, to slower-growing rice and...

A good deal of Arkansas rice will be dried and stored on the farm each year. Rice has the highest quality it will ever have at harvest. The way that rice is handled during the drying and storage process...

Missouri Rice Disease Control By Sam Atwell University of Missouri Extension Rice blast is one of the earliest known foliar diseases. The blast fungus survives in various ways but often is seedborne. To reduce seedborne blast, research suggests seed treated with Dynasty...

By Carroll Smith Editor Editor's note: In the following article, the fields discussed by Ronnie and Michael Aguzzi and Earl Kline are on straight levee, land-leveled ground. The South typically enjoys an abundant water supply with its many rivers, lakes, ponds and...

In Memory: Robert M. Bor As published in the May 7 edition of USA Rice Daily, The USA Rice Federation mourns the passing of Robert M. Bor, 90, of Silver Spring, Md., who was general counsel for the USA Rice...

DR. JOHN SAICHUK LOUISIANA [email protected] Last year, when I was writing about disease management for the 2012 rice-growing season, I concentrated on what I thought was going to be the major issue of the year – resistant sheath blight. At the time,...

First Session Completed The 2013-15 Rice Leadership Development Program class participated in its first session March 11-15, with a look at rice production and marketing programs in the Gulf Coast states of Texas and Louisiana. In Texas, the group met with...

DR. JARROD T. HARDKE ARKANSAS Rice Extension Agronomist University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture [email protected] “Do I have an adequate water supply to irrigate the rice acreage I intend to grow?” This should be one of the first questions a rice grower asks before the...

Rusty Hestir Hestir Rice Service DeWitt, Ark. After attending the University of Arkansas, I worked for Ag Plans of DeWitt and later for Rice Management, Inc. of DeWitt before starting my own agriculture consulting business, Hestir Rice Service, in 1992. I mainly...

Our industry must aggressively campaign to promote U.S. rice. By Sarah Winnan Moran Manager International Promotion USA Rice Federation For more than 15 years, the United States has enjoyed a robust market share in Latin America. A logistics advantage, strong contract performances and the...

Mercosur ships rice at more competitive prices the first half of the year when it is off-season in the United States and Southeast Asia. By Tiago Barata Owner of Agrotendências, Brazilian rice market news publication, Market Advisory Committee USRPA Over the past years, the ever increasing...