Moving Forward on a Foundation of Past Success ⋅ BY DUSTIN HARRELL ⋅ California Rice Experiment Station The California Rice Experiment Station (RES) has a long legacy of supporting the California rice industry by providing new and improved rice varieties. The original...

⋅ BY ROBERT NATHAN GREGORY ⋅ Mississippi State University Extension Service "Where are all the ducks?” It’s a question James Callicutt fields with more frequency and urgency from hunters and birders in Mississippi by the year. Callicutt, a Mississippi State University Extension...

While the majority of rice consumed in the United States is homegrown, nearly half of our annual crop finds its way to international markets. This balance underscores the vital role of USA Rice’s international promotion programs in ensuring the...

It’s been a cold, snowy weather pattern here in Knoxville, Tennessee, lately, and, being a native Texan who sees only the occasional snow flurry, I am overjoyed and all on board. Many around me have been over it for...

The release of elite Provisia® rice varieties like PVL03 and new PVL04 is driving increased interest in the Provisia Rice System as an important tool to control weedy rice and resistant red rice. Last year, Horizon partnered with university and...

⋅ BY DEBORAH WILLENBORG ⋅ Karah Fissel has joined USA Rice as the new director for international trade policy. Karah will manage the International Trade Policy Committee and its subcommittees, and her first week will be spent traveling to Costa Rica...

Rice Variety Selection Variety selection is not a decision to be made lightly as it is the most important decision facing a producer going into the season. No other input can radically change the yield potential to the extent that...

RiceTec Announces Retirement of Dr. José Ré, Appoints New Head of Global R&D Since its inception in 1988, RiceTec has been at the forefront of sustainable rice agriculture, continually setting new standards in the industry. Dr. José Ré, a key...

⋅ BY ROBBY EDWARDS ⋅ Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences In 2023, three Arkansas-based rice companies helped address food insecurity at the University of Arkansas by donating hundreds of pounds of rice to the Jane B. Gearhart...

⋅ BY LINDA J. FORBES ⋅ University of California Agricultural and Natural Resources In 2020, agencies and experts in Colusa County came together for a project evaluating winter cover crops (planted in the fall and terminated in late winter or early...

New Texas A&M AgriLife Study Examines Wet, Dry Growing System Alternate wetting and drying, a rice irrigation practice dating back to the 1980s, is part of a broader Texas A&M AgriLife study investigating its potential to reduce water and fertilizer use. The practice...

How a Southeastern Arkansas Team Takes it to the Next Level ⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅ Editor Jim Whitaker, a McGehee, Arkansas, native, is a fifth-generation farmer alongside his brother Sam in a well-rounded rice, cotton, corn, soybean, and wheat operation. The Overall...

⋅ BY DR. CHRISTOPHER GARRETT HENRY ⋅ University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture To grow rice in levees or on furrows is a paradigm change for many Mid-South rice farmers. The attraction of reduced labor and machinery operations is very appealing...

⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅ University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Three words defined the big picture for agriculture in 2023: weather, politics and courts. Drought Severe, extreme, and exceptional drought afflicted many areas along the Mississippi River, with more than 65%...

January is the perfect time to reflect, recalibrate, and prioritize, and here at USA Rice we are gearing up for a big year. For those that I have not yet had the pleasure of working with in my previous roles...