Tuesday, March 24, 2026

RiceTec Unveils SQUAD® Seed Treatment Line for 2024 Rice: Enhanced Customization and Protection for Rice Farmers

RiceTec is excited to announce its new SQUAD® seed treatment line with its 2024 rice seed offerings. With SQUAD, growers will have multiple seed treatment options for a customized fit within their production systems. For 2024, the SQUAD product line...

EPA extends comment period on herbicide proposal

⋅ BY JULIE TOMASCIK ⋅ The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) extended the comment period to Oct. 22 for its proposed herbicide strategy. The agency released the proposal in late July and extended the comment period after several groups, including the American Farm...

Extension specialist bringing expanded drone, imaging education to Arkansas agents, growers

⋅ BY RYAN McGEENEY ⋅ UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE Imagery provided by satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles — commonly known as drones — is already changing the way producers farm their crops. As this technology becomes more prevalent,...

2023 Arkansas net farm income down nearly $1B, but still higher than 2021

⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅ U of A SYSTEM DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE Declines in crop and overall livestock receipts and direct government payments add up to a nearly $1 billion decline in Arkansas net farm income for 2023 from the previous...

GET FIXED 1.99% APR* FINANCING For Horizon Ag Varieties

  Horizon Ag is proud to work with industry partners BASF and John Deere Financial to offer fixed 1.99% APR* financing on its Clearfield® and Provisia® varieties for the 2024 season. “With the economic pressures from high interest rates putting a...

Rice Levee Program – Enrollment Now Open

California Waterfowl Association (CWA) will be soliciting applications for the Rice Levee Program starting Sept. 25, 2023. This program is funded by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, through the Nesting Bird Habitat Incentive Program, which allows rice...

Maximizing Provisia Rice Production, Stewardship in 2024

Unified by a commitment to help southern rice farmers manage and steward the Provisia® Rice System, a group of university specialists and industry retailers, BASF and Horizon Ag formed the Provisia Working Group in 2022 to develop Best Management Practices (BMP) to...

Horizon Ag Arkansas Field Day Showcases Top-Performing Varieties

“Our strongest rice portfolio ever.” That’s how Horizon Ag general manager Dr. Tim Walker described the Clearfield® and Provisia® rice varieties available to plant next season to more than 100 farmers, consultants, and rice industry leaders who attended the company’s recent Arkansas...

India’s export ban could bolster prices for U.S. rice

⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅ U of A SYSTEM DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE A ban on white non-basmati rice exports by India could bolster prices for American rice farmers, said Alvaro Durand-Morat, associate professor and agricultural economist for the University of Arkansas...

Midsummer Rice-Related Events in Louisiana and Texas

⋅ BY STEVE LINSCOMBE ⋅ It’s been a busy week for the rice industry in Louisiana and Texas, with field days and meetings wrapping up just in time for growers to get back in the field. In Louisiana, that means harvesting...

Rice Leadership Development Program Now Accepting Applications

⋅ BY DEBORAH WILLENBORG ⋅ The Rice Leadership Development Program gives future leaders a comprehensive understanding of the rice industry, with an emphasis on personal development and communication skills. The class attends four one-week sessions over a two-year period that encompasses studies...

Louisiana Industry Gathers for Field Days and Board Meetings

⋅ BY DEBORAH WILLENBORG ⋅ Despite triple digit temperatures at points, well-hydrated rice farmers, researchers, wildlife specialists, and USA Rice staff gathered June 28 in Crowley and Kaplan, Louisiana, to hear firsthand from scientists about the important work being done...

PARP offers opportunity for additional relief to underserved farms with pandemic-related losses

⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅ U of A SYSTEM DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE Underserved farmers who suffered pandemic-related losses have until July 14 to apply for funds from the Pandemic Assistance Relief Program, or PARP. PARP was created to expand the existing pandemic...

That bare patch in rice might not be disease, insect or soil problem

⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅ U of A SYSTEM DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE When it comes to diagnosing problems in rice, farmers have a lot to choose from including disease, drought, flood, insects, soil health and weeds. However, Jarrod Hardke, extension rice...

LSU Mechanical Engineering Professor, AgCenter Receive $10M Grant to Design New Variety of Rice

As anyone in South Louisiana knows, rice is a major part of one’s diet. It is the most widely consumed staple food for more than half of the world’s population, which continues to grow each year. With the production...

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