⋅ BY DR. JOHN GOLDBERG ⋅ The Supreme Court of the United States issued its long-awaited opinion in the case Sackett v. EPA, ruling in favor of the Sacketts – a significant victory for the agriculture and broader business industries. All...

Rice growers who lost acreage in 2022 are eligible for federal assistance The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency is making $250 million available to rice growers who lost production acreage in 2022. USDA on May 8 began sending prefilled applications...

⋅ BY LESLEY DIXON ⋅ A recent decision by a Louisiana appellate court to uphold the state's “Truth in Labeling of Food Products Act” has been hailed as a victory for consumers and the agriculture industry. The 3-0 ruling by the...

⋅ BY HARDIN YOUNG ⋅ University of Arkansas Relations Andy Weir’s bestselling 2011 book, “The Martian,” features botanist Mark Watney’s efforts to grow food on Mars after he becomes stranded there. While Watney’s initial efforts focus on growing potatoes, new research presented...

⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅ University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture More than 220 people found their way to the Poinsett County site along Arkansas Highway 1 to witness a groundbreaking for the Northeast Rice Research and Extension Center, a facility...

⋅ BY DREW VIGUET ⋅ NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LAW CENTER Years of controversy, recent litigation and amended regulation of agricultural pesticides are changing and molding the farming landscape, including for the Mid-South region of the U.S. The National Agricultural Law Center’s 10th Annual...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public comment on draft guidance to improve the efficiency of EPA’s Endangered Species Act (ESA) analyses for new pesticide active ingredient applications and active ingredients undergoing registration review. This guidance, when...

Disease prevention is key In recent years, most disease calls have centered around sheath blight and the smuts (kernel smut and false smut). These two present very different management scenarios. Sheath blight continues to be our No. 1 disease issue in...

University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture releases high-yielding Clearfield medium-grain rice variety. ⋅ BY BRITTANEY MANN ⋅ U of A SYSTEM DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE The Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station has released a new high-yielding medium-grain Clearfield rice cultivar at a time of elevated...

⋅ BY JULIE HARKER ⋅ MU AGRICULTURE, FOOD, AND NATURAL RESOURCES University of Missouri Extension has completed its first year of rice cultivar trials on both flood-irrigated and furrow-irrigated production systems at the MU Fisher Delta Research, Extension, and Education Center...

USDA-NIFA Sustainable Agricultural Systems rice grant collaboration. ⋅ BY BLAIR FANNIN ⋅ TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE While Texas rice growers face a stiff challenge to fend off yield- and profit-limiting kernel smut, Texas A&M AgriLife is quickly working to find a cure as part of...

LSU awarded $10 million grant to improve sustainability and profitability of rice farming through research innovations that advance climate-resilient crops. ⋅ BY LORI TYLER GULA ⋅ USDA The project is one of seven recently announced by NIFA and is funded by the...

Discovery could lead to new fungicides to protect rice crops. ⋅ BY ROBERT SANDERS ⋅ UC BERKELEY A fungus that plagues rice crops worldwide gains entry to plant cells in a way that leaves it vulnerable to simple chemical blockers, a discovery that...

#StillFarming: Why the Farm Bill matters Three years ago, Farm Bureau launched our #StillFarming campaign. Our goal was simple: reassure Americans that farmers and ranchers were committed to maintaining a steady food supply at a time when Americans witnessed empty...

Finding balance between technology and profit. ⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅ EDITOR Daniel and Dillon Berglund stem from a long line of agriculturalists. This father-son duo has roots in the Wharton and Matagorda counties of the Texas Gulf Coast, and they farm...