⋅ By Kyle Peveto ⋅ LSU AgCenter A cooperative research project between the LSU AgCenter and the University of Malaya in Malaysia to develop “climate-smart” rice has received a $50,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service. The award,...

⋅ By John Lovett ⋅ University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture The Center for Arkansas Farms and Food will hold a fundraising event 5-7:30 p.m. on Oct. 19 to support the Farmers for Tomorrow fund, a new program to help Farm School and Apprenticeship...

Farmers have several options for managing residue: Fire, flood and tillage, or some combination of the three. Use of each depends on what the production system used in the current season, the weather after harvest and what crop a...

⋅ ROBERT BRANAN ⋅ Please join this series of webinars on September 7, 14 and 21 at 12:30 p.m. for an update on conservation easements and their potential impact on land disposition (e.g. estate planning and farm succession decisions). Robert...

⋅ STEVE LINSCOMBE ⋅ 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 program has been in existence for more than 30 years and...

⋅ By Bruno P. Lena, Brenda V. Ortiz, Luan Pereira de Oliveira, Guilherme Morata, Mailson Freire de Oliveira, Franciele Morlin, Alvaro Sanz-Saez, Pierce McClendon, Megan Thurmond, and Yin Bao ⋅ Efforts to put digital technologies and site-specific crop management practices...

⋅ By Brittaney Mann ⋅ U of A System Division of Agriculture FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Plants naturally equip themselves with defenses against insect herbivores. Understanding how those defenses work can reveal alternative approaches to pest management. Rupesh Kariyat, associate professor of...

⋅ By John Lovett ⋅ University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture In addition to several new long-grain rice varieties, the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station’s Rice Breeding Program has one new medium-grain variety and two new aromatic lines in the pipeline. During...

SmartRice® sustainability claims have been verified as accurate by SCS Global Services’ third-party verification process. SmartRice is a rice product grown in a more sustainable method to reduce the use of agricultural resources and provide more grain per harvest. Packaging...

It is getting close to the time we need to scout for weedy rice. Our team will be scouting known infested fields that are planted to rice this year. Troy Clark, our Rice Junior Specialist, will be starting in...

⋅ By Mr. Robert Nathan Gregory ⋅ MSU Extension Service Hunter Bowman has been named rice specialist for the Mississippi State University Extension Service. The Arkansas native joined MSU Extension in January 2022 as an instructor and was promoted to assistant professor...

RiceTec Board of Directors announced today that Karsten Neuffer has been appointed the new Global CEO of the company effective August 1, 2022. Neuffer joins RiceTec as an experienced agricultural business leader and will succeed the current Global CEO, Mike...

By Tracy Courage • The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s annual Most Crop Per Crop irrigation yield contest is now open to Arkansas rice, soybean and corn producers, and for the first time, includes two rice competition...

Arkansas irrigation yield contest is open for entries. The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture has been demonstrating Irrigation Water Management Practices on cooperator farms for five years. Experience has shown that when applied effectively, water use can be reduced...

Ducks Unlimited hosts nation’s leaders at Capitol Hill Dinner & Auction Following a two-year break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ducks Unlimited (DU) hosted the annual Capitol Hill Dinner and Auction for the first time since 2019. With more than...