Percent defoliation thresholds gain popularity over number of worms per square foot. ⋅ By Carroll Smith ⋅ Editor The fall armyworm, which doesn’t overwinter here, typically begins its migration in South America and moves up through Mexico. It usually appears in the...

Disease and insect pests Every season, the situation for disease and insects in rice is entirely different. Each is influenced greatly by environmental conditions, but they’re always there looking to take a bite out of our bottom line. The 2022 season...

⋅ By John Lovett ⋅ University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture The Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station’s Rice Breeding Program off-season harvest in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico pulled in a record amount of rice breeding materials this year for...

Mississippi State Extension put together a publication covering the Irrometer Watermark series. The assembly guide below depicts the Irrometer Watermark 200SS, a granular matrix sensor commonly used in Mississippi for scheduling irrigation. This publication provides a step-by-step guide to...

Accolades abound for leadership program conducted by The Rice Foundation. ⋅ By Cassidy Nemec ⋅ Assistant Editor When Dr. Steve Linscombe was accepted into the Rice Leadership Development program in 1996, he likely didn’t think he would end up heading the program...

ARoma 22 is the third jasmine-type aromatic rice from the Arkansas Rice Breeding Program. ⋅ By John Lovett ⋅ A new jasmine-type aromatic rice called ARoma 22 has been released by the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station amid rising U.S. demand for aromatic...

Last year, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration launched an initiative called “Closer to Zero” to identify actions the agency can take to reduce exposure to toxic elements from foods eaten by babies and children. You know where this...

If you were ever taught to play a sport successfully, you were probably told to keep your eye on the ball. Stay focused. Look at the right place at the right time. This also is good training to help...

Texas A&M continues to lead in preparing agriculture teachers amidst shortage By Blair Fannin • Agriculture teachers are in high demand as a number of contributing factors are making it difficult to fill positions in classrooms across Texas and abroad, according...

By Deborah Willenborg • According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), farmers and ag cooperatives need to be on high alert this spring as cyber criminals might attack the industry during planting and harvesting seasons, “disrupting operations, causing financial...

• SPONSORED CONTENT • Blain Pearce Pearce Consulting LLC McGehee, Arkansas Growing up, I always wanted to work for a man named Steven Walls who scouted cotton and soybeans. When I was 12 years old, he picked me up at 5:30 one morning...

There’s still time to apply to the Missouri Century Farm Program. Deadline is May 1. If your farm has been in your family since Dec. 31, 1922, you can apply to have it recognized as a Missouri Century Farm. To qualify, the...

The art of irrigation begins now The time we’ve all been waiting for is finally here. While I write these comments on March 29, there are already several thousand acres of rice planted across the Missouri bootheel. In fact, we...

⋅ By Cassidy Nemec ⋅ Assistant Editor Matthew Sligar always enjoyed the arts while growing up in a farming community, so it came as no surprise this third-generation rice farmer wrote a children’s book titled Daddy’s Got Dirt: A California Rice...

Innovations featured at 113th LSU AgCenter Rice Field Day LSU AgCenter rice researchers are once again inviting producers and industry professionals to the H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station for its annual field day to be held Wednesday, June 29. “We...