• SPONSORED CONTENT • Amy Beth Dowdy ABD Crop Consulting LLC Dexter, Missouri When I was born, I was the only girl in a nursery full of boys. It’s been that way my entire life, but I am comfortable in that environment and...

Spray early, spray less We say it every year, repeatedly, to the point of getting eye rolls: focus on pre-emergence (PRE) herbicides! There’s no single easier way to improve weed control and save money than to get PRE herbicides overlapped...

Researchers look for strategies to improve rice cropping systems to feed a growing global population. ⋅ By Blair Fannin ⋅ More rice production can be produced while minimizing the crop’s environmental impact, new research suggests. And that’s important with the global population...

LSU AgCenter names two new conventional rice varieties In January, Rice Farming reported that Louisiana State University had released an early, high-yielding long grain and a high-amylose long grain for parboiling and export markets — LA19-2212 and LA20-2126. Both varieties...

Hard numbers may positively affect compensation in the carbon market. ⋅ By Ronnie Helms, Jim Grove and Trey Helms ⋅ Climate-smart farming, sustainable farming practices, green house mitigation and carbon sequestration are terms that are now in many agricultural publications. Depending on...

Louisiana-grown variety has an average glycemic rating of 41. ⋅ By Tobi Blanchard ⋅ For people interested in keeping their blood sugar levels in check, they now have a new tool thanks to rice developed at the LSU AgCenter Rice Research...

Like ducks and geese, salmon may be next to benefit from California rice fields. ⋅ By Jim Morris ⋅ California Rice Commission A generation ago, it may have seemed far-fetched that Sacramento Valley rice fields could play a vital role for millions of...

While scientists have been raising alarms on climate change for decades, it’s in the more recent past that private citizens have taken action — like home recycling — and started demanding more. Companies followed suit with their own initiatives,...

2021 is in the rear view mirror, and you’ve been planning for the upcoming season for the past few months. As temperatures warm up across the Rice Belt, it’s time to get your game on. It’s no secret you...

By Josie McLaurin • Teams of rice farmers spread out across Capitol Hill recently to meet with lawmakers and key staff to share industry concerns and priorities as preparations for the 2023 Farm Bill get underway. “We had excellent participation in...

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More than 200 rice growers gathered in Jonesboro, Arkansas, recently for a joint meeting of the Arkansas Rice Federation and Arkansas Rice Council, their first full in-person meeting in two years.  The growers were joined by several members of...

By Fred Miller • CLL18, a new high-yielding, Clearfield® rice variety developed by the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station will be available to rice growers from Horizon Ag in 2023. Fast facts Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station releases high-yielding Clearfield® variety CLL18 yielded...

• SPONSORED CONTENT • Thad Baker PCA, Helena Agri-Enterpises LLC Chico and Yuba City, California I grew up farming with my dad and uncle in the 1970s-80s on a large ranch established by my grandfather. We were one of the first families to...

• SPONSORED CONTENT • Jared Wood Hefty Seed Co. Augusta, Arkansas Growing up in the Arkansas Delta, I have always been out on the farm. When I became of age to work, I helped area rice growers put in levee gates in the...