Winter production meetings, a long-running staple of the Cooperative Extension Service’s efforts to help Arkansas growers succeed from field prep to harvest, will again be in-person throughout the state in 2022. Production meetings provide an opportunity for agronomists, researchers and...

The California Department of Water Resources plans to make no regular water deliveries from the State Water Project for 2022. In its Dec. 1 announcement, the state said it would only release water needed for health and safety uses. It...

Arkansas family grows, markets specialty rices for burgeoning craft sake industry. • By Vicky Boyd, Editor • For years, Chris Isbell of Humnoke, Arkansas, has been growing different Japanese short-grain rice varieties experimentally, with the goal of producing them commercially for use...

Proven performance. Better profit potential. At a time when rice farmers are facing questions about crop prices and what to plant next season, those are two “must-have” benefits they need from the varieties they plant. It’s not a time for...

Horizon Ag, Rice Farming and USA Rice are proud to bring you the recipients of the 2021 Rice Awards. The program highlights three honorees for their contributions to the success of the U.S. rice industry through the Rice Farmer...

In the 1970s, the British comedic group, Monty Python’s Flying Circus, used to perform the “Ministry of Silly Walks” sketch where John Cleese strutted around in a satirical portrayal of bureaucratic inefficiency. When the California Department of Pesticide Regulation recently...

As they say, no two years are alike. 2021, with early periods of cold, wet weather, differed from the tropical storm- and hurricane-plagued 2020 season. Nearing the end of 2021, many rice growers reported strong yields, prompting optimism for 2022. With...

As the official representatives of the U.S. rice industry to the U.S. government, we put politics aside and work with whomever the people send to Washington, D.C.. At the end of the day, we need to get the job...

Many rice farmers have told me that 2021 will go down as one of the most agronomically challenging seasons they ever witnessed in their careers. The simple answer is rain. It started before planting and did not consistently slow...

LSU-bred higher-protein, low-glycemic rice variety gains traction. • By Vicky Boyd, Editor • Rice already has a strong nutritional profile. After all, it is one of the first solid foods recommended for babies because of its ease of digestibility. Two producers want to...

The Environmental Protection Agency has registered Rogue SC Herbicide from Gowan Co. LLC for use on dry-seeded and water-seeded rice in the Mid-South and Texas. The product contains benzobicyclon, an HPPD inhibitor and a member of the Weed Science Society...

• By Kevin Hecteman • The road to higher food prices begins at the diesel pump and winds through the auto-parts store, the fertilizer-supply company and even the hangar at the local airfield. By the time that road reaches the...

Horizon Ag and BASF are once again offering 0% APR financing when growers purchase Horizon Ag seed and BASF crop production products. Rice growers can obtain the benefit when they finance using their multi-use account through John Deere Financial or...

Syngenta Crop Protection has trademarked a new insecticide active ingredient, Plinazolin technology, for launch in the coming years. It contains the active ingredient isocycloseram, a member of the Insecticide Resistance Action Committee’s Group 30. This group of insecticides is known...

Out-crossing with red rice creates multi-hued weedy rice. • By Fred Miller • Red rice in the field was a problem for rice growers, but at least it was easy to spot. Years of out-crossing with cultivated rice varieties has resulted...