• By John Lovett • Artisanal gins from Wonderbird Spirits in Mississippi are the only known American gins in commercial production that start with rice as the base, and they are made from an aromatic variety created by rice breeders...

With agricultural input costs on a rapid rise and the volatility of current commodity markets, farmers are having to tighten their belts to stay in the black. To navigate the complicated economic nature of operating a profitable farming operation, the...

Horizon Ag firmly believes the future of the Southern rice industry is closely tied to its ability to provide the quality and type of long-grain rice in demand by important customers throughout the Western Hemisphere. That’s why the seed...

• By Peter Bachmann • As world leaders met for the Group of 20 Summit this weekend, U.S. and European Union negotiators worked on the sidelines to reach a deal that lifts the retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products, including milled...

A Clemson University-led project aimed at reviving South Carolina’s rice industry has nabbed a federal grant to further its efforts. Given the acronym iCORP — Increasing Coastal Organic Rice Production in South Carolina Using Salt Tolerant Cultivars — it tackles...

The Louisiana agriculture industry is valued at more than $12 billion. But with the state’s subtropical climate comes insects, diseases and weeds, which affect every facet of the business. A three-year National Institutes of Food and Agriculture grant was recently...

• By Fred Miller • Food scientists at the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station have developed a new parboiling process that reduces water use up to 75% and improves nutrient content in rice. Annegret Jannasch, a food science graduate student in the...

The Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction is once again accepting nominations for its annual induction ceremony, which will be held March 24, 2022, in Baton Rouge. The nomination form can be obtained online at www.louisianaagriculturehallofdistinction.com or through any parish Louisiana...

• By Ryan McGeeney • Arkansas growers have seen a little — or a lot — of everything this year, including record low temperatures and snowfall in February and a record rainstorm in June. Nevertheless, many row crop farmers in the...

The Canadian Health Agency's Feed and Food Divisions have approved the Max-Ace rice system from RiceTec. The move allows for unrestricted planting of the cultivars, which are bred to withstand over-the-top applications of Highcard herbicide from Adama. For the 2022...

• By Scott Stiles • The focal point for the rice market this week was the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly WASDE report released on Tuesday, Oct. 12. Changes to 2021/22 long-grain production were relatively minor. However, there was a slight...

The University of Arkansas, in collaboration with The Organic Center and the University of California Cooperative Extension, has been awarded nearly $500,000 through U.S. Department of Agriculture's Organic Research and Extension Institute. The funding will help support a three-year...

A project to measure greenhouse gases and water use in furrow-irrigated rice, and the use of cover crops as a remediation tool in land leveling are just two of the presentations that are part of the Northeast Rice Research...

Since 1910, four generations of the Schiurring family have harvested rice on the 3S Ranch near El Campo in Colorado and Wharton counties, Texas. The family grows approximately 1,500 acres of long-grain rice annually. Third-generation, J. Brent Schiurring was one...

• By Bruce Linquist • In most years, California rice farmers manage their winter straw by flooding a field where the rice straw has either been chopped or chopped and incorporated. In these cases, the flood water helps to ensure...