Monday, June 22, 2026

New year, fresh start

It seems like we spent a good portion of the past year counting the days until it would be over — and now it finally is. We’re turning the page on what by all accounts was a pretty terrible...

The industry has had enough changes for a while

Change is inevitable, they say, and with the start of 2021 comes a number of shifts. Dr. Mo Way, who for 38 years has been at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Beaumont, will retire and ride into the...

Rollercoaster ride

Arkansas’ 2020 season had its ups and downs but finished on a profitable note. • By Ryan McGeeney • It almost goes without saying that 2020 will be a year to remember — even if many across the country may already...

LSU AgCenter experts review 2020 rice season

.box {margin-right: 12px;} • By Bruce Schultz • Two Louisiana State University AgCenter rice experts gave their perspectives on the past growing season in Louisiana during a recent online presentation for the 2020 USA Rice Outlook Conference. The event is usually held...

Without acreage decreases and demand increases, 2021 prices could soften

• By Kurt Guidry • Tight stocks and favorable demand have helped support rice prices for much of 2020, which saw a large increase in rice acres and the potential for drastically higher production and supply levels. Historically, this type...

Up, up and away

Drone technology moves to next level, measuring field elevation for cut sheets, levee placement and MIRI calculations. • By Vicky Boyd, Editor • Scott Matthews, who farms in Northeast Arkansas, likes to describe his continued quest for improving water-use efficiency and yields...

Varietal choices, new varieties and certified seed

In California, most farmers grow medium-grain varieties. The commercially available medium Calrose rice varieties meet the high quality and yield standards for California. Varietal selection is one of the first and most important decisions a rice grower will need to...

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta farmers express doubts on ‘carbon farming’

• By Kevin Hecteman • Plans to convert nearly 200,000 acres of California's Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta farmland into rice production or tule-based carbon farms are being greeted with skepticism among representatives of Delta farmers. The Delta Conservancy, a state agency, has...

Corteva Agriscience plans California grower meetings, Feb. 3 and 10

Corteva Agriscience plans to hold two California rice grower meetings via Zoom this season rather than the usual in-person get-togethers. One is scheduled for 9-11 a.m., Feb. 3, and the second one, a repeat, will be held from 9-11...

MU alerts FDA about potentially toxic pet food, prompting recall

Following an alert by a University of Missouri veterinary toxicology expert working in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration, Midwestern Pet Foods Inc. voluntarily recalled some of their Sportmix brand of pet...

UCCE slates virtual winter rice meeting for Feb. 11

The University of California Cooperative Extension plans to hold its annual winter rice meetings as a virtual event Feb. 11 from 9 a.m.-noon PST. Continuing education credits are pending from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) and Certified Crop...

New GSI storage bin dealership opens in Jonesboro, Arkansas

A new GSI dealership, Innovative Grain Systems, has opened in Jonesboro, Arkansas, to serve farmers in a 300-mile radius and commercial grain operations throughout the Mid-South Innovative Grain Systems offers a full line of steel grain storage bins, hopper tanks,...

LSU AgCenter plans winter rice meetings mostly in virtual format

The Louisiana State University AgCenter is planning to shift most of the rice meetings it holds each winter to a virtual format this year. Topics will include rice economics, pest control, fertilization, variety development, soybeans and crawfish. Presentations for Evangeline, Acadia,...

UArk honors successes with Arkansas Agriculture Awards

• By Mary Hightower • The traditional celebratory gathering may have been replaced by an online ceremony, but the change didn’t diminish the Extension, research and teaching successes honored Friday during the Arkansas Agriculture Awards. The annual awards are recognition of...

New Horizon Ag Clearfield® Varieties Fit Farmer Needs for Performance

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