Dr. Drew Gholson has been appointed coordinator of the National Center for Alluvial Aquifer Research, a jointly created and cooperative organization established by Mississippi State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service.
The center's mission is to...
New Texas long-grain release offers stronger yield potential than Presidio
• By Vicky Boyd,
Editor •
Texas A&M AgriLife Research is releasing Trinity, a new conventional long-grain rice variety with better first- and second-crop yield potential than Presidio — a previous Texas...
SW Louisiana farm family continues and expands the conservation practices that previous generations started.
• By Amy Robertson Fuselier •
Located in Louisiana’s Acadia and Vermilion parishes is Simon Farms, a multi-generational family farm known far and wide for their dedication...
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...
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...
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...
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• 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...
• 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...
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...
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...
• 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 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...
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...
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...
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,...
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