• By Ching Lee •
Winter-flooded rice fields already provide essential habitat for migratory birds, but could they also provide benefits to help the state's salmon populations?
Scientists at the University of California, Davis, are finalizing their fieldwork on an experiment...
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards issued a statewide stay at home order beginning at 5 p.m., Monday, March 23, for non-essential workers and businesses to stem the spread of coronavirus.
Louisiana will join California, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Ohio,...
• By Kane Webb •
While things have slowed down across the country because of COVID-19, the past week and a half were busy for rice farmers in southwest Louisiana. Planting is underway and moving quickly, according to Dr. Dustin...
With a glut of crawfish on the market, prices are dropping, and consumers might be interested in boiling and freezing crawfish at home.
Many restaurants have closed or switched to takeout- and drive-through-only operations amid concerns about spreading the novel...
• By Bruce Schultz •
Many schools and workplaces have closed up shop amid the coronavirus pandemic. But in the world of agriculture, the show must go on.
In Louisiana, this is rice and corn planting season — a busy and...
As the effects of COVID-19 are being felt in the United States and around the world, consumers are rushing to stockpile groceries and household supplies in fear of being quarantined in their homes for weeks. This has led to...
• By Tom Barber •
I have had numerous calls and texts over the past week with questions about burndown herbicides and plant-back intervals. Although there is not much we can do about the rain (it will eventually stop), one...
I grew up in a farming community, worked in ag all through high school and got into the Pest Control Adviser program during college. Today, I am a crop adviser for the Butte County Rice Growers Association.
Our rice crop...
Last year, we struggled coming out of the gate with all the rainfall we experienced. It was a challenge to get a rice stand in some fields, which resulted in a lot of replanting. After we finally got the...
RTWG Awards Luncheon recognizes peers for exemplary work.
Every two years, rice researchers from around the United States and even the globe get together for the Rice Technical Working Group.
This year, the two-day event was hosted by Mississippi State University...
The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture has licensed two commercially released rice varieties to an Arkansas seed company that will market them to growers in time for the 2021 growing season.
The long-grain rice varieties, RU1701081 and RU1701084,...
Continue to keep eyes peeled for weedy rice in California fields.
• By Vicky Boyd,
Editor •
The amount of California rice ground infested with weedy rice hovers around 14,000 acres, leading experts to believe that pest control advisers and growers are...
It’s hard to believe it’s almost spring, and we’re charging forward into another crop year.
No doubt as you have been preparing for planting season, you’ve been reflecting on the successes and challenges of previous seasons and applying those practical...
Every two years, rice researchers and allied industry representatives from around the United States and even the globe get together for a meeting of the minds at the Rice Technical Working Group. For two days, they share research results...
John Deere, Case IH show off new products designed with efficiency in mind at the World Ag Expo.
• By Vicky Boyd,
Editor •
With acre upon acre of outdoor and indoor exhibits, the World Ag Expo near Tulare, California, offers growers...
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