• By Bruce Schultz •
Farmers heard about several optimistic developments in the international rice trade at the 2020 meeting of the Louisiana Rice Council and Louisiana Rice Growers Association recently.
Betsy Ward, USA Rice CEO, said Brexit has the potential...
The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Louisiana announced the 1st signup period for applications for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program and Regional Conservation Partnership Program in fiscal year 2020 ends on March 6.
Financial assistance through these programs is available...
Arkansas crop producers who want to get better control of their water use during the 2020 growing season will have several opportunities through a series of irrigation and water management schools.
Chris Henry, associate professor and water management engineer for...
• By Bruce Schultz •
Farmers at the recent Northeast Louisiana Rice Forum heard about the benefits and challenges of growing row rice.
The practice uses irrigation with collapsible poly tubing or rainwater to keep soil moist, but no permanent flood...
Greenville, Mississippi native and Mississippi State University weed science graduate student Tameka Sanders is working hard to understand the relationship between off-target movement of herbicides and rice development.
Sanders’s journey towards studying rice at MSU was a winding one. She...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to issue the third and final round of 2019 Market Facilitation Program payments aimed at assisting farmers suffering from damage due to trade retaliation by foreign nations. The payments will begin to show up...
Agworld recently acquired all of the assets of Greenbook, a comprehensive database of crop protection labels and information, from Farm Journal.
The move will allow Agworld to complement and expand its current offerings that provide collaborative farm management on a...
• By Lesley Dixon •
The Arkansas Department of Heritage aims to preserve and protect Arkansas's natural and cultural heritage, and enhance the experience of visitors and locals alike. Within the department, the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame accepts nominations...
GEDrew is a brown rice with an odd kernel trait that sidelined its commercial prospects. Now, Agricultural Research Service scientists' re-examination of the trait and its link to increased antioxidant levels could give the rice variety a new commercial...
• By Luis Espino and Ian Grettenberger •
Do you want to make sure your freshly planted rice fields don't look like the muddied mess on the left below (versus clear on right) following a pyrethroid application?
Wondering if your tadpole...
• By Whitney Brim-DeForest, Sean Hagan and Luis Espino •
For the past several years, California rice has been dealing with a pesky new weed, weedy rice, aka “red” rice. Weedy rice is a difficult pest to manage, because it...
While 2019 was doom and gloom for rice producers, 2020 may be the year of the rebound for the state’s largest agricultural export, with total Arkansas rice acreage expected to increase 25% to nearly 1.5 million acres.
“We’re expecting a...
• By Vicky Boyd
Editor •
Dr. Russell Rasmussen has been named the new associate director of the California Rice Experiment Station in Biggs. He will work alongside current director Dr. Kent McKenzie and will take over as director when McKenzie...
The 2020 versions of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture publications on managing insects, weeds and plant diseases are now available online, through Cooperative Extension Service offices across the state, and, in one case, as a mobile-friendly...
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