When relentless spring rains pushed the planting window wide open, entomologists predicted problems for Arkansas row-crops. That has certainly proven true for the state’s late-planted cotton, soybeans and rice, said Gus Lorenz, Extension entomologist for the University of Arkansas...
University of California Cooperative Extension is surveying for rice diseases this fall. The objective is to document the incidence of diseases in Sacramento Valley rice fields to justify to the California Air Resources Board the industry needs to continue...
The Louisiana State University AgCenter will host five crawfish meetings in south Louisiana to help producers get ready for the upcoming season.
“Pond management, including water and vegetation management, are among the topics that will be addressed,” said Mark Shirley,...
My mom and grandmother on her side grew up in Minnesota, where they ate bland foods, like white fish, turnips and rutabagas, and rarely used seasonings other than salt.
Nanny, my grandmother on my dad’s side, grew up in the...
Registration for the USA Rice Outlook Conference, the largest rice-specific event in North America, opened this week. USA Rice has added to the conference this year to ensure the event's tagline, "If Rice is Your Business, This is Your...
With financial support from Kellogg's, The Nature Conservancy plans to give away and install Murphy pump timers to rice producers within Arkansas' Cache River watershed.
The region, centered around Newport and Walnut Ridge, is an area both groups are targeting...
Armyworms can be a serious pest in rice as the larvae can eat the rice leaves or panicles and cause yield reductions.
In 2015, a severe outbreak of armyworms caught California rice growers by surprise, resulting in yield losses. In...
University of Missouri officials plan to make a $6.5 million investment in the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station, which includes 15 facilities statewide. Among them is the Fisher Delta Research Center in Portageville, which focuses on rice, cotton and irrigation.
The...
• By Vicky Boyd,
Editor •
Rice breeders at the California Rice Experiment Station are on a roll, having released nine improved varieties in the past 10 years. And their success appears to be continuing as they have two lines —...
The California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation recently honored Butte County rice producer Frank Rehermann for his years of industry leadership, including 20 serving on the California Rice Commission.
In presenting the California Rice Industry Award, CRC President and CEO Tim...
The International Rice Festival in Crowley, Louisiana, has named Alan Lawson of Crowley as its Farmer of the Year.
A graduate of Crowley High School, Alan attended Louisiana State University Eunie before transferring to LSU in Baton Rouge, where he...
• By Bruce Schultz •
Farmers probably would like to forget the 2019 rice crop, which has been plagued by low yields.
Bad weather from the start of the growing season through harvest is being blamed.
“Growing conditions have been less than...
• By Lesley Dixon •
More and more businesses, consumers and governments are looking for ways to decrease their single-use plastic consumption, and disposable plastic straws have become a lightning rod in the worldwide effort to reduce plastic waste. Recently,...
• By Luis Espino •
Although blast isn't at epidemic levels in California rice fields this season, the fungal disease nonetheless is at higher levels than during the past several years.
The last time we saw a severe blast epidemic was...
Southeast Missouri State University's Department of Agriculture and the Economic and Business Engagement Center have been awarded a $51,000 Rural Business Development Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to establish an agricultural advanced digital technology initiative.
The initiative is...
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