Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Aug. 8 Pine Tree Field Day features comprehensive soy, rice tours

Soybean seeding rates, effects of urea application on soy protein concentration and how drones are used in multiple inlet irrigation in rice are among the topics included in the tours set for the Aug. 8 field day at the...

Row rice system gains interest in Louisiana

• By Karol Osborne • More than 50 agricultural producers and industry representatives interested in furrow-irrigated rice, also called row rice or upland rice, attended the LSU AgCenter Northeast Research Station row rice and soybean field tour on July 9...

Mark your calendars for the Arkansas Rice Field Day, Aug. 2, in Stuttgart

Weed management, furrow irrigation and drone use in agriculture are all on the agenda Aug. 2 for the annual Rice Field Day being hosted by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture at the Rice Research and Extension...

Learn more about rice at Arkansas’ Rice College, Aug. 1

The University of Arkansas will hold a half-day rice college, Aug. 1, at the Rice Research & Extension Center in Stuttgart. Among the highlights are: • Crop consultants, industry personnel and producers will see current research on many of the production...

Batten down the hatches! Barry could pose triple threat to Arkansas

Arkansas’ rice crop, delayed by a wet spring and bludgeoned by high heat, is now facing a triple threat from Tropical Storm Barry, whose remnants are expected to drop heavy rain on the eastern side of the state on...

Rice Foundation seeks applicants for 2020 Rice Leadership Program

The Rice Foundation is accepting applications for the 2020 Rice Leadership Development Program. Rice producers or industry-related professionals between the ages of 25 and 45 are eligible to apply for the program. The application deadline is Sept. 20. The Rice...

UC hosts free weedy rice workshop, Aug. 1

The University of California Cooperative Extension will host a free weedy rice workshop, from 10 a.m.-noon, Aug. 1, at the Colusa Casino Chairman's Room in Colusa. Weedy rice, an all-inclusive term for red rice and undesirable outcrossings, was confirmed in...

Horizon Ag plans Arkansas field day for Aug. 13

The 2019 Horizon Ag Arkansas Field Day, featuring CLM04 and CLL15, two new Clearfield rice varieties developed by the University of Arkansas, will be held Aug. 13 at Coleman Farms near Jonesboro, Arkansas. Attendees also will have a chance to...

RiceTec to highlight hybrid advances at Arkansas field day

RiceTec plans to shot off its new herbicide-tolerant products, the FullPage Rice Cropping Solution, at its Arkansas field day, Aug. 6, in Harrisburg. FullPage hybrids are paired with Preface and Postscript herbicides from Adama. Both are IMI herbicides labeled only...

July 18 Rohwer Field Day to feature rice fertility management

Better ways to manage weeds, soil fertility and learning the latest in variety breeding and testing are part of the wide-ranging agenda at the July 18 Row Crops Field Day at the Rohwer Research Station. This event, the first of...

The ‘Year of Weedy Rice’

Infestations point out need for Provisia system to clean up fields. • By Vicky Boyd, Editor • 2019 could very well be dubbed the “year of weedy rice” — at least in Southwest Louisiana. Even growers who have been diligent about rogueing...

U.S. makes first rice sale to China

• By Sarah Moran • After decades chasing the enormous China market, a sale of U.S. rice was confirmed last week. "This sale marks a turning point for the U.S. rice industry and its relationship with China as the it is...

Match fungal disease to best fungicide application timing

• By Yeshi Wamishe and Jarrod Hardke • Drs. By Yeshi Wamishe, Extension rice pathologist, and Jarrod Hardke, Extension rice agronomist, provide the optimum fungicide timing window for various fungal diseases below. You also can download this information and more...

Don Groth receives inaugural LSU rice research chair

• By Bruce Schultz • The Louisiana Rice Research Board provided an additional $500,000 earmarked for research during the recent annual LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station field day at Crowley. Those funds bring the total to $1.5 million...

Tim Burcham named director of Arkansas’ Northeast Rice Research Center

Tim Burcham will be stepping up his duties with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture as director of its planned Northeast Rice Research and Extension Center. Burcham was previously dean of the Agriculture College at Arkansas State University...

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