The strangeness of Arkansas’ rain-soaked planting season sloshed over into Friday’s National Agricultural Statistics Service Acreage report, with the agency saying it would be collecting additional information on the state’s soybeans and cotton.
NASS said that in July, it would...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its planted acreage estimates June 28, and it showed 2.76 million acres of planted rice, a 6% decrease from 2018 planted acres. The area estimated for harvest this season is 2.71 million acres,...
• By Mark Isbell •
Field to Market, the Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, recently convened in Chicago for its summer plenary and to announce the 2019 Farmer Spotlights, an award recognizing innovative farmers engaging in continuous improvement and using Field...
• By Vicky Boyd,
Editor •
The Louisiana State University AgCenter breeding program continues on a roll with the potential release of a new Clearfield long-grain variety as well as a conventional long-grain in time for the 2020 season. If that...
Sedges have exploded across Arkansas in 2019 throughout different cropping systems.
Additionally, a variety of unique sedge species have made themselves known this year, and others have popped up in areas where sedges have not previously been an issue.
These unique...
"Texas Rice – Embracing Innovation” is the theme for the 72nd annual Texas Rice Field Day, July 11, at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Beaumont.
The event is free and open to the public. Field tours...
• By Yeshi Wamishe •
Automatic fungicide applications for sheath blight in rice are highly discouraged due to the potential development of fungicide resistance and non-profitability. Although sheath blight can be reduced with best cultural practices, it is one of...
The Louisiana State University AgCenter has partnered with Ag-Analytics to help farmers maintain and improve yields through the use of machine learning and big data.
Ag-Analytics, a secure farm management platform, works with farmers, industry and universities with the goal...
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed a bill that would make it illegal to mislabel beef, pork, poultry, crawfish, shrimp, meat, sugar or rice products. Senate Bill 152, now referred to as Act 273, also sets strict definitions...
• By Bob Johnson •
A team of researchers is waiting to learn how many of the small chinook salmon that were raised on the healthiest of food in Mike Dewit's rice field in the Yolo Bypass, fitted with microtransmitters,...
The Environmental Protection Agency has approved a Section 18 emergency exemption for Intrepid 2F Insecticide for use in Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Merced, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties, California.
You need to make certain Intrepid 2F Insecticide is...
The eight district winners in the 72nd annual Arkansas Farm Family of the Year program have been selected, representing the diversity of Arkansas agriculture, the state’s largest industry.
The district winners will now be judged to determine a state winner,...
BASF and Nutrien Ag Solutions are collaborating on a scouting application that enables growers and agronomists to instantly identify weeds and diseases within their fields. The Xarvio Scouting app is offered within the Nutrien Ag Solutions Customer Portal, according...
• By Yeshi Wamishe •
There is already dew in the mornings and rain is in the forecast. Even with planting being later this year, it may still be time to start scouting for leaf blast in susceptible rice, particularly...
• By Bruce Schultz •
A Louisiana State University AgCenter economist had good news for rice farmers at the Vermilion Parish rice field day, June 11.
“Optimism is high that with recaptured market share in core markets, the outlook for rice...
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